Where the Fathers quote Jeremiah 4

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Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:309…swears the lord lives in truth and in judgment and in justice and the nations shall bless themselves in him if you do these things they shall bless themselves in him what are the things that… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1099…d. L. 29: They say O. — L. 41: Interpreter, as a quail (thus) alone in the desert. In R. and O. also it was so: as a quail in the desert, as in Jeremiah iv, 2: you sat upon the ways awaiting them as a desolate crow. T… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:401…that they are white for harvest already he says to us therefore break up your fallow ground and sow not among thorns if however before you cleanse your soul you still having thorns you approach someone… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1059…the pleiades and orion but it preceded in the same chapter verse for thus saith the lord to the house of israel seek the lord theodoretus on amos seek he says the god of power and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:59D…t is necessary to cut a deep furrow: for indeed the prophet also admonished this, saying: Break up for yourselves fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns (Jer. iv, 3). Just as a plow furrows the earth, pre… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:737…soul for the reception of the heavenly divine Word. Therefore the divine Spirit rightly cries: "Renew for yourselves a new ground, and do not sow upon thorns" (Jer. 4. 3). For this reason, the Pascha also begi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:721C…e again today, he who prepares the temples of the great King, and converses with us, saying: Break up fresh ground for yourselves, and do not sow among thorns (Jer. IV, 3). Now he speaks indiscriminately to all… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:403…assembly and let us hear the prophet jeremiah crying thus thus says the lord to the men of judah and to those who inhabit jerusalem break up for yourselves new ground and do not sow among… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1309A…at you may have sheep for clothing. Respect the field, that you may have lambs. » Isa. xxiii, 10. — « Till your land; for ships come no more from Carthage. » Jerem. iv, 3. — « Break up for yourselves your fallo… Stephen Deacon of Constantinople fl. c. 807-809PG 100:1097…itself against the knowledge of god fulfilling that prophetic voice which says break up your fallow ground and sow not upon thorns while this most blessed man was exercising himself in these things pleasing to god… OrigenesPG 16:2307…and in him they shall praise god in jerusalem for thus says the lord to the men of judah and to the inhabitants of jerusalem arable for yourselves the fields and do not sow among thorns… OrigenesPG 16:2321…revenge on them for to thee i have revealed my cause therefore thus saith the lord to the men of anathoth who seek thy life saying thou shalt not prophesy in the name of the lord… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:731C…l filth, which we have received from our birth from our fathers. For of this matter the corporeal circumcision was a type. Therefore the prophet Jeremiah said (Jer. 4:4), that the hardness of your heart must… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:769…said to us b circumcise yourselves to god and circumcise the hardness of your heart ye men of judah and ye that inhabit jerusalem in carmelus therefore we shall be with christ the shepherd that is… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:525A…ason, the prophetic word also rebukes the Jews: "Be circumcised to God, and circumcise the hardness of your heart, men of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem" (Jerem. IV, 4). But not to them, rather to us, God th… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:689…circumcised to your god and circumcise the hardness of your heart o men of judah and inhabitants of jerusalem for he who is circumcised in the flesh is circumcised only in the flesh but he who… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:403…circumcised to your god and circumcise the hardness of your heart you men of judah and inhabitants of jerusalem having cleansed the mind that is overgrown and desolate of piety as if by fire with the… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:521…a ness of your heart ye men of judah and inhabitants of jerusalem consequently if anyone is circumcised in the flesh he cannot be said to… OrigenesPG 16:1995…original script column see facsimile h hebrew version vulgate latin aquila h circumcise yourselves to the lord and circumcise yourselves to the lord and take away the foreskins of your hearts take away the foreskins of… OrigenesPG 16:1997…h jeremiah chapter iv h symmacus purify yourselves to the lord and take away the wickedness of your hearts teodotion circumcise yourselves to the lord and circumcise the hardness of your… OrigenesPG 16:2307…circumcised to your god and circumcise the foreskin of your heart you men of judah and inhabitants of jerusalem lest my fury go forth like fire and burn and there be none that can quench it… OrigenesPG 16:2309…with the trumpet in the land and cry with a loud voice and say assemble yourselves and let us enter into the cities that have walls lift up a standard and flee to zion hasten do… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:413…still you who are in progress hasten to the watchtower for i bring evil from the north and a great destruction since evils are being brought from the north the north of the adversary as has… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:147…away those from the north from you and elsewhere behold evil cometh from the north and a great destruction he commands therefore the north to arise and depart that the south may breathe and let the… OrigenesPG 16:2309…a standard and flee to zion hasten do not stay for i bring evil from the north and a great destruction a lion has come up from his lair and he who destroys nations has set… OrigenesPG 16:2309…his lair and he