Isaias 46:11
Who call a bird from the east, and from a far country the man of my own will, and I have spoken, and will bring it to pass: I have created, and I will do it. Hear me, O ye hardhearted, who are far from justice.
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- Vulgate (Clementine) shown from Isaias 46:11, 46:12
- Vocans ab oriente avem, et de terra longinqua virum voluntatis meæ : et locutus sum, et adducam illud ; creavi et faciam illud. Audite me, duro corde, qui longe estis a justitia.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Isaias 46:11, 46:12
- καλῶν ἀπ᾽ ἀνατολῶν πετεινὸν καὶ ἀπὸ γῆς πόρρωθεν περὶ ὧν βεβούλευμαι, ἐλάλησα καὶ ἤγαγον, ἔκτισα καὶ ἐποίησα, ἤγαγον αὐτὸν καὶ εὐόδωσα τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ. ἀκούσατέ μου, οἱ ἀπολωλεκότες τὴν καρδίαν, οἱ μακρὰν ἀπὸ τῆς δικαιοσύνης.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Isaias 46:11, 46:12
- קֹרֵ֤א מִמִּזְרָח֙ עַ֔יִט מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מֶרְחָ֖ק אִ֣ישׁ עצתו אַף דִּבַּ֨רְתִּי֙ אַף אֲבִיאֶ֔נָּה יָצַ֖רְתִּי אַף אֶעֱשֶֽׂנָּה שִׁמְע֥וּ אֵלַ֖י אַבִּ֣ירֵי לֵ֑ב הָרְחוֹקִ֖ים מִצְּדָקָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Bird; Cyrus, whose rapid conquests are thus denoted. (Calmet)
He chose a golden eagle, with wings expanded, for his standard. (Xenophon vii.)
Christ came from heaven to redeem the world, Psalm xviii. 6., and Malachias iv. 2. (Calmet)
He was the orient, adored by the eastern sages, to whom the prophet refers. (St. Jerome) (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.