Book of Jeremiah/the %E2%80%9Cconfessions%E2%80%9D of Jeremiah

Famous quotes containing the words book of, book and/or jeremiah:

“Heav’n from all creatures, hides the book of Fate,
All but the page prescrib’d, their present state:”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

“I know what say the fathers wise,—
The Book itself before me lies,
Old Chrysostom, best Augustine.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ezekiel, 18:2.

Proverbial reproach by God, concerning the land of Israel. The same image is used in Jeremiah 31:29.