Jeremiah 29:22 (WEB)
A curse will be taken up about them by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, ‘The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;’
Fathers and councils · 3
Origen
“…occur in Jeremias as follows: “The Lord make thee like Zedekias and Achiab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire, for the iniquity they did in Israel.”” — editor's note: Jer. xxix. 22, 23.
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Jerome
“The devil looks not for unbelievers, for those who are without, whose flesh the Assyrian king roasted in the furnace.” — editor's note: Jer. xxix. 22.
Read the whole comment“They were still boys and had not come yet to that frying-pan on which the King of Babylon fried the elders who were judges.” — editor's note: i.e. Ahab and Zedekiah whose fate is recorded Jer. xxix. 20–23. According to Jerome tradition identified them with the elders who tempted Susannah, although…
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