Jeremiah 3:4 (WEB)
Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth!’?
Catechism · 1
“But the respective "perfections" of man and woman reflect something of the infinite perfection of God: those of a mother and those of a father and husband.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Is 49:14-15; 66: 13; Ps 131:2-3; Hos 11:1-4; Jer 3:4- 19.
Fathers and councils · 1
“Of this help the Divine Instructor made use by Jeremiah, saying, “Thou hadst a whore’s forehead; thou wast shameless towards all; and didst not call me to the house, who am thy father, and lord of thy virginity.”” — editor's note: Jer. iii. 3, 4.
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