2 Maccabees 15:14

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2 Maccabees 15:14 (WEB)
Onias answered and said, “This is the lover of the kindred, he who prays much for the people and the holy city: Jeremiah the prophet of God.

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John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 5
“And Jeremiah prevailed not for the Jews, but some one else he did haply cover from evil by his prophecy.” — editor's note: Alluding, perhaps, to 2 Maccab. xv. 13–16.
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