Isaiah 58:2 (WEB)
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments. They delight to draw near to God.
Fathers and councils · 4
Tertullian
“…day to day they seek, and to learn my ways they covet, as a people which hath done righteousness, and hath not forsaken the judgment of God,” and so forth: that, moreover, He was to do acts of power from the Father: “Behold, our God will deal retributive judgment; Himself will come and save us: then shall the…” — editor's note: See Isa. lviii. 1, 2, especially in LXX.
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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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Cyprian of Carthage
“Then shalt thou cry, and God shall hear thee; whilst yet thou art speaking, He shall say, Here I am.”” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 1–9.
Read the whole comment“Then thou shalt cry out, and God shall hear thee; while thou art yet speaking, He shall say, Here I am.”” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 1–9.
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