Isaias 60:15
Because thou wast forsaken, and hated, and there was none that passed through thee, I will make thee to be an everlasting glory, a joy unto generation and generation:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Pro eo quod fuisti derelicta et odio habita, et non erat qui per te transiret : ponam te in superbiam sæculorum, gaudium in generationem et generationem :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- διὰ τὸ γεγενῆσθαί σε ἐνκαταλελιμμένην καὶ μεμισημένην, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ βοηθῶν· καὶ θήσω σε ἀγαλλίαμα αἰώνιον, εὐφροσύνην γενεῶν γενεαῖς.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- תַּ֧חַת הֱיוֹתֵ֛ךְ עֲזוּבָ֥ה וּשְׂנוּאָ֖ה וְאֵ֣ין עוֹבֵ֑ר וְשַׂמְתִּיךְ֙ לִגְא֣וֹן עוֹלָ֔ם מְשׂ֖וֹשׂ דּ֥וֹר וָדֽוֹר
The Fathers on this verse
Origen Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John, Chapter XXVI
After all this it is proper to ask whether what is narrated as having taken place about the temple has ever taken place or ever will take place about the spiritual house. The argument may seem to pinch in whichever way we take it. If we say that it is possible that something like what is told about the temple may take place with regard to the spiritual house, or has already taken place in it, then those who hear us will, with difficulty, be brought to admit that a change can take place in such good things as these, firstly, because they do not wish it, and secondly, because of the incongruity of thinking that such things admit of change. …