Holy Scripture

Isaiah 42:12

A church father on this verse
“(Verses 11-12) Let the desert and its cities lift up: in the houses shall Cedar dwell, praise you inhabitants of Petra, they shall shout from the top of the mountains. They shall give glory to the Lord, and his praise in the islands they shall declare. LXX: Let the wilderness lift up its voice and its towns, the settl…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Isaiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

12They shall give glory to God, and shall proclaim his praises in the islands.

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10Sing a new hymn to the Lord: ye who are his dominion, glorify his name from the end of the earth: ye that go down to the sea, and sail upon it; the islands, and they that dwell in them.

11Rejoice, thou wilderness, and the villages thereof, the hamlets, and the dwellers in Kedar: the inhabitants of the rock shall rejoice, they shall shout from the top of the mountains.

— Isaiah 42:12 —

13The Lord God of hosts shall go forth, and crush the war: he shall stir up jealousy, and shall shout mightily against his enemies.

14I have been silent: shall I also always be silent and forbear? I have endured like a travailing woman: I will now amaze and wither at once.

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