Where the Fathers quote Jeremiah 12

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John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:75D…have taken root (that is, they live freely), and they have made fruit (not the spirit’s clearly): thou art near to their mouth, and far from their reins (Jer. 12:1–2). To these, however, the wise prophet S… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:441C…men (Ps. 72:2–5). And after him Jeremiah also said: Righteous art thou, O Lord, yet I will speak judgments with thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? (Jer. 12:1). These men truly were questioning and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:95…because I envied the wicked (Ps. LXXII, 2). And another again: Why does the way of the wicked prosper (Jer. XII, 1)? Even Job sought many such things. But… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:873A…re such that they do not even then endure the punishment of their enemies, but they even hasten it. And again: "Wherefore does the way of the wicked prosper?" (Jer. XII, 1), and yet this was promised to the righ… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:355…you yet let me talk with you of your judgments wherefore does the way of the wicked prosper are all they happy that deal very treacherously you have planted them yes they have taken root they… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1359D…red and said: O Lord Almighty, how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Juda, which You have despised? This is the seventieth year." Jerem. xii, 1. — "You are just, O Lord, for I will ma… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:67A…y dreams as though he were drinking, and when he has risen he is still thirsty, and his soul has hoped in vain, so shall be the wealth of all the nations.” Jerem. XII, 1, 2.— “Righteous art thou, O Lord, that… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:741B…g: "Wherefore, he says, doth the way of the wicked prosper? All they are happy that deal very treacherously? Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root" (Jer. xii, 1). VERS. 13. Et dixi : Numquid in… OrigenesPG 16:2321…thee but yet i will speak what is just to thee why doth the way of the wicked prosper why are all they happy that deal treacherously and transgress thou hast planted them and they have… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:75…have made fruit not the spirit s clearly thou art near to their mouth and far from their reins jer to these however the wise prophet sophonias or malachias is entirely parallel blaming men as calumniators… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:355…all they happy that deal very treacherously you have planted them yes they have taken root they grow yes they bring forth fruit you are near in their mouth and far from their reins but you… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1899…prophet jeremiah says to the god of all thou art near to their mouth and far from their reins but now god himself through the prophet isaiah accuses the jews saying this people honoureth me with… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:577…follows he indicated their impious intent toward god you are near to their mouth and far from their reins by mere words he says they call upon you for they have cast the memory of you… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:579…godless intent by the things which follow signifying you are near to their mouth and far from their reins you are in their words only he says that they offer you their acknowledgment for they have… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:1299C…but their heart is far from me,” [Isa. xxix, 13] and according to the express voice of Jeremiah: “Thou art near to their mouth, and far from their reins.” [Jerem. xii, 2] And consonant with these, the blessed… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:67…have brought forth children and have made fruit thou art near to their mouth and far from their reins eccli ix envy not the glory of sinners sap xi by those things in which their enemies… OrigenesPG 16:2321…thou hast planted them and they have taken root they prosper and bring forth fruit thou art near in their mouth and far from their reins and thou o lord knowest me thou hast known me… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:443…taken root and they have brought forth fruit thou art near to their mouth and far from their reins d the fifth is malachi against those who blame the providence of god and call the saints… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:363…they do not confess him as christ and thou o lord c knowest me thou hast seen me and hast tested my heart in thy sight sanctify them in the day of their slaughter what shall… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:873…assyrian i returned quickly and i did not find him vers and thou o lord knowest me thou hast tested my heart before thee when anyone brings forward god as a witness of his own virtue… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:355…me you have tried my heart before you and again he says prepare them for the day of slaughter how long shall the land mourn you see how he has fallen into perplexity of thoughts yet… OrigenesPG 16:2321…thou art near in their mouth and far from their reins and thou o lord knowest me thou hast known me and hast proved my heart before thee gather them together as sheep for a sacrifice… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1463…the fool who built upon the sand a fruitful land into saltiness for the wickedness of them that dwell therein as far as the literal sense goes we know that the land often does not bear… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:363…lord loves he corrects and he scourges every son whom he receives how long shall the land mourn and the herb of the field wither from the wickedness of those who dwell in the land as… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:977A…'The stars are not clean in his sight,' unless perhaps this was said hyperbolically." Finally, in the tenth homily on Jeremiah, no. 6, explaining that text of Jerem. xii, 4, "How long shall the land mourn," he sa… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:423…springs of waters into a thirsty ground a fruitful land into saltness for the wickedness of them that dwell therein he hath turned the desert into pools of waters and a land without water into