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Theodoret of Cyrus

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500

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  1. Isaiah 52:15
    For not all believed, but those who did believe admired to the highest point the mystery of piety. “And kings shall keep their mouths shut.” At the manifest demonstration of God’s power, those who formerly persecuted him and had dared to blaspheme will restrain their tongues from slander. Then he adds in a clearer vein: “For they to whom no report was brought concerning him shall see; and they who have not heard shall consider.” For those who did not receive the prophetic predictions, but who served idols, will see, thanks to the heralds of truth, the might of him who was proclaimed to them, and they will know his power. After the predictions concerning the Gentiles, he also prophesies the incredulity of the Jews.

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 17:52.15

  2. Isaiah 53:4
    And next he teaches the forms of dishonor and shame, “A man being in sorrow.” He points out the nature that received the suffering, for his body was nailed to the cross, but his divinity made the passion its own. “And he was familiar with sickness.” This was said about his humanity. For to be courageous and philosophical touches not divine but human nature. “For his face was turned away. It was not valued or appreciated.” The three translators render it this way, “And like a hiding of the face from him, he was made nothing and not appreciated.” That is, he hid the divine energy and chose suffering and did not seek vengeance on others. For as he was on the cross he said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” This teaches us the reasons for the passion: “He bore our sicknesses and suffered for us.” Symmachus translated, “Indeed, he personally has taken on our sicknesses and endured our pains.” We deserved death for those sins we had committed, and having received this penalty, he received death on our behalf.

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 17:53.3-4

  3. Isaiah 53:6
    The offenses of all were not equal, and there was not only one way of being impious; for the idols of the Egyptians and those of the Phoenicians were not the same, those of the Greeks were different, and those of the Scythians were something else. Nevertheless, although the forms of error were different, we had all in a common manner abandoned the true God, and by this we resembled sheep who have gone astray and are exposed to the wolves.

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 17:53.6

  4. Isaiah 53:7
    It was fitting for him to heal like by like and to recall the other wandering sheep by becoming a sheep himself. He became a sheep, without being changed into one, or without being altered or without quitting his own essence.… For, according to Isaiah, he was sheared as well as slaughtered. For he endured death in his humanity. But as God he remained alive and impassible and gave the fleece of his body to the shearers.

    ON DIVINE PROVIDENCE 10:29-30

  5. Isaiah 53:10
    Having thus proclaimed in advance the iniquity of the people, he addresses to them an exhortation to repent—for he saw in advance those among them who, after these events, would have the faith. Of this number was the divine Paul; of this number were the three thousand men and the many thousands—and he says, “If you can give an offering for sin, your soul shall see a long-lived offspring.” If you acknowledge your impiety, and if you request salvation, you will obtain life eternal; for this is what he has called “long-lived.”

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 17:53.10

  6. Isaiah 54:1
    And through these prophecies, the God of the universe declares that in his overflowing love for human beings he is not only “Lord” and “Father” but that he also calls himself “husband” and “groom.” This prophecy teaches that the woman who was deserted produced more children than the one who had a husband.

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 17:54.1

  7. Isaiah 54:3
    He accordingly bids the barren one to fill the world with houses of prayer and to make them left and right, that is to say, in the south and the north. One is not, however, mistaken if one gives the name of “stakes” to the holy prophets, to the apostles and to the martyrs, hidden in the earth, as the tent stakes are; these are the ones who maintain the tabernacle of the church, holding it upright with their doctrines as if with ropes. They are also called “foundations.”

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 17:54.2

  8. Isaiah 54:9
    He says, “Remember the covenants made with Noah and recognize their truth. I have promised never again to destroy the earth in such a way. Having the first covenant as a pledge, believe that you will always enjoy my love, and I will firmly guard your peace, and I will never dissolve this marriage.”

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 17:54.9-10

  9. Isaiah 54:13
    Symmachus translated, “The Lord who takes pity on you says, lowly one, who has not been comforted, I have mercy for you. For I have seen you wandering aimlessly, as if surrounded by the spirits of deceit that have restless thoughts.” … He calls godly public behavior a “city.” The marks of the saints are various. But all are equally pleasing in God’s sight. For that reason he calls them all precious stones, even if they have various characters. By coal is symbolized God’s burning love. Sapphire represents the person who hides his virtue, for the hue of sapphire is a deep one. By “jasper” … is designated, I think, the luster of miracle working.… Then Isaiah leaves the figurative way of speaking to put things more clearly: “All your sons shall be taught of the Lord.” He has called figuratively “stones,” the appearance of virtue. The peace of God is here promised. Paul refers to this construction when he says, “Like a skilled architect I laid the foundation.”

