Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 26:4
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 4) And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: If you do not listen to me and walk in my law, which I have given you. Therefore, it is within our power to do or not to do: provided that whatever good work we desire, strive for, and accomplish, we attribute it to the grace of God, who has given us both the wi…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4and harness the horses: mount, ye horsemen, and stand ready in your helmets; advance the spears, and put on your breastplates.
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2For Egypt, against the power of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, who was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim king of Judah.
3Take up arms and spears, and draw nigh to battle;
— Jeremiah 26:4 —
5Why do they fear, and turn back? even because their mighty men shall be slain: they have utterly fled, and being hemmed in they have not rallied, saith the Lord.
6Let not the swift flee, and let not the mighty man escape to the north: the forces at Euphrates are become feeble, and they have fallen.