Jeremiah 21 in the early church

[Vulgate: Jeremias]

13 passages quote, allude to, or echo Jeremiah 21, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 1 · 3 · 7 · 8 · 10 · 11 · 13

Jeremiah 21:1

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 21:1–2	Commentary on Jeremiah 4.29 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419

Jeremiah 21:3

But Jeremiah answered, “You are to tell Zedekiah that
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 21:3–6	Commentary on Jeremiah 4.30 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419

Jeremiah 21:7

‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 21:7	Commentary on Jeremiah 4.31 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419

Jeremiah 21:8

Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 21:8	Didache 1.1 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100)
Jer 21:8	Sibylline Oracles 8.391ff. · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	2nd-3rd cent.
Jer 21:8	Apostolic Church Order 4 · Anonymous	allusion, low confidence	ca. 300
Jer 21:8	Homilies 18.17 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	4th century (reworking earlier material)
Jer 21:8	On Ecclesiastical Theology 3.3.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 337–339
Jer 21:8	Apostolic Constitutions 7.1.1 · Anonymous	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 380
Jer 21:8–10	Commentary on Jeremiah 4.32 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419

Jeremiah 21:10

For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 21:10	Commentary on Jeremiah 4.33 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419

Jeremiah 21:11

Moreover, tell the house of the king of Judah to hear the word of the LORD.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 21:11–12	Commentary on Jeremiah 4.33 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419

Jeremiah 21:13

Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 21:13–14	Commentary on Jeremiah 4.34 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419