who destroys nations has set out and has gone forth from his place to make your land a desert and your cities shall be destroyed so that they shall not be inhabited… OrigenesPG 16:2309…they shall not be inhabited for this gird yourselves with sackcloth mourn and howl for the fierce anger of the lord has not turned back from you and it shall come to pass in that day… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:231…were with him a jeremiah says in that day says the lord the heart of the king shall perish and the heart of the princes and the priests shall be astonished and the prophets shall wonder… OrigenesPG 16:2309…from you and it shall come to pass in that day says the lord that the heart of the king and the heart of the princes shall perish and the priests and the prophets shall be… OrigenesPG 16:2309…struck with astonishment and i said o sovereign lord surely you have greatly deceived this people and jerusalem saying you shall have peace and the sword reaches even to their soul at that time it shall… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:907B…eremiah prophesied in Judah. When they did not believe the truth, he says, in that time he will speak to this people and to Jerusalem in a spirit of seduction (Jer. 4. 11, 12). Here he will excite tribulation u… Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:869…land of salt and uninhabitable and again at that time it shall be said to this people and to jerusalem a spirit of error in the desert the way of the daughter of my people not… OrigenesPG 16:2309…the sword reaches even to their soul at that time it shall be said to this people and to jerusalem a spirit and error in the desert a way of the daughter of my people not… OrigenesPG 16:2309…them behold as clouds he ascends and as a whirlwind his course his horses are swifter than eagles woe to us for we are afflicted wash your heart from malice o jerusalem that you may be… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:399B…shed conscience—that is the worst of all evils. Hear why it was said to the Jews, who were concerned about such uncleanness: "Wash your heart from wickedness" (Jer. IV, 14). How long will the thoughts of your la… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:419A…ls those pure who are pure on every side, and in soul. For since vice pollutes the soul, hear the prophet saying: Wash your heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem (Jer. 4. 14); and again, Wash yourselves, be clean,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:635A…they shall see God (Matt. V, 8). And what does the Prophet say? Create a clean heart in me, O God (Ps. L, 12); and again, Wash thy heart from wickedness (Jer. IV, 14). It is a great good to be accustomed t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:101A…(Matt. 15:19). For this reason the Prophet also said: Create a clean heart in me, O God (Ps. 50:12); and another: Wash your heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem (Jer. 4:14). Do you see that to do rightly is both… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:567…they may obey his word wash thy heart from wickedness o jerusalem that thou mayest be saved how long shall the thoughts of thy labors abide in thee… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:917…spiritual when god says plainly through the voice of jeremiah wash thy heart from wickedness that thou mayest be saved o jerusalem there are very many forms of wickedness witchcrafts gratifications of the flesh covetousness whisperings… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:529…through repentance b wash he says thy heart from wickedness o jerusalem that thou mayest be saved how long shall thy wicked thoughts remain in thee for the wickedness of these thoughts has become the cause… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:743…text testifies that thou mayest wash thy heart from malice o jerusalem that thou mayest be saved how long shall the thoughts of thy labors be in thee that is to say the excuses which you… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:89C…I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart.” — xiii, 8. “How long shall thy thoughts lodge within thee?” Jerem. iv, 14. “Your wickedness is upon you, and ye… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:529…swarms are coming from a land afar off and they have given their voice against the cities of judah they have become as guards of a field against it round about for he says just as… OrigenesPG 16:2309…jerusalem that crowds are coming from a far country and have given their voice against the cities of judah as keepers of a field they have become against her round about because you have neglected me… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:531…and your pursuits have brought these things upon you this is your wickedness because it is bitter because it has reached even to your heart you will endure things worthy of what you dared to commit… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:803…the prophet is tortured on account of them and laments and says my bowels my bowels i am in pain and the interior parts of my heart he drew this metaphor from a woman in labor… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:331…peoples tribes and tongues that in the hour in which you hear the sound of the trumpet the pipe the lyre the sackbut the psaltery the symphony and every kind of music you shall fall down… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:21C…, for it is better for me to die than to live." Isa. XXVI, 16. — "Lord, in tribulation we have remembered you, in small tribulation is your instruction to us." Jerem. IV, 19. — "I feel pain in my belly, and the se… OrigenesPG 16:2309…malice because it is bitter because it reaches even to your heart my bowels my bowels i am in agony and the senses of my heart are torn my soul is rent also my heart i… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:979…says, “they did not know me; they are foolish and imprudent children [91]; they are wise in doing evil [92], but they have not known how to do good” (Jer. IV, 22). 