Jeremiah 2:27 (WEB)
who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’ and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me,’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face, but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us!’
Fathers and councils · 9
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Yet man forsook his heavenly Father, and said to the stock, Thou art my father, and to the stone, Thou hast begotten me.” — editor's note: Jer. ii. 27.
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Augustine of Hippo
“She then started up with a pious fear and trembling; and, although I had not yet been baptized, she feared those crooked ways in which they walk who turn their back to Thee, and not their face.” — editor's note: Jer. ii. 27.
Read the whole comment“I that was “saying to a stock, My father thou art; and to a stone, Thou hast begotten me:” now say, “Our Father, which art in Heaven.”…“To Him with my mouth I have cried, and I have exalted Him under my tongue.”” — editor's note: Jer. ii. 27.
Read the whole comment“For the Lord chideth those who have “turned” their “back” unto Him, “and not their face.”” — editor's note: Jer. ii. 27.
Read the whole comment“For it is said in another passage of Scripture concerning the worshippers of images, “Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth.”” — editor's note: Jer. ii. 27.
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Jerome
“…and again “saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face.”” — editor's note: Jer. ii. 27.
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Ambrose of Milan
“How is he wise who looks not for his Maker, but says to a stone: “Thou art my father”?” — editor's note: Jer. ii. 27.
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Clement of Alexandria
“They have said to the stock, Thou art my father; and to the stone, Thou hast begotten me.”” — editor's note: Jer. ii. 27, iii. 9.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“To the wood and to the stone they have said, Thou art my father; and to the stone, Thou hast begotten me: and they turned to me their back, and not their face.”” — editor's note: Jer. x. 2–5, 9, 11; ii. 12, 13, 19, 20, 27.
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together in Confessions II.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in Confessions II.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in Confessions II.3.
Cited together in Confessions II.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.