Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 22:6

A church father on this verse
“(V. 6,-8.) Because this is what the Lord says about the house (or to the house) of the king of Judah, Gilead, you are to me the head (or the beginning) of Lebanon. If I do not make you a desolation, cities uninhabitable. And I will consecrate (or build) upon you the one who kills men, and his weapons: and they will cu…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Jeremiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

6For thus saith the Lord concerning the house of the king of Judah; Thou art Gilead to me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a desert, even cities that shall not be inhabited:

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4For if ye will indeed perform this word, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, and riding on chariots and horses, they, and their servants, and their people.

5But if ye will not perform these words, by myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, that this house shall be brought to desolation.

— Jeremiah 22:6 —

7and I will bring upon thee a destroying man, and his axe: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

8And nations shall pass through this city, and each shall say to his neighbor, Why has the Lord done thus to this great city?

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