Isaiah 54:2 (WEB)
“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your habitations; don’t spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.
Fathers and councils · 5
Augustine of Hippo
“For thy king is hidden, and more sons to thee there are by a hidden Bridegroom.…The Prophet addeth, “Enlarge the place of Thy tabernacle, and Thy courts fix thou: there is no cause for thee to spare, extend further thy cords, and strong stakes set thou again and again on the right and on the left.”” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 2.
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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Gregory of Nazianzus
“I seem indeed to hear that voice, from Him Who gathers together those who are broken, and welcomes the oppressed: Enlarge thy cords, break forth on the right hand and on the left, drive in thy stakes, spare not thy curtains.” — editor's note: Isai. liv. 2.
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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 · 2
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.21.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.29.