Jeremiah 23:18 (WEB)
For who has stood in the council of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has listened to my word, and heard it?
Fathers and councils · 5
Hippolytus of Rome
“Now Jeremiah says, “Who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived His Word?”” — editor's note: Jer. xxiii. 18.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Furthermore, what meaneth it that thou readest: “Who hath stood in the truth (substantia) of the Lord?” and again: “Now if they had stood in My truth, and had given ear to My words, and had taught My people, I would have turned them from their follies and transgressions”?” — editor's note: St. Ambrose’s “substantia” is, in the LXX., ὑπόστημα—“standing-ground.” R.V. “council.”—Jer. xxiii. 18–22.
Read the whole comment“…against that of “ἑτεροούσιος ,” following the authority of the prophet, who saith: “Who hath stood in the truth (substantia) of the Lord, and seen His Word?”” — editor's note: Jer. xxiii. 18.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“If they had stood on my foundation (substantia, ὑποστάσει), and had heard my words, and taught my people, I would have turned them from their evil thoughts.”” — editor's note: Jer. xxiii. 16–21.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“But neither these of whom I am speaking, nor any of their fellows ever stood before the Council and Essence of God, as it is written, or saw, or proclaimed the Nature of God.” — editor's note: This is a quotation from the LXX. of Jer. xxiii. 18, where for ὑποστήματι Aquila has ἀπορρήτῳ, and Symmachus ὁμιλίᾳ, (according to Trommius). ὑπόστημα properly…
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.15.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.15.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.15.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.15.