Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 16:4

A church father on this verse
“(Verses 3-4) For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers, from whose lineage they were born in this land, they shall die by the deaths of sickness: they shall not be mourned, nor shall they be buried; they…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Jeremiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

4They shall die of grievous death; they shall not be lamented, nor buried; they shall be for an example on the face of the earth; and they shall be for the wild beasts of the land, and for the birds of the sky: they shall fall by the sword, and shall be consumed with famine.

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2and there shall be no son born to thee, nor daughter in this place.

3For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that have born them, and concerning their fathers that have begotten them in this land;

— Jeremiah 16:4 —

5Thus saith the Lord, Enter not into their mourning feast, and go not to lament, and mourn not for them: for I have removed my peace from this people.

6They shall not bewail them, nor make cuttings for them, and they shall not shave themselves for them:

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