“The prophets say, "And the Word of the Lord came to me." … All these messages proscribe in every light the Arian heresy and signify the eternity of the Word, and that he is not foreign but proper to the Father's essence.”
Athanasius of Alexandria, 4th c. — Discourses Against the Arians 2.18.32
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1Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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— Jeremiah 2:1 —
2Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
3Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.