Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Lamentations 4:2

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 13, page 355, footnote 3 (Image)

Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat

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CCEL Footnote 753 (In-Text, Margin)

... when they were carried away captive from their place, he rejoiced over them and spurned them with his 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.[Lamentations 4:2] And again he said:— How are the stones of the Sanctuary cast down at the head of all the streets? 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 ...