Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Jeremiah 28:14

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 13, page 358, footnote 3 (Image)

Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat

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CCEL Footnote 786 (In-Text, Margin)

... which is used in the world. So in the vision of the beasts he is compared to a lion which excels in its might all the beasts. And again he was compared to an eagle which surpasses every bird. Whatsoever was written about him was fulfilled in him. For the Lord said concerning him:— I have placed a yoke of iron upon the neck of all the nations, and they shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.  And also the beasts of the desert and the birds of heaven have I given to him to serve him.[Jeremiah 28:14] For since the king was like the head of gold, men served him as a king. And when he went out to the wilderness, the beasts served him as a lion. And when his hair was like (the plumage) of an eagle, the birds of heaven served him as an eagle. But ...