Holy Scripture
Isaiah 27:5
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 4, 5.) Indignation is not mine: who will give me a thorn and a thistle in battle? I will march over it: I will set it on fire together. Or rather, shall I hold onto my strength? It will bring me peace, it will bring me peace. LXX: There is nothing that does not seize it. Who will appoint me as a keeper of the s…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
5I am burned up; they that dwell in her shall cry, Let us make peace with him, let us make peace,
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In context
3I am a strong city, a city in a siege: in vain shall I water it; for it shall be taken by night, and by day the wall shall fall.
4There is no woman that has not taken hold of it; who will set me to watch stubble in the field? because of this enemy I have set her aside; therefore on this account the Lord has done all that he appointed.
— Isaiah 27:5 —
6they that are coming are the children of Jacob. Israel shall bud and blossom, and the world shall be filled with his fruit.
7Shall he himself be thus smitten, even as he smote? and as he slew, shall he be thus slain?