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Isaiah 10:15Isa.10.15

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? [or] shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake [itself] against them that lift it up, [or] as if the staff should lift up [itself, as if it were] no wood.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

La hache se glorifie-t-elle envers celui qui s'en sert? Ou la scie est-elle arrogante envers celui qui la manie? Comme si la verge faisait mouvoir celui qui la lève, Comme si le bâton soulevait celui qui n'est pas du bois!

KJV

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? [or] shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake [itself] against them that lift it up, [or] as if the staff should lift up [itself, as if it were] no wood.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    the instrument of the Divine power which is the principal cause of his action; hence it is written ( Is. 10:15 ): "Shall the axe boast itself against him that cutteth with it? Or shall the saw exalt itself against him by whom it is drawn?" where man while acting is evidently comp…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)

    a est diabolus, ut in Isaia: «Aut exaltabitur serra contra eum a quo trahitur [Note: [Col. 1051] 17 Isa. X, 15.] ?» id est, aut se [Col. 1052A] eriget diabolus contra Christum, per quem de cordibus hominum ejicitur. Stellio est pravus quilibet, ut in Levitico prohibetur:…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 130 (Migne)

    uid gladiabitur securis contra eum qui secat in ea, aut exaltabitur serra contra eum qui trahit eam (Isa. X, 15) ,» ut [Col. 1010A] sit mihi illud suffragio divinum oraculum. Quomodo si cessavit exactor, tributum quiescit, ita contrivit Dominus baculum impiorum. Tribue, Domine,…

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