Isaiah 2 in the early church
[Vulgate: Isaias]
155 passages quote, allude to, or echo Isaiah 2, 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.
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Isaiah 2:1
This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:1 | Commentary on John 2.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| Isa 2:1–2 | Commentary on John 2.7 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| Isa 2:1 | Prophetic Extracts 4.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Isa 2:1 | Demonstration of the Gospel 2.3.65 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Isa 2:1–3 | Demonstration of the Gospel 2.3.67 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Isa 2:1 | Demonstration of the Gospel 2.3.75 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Isa 2:1 | On the Holy Spirit 28 · Didymus the Blind | allusion, medium confidence | Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391 |
Isaiah 2:2
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:2–4 | Against the Jews 3 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 197–207 |
| Isa 2:2 | Against Marcion 3.21 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Isa 2:2 | Against Marcion 5.4 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Isa 2:2–3 | On the Soul 50 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 210 |
| Isa 2:2–4 | Letter to Africanus 17 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–245 |
| Isa 2:2–4 | Against Celsus 5.33 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| Isa 2:2 | Commentary on Matthew 16.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Isa 2:2–4 | To Quirinus 2.18 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| Isa 2:2 | Letter 75.1 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 249/250–258 |
| Isa 2:2 | Prophetic Extracts 4.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Isa 2:2–4 | Demonstration of the Gospel 1.4.7 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Isa 2:2–4 | Demonstration of the Gospel 2.3.13 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Isa 2:2–4 | Demonstration of the Gospel 8.3.4 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Isa 2:2 | Demonstration 12.4 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Isa 2:2–4 | Demonstration 16.1 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Isa 2:2–4 | Demonstration 19.5 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Isa 2:2 | Catechetical Lecture 21.7 · Cyril of Jerusalem | quotation, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| Isa 2:2–3 | Tractates on the Psalms 14.5 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Isa 2:2–3 | Tractates on the Psalms 124.3 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Isa 2:2 | Apostolic Constitutions 6.5.3 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Isa 2:2 | Letter 93.29 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Isa 2:2 | Sermon 89.2 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Isa 2:2 | Sermon 338.1 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Isa 2:2 | Homilies on the First Epistle of John 1.13 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 407 |
| Isa 2:2 | City of God 10.32 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
| Isa 2:2 | Book 2, chapter 18 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 440-450 |
Isaiah 2:3
And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:3 | First Apology 39 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 150–155 |
| Isa 2:3 | Dialogue with Trypho 24.1 · Justin Martyr | allusion, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Isa 2:3 | On Pascha 7 · text not on this site · Melito of Sardis | allusion, high confidence | ca. 160-180 |
| Isa 2:3 | Exhortation to the Greeks 1.2 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Isa 2:3 | Against Heresies 4.34.4 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Isa 2:3 | Prophetic Extracts 58.1 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 200 |
| Isa 2:3–6 | Against the Jews 9 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | 3rd cent. (disputed) |
| Isa 2:3 | On Mount Sinai and Mount Zion 1 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | 3rd cent. (disputed) |
| Isa 2:3 | On Mount Sinai and Mount Zion 9 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | 3rd cent. (disputed) |
| Isa 2:3 | On Mount Sinai and Mount Zion 10 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | 3rd cent. (disputed) |
| Isa 2:3 | Against Marcion 3.21 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Isa 2:3 | Against Marcion 3.22 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Isa 2:3 | Against Marcion 4.1 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Isa 2:3 | Against Marcion 5.4 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Isa 2:3–4 | To Quirinus 1.10 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| Isa 2:3 | Prophetic Extracts 4.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Isa 2:3 | Demonstration of the Gospel 2.3.77 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Isa 2:3–4 | Demonstration of the Gospel 6.18.50 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Isa 2:3–4 | Demonstration of the Gospel 9.13.15 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Isa 2:3 | Against Marcellus 2.2.9 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 336–337 |
| Isa 2:3 | On Ecclesiastical Theology 2.24.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 337–339 |
| Isa 2:3 | Catechetical Lecture 18.32 · Cyril of Jerusalem | allusion, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| Isa 2:3 | Tractates on the Psalms 52.18 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Isa 2:3 | Tractates on the Psalms 121.7 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Isa 2:3 | Against Parmenian the Donatist 3.2 · Optatus of Milevis | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–385 |
| Isa 2:3 | Letter to Epictetus 2 · Athanasius of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370 |
| Isa 2:3 | Letter 73.4 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Isa 2:3 | Letter 78.22 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Isa 2:3 | On the Beatitudes 1195 · Gregory of Nyssa | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380–394 |
| Isa 2:3 | Letter 232.3 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Isa 2:3 | Sermon 218.5 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Isa 2:3 | Tractates 10 · Gaudentius of Brescia | allusion, low confidence | ca. 397-410 |
| Isa 2:3 | On the Work of Monks 25 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 400–401 |
| Isa 2:3 | Tractates on the Gospel of John 6.9 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 406–420 |
