Jeremiah 22 in the early church

[Vulgate: Jeremias]

34 passages quote, allude to, or echo Jeremiah 22, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 1 · 3 · 6 · 10 · 14 · 17 · 18 · 20 · 24 · 25 · 28 · 29 · 30

Jeremiah 22:1

This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there,

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Jer 22:1–5Commentary on Jeremiah 4.35 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 414-419
Jer 22:1–5Part 2, chapter 33 · Quodvultdeus of Carthageallusion, high confidenceca. 445-450

Jeremiah 22:3

This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

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Jer 22:3On Pascha 74 · text not on this site · Melito of Sardisallusion, medium confidenceca. 160-180
Jer 22:3Against Marcion 4.29 · Tertullianquotation, high confidence207/208 (third edition, completed later)
Jer 22:3Confessions 13.21 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, medium confidenceca. 397–401

Jeremiah 22:6

For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.

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Jer 22:6–9Commentary on Jeremiah 4.36 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 414-419

Jeremiah 22:10

Do not weep for him who is dead; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for him who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.

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Jer 22:10Defence against the Arians 4 · Athanasius of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 349–357
Jer 22:10Letter 122.1 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 370–419
Jer 22:10–17Commentary on Jeremiah 4.37 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 414-419

Jeremiah 22:14

who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.

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Jer 22:14Oration 33.15 · Gregory of Nazianzusquotation, high confidenceca. 362–383

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

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Jer 22:17Against Heresies 4.18.3 · Irenaeus of Lyonsquotation, high confidenceca. 180–190
Jer 22:17Homilies on Matthew 73.3 · John Chrysostomquotation, high confidenceca. 390

Jeremiah 22:18

Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’

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Jer 22:18–19Commentary on Jeremiah 4.39 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 414-419

Jeremiah 22:20

Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.

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Jer 22:20–27Commentary on Jeremiah 4.40 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 414-419

Jeremiah 22:24

“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.

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Jer 22:24Against Heresies 3.21.9 · Irenaeus of Lyonsquotation, high confidenceca. 180–190
Jer 22:24Commentary on Daniel 1.3 · Hippolytus of Romequotation, high confidenceca. 202-204
Jer 22:24On the Making of Man 18 · Gregory of Nyssaallusion, low confidence379

Jeremiah 22:25

In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.

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Jer 22:25Against Heresies 3.21.9 · Irenaeus of Lyonsquotation, high confidenceca. 180–190

Jeremiah 22:28

Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?

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Jer 22:28Against Heresies 3.21.9 · Irenaeus of Lyonsquotation, high confidenceca. 180–190
Jer 22:28Letter 236 · Basil of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 357–378
Jer 22:28On the Complaints of Job and David 4.20 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 383-390
Jer 22:28–30Commentary on Jeremiah 4.42 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 414-419

Jeremiah 22:29

O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!

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Jer 22:29Against Heresies 3.21.9 · Irenaeus of Lyonsquotation, high confidenceca. 180–190
Jer 22:29Miscellanies 4.26.168 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 198–203
Jer 22:29Homilies on Ezekiel 4.1 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s)
Jer 22:29Letter 96.12 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 370–419
Jer 22:29On the Complaints of Job and David 4.20 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 383-390
Jer 22:29–30Commentary on Jeremiah 4.40 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 414-419

Jeremiah 22:30

This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”

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Jer 22:30Against Heresies 3.21.9 · Irenaeus of Lyonsquotation, high confidenceca. 180–190
Jer 22:30Miscellanies 4.26.168 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 198–203
Jer 22:30Homilies on Ezekiel 4.1 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s)
Jer 22:30Letter 236 · Basil of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 357–378
Jer 22:30Letter 96.12 · Jeromequotation, high confidenceca. 370–419
Jer 22:30On the Complaints of Job and David 4.20 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 383-390