Deuteronomy 32:15 (WEB)
But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.
Fathers and councils · 7
Jerome
“Moses boldly broke the tables: for he knew that drunkards cannot hear the word of God.“The beloved grew thick, waxed fat, and became sleek: he kicked and forsook the Lord which made him, and departed from the God of his salvation.”” — editor's note: Deut. xxxii. 15. “Beloved” (dilectus). Correctly Jeshurun, that is, the Upright, a name of Israel.
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Justin Martyr
“And again: ‘Jacob ate, and was satisfied, and waxed fat; and he who was beloved kicked: he waxed fat, he grew thick, he was enlarged, and he forsook God who had made him.’” — editor's note: Deut. xxxii. 15.
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John Chrysostom
“And again, “When the beloved waxed gross and fat, then he kicked.” ( Deut. xxxii. 15.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““For my beloved,” saith He, “ate, and waxed fat, and kicked.”” — editor's note: Deut. xxxii. 15 [LXX.]
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Tertullian
“I am a liar, if the Lord Himself, when upbraiding Israel with forgetfulness, does not impute the cause to “fulness:” “(My) beloved is waxen thick, and fat, and distent, and hath quite forsaken God, who made him, and hath gone away from the Lord his Saviour.”” — editor's note: See Deut. xxxii. 15.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…the rout, and sat solitary, because I was filled with bitterness and sought to be silent, understanding that it is an evil time, that the beloved had kicked, that we were become backsliding children, who are the luxuriant vine, the true vine, all fruitful, all beautiful, springing up splendidly with showers from on…” — editor's note: Deut. xxxii. 15.
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Ephrem the Syrian
“Israel with sumptuous living waxed fat, and kicked, and forgot his covenant.” — editor's note: Deut. xxxii. 15.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Three Homilies Homily 2.
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Cited together in Three Homilies Homily 2.
Cited together in Three Homilies Homily 2.
Cited together in Three Homilies Homily 2.
Cited together in Three Homilies Homily 2.
Cited together in Three Homilies Homily 2.
Cited together in Three Homilies Homily 2.
Cited together in Three Homilies Homily 2.
Cited together in Three Homilies Homily 2.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 20.