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In 1 Clement, the author joins the countless angels around the throne in Daniel 7 to the cry of holy, holy, holy in Isaiah 6 and cites the result as a single scripture, likely from a collection of excerpts, about when Revelation uses the same hymn.
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LXX Isaiah 6:3
Septuagint
1 And it happened in the year that King Ozias died that I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and raised up, and the house was full of his glory. 2 And seraphin stood around him; the one had six wings and the one had six wings, and with two they covered their face, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. 3 And they cried out one to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Sabaoth; the whole earth is full of his glory.” 4 And the lintel was raised at the voice with which they cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.
LXX Daniel 7:10
Septuagint
9 “I continued to watch until when thrones were set up and the ancient of days was seated, who had a robe just like snow, and the hair of his head was like pure white wool. His throne was like a flame of fire, his wheels a burning fire. 10 A river of fire was drawing, and there proceeded down according to the face of him a river of fire. Thousands of thousands were attending to him, and innumerable myriads attended to him, and a judgment seat was set, and the books were opened. 11 At that time I continued to consider the sound of the arrogant assertions that the horn was uttering, and, as I was looking, the beast was viciously killed and its body destroyed, and it was given over to burning by fire.
Clement of Rome, 1 Clement 34:6
First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
Early Christian
5 Let our boast and our confidence be in Him: let us submit ourselves to His will; let us mark the whole host of His angels, how they stand by and minister to His will. 6 For the scripture says, “Ten thousands of ten thousands stood by Him, and thousands of thousands ministered to Him: and they cried aloud, ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Sabaoth; all creation is full of His glory.’” 7 Yes, and let us ourselves then, being gathered together in concord with intentness of heart, cry to Him as from one mouth earnestly that we may be made partakers of His great and glorious promises.
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“... It is also quoted in 1 Clem 34:6 (nearly contemporaneous with Revelation), in which Isa 6:3 is conflated with Dan 7:10 (the latter passage is alluded to in Rev 5:11): “For the Scripture says, ‘Ten thousand times ten thousand stood by him, and a thousand thousands ministered to him, and they cried, “Holy, holy, holy Lord Sabaoth, the entire creation is filled with his glory.” ’ ” Here it is noteworthy that the phrase κύριος σαβαώθ found in LXX Isa 6:3 is used (see Comment on 4:8e), but Clement substitutes κτίσις for γῆ. Van Unnik has argued that 1 Clem 34:6 was drawn not from Jewish or Christian liturgy but from a written source, indicated by the explicit use of the quotation formula “for the Scripture says” (VC 5 [1951] 225), though the combination of Dan 7:10 with Isa 6:3 suggests dependence on a florilegium. ...”
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