Isaiah 58:8 (WEB)
Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and the LORD’s glory will be your rear guard.
Fathers and councils · 10
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.
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Augustine of Hippo
“The which fruits having sprung forth from the earth, behold, because it is good; and let our temporary light burst forth; and let us, from this inferior fruit of action, possessing the delights of contemplation and of the Word of Life above, let us appear as lights in the world,…” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 8.
Read the whole comment“Thy light is thy God, a “morning light” to thee, because He shall come to thee after the night of this world: for He neither rises nor sets, because He is ever abiding.” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 7, 8.
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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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John Chrysostom
“Then thou shalt call upon me, and I will give ear unto thee; whilst thou art yet speaking, I will say, Lo! here I am.”” — editor's note: Is. lviii. 6–9. [LXX., see note above.]
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Then shalt thou call, and God shall hear thee; and while thou shalt yet speak, He shall say, Here I am.”” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 6–9.
Read the whole comment“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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Tertullian
“…and subjoins a statement about the reward of good works, he says: “Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy garments, shall speedily arise;” where he has no thought of cloaks or stuff gowns, but means the rising of the flesh, which he declared the resurrection of, after its fall in death.” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 8.
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Clement of Alexandria
““Then shall thou call, and God will hear thee; whilst thou art yet speaking, He will say, I am here.”” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 7, 8, 9.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.14.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 27.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 27.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 27.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 27.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 27.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 27.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 27.