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Isaiah 7:4

Michelangelo, The Prophet Isaiah, c. 1509 · Sistine Chapel · Public domainMichelangelo, The Prophet Isaiah, c. 1509, Sistine Chapel

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Isaiah 7:4 (WEB)

Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm. Don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

Fathers and councils · 2

Irenaeus of Lyons

  • “On this account, therefore, the Lord Himself, who is Emmanuel from the Virgin, is the sign of our salvation, since it was the Lord Himself who saved them, because they could not be saved by their own instrumentality; and, therefore, when…” — editor's note: Isa. vii. 4.

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Tertullian

  • “Then, again, Jewish cavillers, in order to disconcert us, boldly pretend that Scripture does not hold that a virgin, but only a young woman, is to conceive and bring forth.” — editor's note: This opinion of Jews and Judaizing heretics is mentioned by Irenæus, Adv. Hæret. iii. 21 (Stieren’s ed. i. 532); Eusebius, Hist. Eccles. v. 8; Jerome, Adv.…

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Cross-references · 7

  • Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.12.

  • Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.12.

  • Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.12.

  • Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.12.

  • Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.12.

  • Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.12.

  • Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.12.

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