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 17:54.11-14

  10. Isaiah 54:16
    This the Lord has taught in turn in the holy Gospels: “Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundations of the world.” He gives it to those who provide proof of the righteousness that he has established by his laws: “For I was hungry,” he says, “and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink” and the rest.

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 17:54.17

  11. Isaiah 55:2
    Behold what [Isaiah] has shown here, before indicating the road of righteousness. For it is thanks to all-holy baptism that “we are justified freely,” according to the divine apostle: “by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” It is this the prophetic text likewise allows [us] to understand: “And all that have no money, go and buy, and eat and drink wine and fat without money or price.” The divine Scripture often calls righteousness “money.” “The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved in a furnace of earth.” As for those who live with iniquity, “call them rejected silver, for the Lord has rejected them.” …Here he rejected the sacrifices of the law.… The prophetic text teaches that these sacrifices gave no nourishment to the soul.

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 17:55.1-2

  12. Isaiah 55:3
    I will fulfill these covenants that had been made to David for them, clothing the human nature from the line of David according to the promise and bringing forth the New Testament.

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 17:55.2-3

  13. Isaiah 55:6
    He says, “When you who seek have found, when you have called and have found pardon, flee the former road of ungodliness and immorality and show God your face, not your back. For he will grant you mercy and give you forgiveness of sins.”

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 17:55.7

  14. Isaiah 55:11
    We stand far apart from each other, as far as the heaven is from the earth. For you hate me, while I love you. You avoid me, while I call you. You fight me, while I work for your benefit.

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 17:55.8-9

  15. Isaiah 55:13
    He has shown by this the change undergone by the foreign nations. For people who formerly resembled useless and rampant weeds, behold, after having had knowledge of the Savior, they have imitated the height of the cypress and the sweet aroma of the myrtle. They proclaim by their deeds the power of our God and Savior, in offering their own change as a sign [to others] and as a miracle, great, astonishing and lasting. Thus, this sign will be eternal and shall not fail.… Let us therefore offer ourselves [to others] as a sign worthy of our God and Savior, not only in adhering to the holy precepts but also in embracing the mode of life corresponding thereto, to the end that seeing our “good works” people may “glorify your Father in heaven.” To him are due all glory, honor and magnificence, together with his only-begotten Son and the All-Holy Spirit, now and forever and to ages of ages. Amen.

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 17:55.13

  16. Isaiah 56:1-2
    The inspired prophets spoke not only of things to come but also gave dogmatic and ethical instruction. And they announced both judgment and salvation to those of former times, so that by the promise of good things and by the warning of pains they might turn them from evil and point them to virtue. One can easily learn this from the present oracle. For the prophetic word counsels Israel to be held by righteousness and to have uprightness as the soul’s principle and then adds the prediction of the Savior and the revelation of mercy. For both [the moral and the predictive teaching] point to the Master’s appearing.

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 18:56.1

  17. Isaiah 56:9
    Having made these promises to foreigners and eunuchs, he predicts to the Jews the last siege that would be made by the Romans.… The Roman army was gathered from diverse nations, because they were at that time the masters of all Europe and had conquered the larger part of Asia. This is why the prophetic text says, “Come to devour, all you beasts of the forest.” Some, however, have related these words to Gog and Magog, without observing the fact that the latter were consumed in the mountains of Judea under the effect of punishment coming from God, whereas those who are now summoned are being urged to devour other people.

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 18:56.6-9

  18. Isaiah 57:1-2
    He foretells here the cross of the Master; for he calls the Master Christ “righteous,” he who committed no sin and in whose mouth no deceit was found.… “His grave shall be in peace.” For the righteous has been removed out of the way of injustice. He says this about Christ our Master and simultaneously lets us see the injustice of the murder and the victory that followed the death. For the death effected for us the reconciliation with God. He himself left his grave to ascend to the heavens.

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 18:57.1-2

  19. Isaiah 57:8
    “You have made a bargain for yourselves with them” means, “You have united with many demons, and you have followed their laws, and you have covenanted to serve each one.”

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 18:57.8

  20. Isaiah 57:16
    He has shown the variety of types of care; although he dwells in the heavens, [God] considers lowly things, and though as holy he resides among holy ones he gives spiritual comfort to those who are spiritually weak. Those who are heartbroken he leads back to life. For he does not concern himself only with the righteous but also with those who have let themselves draw near to the abyss of evil, and he brings healing in various ways to those afflicted in soul.

    COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 18:57.15

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