Jeremiah 13:23 (WEB)
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
Fathers and councils · 9
Jerome
“xiii. 23.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“The second speaks of a rod of an almond tree and of a seething pot with its face toward the north, and of a leopard which has changed its spots.” — editor's note: Jer. xiii. 23.
Read the whole comment“Though it is against nature the Ethiopian does change his skin and the leopard his spots.” — editor's note: Jer. xiii. 23.
Read the whole comment“So long as you have a leopard’s spots and an Ethiopian’s skin, how can it help your perfidy to know that I too am marked by moles?” — editor's note: Jer. xiii. 23.
Read the whole comment“…is to the ‘power’ or ‘wealth’ of God, silently meditating on that type of the Gentiles, the Ethiopian eunuch, who in spite of the prophet changed his skin and whilst he read the old testament found the fountain of the gospel.” — editor's note: Jer. xiii. 23.
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John Chrysostom
““If the Ethiopian shall change his skin, or the leopard his spots, this people also shall be able to do good, having learned evil.” ( Jer. xiii. 23 , LXX.) He saith not that the doing of virtue is impossible to them, but that because they will not, therefore they cannot.” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
“I felt that the Ethiopian will never change his skin, nor the leopard his spots, nor a man nurtured in doctrines of perversity ever be able to rub off the stain of his heresy.” — editor's note: cf. Jer. xiii. 23.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“If he be a leopard let him die with his spots.” — editor's note: Jer. xiii. 23.
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Ephrem the Syrian
“He made disciples and taught, and out of black men he made men white.” — editor's note: Jer. xiii. 23; Is. i. 18.
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Cited together in The Pearl. Seven Hymns on the Faith Hymn 3.
Cited together in Letters Letter 97.
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