Isaiah 55:3 (WEB)
Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Catechism · 1
“"Christ instituted this New Covenant."” — Catechism footnote: LG 9; cf. Hos 1; Isa 1:2-4; Jer 2; 31:31-34; Isa 55:3.
Fathers and councils · 7
Justin Martyr
“Behold, I have given Him for a witness to the people: nations which know not Thee shall call on Thee; peoples who know not Thee shall escape to Thee, because of thy God, the Holy One of Israel; for He has glorified Thee.’” — editor's note: Isa. lv. 3 ff. according to LXX.
Read the whole comment“And the Lord shall be for a name, and for an everlasting sign, and He shall not fail!’” — editor's note: Isa. lv. 3 to end.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
““I will make,” he says, “an everlasting covenant with you,” and, signifying the law-giver, he adds, “even the sure mercies of David.”” — editor's note: Is. lv. 3
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Augustine of Hippo
“God, who magnifieth, so as to make wonderful, the salvation, which His Son giveth to believers.” — editor's note: [The epigraph of this Psalm in 2 Sam. xxiii. 1–5 seems to connect with Isa. lv. 3, and so with Acts xiii. 34.—C.]
Read the whole comment“Ye seek bread, that your flesh may live: the Lord seek ye, that your soul may live.” — editor's note: Isa. lv. 3.
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Tertullian
“You will not interpret these words of David, because He previously said, “I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.”” — editor's note: Isa. lv. 3.
Read the whole comment“For by Isaiah He says: “Hear me, and ye shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you,” adding “the sure mercies of David,” in order that He might show that that covenant was to run its course in Christ.” — editor's note: Isa. lv. 3.
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 12.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 12.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 12.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 12.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 12.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.19.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.19.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.19.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.19.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.19.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.19.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 12.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.19.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.19.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.