Jeremiah 1:9 (WEB)
Then the LORD stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. Then the LORD said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
Fathers and councils · 4
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus IV.1Book IV
“See, I have set thee this day over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, and to build and to plant.”” — editor's note: Cf. Jer. i. 9, 10.
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“The prophet Jeremiah also hears from Him, who gave him his answers, “Behold, I have given My words into thy mouth a fire.”” — editor's note: Cf. Jer. i. 9. The word “fire” is found neither in the Hebrew nor in the Septuagint.
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Tertullian
“…known that the Father’s words were uttered in the Son, because they read in Jeremiah, “And the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth;” and again in Isaiah, “The Lord hath given to me the tongue of learning that I should understand when to speak a word in season.”” — editor's note: Jer. i. 9.
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John Chrysostom
“Since if this were not the case, what shall He have more than Isaiah? for he too saith the very same thing, “The Lord God giveth me the tongue of the learned, that I should know when I ought to speak a word.” ( Isa. l. 4 , LXX.) What more than Jeremiah? for he too when he was sent was inspired. ( Jer. i. 9.)” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.1.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.1.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.1.