Holy Scripture

Isaiah 29:19

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 19). The meek will obtain fresh joy in the Lord, and the neediest people will exult in the Holy One of Israel. But when the blind or those who are initiated into mystical matters have first beheld these things or have lifted up their eyes from blindness and darkness to see, so that true light may arise for thos…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Isaiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

19and the poor shall rejoice with joy because of the Lord, and they that had no hope among men shall be filled with joy.

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In context

17Is it not yet a little while, and Lebanon shall be changed as the mountain of Carmel, and Carmel shall be reckoned as a forest?

18And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and they that are in darkness, and they that are in mist: the eyes of the blind shall see,

— Isaiah 29:19 —

20The lawless man has come to nought, and the proud man has perished, and they that transgress mischievously have been utterly destroyed:

21and they that cause men to sin by a word: and men shall make all that reprove in the gates an offense, because they have unjustly turned aside the righteous.

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