Jeremiah 16:19 (WEB)
LORD, my strength, my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and will say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit.
Fathers and councils · 6
Origen
“…to Him that rescued us from the error (of our ways), saying, “Our fathers honoured lying idols, and there is not among them one that causeth it to rain.”” — editor's note: Cf. Jer. xvi. 19 and xiv. 22: ὡς ψευδῆ ἐκτήσαντο οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν εἴδωλα, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν αὐτοῖς ὑετίζων.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But this ye saw not, but ye see His Church, concerning whom it is written in like manner, and fulfilled, “O Lord My God, the nations shall come unto Thee from the extremity of the earth and shall say, Truly our fathers worshipped lying images, and there is not in them any profit.”” — editor's note: Jer. xvi. 19
Read the whole comment“…of their parents, and saying now what the prophet Jeremias himself said, “Truly a lie our fathers have worshipped, vanity which hath not profited them”—when, I say, they now say this, they renounce the opinions and blasphemies of their unjust parents.…There have led us away men teaching evil things, citizens…” — editor's note: Jer. xvi. 19.
Read the whole comment“…shall come unto Thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our forefathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit:” if the heathen forsook their idols, to come to the God of Israel; ought Israel whom their own God led from Egypt through the Red Sea, wherein He overwhelmed…” — editor's note: Jer. xvi. 19.
Read the whole comment“…Gentiles shall come unto Thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have worshipped mendacious idols, and there is no profit in them.”” — editor's note: Jer. xvi. 19.
Read the whole comment“And of the calling of the nations which was to come to pass, and which we now see fulfilled, he thus spoke: “O Lord my God, and my refuge in the day of evils, to Thee shall the nations come from the utmost end of the earth, saying, Truly our fathers have worshipped lying images, wherein there is no profit.”” — editor's note: Jer. xvi. 19.
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels I.26.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels I.26.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.33.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels I.26.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels I.26.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels I.26.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.33.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.33.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels I.26.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.33.