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Isaiah 59:1Isa.59.1

Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Non, la main de l'Eternel n'est pas trop courte pour sauver, Ni son oreille trop dure pour entendre.

KJV

Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Patristic reading

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  • Fulgentius of Ruspe

    Sermons and Refutations on the Trinity

    e, nor is His ear heavy, that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have separated you from your God" (Isaiah 59:1-2). In the Book of Wisdom, it is also shown that men are separated from God not by places, but by wicked thoughts and unjust actions. For it is said there: "Perverse t…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ciently. For the efficient cause of our salvation is the greatness of the Divine power, according to Is. 59:1 : "Behold the hand of the Lord is not shortened that it cannot save." But "Christ was crucified through weakness," as it is written ( 2 Cor. 13:4 ). Therefore, Christ's P…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 87 (Migne)

    iviserunt inter vos et Deum vestrum, et peccata vestra absconderunt faciem ejus a vobis ne exaudiat (Isa. LIX, 1) . Ut ista vero vobis non contingant, custodite quae praecepta sunt, implete Dei mandata, ut vivatis et bene sit vobis, nihilque calamitatis vobis eveniat: ipse enim p…

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