Jeremiah 50 in the early church

[Vulgate: Jeremias]

14 passages quote, allude to, or echo Jeremiah 50, 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 · 6 · 20 · 23 · 29 · 31 · 34 · 39 · 44

Jeremiah 50:1

This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 50:1 (27:1 LXX)	Commentary on the Song of Songs 0.65 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)

Jeremiah 50:3

For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 50:3	First Apology 47 · Justin Martyr	echo, low confidence	ca. 150–155

Jeremiah 50:6

My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 50:6 (27:6 LXX)	Fragment on Matthew 12:15 · Origen	allusion, low confidence	ca. 220-254

Jeremiah 50:20

In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 50:20 (27:20 LXX)	Miscellanies 2.15.66 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 198–203

Jeremiah 50:23

How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 50:23 (27:23 LXX)	Eclogae on 1 Kingdoms, column 993 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 220-254
Jer 50:23	Letter 21.11 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–419
Jer 50:23 (27:23 LXX)	Letter 107.6 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Jer 50:23 (27:23 LXX)	Letter 121.5 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Jer 50:23	Letters 32.24 · Paulinus of Nola	quotation, high confidence	ca. 394–413

Jeremiah 50:29

Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 50:29 (27:29 LXX)	On the Governance of God 8.25 · Salvian of Marseilles	quotation, high confidence	ca. 439-451

Jeremiah 50:31

“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 50:31 (27:31 LXX)	Theological Oration 1 (Or. 27), Against the Eunomians 1 · Gregory of Nazianzus	quotation, high confidence	380

Jeremiah 50:34

Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 50:34 (27:34 LXX)	On the Trinity 3 · Faustinus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380–384

Jeremiah 50:39

So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 50:39 (27:39 LXX)	On the Christian Faith 3.1 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 378–380

Jeremiah 50:44

Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 50:44 (27:44 LXX)	Miscellanies 2.15.66 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 198–203