Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 22:27

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 24 and following) I live, says the Lord: Even if Coniah the son of Joachim king of Judah were a signet on my right hand, I would still pluck him (or you) out. And I will give you into the hand of those seeking your life, and into the hand of those you fear their faces, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king o…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Jeremiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

27But they shall by no means return to the land which they long for in their souls.

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25and I will deliver thee into the hands of them that seek thy life, before whom thou art afraid, into the hands of the Chaldeans.

26And I will cast forth thee, and thy mother that bore thee, into a land where thou wast not born; and there ye shall die.

— Jeremiah 22:27 —

28Coniah is dishonored as a good-for-nothing vessel; for he is thrown out and cast forth into a land which he knew not.

29Land, land, hear the word of the Lord.

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