Isaias 57:13
When thou shalt cry, let thy companies deliver thee, but the wind shall carry them all off, a breeze shall take them away, but he that putteth his trust in me, shall inherit the land, and shall possess my holy mount.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cum clamaveris, liberent te congregati tui, et omnes eos auferet ventus, tollet aura. Qui autem fiduciam habet mei, hæreditabit terram, et possidebit montem sanctum meum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὅταν ἀναβοήσῃς, ἐξελέσθωσάν σε ἐν τῇ θλίψει σου· τούτους γὰρ πάντας λήμψεται ἄνεμος καὶ ἀποίσει καταιγίς. οἱ δὲ ἀντεχόμενοί μου κτήσονται γῆν, καὶ κληρονομήσουσιν τὸ ὄρος τὸ ἅγιόν μου,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- בְּזַֽעֲקֵךְ֙ יַצִּילֻ֣ךְ קִבּוּצַ֔יִךְ וְאֶת כֻּלָּ֥ם יִשָּׂא ר֖וּחַ יִקַּח הָ֑בֶל וְהַחוֹסֶ֥ה בִי֙ יִנְחַל אֶ֔רֶץ וְיִירַ֖שׁ הַר קָדְשִֽׁי
Haydock's commentary
Companies, or princes, in whom thou hast confided. Assyria and Egypt cannot save themselves. (Calmet)
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.
The Fathers on this verse
St Gregory Nazianzen The Last Farewell in the Presence of the One Hundred and Fifty Bishops
8. Thou countest tens of thousands, God counts those who are in a state of salvation; thou countest the dust which is without number, I the vessels of election. For nothing is so magnificent in God’s sight as pure doctrine, and a soul perfect in all the dogmas of the truth. For there is nothing worthy of Him Who made all things, of Him by Whom are all things, and for Whom are all things, so that it can be given or offered to God: not merely the handiwork or means of any individual, but even if we wished to honour Him, by uniting together all the property and handiwork of all mankind. …