7. But as many as feared God and were solicitous about h… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:623B…fulfilled: 'The leaders of my people have not known me; they are foolish children and not wise. They are wise to do evil, but they do not know how to do good' (Jer. iv, 22); whom we ought rather to pity than to… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:255…himself has said through the prophet jeremiah this people are foolish children wise to do evil but to do good they do not know and the blessed paul says the wisdom of this world is foolishness… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 35:1107…newly written malice and a device against the truth for they were wise to do evil but to do good they knew not xxiii from this came that subtle and captious condemnation of the heretics whom… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1091…this aeon they are more prudent than the children of light for they are wise to do evil but they have not understood how to do good and it is also written concerning judas that he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:289…said because there is also an evil understanding as when scripture says they are wise to do evil but to do good they have not known but he seeks the understanding that is in virtue his… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:805…speaks in the person of god because the leaders of my people have not known me they are foolish children and not understanding and so that they might not be thought worthy of pardon as being… Gelasius of Cyzicus d. c. 450PG 85:1345A…infidelity, such as has never been seen since men were born. Wherefore that saying, long since explained by divine utterance, that "they are wise to do evil" [Jer. IV, 22], does not seem to depart from the trut… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1297…catachrestically called the charmer of wild beasts wise as in that passage they are wise to do evil but to do good they have no knowledge and where is the wise where is the scribe he… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:539…person of god he says vers because the leaders of my people have not known me they are foolish children and not wise and lest they should be thought worthy of pardon as simpletons he immediately… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1009A…Theoteti [by divinity], is by divine glory and honor, which it had received, joined hypostatically to the divinity. Kalopoiesai [to do good], I, 984: from Jer. IV, 22, where it is kalon poiesai [to do goo… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:169D…iend. One who kindles malice shall be destroyed by it.” — Isa. xxix, 21. “They shall be destroyed who act unjustly by malice, and who make men sin by word.” — Jerem. iv, 22. “Foolish children are they, and witho… Mark of Ephesus c. 1392–1445PG 160:1093…impiety through that 'middle ground' obtained from the scriptures for they became wise to do evil but to do good they did not know does this not apply also to our synod here yes certainly i… OrigenesPG 16:2309…fugitives hear the sound of trumpets because the princes of my people have not known me they are foolish children and not understanding they are wise to do evil but to do good they have not… Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:443…wise he means either those skilled in craftiness concerning whom jeremiah says they are wise to do evil but they know not how to do good or he means by the wise the disciples of the… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:395…rope of a cart jeremiah the children are foolish and not knowing they are wise to do evil but to do good they have no knowledge if the ethiopian can change his skin or the leopard… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:993…lord fashioned yet from the earth all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the sky and he led them to adam that he might see what he would call them and whatever… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:995…of the ostriches for all the beasts of the field are mine and all the birds of the air isa xliii open your ears and do not be deaf like the asp which does not hear… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:807…is there any way to be saved ver i looked and behold there was no man and all the birds of the heaven were scared away for we do not seem to see even those standing… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:531…were trembling and all the hills were disturbed i looked and behold there was no man and all the birds of heaven were terrified these things are wont to happen to those who fall into calamities… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:539…trembling and all the hills were disturbed d i looked and behold there was no man and all the birds of the air were terrified these things are wont to happen to those who fall into… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:637…christ was breaking the prison of hades v i looked and behold there was no man and all the birds of the air were terrified he speaks of the universal consummation which also occurred at the… OrigenesPG 16:2309…were trembling and all the hills were shaken i looked and behold there was no man and all the birds of the air were scared away i saw and behold carmel was a desert and all… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:807…they spit upon her but they also desire to destroy her ver for i have heard a voice as of one in labor and she shall drop her hands she will be able to do nothing… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:399A…he shameful spectacle of that war, and as it were seeing an immeasurable multitude of the slain, he said: "Woe is me, for my soul faints because of the slain" (Jer. iv, 31). Something similar, I think, happened… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:533…rather they became the cause of these very evils for them vers for i have heard a voice as of one travailing thy groans as of one at the first birth he represented through the image… OrigenesPG 16:2309…your beauty your lovers have rejected you they will seek your soul for i have heard a voice as of one in labor your groaning as of one in first travail the voice of the daughter…