Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Jeremiah 30:11
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 11, page 358, footnote 3 (Image)
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... whom the father doth not correct? But if ye are without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.” And in the Apocalypse: “Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten.” To whom under the figure of Jerusalem the following words are spoken by Jeremiah, in the person of God: “For I will utterly consume all the nations among which I scattered thee: but I will not utterly consume thee: but I will chastise thee in judgment, that thou mayest not seem to thyself innocent.”[Jeremiah 30:11] And for this life-giving cleansing David prays when he says: “Prove me, O Lord, and try me; turn my reins and my heart.” Isaiah also, well knowing the value of this trial, says “O Lord, correct us but with judgment: not in Thine anger.” And again: ...