Where the Fathers quote Jeremiah 17
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1Jer 17:1
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:111…my power and they shall know that my name is the lord the sin of judah is written with a pen of iron with an adamant point it is graven upon the breadth of their heart…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:751…h from jeremiah also concerning judas by name h a the sin of judah is written with a stylus of iron with an adamant claw it is engraved upon the tablet of his heart…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1151…d therefore the divine spirit cursed him by name through jeremiah saying the sin of judah is written with an iron pen with a diamond point you will find these things in the hebrew itself and…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1161…they shall know that i am the lord the sin of juda is written with a pen of iron and with the point of a diamond it is graven upon the table of their heart c…
OrigenesPG 16:2047…h the hebrew in hebrew characters aquila version of the hebrew text the sin of judah is written with a pen of iron and with the point of a diamond d sculptured on the table of…
OrigenesPG 16:2049…be added drach jeremiah chapter xvii symma chus septuagint theo dotion vacat the sin of judah is written with a stylus of iron with an adamant claw engraved upon the chest of their heart and upon…
2Jer 17:2
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:751…heart and upon the horns of your altars when their children shall remember their altars and their groves by the thick tree and upon the high hills i will give your strength and all your treasures…
3Jer 17:3
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:101A…braham and Isaac and Jacob. Jeremiah also says: "It is good for a man when he has borne the yoke from his youth, and his soul shall not depart from the Lord." ⟦Jer. XVII, 3⟧ For it is truly good, from childhood,…
4Jer 17:4
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:111…be left alone and thou shalt be humbled from thine inheritance which i gave thee and i will make thee serve thine enemies in the land which…
5Jer 17:5
Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1607B…all. And, "Do not hope," he says, "in princes, in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation" (Psal. CXLV, 3); and, "Cursed is he who has his hope in man" (Jerem. XVII, 5). Whence one must be diligent to have t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:331B…is by way of comparison, therefore, but lowering Himself to their grasp. And for this reason another prophet also said: "Cursed is every one who hopes in man" (Jer. 17:5); for there is nothing weaker than that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:697…lesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass (Isa. xl, 6); and again: Trusting in the flesh of his own arm, for vain is the salvation of man (Jer. xvii, 5; Ps. lix, 13). Therefore, the Apostle a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:777D…e the hope thereof; God cast it down, and the end was not prosperous. Why? Because the hope was not placed in safety: Cursed is the man who trusteth in man. (Jerem. XVII, 5). Thou seest how He does all things to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1393…the blessed hope be in him since jeremiah is truly correct saying cursed be the man that trusteth in man for he could not make them god as i said before merely by that which is…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:327…heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?" Isa. xxx, 16. — "Your strength has become vain, and you would not listen; but you said, We will flee on horses." Jer. xvii, 5. — "Cursed is the man who trusts in man…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:327…sput., quæst. 42. — He who places his hope in himself is in danger of falling into this curse: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm" (Jer. xvii, 5). Scripture forbids anyone to have conf…
6Jer 17:6
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1027…a tamarisk in the desert and shall not see when the good things come the word showing that to place hope in oneself or in any…
OrigenesPG 16:2329…departs from the lord and he shall be as the wild myrtle in the desert and shall not see when good comes and he shall dwell in salt marshes in the desert in a land that…
7Jer 17:7
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:761…t. So great a good is it to take refuge in God. Wherefore Jeremiah also used to say: Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his hope (Jer. 17. 7). For how is he not blessed, to whom ev…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1427C…s our ruler, the Lord is our king, the Lord is our savior; he shall save us. » Isa. xii, 2. — « Behold God my savior, I will trust in him, and will be saved. » Jerem. xvii, 7, 8. — « Blessed is the man who trusts i…
8Jer 17:8
Barnabas 1st c.PG 2:757…again in another prophet he says and he who does these things shall be as a tree planted by the streams of waters which shall yield its fruit in its season and its leaf shall not…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:157…trusts in the lord and the lord shall be his hope and he shall be as a tree planted by the water and it shall cast its roots upon moisture and shall not be afraid when…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1031…trusts in the lord and the lord shall be his hope and he shall be as a tree planted by the waters and a little later again in a year of drought he shall not be…
OrigenesPG 16:571…will and in his law he will meditate day and night and he shall be as a tree which is planted toward the flow of waters which shall give its fruit and his leaf shall not…
OrigenesPG 16:2329…trusts in the lord and the lord shall be his hope and he shall be as a tree planted upon the waters and shall send forth its roots upon moisture and he shall not fear when…
Orsiesius of TabennaPG 40:871…man who trusts in the lord and whose hope is in him he shall be as a tree planted near the waters and he sends forth his roots to the moisture he shall not fear when…
9Jer 17:9
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:971…although we may not be able to reach the depth of the historical heart"—tēs batheias kardias mē ephikōmetha. This is a familiar idiom of Scripture. Jeremiah 17:9: Batheia hē kardia para panta, kai anthrōpos esti, kai tis…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:359C…30); and again, "God, who searcheth the hearts and reins" (Ps. 7:10). And Jeremias says, "The heart is deep above all, and it is man, and who shall know him?" (Jer. 17:9); and, "Man looketh on the face, but Go…
OrigenesPG 16:2051…forever thus says the lord d note the syrian says in caves the heart is deceitful above all things and it is desperate who can know it he shall leave them from the beginning the place…
10Jer 17:10
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1093D…id He dare to search the depths of God? It is written about the Father: I am God who tests the hearts and searches the inner chambers of the belly (Ps. 7:10; Jer. 17:10). Will you say that because "I comprehe…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:281…there is a judgment for the lord against judah to avenge jacob according to his ways and according to his doings he will repay him cxxxvi just as by naming ephraim he indicates that one should…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:567B…depths of the mind, but God alone?" For He Himself says somewhere through the voice of the prophets, "I the Lord, searching the hearts and testing the reins" (Jerem. xvii, 10). And David also says somewhere regardi…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:835…a judgment for the lord against judah to take vengeance upon jacob according to his ways and according to his practices he will recompense him but since these things are thus being done by them i…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1615…a judgment to the lord with juda to take vengeance on jacob according to his ways and according to his inventions he will render to him but because these things are being done by them in…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1521B…pon your head." "They shall eat the offspring of their own works." "Woe to the lawless man; evil shall be given to him according to the works of his hands." Jer. xvii, 10. — "I am the Lord, proving hearts and t…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:773…i will take vengeance for the insolence which they committed against him according to his ways and according to his doings he explains in what manner the vengeance is to be taken noting that it will…
OrigenesPG 16:2151…his name great in counsel because thine eyes are open upon all ways and according to the fruit of their studies and in man i commanded them to do they did not and famine and pestilence…
OrigenesPG 16:2329…searching the hearts and proving the reins to give to every one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his devices the partridge has uttered a voice it has gathered things which it…
Orsiesius of TabennaPG 40:881…hearts and proving the reins that i may render to each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his inventions why while you do not yet live in the life and settled…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:193…forefather as we have said in what went before whence he adds according to his ways and according to his inventions he will render to him for according as…
11Jer 17:11
Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:631B…wrote on Jeremiah is not recorded by any of the ancients, so far as I know. For the things of his that are referred to in the Catena of the Greek Fathers on Jer. xvii, 11, are taken from the book On the Antich…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1063B…partridge has cried out, and gathered what it did not hatch, making its riches; in the midst of its days it will abandon it, and in its end it will be a fool" (Jer. 17:11). Seeing my wound, therefore, venerabl…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:743D…red what it has not brought forth: it has made its riches not with judgment; in the midst of its days it will abandon them: and in the end it will be foolish” (Jer. 17:11). This foolish devil, therefore, is the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:917…this then to mean that the covetous man gathers riches in vain in the midst of his days they shall leave him the hebrew he says is as follows in the midst of his days he…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:875A…s gathered what it did not hatch, making its riches not with judgment: in the half of its days they shall abandon it, and in its last days it shall be a fool" (Jerem. xvii, 11). This, moreover, happened truly accor…
Ruggerius fl. 18th centuryPG 10:581…ace of God? Where is Dionysius, the bird of heaven? Where is Hippolytus, the most sweet and kind? XVIII. An Author of a Chain of Greek Fathers on Jeremiah XVII, 11, Vol. II of the Ghislerian edition, p. 449. (11) Of hol…
13Jer 17:13
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:49…forsake thee shall be ashamed those who depart shall be written upon the earth because they have forsaken the lord the fountain of life c and in baruch it is written you have forsaken the fountain…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:91…who forsake thee be put to shame let those who fall away be written in the earth because they have forsaken the lord the fountain of life but now if it is permissible to say something…
Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1341…immortality these also were taken from the prophets for jeremiah speaks thus they have forsaken the lord the fountain of living water and david with you is the fountain of life moreover christ says of himself…
14Jer 17:14
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:499…ye wicked either he means evil thoughts or the aforementioned teachers help me and i shall be saved for even if he said thou art my helper and protector yet there is need of unceasing help…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1087…they have made me not only half dead but altogether dead furthermore heal me o lord and i shall be healed save me and i shall be saved heal me o lord for that evil serpent…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:545…for you have made him not half dead but altogether dead therefore heal me o lord and i shall be saved heal me o lord for the evil serpent has made me altogether weak and decaying…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:695B…. II, 13). And he gathered all the souls that had been taken, and fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah: "The partridge has gathered what it did not bring forth" (Jer. XVII, 14). For whom the enemy had gathered into…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:837D…nt. Having received these plasters, let us heal our own wounds, saying: Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee (Jerem. 17. 14, and Ps. 40. 5). For the Physician, hav…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:917…him from whom nothing is lacking h sana me domine et sanabor heal me o lord and i shall be healed h one cannot say this of a man a physician often treats a man but…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:1055…reprove and to fall at their feet as if before god saying heal me o lord and i shall be healed save me and i shall be saved for you are my glory vers and now…
Proclus of Constantinople c. 390 – 446PG 65:687…and one indeed was saying bow the heavens and come down another heal me o lord and i shall be healed another stir up thy power and come that thou mayest save us another if in…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3865…didst prophesy he who clothes himself with light as with a garment heal me o lord and i shall be healed through thy stripe cleansing the stripes of my soul o savior who didst take upon…
John IV the Faster d. 595PG 88:1957…of paradise taking these plasters let us heal our own wounds saying heal me o lord and i shall be healed and heal my soul for i have sinned against thee for the physician accepting us…
OrigenesPG 16:2329…written because they have forsaken the fountain of living waters the lord heal me o lord and i shall be healed save me and i shall be saved for thou art my glory behold they say…
15Jer 17:15
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:919…he bring him down to the potter's house because they were saying where is the word of the lord let it come and they thought that he was not able so he brings him down there…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:503…in despair they dared to say according to the voice of jeremiah where is the word of the lord let it come for they supposed either that the prophets were lying and filling them with empty…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:575…jeremiah will testify to this saying to god behold these say to me where is the word of the lord let it come therefore the transgression of those who are so disposed is twofold for they…
OrigenesPG 16:2329…shall be saved for thou art my glory behold they say to me where is the word of the lord let it come now but i have not been weary following thee and i have not…
16Jer 17:16
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:599D…me in His quiver" (Isai. XLIX, 2). Wounded by this arrow, Jeremias said to God: "But I have not labored following You, and I have not desired the day of man" (Jer. XVII, 16). Wounded by this arrow in his mind, Da…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:779D…d: the time of favor, O God (Ps. 68:13, 14). And that saying of Jeremiah: But I have not hastened from following after thee, nor have I desired the day of man (Jer. 17:16). And: The sufferings of this present t…
17Jer 17:17