| Isa 2:3 | City of God 10.32 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
| Isa 2:3 | City of God 18.50 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
| Isa 2:3 | City of God 18.54 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
| Isa 2:3 | Commentary on Jeremiah 2.27 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
| Isa 2:3 | Chapter 12 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | ca. 437-450 |
Isaiah 2:4
Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
Isaiah 2:5
Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:5 | Dialogue with Trypho 24.3 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Isa 2:5 | Dialogue with Trypho 135.6 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Isa 2:5–6 | To Quirinus 1.7 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| Isa 2:5–6 | Demonstration 16.3 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Isa 2:5–6 | Tractates on Matthew 5.4 · Chromatius of Aquileia | quotation, high confidence | ca. 388–407 |
| Isa 2:5 | The Harmony of the Gospels 1.44 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–400 |
Isaiah 2:6
For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:6 | Dialogue with Trypho 24.3 · Justin Martyr | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Isa 2:6 | Dialogue with Trypho 135.6 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Isa 2:6 | Homily on Isaiah 8 · Origen | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 235–250 |
| Isa 2:6 | Demonstration of the Gospel 2.3.68 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Isa 2:6 | Liber Orsiesii 26 · Orsiesius | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380-390 |
| Isa 2:6 | The Harmony of the Gospels 1.43 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 399–400 |
| Isa 2:6 | The Harmony of the Gospels 1.44 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–400 |
Isaiah 2:7
Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:7–10 | Demonstration of the Gospel 2.3.69 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
Isaiah 2:8
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:8–9 | Letter 65.1 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 249/250–258 |
| Isa 2:8 | On the Lapsed 7 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 251 |
| Isa 2:8 | To Demetrian 16 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 252–253 |
| Isa 2:8–9 | To Fortunatus 3 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 253 or 257 |
| Isa 2:8 | Divine Institutes 4.1.2 · Lactantius | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 303–311 |
| Isa 2:8 | The Harmony of the Gospels 1.44 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–400 |
Isaiah 2:9
So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them!
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:9 | On the Lapsed 7 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 251 |
| Isa 2:9 | To Demetrian 16 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 252–253 |
Isaiah 2:10
Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:10 | Against Marcion 5.16 · Tertullian | allusion, medium confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Isa 2:10 | The Harmony of the Gospels 1.44 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–400 |
Isaiah 2:11
The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:11 | The Harmony of the Gospels 1.43 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 399–400 |
| Isa 2:11 | The Harmony of the Gospels 1.44 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–400 |
Isaiah 2:12
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:12–17 | Against Marcion 4.33 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Isa 2:12 | Letter 59.3 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 249/250–258 |
| Isa 2:12 | Demonstration of the Gospel 2.3.71 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Isa 2:12–14 | Oration 16.8 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Isa 2:12 | The Harmony of the Gospels 1.44 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–400 |
Isaiah 2:13
against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:13 | Homilies on Numbers 13.1 · Origen | echo, low confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Isa 2:13 | Homilies on Numbers 17.4 · Origen | allusion, low confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Isaiah 2:17
So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:17 | Against Heresies 4.33.13 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Isa 2:17–19 | Demonstration of the Gospel 2.3.71 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Isa 2:17 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 13.9 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Isa 2:17 | The Harmony of the Gospels 1.44 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–400 |
Isaiah 2:18
and the idols will vanish completely.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:18 | Divine Institutes 7.19.9 · Lactantius | echo, medium confidence | ca. 303–311 |
| Isa 2:18 | Sermon 22.4 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, low confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Isa 2:18 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 13.9 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Isa 2:18 | The Harmony of the Gospels 1.24 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, low confidence | ca. 399–400 |
| Isa 2:18 | The Harmony of the Gospels 1.44 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–400 |
Isaiah 2:19
Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
Isaiah 2:20
In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:20 | Against the Jews 13 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 197–207 |
| Isa 2:20 | Against Marcion 3.23 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Isa 2:20 | Demonstration of the Gospel 2.3.72 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Isa 2:20 | Oration 35.2 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Isa 2:20 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 13.9 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Isa 2:20 | The Harmony of the Gospels 1.44 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–400 |
| Isa 2:20 | Formulae of Spiritual Understanding 4 · Eucherius of Lyon | quotation, high confidence | ca. 420-430 |
Isaiah 2:21
They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:21 | The Harmony of the Gospels 1.44 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–400 |
Isaiah 2:22
Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 2:22 | Commentary on Jeremiah 3.70 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |