Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 15:11

A church father on this verse
“"So be it, Lord, when they set straight their way; did I not stand by you in the time of their evils?" What is "So be it, Lord"? Let the one who is able gather such a meaning for himself. [The "So be it"—] "Master, Lord, when they set straight their way"—may the strength that fails among those who curse come to be, wh…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 14

Source: Septuagint

Original

11Be it so, Lord, in their prosperity; surely I stood before thee in the time of their calamities, and in the time of their affliction, for their good against the enemy.

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In context

9She that bore seven is spent; her soul has fainted under trouble; her sun is gone down while it is yet noon; she is ashamed and disgraced: I will give the remnant of them to the sword before their enemies.

10Woe is me, my mother! thou hast born me as some man of strife, and at variance with the whole earth; I have not helped others, nor has anyone helped me; my strength has failed among them that curse me.

— Jeremiah 15:11 —

12Will iron be known? whereas thy strength is a brazen covering.

13Yea, I will give thy treasures for a spoil as a recompense, because of all thy sins, and that in all thy borders.

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