Fathers

Loading…

What the Fathers say

Isaiah 65:2

Western Saints

Jerome

I have stretched out my hands all day long to an unbelieving people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own thoughts. LXX: I have stretched out my hands all day long to an unbelieving and contradicting people, who have not walked in the good way but after their own sins. …

Commentary on Isaiah ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Second, he sentences separation: I have spread forth my hands. And first, he sentences the separation of the wicked from the good, because of sins of transgression; second, because of sins of omission: and you, that have forsaken (Isa 65:11). The first of these is divided into two: in the first, he threatens punishment for the wicked; in the second, he promises rewards for the good: thus says the Lord (Isa 65:8). …

Commentary on Isaiah ↗