Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 15:6

A church father on this verse
“And to each interpretation of Jerusalem what follows will also fit: "You have turned away from me, says the Lord. You shall go backward." That you have turned away from the Son of God, and because of having turned away from the Son of God you have turned away from God — what need is there even to say it? And since Jer…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 13

Source: Septuagint

Original

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.

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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.

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

— Jeremiah 15:6 —

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.

8Their widows have been multiplied more than the sand of the sea: I have brought young men against the mother, even distress at noonday: I have suddenly cast upon her trembling and anxiety.

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