Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 26:6
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“To us, therefore, the power has been given to act or not to act, with the consequence that whatever good work we desire, will and accomplish, we should refer to the grace of God, who, according to the apostle, enables us to will and to work. If, however, it suffices to walk just once in the law that was given to us th…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
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.
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4and harness the horses: mount, ye horsemen, and stand ready in your helmets; advance the spears, and put on your breastplates.
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.
— Jeremiah 26:6 —
7Who is this that shall come up as a river, and as rivers roll their waves?
8The waters of Egypt shall come up like a river: and he said, I will go up, and will cover the earth, and will destroy the dwellers in it.