Isaiah 58:11 (WEB)
and the LORD will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.
Fathers and councils · 4
Athanasius of Alexandria
“What a load of extravagance! for God promises that those who do His will shall be as a fountain which the water fails not, saying by Isaiah the prophet, ‘And the Lord shall satisfy thy soul in drought, and make thy bones fat; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.’” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 11.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIV.13Conference XIV
“And the places that have been desolate for ages shall be built in thee; thou shalt raise up the foundations of generation and generation; and thou shalt be called the repairer of the fences, turning the paths into rest.”” — editor's note: Is. lviii. 11, 12.
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Justin Martyr
“…as thy soul desireth, and thy bones shall become fat, and shall be as a watered garden, and as a fountain of water, or as a land where water fails not.’” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 1–12.
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Ambrose of Milan
“And if you offer this with humility and with mercy, your bones, as Isaiah said, shall be fat, and you shall be like a well-watered garden.” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 11.
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Cross-references · 13
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Cited together in Against the Arians I.5.
Cited together in Against the Arians I.5.
Cited together in Against the Arians I.5.
Cited together in Against the Arians I.5.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.13.