Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 19:3

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 3) And you shall say: Hear the word of the Lord, kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem. And she wants both the kings of Judah to hear, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that is, both the royal lineage, and the whole people, so that those who refuse to listen may be without excuse.”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Jeremiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

3and thou shalt say to them, Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, and men of Judah, and the dwellers in Jerusalem, and they that enter in by these gates; thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, so that the ears of everyone that hears it shall tingle.

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In context

1Then said the Lord to me, Go and get an earthen bottle, the work of the potter, and thou shalt bring some of the elders of the people, and of the priests;

2and thou shalt go forth to the burial place of the sons of their children, which is at the entrance of the gate of Charsith; and do thou read there all these words which I shall speak to thee:

— Jeremiah 19:3 —

4Because they forsook me, and profaned this place, and burned incense in it to strange gods, which they and their fathers knew not; and the kings of Judah have filled this place with innocent blood,

5and built high places for Baal, to burn their children in the fire, which things I commanded not, neither did I design them in my heart:

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