Isaiah 58:3 (WEB)
‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you don’t see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you don’t notice?’ “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and oppress all your laborers.
Fathers and councils · 11
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.14Conference XXI
“Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall hear: thou shalt cry, and He shall say, Here am I.” You see then that fasting is certainly not considered by the Lord as a thing that is good in its own nature, because it becomes good and well-pleasing to God…” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 3–9.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.26Conference XXIV
“For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.”” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 3, 13, 14.
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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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Augustine of Hippo
““Wherefore have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen; wherefore have we afflicted our souls, and Thou takest no knowledge?”” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 3.
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John Chrysostom
“So also Isaiah,discoursing of it, calls it “an affliction of the soul;” and Moses too in like manner.” — editor's note: Lit., “humiliation.” Isa. lviii. 3; Numb. xxix. 7.
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Jerome
“How fast ye unto me?”” — editor's note: Isaiah lviii. 3, 4, R.V. marg.
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Tertullian
“…authoritatively declared, “Not such a fast hath the Lord elected,” that is, not abstinence from food, but the works of righteousness, which he there appends: and that the Lord Himself in the Gospel has given a compendious answer to every kind of scrupulousness in regard to food; “that not by such things as are…” — editor's note: See Isa. lviii. 3–7.
Read the whole comment“Not such a fast have I elected;” but such an one as He has subjoined, and by subjoining has not abolished, but confirmed.” — editor's note: See Isa. lviii. 3, 4, 5, briefly, and more like the LXX. than the Vulg. or the Eng. ver.
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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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Gregory the Great
“Hence it is rightly said through the prophet, In the days of your fasts are found your wills (Isai. lviii. 3, lxx.).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.14.
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Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.26.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.26.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.26.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.26.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.26.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.26.