Jeremiah 8:4 (WEB)
“Moreover you shall tell them, ‘The LORD says: “‘Do men fall, and not rise up again? Does one turn away, and not return?
Fathers and councils · 11
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIII.3Conference XIII
“They have stiffened their necks and refused to return.”” — editor's note: Jer. viii. 4, 5.
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John Chrysostom
““For,” says one, “doth not he that falleth rise again? or he that turneth away, doth not he turn back to [God]?” ( Jer. viii. 4.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Let us not then be confident, who stand, but let us say to ourselves, “Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall;”neither let us who are fallen despair, but let us say to ourselves, “He that falleth, doth he not arise?”” — editor's note: Jer. viii. 4.
Read the whole comment“For to this last it is said, “Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall;”and to the other, “Shall not he that falleth arise?”and, “Lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees.”” — editor's note: Jer. viii. 4.
Read the whole comment“Doth he turn away, and not return?”and, “I do not will the death of the sinner, so much as that he should turn and live:”and, “To-day if ye will hear His voice:”and many other such things, both sayings and examples are set in the Scripture.” — editor's note: Jer. viii. 4.
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Jerome
“Again they close the doors of the Church to almost every fault, whilst we read daily, “I desire the repentance of a sinner rather than his death,” and “Shall they fall and not arise, saith the Lord,” and once more “Return ye backsliding children and I will heal your backslidings.”” — editor's note: Jer. viii. 4.
Read the whole comment“Shall he turn away, and not return?”” — editor's note: Jer. viii. 4.
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Basil the Great
“Recall your recollection of how it is written in the Scriptures that he who is falling rises and he who turns away returns; the wounded is healed, the prey of beasts escapes; he who owns his sin is not rejected.” — editor's note: cf. Jer. viii. 4.
Read the whole comment“Shall he turn away and not return?”” — editor's note: Jer. viii. 4.
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Tertullian
“Saith He not, “He who hath fallen shall rise again, and he who hath been averted shall be converted?”” — editor's note: Jer. viii. 4 (in LXX.) appears to be the passage meant. The Eng. Ver. is very different.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in Jeremiah: “Thus saith the Lord, Shall not he that falleth arise? or shall not he that is turned away be converted?”” — editor's note: Jer. viii. 4.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Letters Letter 44.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.115.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIII.3.
Cited together in Letters Letter 44.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIII.3.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.115.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.115.
Cited together in Letters Letter 44.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIII.3.
Cited together in Letters Letter 44.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.115.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.115.
Cited together in Letters Letter 44.
Cited together in Letters Letter 44.