Isaiah 59:4 (WEB)
No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. They trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Fathers and councils · 4
Athanasius of Alexandria
“But such meditation, because it is evil, the Holy Spirit blames in these words, and reproves too in other terms, saying, ‘Your hands are polluted with blood, your fingers with sins; your lips have spoken lawlessness, and your tongue imagineth iniquity: no man speaketh right things, nor is there true judgment.’” — editor's note: Is. lix. 3, 4.
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Tertullian
“For in the first part of the law, too, “Thou shalt not,” saith He, “use the name of the Lord thy God in a vain thing,” that is, in an idol.” — editor's note: Because Scripture calls idols “vanities” and “vain things.” See 2 Kings xvii. 15, Ps. xxiv. 4, Isa. lix. 4, Deut. xxxii. 21, etc.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“No one speaketh truth, nor is there true judgment: they trust in vanity, and speak emptiness, who conceive sorrow, and bring forth wickedness.”” — editor's note: Isa. lix. 1–4.
Read the whole comment“They trust in vanity, and speak emptiness, who conceive sorrow, and bring forth wickedness.”” — editor's note: Isa. lix. 1–4.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.48.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.48.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.48.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.48.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.48.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.48.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.