Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Jeremiah 7:30

There is 1 footnote for this reference.

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1, page 515, footnote 4 (Image)

Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus

Irenæus (HTML)

Against Heresies: Book IV (HTML)

Chapter XXXVI.—The prophets were sent from one and the same Father from whom the Son was sent. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 4360 (In-Text, Margin)

... everywhere is the winepress digged: because those who do receive the Spirit are everywhere. For inasmuch as the former have rejected the Son of God, and cast Him out of the vineyard when they slew Him, God has justly rejected them, and given to the Gentiles outside the vineyard the fruits of its cultivation. This is in accordance with what Jeremiah says, “The Lord hath rejected and cast off the nation which does these things; for the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the Lord.”[Jeremiah 7:29-30] And again in like manner does Jeremiah speak: “I set watchmen over you; hearken to the sound of the trumpet; and they said, We will not hearken. Therefore have the Gentiles heard, and they who feed the flocks in them.” It is therefore one and the ...