Jeremiah 7:22 (WEB)
For I didn’t speak to your fathers or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices;
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“vii. 21, 22.” — the author cites it
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“And by Jeremiah, since they were very bold, he threatens, ‘Gather together your whole burnt-offerings with your sacrifices, and eat flesh, for I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.’” — editor's note: Jer. vii. 21, 22.
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Clement of Alexandria
“But I commanded them, Let none of you bear malice in his heart against his neighbour, or love a false oath.”” — editor's note: In Jer. vii. 22, 23, and Zech. viii. we find the substance of what Clement gives here.
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