Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 17:9

A church father on this verse
“For this reason [it is, said], "Who shall declare His generation?" since "He is a man, and who shall recognise Him?" But he to whom the Father which is in heaven has revealed Him, knows Him, so that he understands that He who "was not born either by the will of the flesh, or by the will of man," is the Son of man, thi…”
Irenaeus, 3th c. — AGAINST HERESIES 3:19.2

Source: Septuagint

Original

9The heart is deep beyond all things, and it is the man, and who can know him?

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7But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord shall be.

8And he shall be as a thriving tree by the waters, and he shall cast forth his root toward a moist place: he shall not fear when heat comes, and there shall be upon him shady branches: he shall not fear in a year of drought, and he shall not fail to bear fruit.

— Jeremiah 17:9 —

10I the Lord try the hearts, and prove the reins, to give to every one according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his devices.

11The partridge utters her voice, she gathers eggs which she did not lay; so is a man gaining his wealth unjustly; in the midst of his days his riches shall leave him, and at his latter end he will be a fool.

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