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Isaiah 42:6Isa.42.6

I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Moi, l'Eternel, je t'ai appelé pour le salut, Et je te prendrai par la main, Je te garderai, et je t'établirai pour traiter alliance avec le peuple, Pour être la lumière des nations,

KJV

I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

Patristic reading

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  • Barnabae epistula

    Barnabae epistula

    ῳ. γέγραπται γάρ, πῶς αὐτῷ ὁ πατὴρ ἐντέλλεται, λυτρωσάμενον ἡμᾶς ἐκ τοῦ σκότους ἑτοιμάσαι ἑαυτῷ λαὸν Is 42, 6. 7 ἅγιον. λέγει οὖν ὁ προφήτης: Ἐγὼ κύριος, ὁ θεός σου, ἐκάλεσά σε ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ κρατήσω τῆς χειρός σου καὶ ἐνισχύσω σε, καὶ ἔδωκά σε εἰς διαθήκην γένους, εἰς φῶς ἐθν…
  • Theodulf of Orleans

    Concerning the Holy Spirit

    people and a light for the Gentiles, to open the eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison" (Isaiah 42:6). Since the Son was sent and given, and the Spirit was also given and sent, they share the unity of divinity because they have the unity of work. That's why the Spiri…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 143 (Migne)

    ac Sebast. Brandt: Ave [Col. 0443C] durch leuchte Stern des meres, etc. (Wackernagel. p. 124.)---I. Is. XLII, 6. Et dedi te in foedus populi, in lucem gentium. Ad.: Maria scribitur quinque litteris in quibus quinque mysteria beatae Virginis designantur. Per litteram M intelligit…

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