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,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 22:1–11 | Against Parmenian the Donatist 3.2 · Optatus of Milevis | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–385 |
| Isa 22:1 | Letter 106.63 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Isa 22:1 | Commentary on Jeremiah 4.34 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 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.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 22:2 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 35 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| Isa 22:2 | Letters 46, 47 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 357–378 |
| Isa 22:2 | Against Parmenian the Donatist 3.1 · Optatus of Milevis | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 366–385 |
| Isa 22:2 | Against Parmenian the Donatist 3.8 · Optatus of Milevis | quotation, high confidence | ca. 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.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 22:4 | Letter 44 · Basil of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 357–378 |
| Isa 22:4 | Against Parmenian the Donatist 1.2 · Optatus of Milevis | allusion, low confidence | ca. 366–385 |
| Isa 22:4 | Against Parmenian the Donatist 3.2 · Optatus of Milevis | quotation, high confidence | ca. 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.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 22:12 | Letter 122.1 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Isa 22:12 | Letter 147.3 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 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!”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 22:13 | A Plea for the Christians 12 · Athenagoras | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 176–180 |
| Isa 22:13 | On the Resurrection of the Dead 19 · Athenagoras | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 177–180 (if by Athenagoras) |
| Isa 22:13 | The Instructor 2.1.8 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Isa 22:13 | The Instructor 3.11.81 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Isa 22:13 | On Monogamy 16 · Tertullian | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 210–217 |
| Isa 22:13 | Lines 741–764 · Commodian | allusion, medium confidence | 3rd century (disputed) |
| Isa 22:13 | Instructions 2.36 · Commodian | echo, low confidence | 3rd century (disputed) |
| Isa 22:13–14 | To Quirinus 3.60 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| Isa 22:13 | Acta Archelai (Latin) 58 · Hegemonius | quotation, medium confidence | early to mid 4th century (Greek original) |
| Isa 22:13 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:32 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Isa 22:13 | Letter 121.8 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Isa 22:13 | Letter 122.1 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Isa 22:13 | Letter 147.3 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Isa 22:13 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 64.52.5 · Epiphanius of Salamis | quotation, medium confidence | 374-377 |
| Isa 22:13 | On Cain and Abel 1.14 · Ambrose | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 375-378 |
| Isa 22:13 | Apostolic Constitutions 3.7.3 · Anonymous | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
| Isa 22:13 | On the Complaints of Job and David 2.17 · Ambrose | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 383-390 |
| Isa 22:13 | On Naboth 38 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-390 |
| Isa 22:13 | On Elijah and Fasting 69 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-390 |
| Isa 22:13 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 48.18.3 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Isa 22:13 | Sermon 74.3 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Isa 22:13 | Sermon 112.6 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Isa 22:13 | Sermon 210.7 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Isa 22:13 | Against Jovinianus 2.3 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | 393 |
| Isa 22:13 | Against Jovinianus 2.6 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | 393 |
| Isa 22:13 | Sermon 118 · Peter Chrysologus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 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.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 22:14 | The Instructor 2.1.8 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Isa 22:14 | Letter 147.3 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 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?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 22:16 | PG 12:1441 (Ps 48 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Isa 22:16 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 48.19.2 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
Isaiah 22:17
Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 22:17 | Formulae of Spiritual Understanding 4 · Eucherius of Lyon | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 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.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isa 22:22 | Address of Thanksgiving 15 · Gregory Thaumaturgus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–245 |