Jeremiah 7:16

Jerome

• Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 2

  “And so with respect to the people of Israel who had sinned a sin unto death, it is said to Jeremiah:“Pray not thou for this people, neither entreat for them, and do not withstand me, for I will not hear thee.”” — editor's note: Jer. vii. 16.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Concerning Repentance I.9Book I

  “It implies that it must be such an one as Moses to offer himself for those who sin, or such as Jeremiah, who, though the Lord said to him, “Pray not thou for this people,” and yet he prayed and obtained their forgiveness.” — editor's note: Jer. vii. 16.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 5

  “Moreover, when Jeremiah besought for the people, the Lord speaks to him, saying: “And pray not thou for this people, and entreat not for them in prayer and supplication; because I will not hear in the time wherein they shall call upon me in the time of their affliction.”” — editor's note: Jer. vii. 16.

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• Cyprian of Carthage, On the Lapsed

  “And to the same man He saith, when he often entreated and prayed for the sins of the people, “Pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time wherein they call on me, in the time of their affliction.”” — editor's note: Jer. vii. 16.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 2

  “…not to pray for the aversion of ills on behalf of the sinful People,—“since, if they shall have fasted,” saith He, “I will not listen to their entreaty.”” — editor's note: Jer. xiv. 11, 12; vii. 16; xi. 14.

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• Baruch 3:1

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.9.

• Baruch 3:2

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.9.

• Baruch 5:1

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.9.

• Ezekiel 14:12

  Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 5.

• Ezekiel 14:13

  Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 5.

• Luke 12:42

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.9.

• Luke 12:43

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.9.

• Exodus 32:31

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.9 and 1 other place.

• Exodus 32:32

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.9 and 1 other place.

• Exodus 32:33

  Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 5.

• 1 Samuel 2:25

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.9 and 1 other place.

• Psalm 15:1

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.9.

• Psalm 24:3

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.9.

• Psalm 24:4

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.9.

• Psalm 71:19

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.9.