Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 19:9

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 7 and following) And I will scatter the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will overthrow them with the sword in the presence of their enemies and those who seek their lives, and I will give their dead bodies as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. And I will make this city…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Jeremiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

9And they shall eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat every one the flesh of his neighbor in the blockade, and in the siege wherewith their enemies shall besiege them.

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7And I will destroy the counsel of Judah and the counsel of Jerusalem in this place; and I will cast them down with the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the sky and to the wild beasts of the earth.

8And I will bring this city to desolation and make it a hissing; everyone that passes by it shall scowl, and hiss because of all her plague.

— Jeremiah 19:9 —

10And thou shalt break the bottle in the sight of the men that go forth with thee,

11and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, Thus will I break in pieces this people, and this city, even as an earthen vessel is broken in pieces which cannot be mended again.

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