Jeremiah 17:9 (WEB)
The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
Fathers and councils · 12
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Whether is it he who is conceived of by them as the Christ above, who extended himself through Horos, and imparted a form to their mother; or is it He who is from the Virgin, Emmanuel, who did eat butter and honey, of whom the prophet declared, “He is also a man, and who shall know him?”” — editor's note: Jer. xvii. 9.
Read the whole comment“For this reason [it is, said], “Who shall declare His generation?” since “He is a man, and who shall recognise Him?”” — editor's note: Jer. xvii. 9.
Read the whole comment“Again, there are those who say, “He is a man, and who shall know him?” and, “I came unto the prophetess, and she bare a son, and His name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God;” and those [of them] who proclaimed Him as…” — editor's note: Jer. xvii. 9 (LXX.). Harvey here remarks: “The LXX. read אֱנֹושׁ instead of אָנֹושׁ. Thus, from a text that teaches us that the heart is deceitful above all…
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Jerome
“xvii. 9.” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“Jeremiah says: “He is a human being, and who will learn to know Him?” because, “His nativity,” says Isaiah, “who shall declare?”” — editor's note: See Jer. xvii. 9 in LXX.
Read the whole comment“For it is of Him that Isaiah writes: “A man of suffering, and acquainted with the bearing of weakness;” and Jeremiah: “He is a man, and who hath known Him?” and Daniel: “Upon the clouds (He came) as the Son of man.”” — editor's note: Jer. xvii. 9, Sept.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Yet He came “in the likeness of sinful flesh;” that is, He took on Him the likeness of sinful flesh, the likeness, because it is written: “He is man, and who shall know Him?”” — editor's note: Jerem. xvii. 9 [LXX.].
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John Chrysostom
“…the hearts;”and again, “God trieth the hearts and reins;” and Jeremiah too saith, “The heart is deep above all things, and it is man, and who shall know him?”and, “Man shall look on the face, but God on the heart.”” — editor's note: Jer. xvii. 9, LXX.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“For previously he had said, And He is Man, and Who shall know Him?” — editor's note: Jer. xvii. 9 (LXX.).
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Augustine of Hippo
“But that the Jews, by whom He behoved even to be slain, were not going to acknowledge Him, this prophet thus intimates: “Heavy is the heart through all; and He is a man, and who shall know Him?”” — editor's note: Jer. xvii. 9.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“At least Jeremiah himself remarked: “He is a man, and who shall know him?”” — editor's note: Jer. xvii. 9.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“In Jeremiah: “And He is man, and who shall know Him?”” — editor's note: Jer. xvii. 9.
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Cross-references · 19
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.3.
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Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 15.
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 15.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.3.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.3.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.3.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.3.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.3.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.3.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.3.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.3.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.3.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.11.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.11.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.11.
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 15.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.3.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.11.