Jeremias 3
Gregory of Nazianzus · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Jeremias 3:9
It is not only bodily sin that is called fornication and adultery, but any sin you have committed, and especially transgression against that which is divine. Perhaps you ask how we can prove this. "They prostituted themselves," it says "with things they made." Don't you see an impudent act of fornication? And again, "They committed adultery with pieces of wood." Don't you see a kind of adulterous religion? Do not then commit spiritual adultery, while keeping your bodies chaste. — ON THE WORDS OF THE GOSPEL, 'WHEN JESUS HAD FINISHED THESE SAYINGS,' ORATION 37:19
Jeremias 3:14-15
God, who gave the word to those who preach the gospel with great power for the perfection of the gospel, may he himself hold me by my right hand, and guide me with his counsel and receive me with glory. He is a shepherd to shepherds and a guide to guides that we may feed his flock with knowledge, not with the instruments of a foolish shepherd, according to the blessing, and not according to the curse pronounced against the people of former days. May he give strength and power to his people, and himself present them to himself. — IN DEFENSE OF HIS FLIGHT TO PONTUS, ORATION 2:117