Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 24:6

A church father on this verse
“Christ is a builder and architect, about whom it has been said in the prophets: "He will build my city, and he will turn back the captivity of my people." Thus the Lord said, "And I will build them up, and I will not tear them down." For the God who is good takes down certain buildings. For it is necessary that the bu…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — FRAGMENTS ON JEREMIAH 23

Source: Septuagint

Original

6And I will fix mine eyes upon them for good, and I will restore them into this land for good: and I will build them up, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

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4And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

5Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; As these good figs, so will I acknowledge the Jews that have been carried away captive, whom I have sent forth out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for good.

— Jeremiah 24:6 —

7And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a God: for they shall turn to me with all their heart.

8And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, for their badness; thus saith the Lord, So will I deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his nobles, and the remnant of Jerusalem, them that are left in this land, and the dwellers in Egypt.

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