Jeremiah 29:23 (WEB)
because they have done foolish things in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I didn’t command them. I am he who knows, and am witness,” says the LORD.
Fathers and councils · 2
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
“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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