Isaiah 65:5 (WEB)
who say, ‘Stay by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you.’ These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day.
Fathers and councils · 5
Jerome
“My friend Jovinianus says, “Touch me not, for I am clean.”” — editor's note: Is. lxv. 5. Quoted from memory. The LXX and Vulg. have like A.V. and Rev., “Come not near me.”
Read the whole comment“Which really destroys freedom? the man who thanks God always and traces back his own tiny rill to its source in Him? or the man who says: “come not near to me, for I am holy; I have no need of Thee.” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 5, LXX.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…eateth with publicans and sinners?” and through the prophet, God of such men says “Which say, ‘come not near me for I am pure’ this is smoke of my wrath.”” — editor's note: Is. lxv. 5. The Greek of the text is οἱ λέγοντες καθαρός εἰμι, μή μου ἅπτου οὗτος καπνὸς τοῦ θυμοῦ μου. In the Sept. the passage stand οἱ λεγοντες ποῤ& 191·ω…
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Augustine of Hippo
“Of this number are they who say, “Touch me not.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 5.
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Tertullian
““But Israel doth not know me, and my people doth not consider me;” nor to the Gentiles: “For, behold,” says He, “of the nations I have no man.”” — editor's note: This passage it is not easy to identify. [See Is. lxiii. 3.] The books point to Isa. lxv. 5, but there is there no trace of it.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Ecclesiastical History IV.9.
Cited together in Ecclesiastical History IV.9.