Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 11:22
A church father on this verse
“"Therefore thus says the Lord against the men of Anathoth who seek my life, who say: You shall not prophesy in the name of the Lord, and if you do, you shall die in our hands. Behold, I will visit upon them: their young men shall die by the sword, and their sons and their daughters shall perish by famine. And there sh…”
Source: Septuagint
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22behold, I will visit them: their young men shall die by the sword; and their sons and their daughters shall die of famine:
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In context
20O Lord, that judgest righteously, trying the reins and hearts, let me see thy vengeance taken upon them, for to thee I have declared my cause.
21Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek my life, that say, Thou shalt not prophesy at all in the name of the Lord, but if thou dost, thou shalt die by our hands:
— Jeremiah 11:22 —
23and there shall be no remnant left of them; for I will bring evil upon the dwellers in Anathoth, in the year of their visitation.