Isaias 12:4
And you shall say in that day: Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name: make his works known among the people: remember that his name is high.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et dicetis in die illa : Confitemini Domino et invocate nomen ejus ; notas facite in populis adinventiones ejus ; mementote quoniam excelsum est nomen ejus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐρεῖς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ Ὑμνεῖτε Κύριον, βοᾶτε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, ἀναγγείλατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν τὰ ἔνδοξα αὐτοῦ· μιμνήσκεσθε ὅτι ὑψώθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֞ם בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא הוֹד֤וּ לַֽיהוָה֙ קִרְא֣וּ בִשְׁמ֔וֹ הוֹדִ֥יעוּ בָֽעַמִּ֖ים עֲלִֽילֹתָ֑יו הַזְכִּ֕ירוּ כִּ֥י נִשְׂגָּ֖ב שְׁמֽוֹ
The Fathers on this verse
St Irenaeus Against Heresies: Book IV, Chapter V. The author returns to his
1. God, therefore, is one and the same, who rolls up the heaven as a book, and renews the face of the earth; who made the things of time for man, so that coming to maturity in them, he may produce the fruit of immortality; and who, through His kindness, also bestows [upon him] eternal things, “that in the ages to come He may show the exceeding riches of His grace;” who was announced by the law and the prophets, whom Christ confessed as His Father. Now He is the Creator, and He it is who is God over all, as Esaias says, “I am witness, saith the Lord God, and my servant whom I have chosen, that ye may know, and believe, and understand that I am . Before me there was no other God, neither shall be after me. I am God, and besides me there is no Saviour. …