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Isaiah 55:10Isa.55.10

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Comme la pluie et la neige descendent des cieux, Et n'y retournent pas Sans avoir arrosé, fécondé la terre, et fait germer les plantes, Sans avoir donné de la semence au semeur Et du pain à celui qui mange,

KJV

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 96 (Migne)

    on revertetur ad me vacuum, sed faciet quaecunque volui, et prosperabitur in iis ad quae misi illud (Isai. LV, 10) . Ecce quid per pluviam David voluit significare, et quid per stillicidia: profecto Spiritus sancti infusionem, et Verbi divinitatem, [Note: [Col. 0226D] Hic desinit…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 156 (Migne)

    on revertetur ad me vacuum, sed faciet quaecunque volui, et prosperabitur in iis ad quae misi illud (Isa. LV, 10, 11) . Imber descendit, cum angelus ad Virginem verba incarnandi deposuit. Nix de coelo venit, cum se a Patre sanctus Spiritus non virginum sublaturus, sed candorem mu…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 156 (Migne)

    cepit, cum eo quem peperit spirituale etiam [Col. 0562C] semen emittit. Semen serenti exinde datur (Isa. LV, 10) , cum generalis sanctorum praedicatio ex Christi incarnatione exorta dispergitur: sed hoc doctoribus. Et panem comedenti (Ibid.) , illum videlicet qui de coelo descen…

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