Jeremiah 31:22 (WEB)
How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth: a woman will encompass a man.”
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“Concerning her we read of a great miracle in the same prophecy—that a woman should compass a man, and that the Father of all things should be contained in a virgin’s womb.” — editor's note: Jer. xxxi. 22.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“Such too is the language of the book of Jeremiah; ‘The Lord created a new salvation for a planting, in which salvation men shall walk to and fro;’ and in thus speaking, he does not mean any essence of a creature, but prophesies of the renewal of salvation among men, which has taken place in Christ for us.” — editor's note: Jer. xxxi. 22. vid. also supr. p. 85, where he notices that this is the version of the Septuagint, Aquila’s being ‘The Lord created a new thing in woman.’…
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Ephrem the Syrian
“It was from the great storehouse of all creatures, Mary gave Him all which she did give Him!” — editor's note: Jer. xxxi. 22.
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