Lamentations 4:7 (WEB)
Her nobles were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was like sapphire.
Fathers and councils · 2
Gregory of Nazianzus
“…me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest; or, Arise, let us go hence, shining brightly, glittering above snow, whiter than milk, shining above the sapphire stone; let us not resist or delay.” — editor's note: The A.V. is here used, as more accurate than the LXX. The passage is quoted freely from Lam. iv. 7.
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Tertullian
“For we are they of whom it is written, “Her Nazarites were whiter than snow;” even they who were once defiled with the stains of sin, and darkened with the clouds of ignorance.” — editor's note: Lam. iv. 7.
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