Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Jeremiah 6:8

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 13, page 395, footnote 16 (Image)

Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat

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CCEL Footnote 1121 (In-Text, Margin)

... Ahab; the Assyrians in the days of Hezekiah. The king of Babylon uprooted them from their place and dispersed them; and after he had tried and persecuted them much, they did not amend, as He said to them:— In vain have I smitten your sons, for they did not accept chastisement. And again He said:— I have cut off the Prophets, and slain them by the word of My mouth. And to Jerusalem He said:— By afflictions and scourges be instructed, O Jerusalem, lest thy life depart from thee.[Jeremiah 6:7-8] But they forsook Him, and worshipped idols, as Jeremiah said concerning them: — Go to the distant isles, and send to Kedar, and consider well and see, whether there has been (anything) like this, whether the nations change their gods, those that ...