Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 1:2
A church father on this verse
“God is ready at hand to do good, but slow to punish those who deserve punishment. Indeed, though He is able to bring punishment upon those condemned by Him in silence, without giving warning beforehand, He by no means does this; but even when He condemns, He speaks, since His purpose in speaking is that the one about…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2accordingly as the word of God came to him in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
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In context
1The word of God which came to Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests, who dwelt in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
— Jeremiah 1:2 —
3And it was in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the eleventh year of Zedekiah king of Judah, even until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
4And the word of the Lord came to him, saying,