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Isaiah 52:13

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Isaiah 52:13 (WEB)

Behold, my servant will deal wisely. He will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high.

Catechism · 1

  • §713Article 8 · "I Believe in the Holy Spirit"Read at vatican.va

    “The Messiah's characteristics are revealed above all in the "Servant songs."” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Isa 42:1-9; cf. Mt 12:18-21; Jn 1:32-34; then cf. Isa 49:1-6; cf. Mt 3:17; Lk 2:32; finally cf. Isa 50:4-10 and Isa 52:13-53:12.

Fathers and councils · 5

Origen

  • “Lo, many nations shall marvel because of Him; and kings shall close their mouths: because they, to whom no message about Him was sent, shall see Him; and they who have not heard of Him, shall have knowledge of Him.”” — editor's note: Cf. Isa. lii. 13–15 in the Septuagint version (Roman text).

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Augustine of Hippo

  • “For thou shall forget thy confusion for ever: thou shall not remember the shame of thy widowhood, since I who made thee am the Lord; the Lord is His name: and He who brought thee out, the very God of Israel, shall be called the God of the whole earth.” — editor's note: Isa. lii. 13-liv. 5. [The variations from the Hebrew, especially in some of the more obscure passages, are worthy of notice. Compare the Revised Version, text…

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  • “As many shall be astonished at Thee.”” — editor's note: Isa. lii. 13; liii. 13. Augustin quotes these passages in full.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

  • “III. Next is the fact of His being called Servant and serving many well, and that it is a great thing for Him to be called the Child of God.” — editor's note: Isa. xlix. 6; liii. 11. The LXX. here mistranslates; the Hebrew and the Latin have the same word in all the passages quoted below, while the LXX. varies, as…

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