Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 15:5

A church father on this verse
“We wish to understand the words spoken to Jerusalem with much menace, which run thus: "Who will spare you, O Jerusalem? Or who will be sorrowful for you? Or who will turn aside to ask after your peace? You have turned away from me, says the Lord. You shall go backward, and I will stretch out my hand against you and de…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 13

Source: Septuagint

Original

5Who will spare thee, O Jerusalem? and who will fear for thee? or who will turn back to ask for thy welfare?

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3And I will punish them with four kinds of death, saith the Lord, the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the wild beasts of the earth, and the birds of the sky to devour and destroy.

4And I will deliver them up for distress to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for all that he did in Jerusalem.

— Jeremiah 15:5 —

6Thou hast turned away from me, saith the Lord, thou wilt go back: therefore I will stretch out my hand, and will destroy thee, and will no more spare them.

7And I will completely scatter them; in the gates of my people they are bereaved of children: they have destroyed my people because of their iniquities.

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