springs… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:875…he says he sees these things and he awaits the time vers how long shall the land mourn and all the grass of the field wither there is much wickedness and it has touched the very… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1745…of waters into a thirsty ground a fruitful land into saltiness from the wickedness of them that dwell therein but they who have obtained salvation praise him beholding the strange transformation for those who were formerly… Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:1023…he turned rivers into a wilderness and water springs into thirsty ground for the wickedness of them that dwell therein therefore as a sign that because god is no longer propitious you can no longer dwell… OrigenesPG 16:2321…for a sacrifice and c sanctify them for the day of slaughter how long shall the land mourn and the herb of every field wither for the malice of them that dwell therein the beasts and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:691D…ht cloud, because she did not bear the burden of male seed. That He was to be baptized in the Jordan, Jeremiah says: "How will you do in the pride of Jordan?" (Jer. 12:5). And why do we enumerate by specific c… OrigenesPG 16:2033…feet run and they fail thee how wilt thou prepare upon horses how wilt thou do in the roaring of the jordan is it a den of hyenas another not a den of iniquity another of… OrigenesPG 16:2321…our last end if thou hast been weary with running with footmen how canst thou contend with horses and if thou hast been secure in a land of peace what wilt thou do in the swelling… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:637…our lord jesus christ and your brothers and the house of your father even they have dealt treacherously with you and they have cried out trailing after you do not believe them though they speak good… OrigenesPG 16:2321…of peace what wilt thou do in the swelling of the jordan for even thy brethren and the house of thy father even they have fought against thee and they have cried out after thee with… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:847A…become for me a den of hyenas” (Jer. 7:11)—and not simply of a beast, but of an impure beast. And again: “I have left my house, I have abandoned my heritage” (Jer. 12:7). But if God abandons it, what hope of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:767B…fornication” (Osee IV, 15); and again, “I have abandoned my house, I have dismissed my inheritance, my inheritance has become for me as a lion in the forest” (Jer. XII, 7), and those who are near it, all who ar… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:1289B…y of allegory, when the Lord had departed from Jerusalem, according to what has been said in the prophets: "I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage" (Jerem. xii, 7), then indeed He departs to the Galilee… OrigenesPG 16:2321…house i have left d my heritage i have given my beloved soul into the hand of her enemies… Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:877…has surrounded me and in other places my inheritance has become to me as a lion in the forest it has given forth its voice against me a pilate therefore disgracing his office through cowardice convicted… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:365…one against the lord and against his christ my inheritance became to me as a lion in the forest this is his inheritance upon earth which he had inherited but it grew beast like against him… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:749…beloved soul into the hands of her enemies my heritage became to me as a lion in the forest it gave its voice against me is my heritage to me a den of a hyena b… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1159…into the hands of her enemies d my inheritance has become to me as a lion in the forest it has uttered its voice against me therefore i have hated it is my inheritance a speckled… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1161…hands of her enemies to this one indeed the former inheritance became as a lion in the forest it gave its voice against him when delivering him to pilate they stood accusing him and all but… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:767…my house i have dismissed my inheritance my inheritance has become for me as a lion in the forest jer xii and those who are near it all who are upright of heart not that after… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:877…does god perhaps he signifies desire here my inheritance has become to me as a lion in the forest thus it has roared against me he says who would wish to inherit such things as in… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:27…i love into the hands of her enemies my heritage has become unto me as a lion in the forest it has lifted up its voice against me therefore i have hated it josephus too who… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:107…soul into the hands of her enemies my inheritance has become to me as a lion in the forest it has given its voice against me therefore i have hated it woe to their soul because… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:191…soul into the hands of her enemies my heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest it has uttered its voice against me therefore i have hated it verses and i will take… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:933…beloved soul into the hands of her enemies my inheritance became to me as a lion in the forest she has uttered her voice against me therefore i hated her the prophet hosea speaks somewhere concerning… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:627…soul into the hands of her enemies my inheritance has become to me as a lion in the forest it has uttered its voice against me for it is worth our while it seems to explain… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1935…soul into the hands of her enemies my heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest it has uttered its voice against me therefore i have hated it and indeed he also cries… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:453…soul into the hands of her enemies my heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest it has uttered its voice against me therefore i have hated it to this place also that… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:457…and your defiled synagogue he says again my inheritance has become to me as a lion in