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Isaiah 5:6Isa.5.6

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Je la réduirai en ruine; elle ne sera plus taillée, ni cultivée; Les ronces et les épines y croîtront; Et je donnerai mes ordres aux nuées, Afin qu'elles ne laissent plus tomber la pluie sur elle.

KJV

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Patristic reading

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  • Eucherius of Lyon

    Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas

    o rain down the word of the Lord. In Isaiah, it says: "I will command the clouds above not to rain" (Isaiah 5:6). Clouds can also represent the times of the wicked in a negative sense: "My salvation has passed by like a cloud" (Job 30:15). Thunder represents the voices of the Gos…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew

    us.” [ Wis 5:6 ] And of the rain it is said, “I will command the clouds that they rain not on it.” [ Isa 5:6 ] But whether it be this or that, it is of the great goodness of God, which is set forth for our imitation. He says not, ‘the sun,’ but, “His sun,” that is, the sun which…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark

    aters; of him, that is, who said, “I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.” [ Isa 5:6 ] But the name of son of God is obtained by peace and loving one’s enemy; for, Blessed are the peacemakers, for they are the sons of God. [ Matt 5:9 ] And, Love your enemi…

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