Where the Fathers quote Lamentations 4
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1Lam 4:1
Orsiesius of TabennaPG 40:889…be spoken over us how the gold has become dim and the fine gold changed the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street let us not after the many labors…
2Lam 4:2
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:321…clothed in refined gold how are they considered as earthen vessels the work of the hands of the potter and in a great house there are says the apostle not only vessels of gold and silver…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:631…and adorned with gold how are they considered as earthen vessels the work of the hands of the potter b and in a great house there are not only gold and silver vessels but also wooden…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1123…sinners are considered as the prophet jeremiah says as earthen vessels the work of the hands of the potter by the same if he shepherds according to the promise of god then christ is a shepherd…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1161…them with a rod of iron that will be fulfilled how are the precious sons of zion comparable to fine gold esteemed as earthen pitchers the work of the hands of the potter as though nothing…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1263…as fine gold how have they been reckoned as earthen vessels the work of the hands of the potter b thus they are vessels through their own power of choice but since gold and silver are…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:411…were above gold how have they been reckoned as earthen vessels the work of the hands of the potter the lord foretold this also through the divine isaiah for they shall be useless as an earthen…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:799…the noble sons of sion who were exalted who were more than gold how are they esteemed as earthen vessels the work of the hands of the potter the master also foretold this through the divine…
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:867…them the noble sons of sion and they that were clothed with fine gold how are they esteemed as earthen vessels the work of the hands of the potter the prophet looking upon the creation of…
Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:121…good things cxcv the joints of thy thighs are like necklaces the work of the hands of the craftsman d that thy thighs are girded with the belt of chastity it seems to me that the…
3Lam 4:3
OrigenesPG 16:473…ipt]. It seems, however, to be a corrupt word: perhaps of mergansers or coots. Ibid. [Others], of ostriches. All. So also Symmachus translates in Lamentations iv, 3. V. 30. The rest, it is denigrated profoundly. All. Ibid. […
4Lam 4:4
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:547…laments and says all her people are sighing seeking bread and again the tongue of the sucking child hath cleaved to the roof of his mouth for thirst the young children have asked for bread and…
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:867…of the potter but as being more than nothing nothing at all the tongue of the sucking child cleaved to the roof of his mouth for thirst the young children asked for bread and there was…
5Lam 4:5
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1333A…loth; and behold joy and gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine, saying: Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die. Thren. iv, 5. — They that were fed delicately have…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:363A…e life and to display no zeal for the things to come. For which reason, those who were nourished in scarlet embrace dung-heaps, Jeremiah said in Lamentations (Lam. iv, 5). Indeed, when we rest in noble and ard…
Charles du Fresne Du Cange 1610-1688PG 131:1215…denotes a worm for purple, as can be seen in Exod. xxv, 4; xxxv, 35; xxxix, 3; Leviticus xiv, 4 and 6. Then, besides, Job xxv, 6; Isa. i, 13; xiv, 11; xli, 14; Thren. iv, 5; Jonah iv, 7; Nahum ii, 3.…
6Lam 4:6
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:867…condemns in slaughter so that now even sucklings and infants perish and the iniquity of the daughter of my people is made greater than the sin of sodom that was overthrown in an eternal subversion for…
8Lam 4:8
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1837C…stolen obedience, have wrought their own shame. Whence it is opportune to say according to Scripture: "Their appearance has been blackened more than soot" (Thren. IV, 8); to whom I shall also cry out: "O wick…
10Lam 4:10
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1785…a fountain of tears to my eyes that i may weep for the destruction of the daughter of my people and although deep silences may have covered others and having been stupefied by the atrocity of…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1217…here in the canterburian not as in morel to comfort me from the destruction of the daughter of my people which st jerome translates thus do not contend to comfort me over the contrition of the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:891D…l eat her own children" (Deut. 28:56). Jeremiah, however, declares that this has happened, saying: "The hands of the women have cooked their own children" (Lam. 4:10). Although he had recounted the sins o…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:523B…eing able to bear the violence of this evil. And the prophet, lamenting this calamity, said: "The hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children" (Lam. 4:10). They were eating those whom they had…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:443D…s 6:26-29). What is more grievous than this calamity? Again, elsewhere the prophet says: "The hands of the compassionate women have cooked their own children" (Lam. 4:10). The Jews indeed paid such penalties;…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:505…be i will weep bitterly do not labor to console me for the destruction of the daughter of my race because it is a day of trepidation and ruin and trampling from the lord of hosts…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:851…were raped and infants dashed to the ground and as jeremiah says the hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children things were destroyed…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:789…is troubled my glory has been poured out upon the ground for the destruction of the daughter of my people he shows also the calamity most pitiable of all when children and infants were swooning in…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:95…bowels are troubled my glory is poured out upon the earth at the destruction of the daughter of my people in the…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:97A…upon whom did you ever cause this to come? Shall women eat the fruit of their womb? The cook has made a gleaning. Shall infants who suck the breasts be slain?” Thren. iv, 10. — “The hands of merciful women have co…
Orsiesius of TabennaPG 40:883…bowels are troubled my glory is poured out on the earth upon the destruction of the daughter of my people because the little one and the suckling have failed in the streets of the city to…
11Lam 4:11
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:867…themselves the promiser is truthful the time is present behold the end the lord hath accomplished his fury he hath poured out the heat of his indignation and he hath kindled a fire in sion and…
