Jeremiah 15:19 (WEB)
Therefore the LORD says, “If you return, then I will bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take out the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. They will return to you, but you will not return to them.
Fathers and councils · 2
Augustine of Hippo
“For ye, who “take forth the precious from the vile,” have been made the mouth of God, through which He saith, “Let the waters bring forth,” not the living creature which the earth bringeth forth, but the moving creature having life, and the fowls that fly above the earth.” — editor's note: Jer. xv. 19.
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John Chrysostom
“And these things God Himself saith; “For he that bringeth out the precious from the vile, shall be as my mouth;”such are His words.” — editor's note: Jer. xv. 19.
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Parallel passages
Psalm 68:22 and Jeremiah 15:19 share the same wording (10 words).