Isaiah 21 in the early church
[Vulgate: Isaias]
6 passages quote, allude to, or echo Isaiah 21, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Isaiah 21:2
A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 21:2 | Theological Oration 5 (Or. 31), On the Holy Spirit 3 · Gregory of Nazianzus | quotation, medium confidence | 380 |
Isaiah 21:7
When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 21:7 | Commentary on Jeremiah 5.27 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 414-419 |
| Isa 21:7–9 | Sermon 170 · Peter Chrysologus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
Isaiah 21:9
Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 21:9 | Letter 113.1 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–419 |
Isaiah 21:10
O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 21:10 | Demonstration of the Gospel 2.3.131 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
Isaiah 21:12
The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 21:12 | Letter 21.21 · Jerome | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 370–419 |