Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Jeremiah 50:17

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 13, page 358, footnote 1 (Image)

Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat

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CCEL Footnote 784 (In-Text, Margin)

16. Now as to the first beast, he said concerning it, that it was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. For the first beast was the kingdom of Babylon, which was like a lion. For thus Jeremiah wrote saying:— Israel is a wandering sheep.  The lions caused them to wander.  First the king of Assyria devoured him.  And this last was stronger than he, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.[Jeremiah 50:17] So Jeremiah called him a lion. And he said:— He has the wings of an eagle. For thus it is written that, when Nebuchadnezzar went out to the wilderness with the beasts, he grew hair like (the plumage) of an eagle. And he said:— I saw that its wings were plucked away and it stood upright upon ...