Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 12:11

A church father on this verse
“Who is it that says, "Because of me the whole earth has been laid utterly waste"? Christ says these things, before whose coming many sins had indeed been committed by the people, but not such sins as to cause them to be utterly forsaken and handed over into a captivity of long duration. But when they had filled up "th…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 11

Source: Septuagint

Original

11it is made a complete ruin: for my sake the whole land has been utterly ruined, because there is none that lays the matter to heart.

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9Is not my inheritance to me a hyena’s cave, or a cave round about her? Go ye, gather together all the wild beasts of the field, and let them come to devour her.

10Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have defiled my portion, they have made my desirable portion a trackless wilderness;

— Jeremiah 12:11 —

12The ravagers are come to every passage in the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord will devour from one end of the land to the other: no flesh has any peace.

13Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them: be ashamed of your boasting, because of reproach before the Lord.

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