Holy Scripture

Isaiah 40:9

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“For in the power of the Holy Spirit, by the will of the Father and the Son, Peter stood with the Eleven and, lifting up his voice (according to the text, "Lift up your voice with strength, you who bring good tidings to Jerusalem"), captured in the spiritual net of his words about three thousand souls. So great was the…”
Cyril of Jerusalem, 4th c. — Catechetical Lecture 17:21

Source: Septuagint

Original

9O thou that bringest glad tidings to Zion, go up on the high mountain; lift up thy voice with strength, thou that bringest glad tidings to Jerusalem; lift it up, fear not; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

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In context

7The grass withers, and the flower fades:

8but the word of our God abides forever.

— Isaiah 40:9 —

10Behold the Lord! The Lord is coming with strength, and his arm is with power: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

11He shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with young.

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