Isaías 26
John Chrysostom · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Isaías 26:9
[In monasteries] at the crowing of the rooster their leader comes, and gently touching the sleeper with his foot, rouses them all. For there are none sleeping naked. Then as soon as they have arisen they stand up and sing the prophetic hymns with much harmony and well-composed tunes. And neither harp nor pipe nor other musical instrument utters such sweet melodies as you hear from the singing of these saints in their deep and quiet solitudes. And the songs themselves too are suitable and full of the love of God. "In the night," they say, "lift up your hands to God. With my soul have I desired you in the night; truly with my spirit within me will I seek you early." — HOMILIES ON 1 TIMOTHY 14
Isaías 26:10
Our Lord Jesus Christ came on this account, too, that we might see not only his glory here but also the glory to come. Therefore he said, "I will that where I am they also may be, in order that they may behold my glory." Now, if this glory here has been so bright and splendid, what could one say of that other? It will not appear on this corrupt earth or while we are in our perishable bodies but in that immortal and everlasting creation, and with so much brightness that it is impossible to put it into words. Oh, blessed, and thrice-blessed, and blessed many times over, they who are deemed worthy to become beholders of that glory! With reference to it the prophet says, "Away with the impious, that he may not behold the glory of the Lord." — HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 13 (12:3)
Isaías 26:12
When you see a person living in wickedness and enjoying great prosperity without suffering any misfortune, you should mourn particularly for this reason, because although he is afflicted with a very serious disease and ulcer, he aggravates his illness, making himself worse by his luxury and self-indulgence. For punishment is not evil, but sin is evil. The latter separates us from God, but the former leads us toward God and dissolves his anger. How do we know this? Hear what the prophet says, "Comfort, comfort my people, O priests, speak tenderly to Jerusalem … that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins." And elsewhere he says, "O Lord our God, give us peace; for you have given us all our due." — HOMILIES ON LAZARUS AND THE RICH MAN 3
Isaías 26:12
But I say all this now, and select all the histories that contain trials and tribulations and the wrath of kings and their evil designs, in order that we may fear nothing except offending God. For then also was there a furnace burning; yet they derided it but feared sin. For they knew that if they were consumed in the fire, they should suffer nothing that was to be dreaded; but that if they were guilty of impiety, they should undergo the extremes of misery. It is the greatest punishment to commit sin, though we may remain unpunished; as on the other hand, it is the greatest honor and repose to live virtuously, though we may be punished. For sins separate us from God; as he himself speaks: "Have your sins separated between you and me?" But punishments lead us back to God. As one says, "Give peace; for you have recompensed us for all things." Suppose anyone has a wound; which should we most deservedly fear, gangrene or the surgeon's knife? The steel or the devouring progress of the ulcer? Sin is a gangrene; punishment is the surgeon's knife. If someone has gangrene and does not have surgery, he does not merely remain ill, he gets worse. In the same way the sinner, though he is not punished, is the most wretched of people; and he is then especially wretched when he has no punishment and is suffering no distress. — HOMILIES CONCERNING THE STATUES 6:14
Isaías 26:19
Isaiah made it clear that Christ will raise up all people when he said, "The dead shall be raised up again; even those in the tombs shall be raised up. For the dew from you is healing for them." That was not all. After his cross, after his slaughter, his glory will shine forth more brightly; after his resurrection, he will advance the message of his gospel still more. — DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE PAGANS 8:8