Zephaniah 3:7 (WEB)
I said, “Just fear me. Receive correction,” so that her dwelling won’t be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her. But they rose early and corrupted all their doings.
Fathers and councils · 3
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VIII.72Book VIII
“The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.”” — editor's note: Zeph. iii. 7–13.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Prepare thyself, be rising at the dawn: all their gleaning is destroyed: the gleaning, that is, of the Jews, with whom there is not a cluster, nay not even a gleaning of salvation left; for their vine is cut down.” — editor's note: Zeph. iii. 7: they rose early and corrupted all their doings. The passage is wholly is understood by the Seventy, whom S. Cyril follows.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“Therefore, those who have parted with evil will be united with Him; and so, as the Apostle says, God will be “all in all”; for this utterance seems to me plainly to confirm the opinion we have already arrived at, for it means that God will be instead of all other things, and in all.” — editor's note: This (1 Cor. xv. 28) is a text much handled by the earlier Greek Fathers. Origen especially has made it one of the Scripture foundations upon which he has…
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Cross-references · 1
Zephaniah 3:7 and Zechariah 5:3 share the same wording (10 words).