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:429…ke from his youth; he shall sit alone, and be silent (Lam. 3:27). And regarding himself he entreats God, saying: Do not become a stranger to me in an evil day (Jer. 17:17). And the blessed Paul, who shone so mu…
OrigenesPG 16:2329…thy face be not unto me a cause of alienation thou who art my hope in the day of evil let them be ashamed who persecute me and let not me be ashamed let them fear…
18Jer 17:18
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:919…vers let them be confounded that persecute me and let not me be confounded he does not say these things here seeking his own but…
OrigenesPG 16:2329…not me be ashamed let them fear and let not me fear bring upon them the day of evil with a double destruction break them thus saith the lord to me go and stand in the…
19Jer 17:19
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:497…by which the kings of judah enter and by which they go out and in all the gates of jerusalem and you shall say to them hear the word of the lord you…
OrigenesPG 16:2009…from the lord saying hear the word of the lord all judah stand in the gate of the house of the lord and read there this word and you will say hear the word of the…
OrigenesPG 16:2329…evil with a double destruction break them thus saith the lord to me go and stand in the gates of the sons of thy people in which kings of judah enter and in which they go…
20Jer 17:20
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:497…you shall say to them hear the word of the lord you kings of judah and all judah and all jerusalem and you who enter through these gates thus says the lord take heed to your…
OrigenesPG 16:2329…and thou shalt say to them hear the word of the lord kings of judah and all judah and all who dwell in jerusalem who enter in by these gates thus saith the lord keep your…
21Jer 17:21
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:907C…lating the sabbath day itself. But behold, God promised through Jeremiah that He would spare your city if you would cease from carrying burdens on the sabbath (Jer. XVII, 21). But you do this now, and do not carry…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:919…as a recompense this speech acts to make them more cautious vers thus saith the lord take heed to your souls and carry no burdens on the sabbath day and the rest a commandment was given…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:339C…e bed, although God somewhere openly cries out through one of the holy prophets: "Neither shall you bring forth burdens out of your houses on the Sabbath day" (Jerem. xvii, 21). And surely no one who is of sound min…
22Jer 17:22
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:339…through one of the holy prophets neither shall you bring forth burdens out of your houses on the sabbath day jerem xvii and surely no one who is of sound mind would say that the man…
OrigenesPG 16:2331…day nor go forth from the gates of jerusalem nor bring burdens out of your houses on the sabbath day and you shall do no work and sanctify the sabbath day as i commanded your fathers…
24Jer 17:24
OrigenesPG 16:2331…diligently hearken to me saith the lord not to bring in burdens through the gates of this city on the sabbath day and to sanctify the sabbath day that you do no work therein a kings…
25Jer 17:25
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:953…as an abdicated man because he shall not prosper from his seed sitting upon the throne of david a prince in juda and again god says concerning joachim his father for this reason thus saith the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1279…of action and their reasons for contemplation to these are joined all of judah and the inhabitants of jerusalem that mind which has laudably died to all that exists to sensible things through the laying aside…
OrigenesPG 16:2355…their kings and their princes and their priests and their prophets and the men of judah and the inhabitants of jerusalem and they turned to me the back and not the face and i taught them…
26Jer 17:26
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:549…leaders and the excellent conduct of its inhabitants those who offer gifts shall come from the cities of judah those who confess god and from those circling jerusalem the vision of peace and from the land…
OrigenesPG 16:2315…be none to scare them away and i will cause to cease from the cities of judah and from the streets of jerusalem b the voice of them that rejoice and the voice of them that…
OrigenesPG 16:2331…dwell in jerusalem g and this city shall be inhabited for ever and they shall come from the cities of judah and from the circuit of jerusalem and from the land of benjamin and from the…
27Jer 17:27
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:527…sin that works in us the fact moreover that they remained within the gates of jerusalem on the sabbath seems to signify through these same things that they will stay within by the same means for…
OrigenesPG 16:2331…the sabbath day not to bear burdens and to enter in by the gates of jerusalem on the sabbath day i will also kindle a fire in its gates and it shall devour m the streets…
OrigenesPG 16:2957…2. A., Σ., Bāreis. Th., inhabitants. Drusius. Scholion: Bāreis is the term used locally by the Syrians for great houses. [Cf. notes on Prov. xviii, 19, and Jerem. xvii, 27. DRACH.] V. 13. [A., Θ., "so that they…