Isaiah 22 in the early church

[Vulgate: Isaias]

44 passages quote, allude to, or echo Isaiah 22, 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.

Verses: 1 · 2 · 4 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 16 · 17 · 22

Isaiah 22:1

This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

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Isa 22:1–11Against Parmenian the Donatist 3.2 · Optatus of Milevisquotation, high confidenceca. 366–385
Isa 22:1Letter 106.63 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 370–419
Isa 22:1Commentary on Jeremiah 4.34 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 414-419

Isaiah 22:2

O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.

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Isa 22:2Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 35 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
Isa 22:2Letters 46, 47 · Basil of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 357–378
Isa 22:2Against Parmenian the Donatist 3.1 · Optatus of Milevisquotation, medium confidenceca. 366–385
Isa 22:2Against Parmenian the Donatist 3.8 · Optatus of Milevisquotation, high confidenceca. 366–385

Isaiah 22:4

Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

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Isa 22:4Letter 44 · Basil of Caesareaallusion, high confidenceca. 357–378
Isa 22:4Against Parmenian the Donatist 1.2 · Optatus of Milevisallusion, low confidenceca. 366–385
Isa 22:4Against Parmenian the Donatist 3.2 · Optatus of Milevisquotation, high confidenceca. 366–385

Isaiah 22:12

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

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Isa 22:12Letter 122.1 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 370–419
Isa 22:12Letter 147.3 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 370–419

Isaiah 22:13

But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

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Isa 22:13A Plea for the Christians 12 · Athenagorasquotation, medium confidenceca. 176–180
Isa 22:13On the Resurrection of the Dead 19 · Athenagorasquotation, medium confidenceca. 177–180 (if by Athenagoras)
Isa 22:13The Instructor 2.1.8 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 190–200
Isa 22:13The Instructor 3.11.81 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, medium confidenceca. 190–200
Isa 22:13On Monogamy 16 · Tertullianallusion, medium confidenceca. 210–217
Isa 22:13Lines 741–764 · Commodianallusion, medium confidence3rd century (disputed)
Isa 22:13Instructions 2.36 · Commodianecho, low confidence3rd century (disputed)
Isa 22:13–14To Quirinus 3.60 · Cyprian of Carthagequotation, high confidenceca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
Isa 22:13Acta Archelai (Latin) 58 · Hegemoniusquotation, medium confidenceearly to mid 4th century (Greek original)
Isa 22:13Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:32 · Ambrosiasterquotation, high confidenceca. 366–384
Isa 22:13Letter 121.8 · Jeromeallusion, medium confidenceca. 370–419
Isa 22:13Letter 122.1 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 370–419
Isa 22:13Letter 147.3 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 370–419
Isa 22:13Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 64.52.5 · Epiphanius of Salamisquotation, medium confidence374-377
Isa 22:13On Cain and Abel 1.14 · Ambrosequotation, medium confidenceca. 375-378
Isa 22:13Apostolic Constitutions 3.7.3 · Anonymousquotation, medium confidenceca. 380
Isa 22:13On the Complaints of Job and David 2.17 · Ambrosequotation, medium confidenceca. 383-390
Isa 22:13On Naboth 38 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-390
Isa 22:13On Elijah and Fasting 69 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 387-390
Isa 22:13Explanation of Twelve Psalms 48.18.3 · Ambroseallusion, medium confidenceca. 387-397
Isa 22:13Sermon 74.3 · Augustine of Hippoquotation, high confidenceca. 391-430
Isa 22:13Sermon 112.6 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, medium confidenceca. 391-430
Isa 22:13Sermon 210.7 · Augustine of Hippoquotation, high confidenceca. 391-430
Isa 22:13Against Jovinianus 2.3 · Jeromeallusion, medium confidence393
Isa 22:13Against Jovinianus 2.6 · Jeromequotation, high confidence393
Isa 22:13Sermon 118 · Peter Chrysologusquotation, high confidenceca. 425-450

Isaiah 22:14

The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.

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Isa 22:14The Instructor 2.1.8 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 190–200
Isa 22:14Letter 147.3 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 370–419

Isaiah 22:16

What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?

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Isa 22:16PG 12:1441 (Ps 48 LXX) · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254
Isa 22:16Explanation of Twelve Psalms 48.19.2 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 387-397

Isaiah 22:17

Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,

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Isa 22:17Formulae of Spiritual Understanding 4 · Eucherius of Lyonquotation, medium confidenceca. 420-430

Isaiah 22:22

I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

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Isa 22:22Address of Thanksgiving 15 · Gregory Thaumaturgusallusion, medium confidenceca. 238–245