Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 10:18
A church father on this verse
“(Vers. 17, 18.) Gather from the land your confusion, you who dwell in siege; for thus says the Lord: Behold, I will cast far away the inhabitants of the earth this time, and I will afflict them that they may be found. LXX: It has gathered from outside its substance, which dwells in the fortified place. For thus says t…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
18For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will overthrow the inhabitants of this land with affliction, that thy plague may be discovered.
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In context
16Such is not the portion of Jacob; for he that formed all things, he is his inheritance; the Lord is his name.
17He has gathered thy substance from without that lodged in choice vessels.
— Jeremiah 10:18 —
19Alas for thy ruin! thy plague is grievous: and I said, Surely this is thy wound, and it has overtaken thee.
20Thy tabernacle is in a ruinous state, it has perished; and all thy curtains have been torn asunder: my children and my cattle are no more: there is no more any place for my tabernacle, nor place for my curtains.