Jeremiah 1:18 (WEB)
For behold, I have made you today a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
Fathers and councils · 5
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.13Conference XVIII
“And they shall fight against thee, and shall not prevail: for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 9; Jer. i. 18, 19.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25Conference XXIV
“And they shall fight against thee and shall not prevail: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.”” — editor's note: Jer. i. 18, 19.
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John Chrysostom
“…is at war with him), these He promises Himself to give; as the Father, speaking to Jeremiah, said, He would make him as “a brazen pillar, and as a wall;”but him to one nation only, this man in every part of the world.” — editor's note: Jer. i. 18.
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Jerome
“In the same sense the Lord says to the prophets that He has made their face a brazen city and a stone of adamant and an iron pillar, to the end that they shall not be afraid of the insults of the people but shall by the sternness of their looks discompose the effrontery of those who sneered at them.” — editor's note: Cf. Jer. i. 18; Ezek. iii. 8, 9.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“He became to some a stout wall and rampart, to others an axe breaking the rock in pieces, or a fire among the thorns, as the divine Scripture says, easily destroying those fagots who were insulting the Godhead.” — editor's note: Jer. i. 18.
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.13.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.13.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.13.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.13.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.13.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.