Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Lamentations 4:1

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 13, page 355, footnote 4 (Image)

Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat

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CCEL Footnote 754 (In-Text, Margin)

... feet, and did not remember the friendship of the house of David. And as to that which I said that the children of Judah were called the stones of fire, it was not of my own thought that I said it, but Jeremiah the Prophet spake concerning them; for when he was calling forth tears for them in the Lamentations, he said:— The children of Zion were more excellent than precious stones. And again he said:— How are the stones of the Sanctuary cast down at the head of all the streets?[Lamentations 4:1] And again He said by the Prophet:— The stones were holy that were cast down in his land. And as to these very stones, the fire was burning in them, as Jeremiah said:— The word of the Lord became in my heart like burning fire and it was hot ...