20. Now the
oracles Rom. iii. 2; Acts vii. 38. The Hebrew word translated
“burden” in the A.V.—e.g. Isa. xiii.
1—may be rendered “oracle.” The
“oracles” of the Hebrew prophets were of a different order
from those of Delphi or Lebadeia, which are rather comparable to the
“oracles” of such persons as the witch of Endor. of the prophets
bear witness what close unity holy Scripture declares to subsist
between the Father and the Son as regards their Godhead. For thus
saith the Lord of Sabaoth: Or “the Lord
of Hosts.” Cf. Isa. vi. 3, and the Te Deum, verse 5
(the Trisagion).
“Egypt hath laboured, and the commerce of the Ethiopians and
Sabeans: mighty men shall come over to thee, and shall be thy
servants, and in thy train shall they follow, bound in fetters, and
they shall fall down before thee, and to thee shall they make
supplication: for God is in thee, and there is no God beside
thee. For thou art God, and we knew it not, O God of
Israel.” Isa. xlv. 14. St. Ambrose’s version
differs somewhat from the A.V.