Holy Scripture

Isaiah 49:16

A church father on this verse
“Let us flee these evils and elevate our soul to the image and likeness of God. The flight from evils is the likeness of God, and the image of God is gained through the virtues. And so, like a painter, he has painted us with the colors of the virtues. "See, I have painted your walls, Jerusalem." Let us not wipe away wi…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — DEATH AS A GOOD 5:17

Source: Septuagint

Original

16Behold, I have painted thy walls on my hands, and thou art continually before me.

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14But Zion said, The Lord has forsaken me, and, The Lord has forgotten me.

15Will a woman forget her child, so as not to have compassion upon the offspring of her womb? but if a woman should even forget these, yet I will not forget thee, saith the Lord.

— Isaiah 49:16 —

17And thou shalt soon be built by those by whom thou wert destroyed, and they that made thee desolate shall go forth of thee.

18Lift up thine eyes round about, and look on them all; behold, they are gathered together, and are come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt clothe thyself with them all as with an ornament, and put them on as a bride her attire.

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