Jeremias 7
John Chrysostom · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Jeremias 7:16
He did the same thing in explaining himself to Noah about the flood that he did to Ezekiel when while living in Babylon he caused him to see the people's evil deeds in Jerusalem. And when he told Jeremiah not to pray, there too he explained himself adding, "Do you not see what they do?" And he does the same thing everywhere as he does here [in Matthew]. For what does he say? "The people of Nineveh shall rise up and shall condemn this generation, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and, behold, a greater one than Jonah is here." — HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 43:3
Jeremias 7:18
This is why God threatens punishment, so that by fear he may destroy contempt, and when the threat alone is sufficient to cause fear in us he does not permit us to undergo the actual trial. See, for instance, what he says to Jeremiah, "Do you not see what they do? Their fathers light a fire, their children gather sticks together, their women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven." It is to be feared lest the same kind of thing be said also concerning us. — HOMILIES ON 1 CORINTHIANS 8:8