Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 26:24

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 20 onwards) There was also a prophet man in the name of the Lord, Uriah, the son of Shemai from Kiriath-Jearim, and he prophesied against this city and against this land, according to all the words of Jeremiah. And King Jehoiakim and all his powerful men and officials heard these words, and the king sought to p…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Jeremiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

24The daughter of Egypt is confounded; she is delivered into the hands of a people from the north.

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In context

22Their voice is as that of a hissing serpent, for they go upon the sand; they shall come upon Egypt with axes, as men that cut wood.

23They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, for their number cannot at all be conjectured, for it exceeds the locust in multitude, and they are innumerable.

— Jeremiah 26:24 —

25Behold, I will avenge Ammon her son upon Pharaoh, and upon them that trust in him.

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