“Then again there is a prayer that runs thus: "Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my boast. Behold, they say to me, 'Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come.' But I have not grown weary in following after you, and I have not desired the day of man, you know it." To him…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 17
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14Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
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12A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
— Jeremiah 17:14 —
15Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.
16As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.