Jeremiah 15:10 (WEB)
Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them curses me.
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“Sometimes I say: “Let the day perish wherein I was born,” and again, “Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth.”” — editor's note: Jer. xv. 10.
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Ambrose of Milan
“I have not benefited others, nor has any one benefited me, my strength hath failed.”” — editor's note: Jer. xv. 10 [LXX.].
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“And what wouldst thou say to Jeremiah, who complains of his mother in sorrow for his birth, and that on account of others’ faults?” — editor's note: Jer. xv. 10.
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