1 Corinthians 1:19 - Exposition

It is written. This formula ( 1 Corinthians 1:31 ; 1 Corinthians 2:9 ; 1 Corinthians 3:19 ; 1 Corinthians 9:9 ; 1 Corinthians 10:7 ; 1 Corinthians 15:45 ; 2 Corinthians 8:15 ) is chiefly used in letters to Churches in which there were many Jews. This is a free citation from the LXX . of Isaiah 29:14 (the same thought is found in Job 5:12 , Job 5:13 ; see too Matthew 11:25 ). The original passage refers to penal judgments from the Assyrians, which would test the false prophets of Israel.