Jeremiah 31:2 (WEB)
The LORD says, “The people who survive the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.”
Fathers and councils · 1
“…when men are the messengers, sometimes they speak the words of God in their own person, as when it is premised, “The Lord said,” or, “Thus saith the Lord,” or any other such phrase, but sometimes without any such prefix, they take upon themselves the very person of God, as e.g.: “I will instruct thee, and teach…” — editor's note: Jer. xxxi. 1, 2
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