Isaiah 54:1 (WEB)
“Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth! Break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who didn’t travail with child! For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” says the LORD.
Fathers and councils · 21
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…and she is beloved who was not beloved;” and in what sense He says that “more are the children of her that was desolate, than of her who possessed a husband.”” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1; Gal. iv. 27.
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Jerome
“This is the virgin daughter whom elsewhere he thus addresses:“Sing, O barren, thou that dost not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate, than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.”” — editor's note: Is. liv. 1.
Read the whole comment“The old law had a different ideal of blessedness, for therein it is said: “Blessed is he who hath seed in Zion and a family in Jerusalem:” and “Cursed is the barren who beareth not:” and “Thy children shall be like olive-plants round about thy table.”” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1, LXX. (?)
Read the whole comment““Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child”; for in a moment thou hast brought forth as many sons as there are poor men in Rome.” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For what bride has more children than holy Church, who is a virgin in her sacraments and a mother to her people, whose fertility even holy Scripture attests, saying, “For many more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath an husband”?” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1; Gal. iv. 27.
Read the whole comment“This is assuredly that widow of whom it was said: “Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not, break forth and cry, thou that availest not with child; for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her who hath an husband.”” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1.
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Clement of Alexandria
“The Scripture makes this all clear, by referring both the voices to the same thing: “Let her hear who has not brought forth, and let her who has not had the pangs of childbirth utter her voice: for more are the children of the desolate, than of her who hath an husband.”” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1.
Read the whole comment“Wherefore it is said, “Rejoice, O barren, that barest not; break forth and cry, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than of her who hath an husband.”” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1.
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Augustine of Hippo
“To Her indeed hath been said, “Rejoice, thou barren, that bearest not,” etc., more than of the Jewish nation which hath a Husband, which hath received the Law, more than of that nation which had a visible king.” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1.
Read the whole comment“…our eyes we have opened; and that barren one, for whom joy was proclaimed and foretold, because she was to have more sons than she that had the husband, her we have found to be such an one as hath forgotten the reproaches and infamy of her widowhood: and so we may perhaps wonder when we chance to read in any…” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1; Gal. iv. 27.
Read the whole comment“But now in that which followeth, “they have made Jerusalem for a keeping of apples;” even the Church herself is rightly understood under this name, even the free Jerusalem our mother, concerning whom hath been written, “many more are the sons of the forsaken, than of her that hath the husband.”” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1.
Read the whole comment“Thenceforth to Joseph the Gentiles rather belong, and thenceforth augmentation; because, “Many are the children of her that was desolate, rather than of her that hath the husband.”” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1.
Read the whole comment“That widowed one who brought forth, and whose children were more than those of the married wife, heard ill names, heard reproaches: but the Church, multiplied as she is, extending right and left, no longer remembers the reproach of her widowhood.” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1; Gal. iv. 27.
Read the whole comment“For Jerusalem also was called: and the first Jerusalem refused to hear, and it was said unto her, “Behold, thy house shall be left unto the desolate.”…But that Jerusalem, of whom it was written, “Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear,” “She hath answered Him.”” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1; Gal. iv. 27.
Read the whole comment“Nay, but in that which is our mother, which is in the heavens, of which it is said, “The desolate hath more children than she which hath a husband.”” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1; Gal. iv. 27.
Read the whole commentThe Fulfilment of the Prophecies Concerning Christ. 47. Wherefore let those evil applauders of Christ, who refuse to become Christians, desist from making the allegation that Christ did not teach that their gods were…
Read the whole comment“He says, “Rejoice, O barren, thou that barest not; break forth and cry, thou that didst not travail with child: for many more are the children of the desolate than of her that has an husband.”” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1–5.
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Catena Aurea on John
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“(Is.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Luke
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“For when a famine came upon the people of Israel, i. e. of hearing the word of God, a prophet came to a widow, of whom it is said, For the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband; (Isa. 54:1, Gal. 4:27.) and when he had come, he multiplies her bread and her nourishment.” — the author cites it
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Hippolytus of Rome
“…him, he says, “very fruitful” likewise, “because,” says he, “more numerous are the children of the desolate one, than those of her which hath an husband;” that is, things by being born again become immortal and abide for ever in great numbers, even though the things that are produced may be few; whereas things…” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1; Gal. iv. 27.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Fear not; because thou shalt overcome: nor be afraid because thou art cursed; for thou shalt forget thy eternal confusion.”” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 1–4.
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Cross-references · 33
Cited together in Against Heresies I.10.
Cited together in Origen on Luke 4:22–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Luke 4:22–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Luke 4:22–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Luke 4:22–27 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Origen on Luke 4:22–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Luke 4:22–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 3.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.6.
Cited together in Origen on John 11:54–57 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on John 11:54–57 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on John 11:54–57 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies I.10.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.6.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.10.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.10.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.6.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.6.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.6.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.10.
Cited together in Origen on Luke 4:22–27 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 2 other places.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.10.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.10.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.10.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.10.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.6.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.21.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 3.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 3.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 3.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.29.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.