Jeremiah 5:7 (WEB)
“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes’ houses.
Catechism · 1
“The prophets denounce the gravity of adultery; they see it as an image of the sin of idolatry.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Hos 2:7; Jer 5:7; 13:27.
Fathers and councils · 2
Cyril of Jerusalem
“I have not refused them, but they have refused Me; in consequence thereof I say, I have forsaken My house.” — editor's note: Ibid. v. 7.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“God says somewhere in Scripture, How shall I pardon thee for this?” — editor's note: Jer. v. 7.
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Cross-references · 21
Cited together in Catechism §2380.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Catechism §2380.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Catechism §2380.
Cited together in Catechism §2380.
Cited together in Catechism §2380.
Cited together in Catechism §2380.
Cited together in Catechism §2380.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Catechism §2380.
Cited together in Catechism §2380.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.