12Lam 4:12
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1121…be said in another way there are some who are sons of the kings of the earth and yet are not their sons but sons and absolutely sons others however because they are distinct from the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:375…in the present psalm let all the earth fear the lord let all the inhabitants of the world be moved by him for he spoke and they were made he commanded and they were created for…
Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:599…a and the kings of the earth and the great men by kings of the earth and great men and all such imposture you should understand…
Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:743…and bond both small and great and i saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against him that sat upon the horse and against his army…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:373…that this is often signified by the earth in scripture and let all the inhabitants of the world be moved by him because of his fear he says let men tremble because he is great and…
OrigenesPG 16:1073…h psalm lxxxviii h symmachus highest of the kings of the earth and i will make his seed perpetual and his throne as long as the days of heaven i will…
13Lam 4:13
Pope Victor I r. c. 189-199 (d. 199)PG 5:1487…did peter after he said to the jews do penance because you have shed the blood of the just teach us to celebrate the passover with the jews nowhere did paul who that he might gain…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:995…not fulfill the lust of the flesh vers and the lord is just in the midst of her and he will not do iniquity morning by morning he will give his judgment to the light and…
14Lam 4:14
OrigenesPG 16:2291…beyond blackness their face is darkened beyond charcoal the blind have wandered in the streets they have polluted themselves with blood so that they cannot touch their garments they have wandered blind in the streets they…
17Lam 4:17
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:869…my help o lord make haste to help me we have looked for a nation that could not save for because we rejected the divine power and help of god we were therefore looking to an…
19Lam 4:19
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:979…heaven,” John VI, 41, will be read more aptly there than aetos ek ouranou, “an eagle from heaven:” for no such thing occurs in Scripture, but only Lamentations IV, 19: Diokontes emas yper aetous ouranou. “Pursuing us above t…
20Lam 4:20
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:899…lord was captured in their corruptions of whom we have said in his shadow we shall live among the nations now indeed ezekiel and similarly the other prophets everywhere assert that this is christ the lord…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:247…very Scriptures that Christ is the Son of God, and salvation, and the Saviour, and truly to be called and to be "salutary," he brings forward these words from Lam. iv, 20: The spirit of our countenance, Christ…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:797B…oken of about which the prophet also said: "The Spirit of our countenance is Christ the Lord, to whom we said: In His shadow we shall live among the Gentiles" (Lam. IV, 20). But that shadow also is similar to th…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:51C…the beginning, so to speak, we enjoy a certain shadow of His majesty, whence it is also written in the prophets: "Christ the Lord is the spirit of our face," (Thren. iv, 20) to whom we have said: "We shall live i…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:151B…in the Lamentations: The spirit of our face, Christ the Lord, was taken in our corruptions, to whom we said: In his shadow we shall live among the nations (Thren. IV, 20). You see, therefore, how the spiri…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:191…spirit of our countenance is christ the lord to whom we have said under his shadow we shall live among the nations she walks covered and veiled because she ought to have power over her head…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1285…is the spirit of our face of whom we have said in his shadow we shall live among the nations yet not in life itself d inasmuch as he is clothed in the body of death…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:119…is the spirit of our face of whom we have said in his shadow we shall live among the nations therefore this word of god who is called faithful is also called true and he judges…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1061…lord is the spirit of our countenance to whom we said in his shadow we shall live among the nations but if christ is justice and wisdom and truth and we say in his shadow we…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:261…our presence was caught in our corruptions concerning whom we must say under his shadow we shall live among the nations for how was his shadow not to become for us the cause of life having…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:69C…ias speaks thus: "The Spirit before our face, Christ the Lord, was caught in our corruptions; of whom we said, In his shadow we shall live among the nations." ⟦Thren. IV, 20⟧ David, indeed, struck with wonder, say…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:317…jews and recognized by the nations the spirit of our countenance christ the lord was taken in their corruptions of whom we said in his shadow we shall live among the nations those wonderful prophets of…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:319…cited in which were contained those words of which we spoke in his shadow we shall live among the nations h from the first book of kings christ named by the lord the father as being…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:887C…hrist the power of God, and the wisdom of God" (I Cor. i, 24). Another prophet similarly calls Him Spirit, saying: "Christ the Lord is the spirit of our face" (Lam. iv, 20). And in the Gospel it is also clearly…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1051…at οὗ εἴπαμεν, and inverted the order of the words, thus saying instead of "under the shadow of [his] wings." Certain people explain the passage in Jeremiah, Lam. iv, 20: οὗ εἴπαμεν, Ἐν τῇ σκιᾷ τῶν πτερύγων α…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:211…lord and against his christ jeremiah the spirit of our countenance christ the lord was taken in their nets of whom we said in his shadow we shall live among the nations isaiah he bears our…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:743C…ditating with your hard spirit to destroy them? (Isa. XXVII, 8 [LXX]). The help of God is also called spirit: Christ the Lord is the spirit before our face (Lam. IV, 20). Therefore, according to their opinion…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:265…as ungrateful for he says thus the spirit before our face christ the lord was taken in their corruptions of whom we said in his shadow we shall live among the nations d since…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:413…the lord was captured in our corruptions to whom we said in his shadow we shall live among the nations let the jews say whom does the prophetic saying call christ and who among those called…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:803…the lord was taken in our corruptions of whom we said in his shadow we shall live among the nations let the jews tell us whom does the prophetic word call christ and who among those…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:517…was captured in our corruptions c of whom we said h in his shadow we shall live among the nations h this is the righteous orient of our dispersion from sin of whom the holy spirit…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:425…we said under his shadow we shall live among the nations a such things moreover solomon also explicitly heralds beforehand in your person you…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:781…this tell me o prophet and he says whose we said in his shadow we shall live among the nations for he hints that the grace of life is to be lived no longer in israel…