the forest it has uttered its voice against me and therefore i have hated it which is to say… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:423…away crucify him thus also jeremiah says my inheritance has become for me as a lion in the forest it has raised up its voice against me therefore i hated it solomon also says go forth… OrigenesPG 16:2323…a my heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest it has uttered its voice against me therefore i have hated it is not my heritage to… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:793…the lord himself says in the prophets my heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest it has given forth its voice against me therefore i have hated it it is not i… Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:395…why have you dismissed your inheritance because my inheritance has become to me as a lion in the forest for what did he do to those who are greater god will reward him but since i… Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:625A…proach, just as did those ancient shepherds of whom God spoke through Jeremiah: «Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have defiled my inheritance » (Jer. XII, 10). And elsewhere: «My fury is kindled ag… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 35:1107…xxiv for truly the pastors played the fool as scripture says and many pastors have destroyed my vineyard they have defiled the desirable portion i mean the church of god with its many labors d and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:45…r. 11:20); even though you wore wool, you did not tend the sheep. And in Jeremiah he says concerning idle shepherds: Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard (Jer. 12:10). The Deacon says: He could surely have… Stephen Deacon of Constantinople fl. c. 807-809PG 100:1121A…ncerning whom it is written: "Iniquity has gone out from the priests of Babylon," and "many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard and trampled upon my portion" (Jerem. XII, 10); who wandered, according to the prover… Matthaeus Cantacuzenus Imp. CP c. 1325 - c. 1391PG 152:1023D…he synagogues of the Jews have destroyed themselves, according to the opinion of the prophet Jeremiah, saying: 'Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard' (Jerem. XII, 10); but the churches of the faithful from… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:551…has been devastated since the flesh no longer performs its functions because the sword of the lord shall devour for he who came to send a sword has separated those things which were previously joined together… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1079…the interpreter noted in the margin whereas it is jeremiah xlvi and the sword of the lord shall devour and be filled and shall be inebriated with their blood col b to the probable as axes… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:653…spiritually those who receive the unfruitful doctrine of the many shepherds because the sword of the lord shall devour from the end of the earth historically the hand of the romans ravaging the land of the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:1343A…phet addresses it as if it were animate: 'What is it to you, O sea, that you fled?' (Ps. CXVII [CXVI], 3) and what follows. And 'The sword shall devour flesh' (Jer. XII, 12), says the Scripture. For to devour is… OrigenesPG 16:2323…heart upon every exit in the desert have come those who afflict for the sword of the lord shall devour from the b beginning of the earth even to the beginning of the earth there is… OrigenesPG 16:2343…lord shall be in that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth they shall not be lamented neither gathered nor buried they shall be as dung upon the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:293…shall be provoked and the earth shall be shaken from its foundations because of the fierce anger of the lord of sabaoth in the day when his anger shall come is xiii and again windows he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:25…that is for the things they had busied themselves with he says and they shall be ashamed of their carved images for which they have done in the order of the narrative he places the accusation… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:655…the straight rule of truth, the rumor suddenly spread through the whole desert, that the great Euthymius also followed the Council of Chalcedon. 25 Jerem. XII, 13. 26 Psal. CXXXVIII, 22.… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:883…sin shame alone and self condemnation have held us back verse for thus saith the lord against all my evil neighbors he here hints at the arabs because they taught them not a few evils on… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:585…the jews by shepherds he calls their rulers behold i will pull them out of their land and i will cast out the house of judah from the midst of them and it shall be after… OrigenesPG 16:2323…heritage which i distributed to my people israel behold i will pull them out of their land and i will cast out the house of judah from the midst of them and it shall be after… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1669B…ἐνωτίζου, εἰς τὰ ὦτα δέξαι (listen, receive into the ears). In this sense the Septuagint often use the verb ἐνωτίζεσθαι (to give ear); concerning which, in Jerem. xii, 15, Origen notes almost the same as here,… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:585…the midst of them and it shall be after i have cast them out i will return and have mercy on them and i will dwell them each one in his inheritance and each one in… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:655…the wicked land v and it shall be after i have cast them out i will return and have mercy on them and those he says the gentiles themselves i will have mercy on granting them… OrigenesPG 16:2323…the midst of them and it shall be after i have cast them out i will return and have mercy on them and i will make them dwell every man in his heritage and every man… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:585…and it shall be if they learn to learn my way to my people to swear by my name 'the lord lives ' as they taught my people to swear by baal then they shall be… OrigenesPG 16:2323…and it shall be if they will learn with learning the way of my people to swear by my name the lord liveth as they taught my people to swear by baal they shall even dwell…