Jeremiah 2:30 (WEB)
“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Fathers and councils · 3
Cyprian of Carthage
“For that these things occur either for the discipline of the obstinate or for the punishment of the evil, the same God declares in the Holy Scriptures, saying, “In vain have I smitten your children; they have not received correction.”” — editor's note: Jer. ii. 30. [Compare Aug., City of God, passim.]
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VI.11Conference VI
“…of beasts upon them, with the fury of creatures that trail upon the ground:” and “In vain have I struck your children: they have not received correction.”” — editor's note: Jer. ii. 30.
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Aphrahat
“The king of Babylon uprooted them from their place and dispersed them; and after he had tried and persecuted them much, they did not amend, as He said to them:—In vain have I smitten your sons, for they did not accept chastisement.” — editor's note: Jer. ii. 30.
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