21Lam 4:21
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:741…parable and announces it in a hidden manner these are his words rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion for behold i come and i will dwell in the midst of you says the lord…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:659…me even as i also am of christ i cor xi vers rejoice and be glad o daughter of edom the word to those of the race of edom and of esau the brother of jacob…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:661…followers of me even as i also am of christ c vers rejoice and be glad o daughter of idumea this word is addressed to those who are from edom and esau the brother of jacob…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:107…there shall be nations created for the lord from among the gentiles rejoice and be glad o daughter of zion for behold i come and will dwell in the midst of thee saith the lord and…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:405…chapter xxvi h the same again concerning the calling of the gentiles rejoice and be glad o daughter of zion because behold i come and i will dwell in the midst of you says the lord…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:407…church the oracle bids to rejoice as if with good tidings saying rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion for behold i come and will dwell in the midst of thee for we believe that…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:449…that he confesses himself sent by a certain greater lord almighty b rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion for behold i come and will dwell in the midst of you says the lord and…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:637…the calling of the nations and the final destruction of jerusalem h rejoice and be glad o daughter of zion because behold i come and i will dwell in the midst of thee saith the lord…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:797…a rejoice and be glad o daughter of zion behold your king comes and he shall dwell in your midst says the lord and many…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1361…perceive the difference if you consider the prophecy in zechariah which says rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion behold i come and will dwell in the midst of thee saith the lord and many…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:935…his spirit a and by zechariah he says rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion for i am coming and will dwell in the midst of thee and many nations shall…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:201…what king has ever entered jerusalem riding upon an ass and again rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion for i come and will dwell in the midst of thee saith the lord and many…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:39…and heal that which was lost h verses rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion for behold i come and i will dwell in the midst of thee saith the lord…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:613…the only begotten word of god again speaks thus through another prophet rejoice and be glad o daughter of zion for behold i am coming and i will dwell in your midst says the lord and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:287…salvation of god isa xl but thou thyself also criedst out saying rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion for lo i come and i will dwell in the midst of thee saith the lord…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:643…neighbor lest i come and strike the earth utterly zechariah ch ii rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion for behold i come and i will dwell in the midst of you says the lord…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:887…author and bestower of all our joy addresses us with these words rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion however it is necessary since the time of the celebration is near to cleanse the filth…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:413…about to deliver the savior of the world to the cross v rejoice and be glad o daughter of idumea who dwells in the land of uz also to thee the cup of the lord shall…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:803…cross this is because their hope had not yet been born vers rejoice and be glad o daughter of idumea that dwellest in the land of uz for the cup of the lord shall come unto…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1889…he does the works consequent to these things the prophet adds b rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion for behold i am coming and i will dwell in the midst of you says the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1087…calling and indeed he also foretells things consonant with these through zacharias rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion for behold i come and i shall dwell in your midst says the lord and many…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2329…nor the jews but another people besides these as zechariah indicates saying rejoice and be glad o daughter of zion for lo i come and i will dwell in the midst of thee saith the lord…
Eulogius of Alexandria d. 607/608PG 86:2919…was seen upon earth and conversed with men one says to jerusalem rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion another urges the children praise the lord ye children the children answer hosanna blessed is he…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:261…the priest prophesied he who is called the sickle who prophesying said rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion for behold i come and i will dwell in the midst of you says the lord…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:683…dignity the heavenly powers concerning her therefore the most admirable zechariah says rejoice and be glad o daughter of zion for behold i come and i will dwell in the midst of thee saith the lord…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:635…a but let us hear the words of another holy man rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion for behold i come and i will dwell in the midst of thee saith the lord…
Leo VI the Wise 866–912PG 107:317…in the psalms the lord said to me and contrariwise zacharias says rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion cry out o daughter of jerusalem for behold thy king comes to thee meek and sitting…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:439…is from the beginning from the days of eternity beyond these zechariah rejoice and be glad o daughter of sion for behold i come and will dwell in the midst of thee saith the lord and…