Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 29:7
A church father on this verse
“(Chapter 29, verses 1 and following) These are the words of the book that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders of the exile, to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon. After King Jeconiah, the queen mother,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
7How shall it be quiet, whereas the Lord has given it a commission against Ashkelon, and against the regions on the seacoast, to awake against the remaining countries!
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5Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cast away, and the remnant of the Enakim.
6How long wilt thou smite, O sword of the Lord? how long will it be ere thou art quiet? return into thy sheath, rest, and be removed.
— Jeremiah 29:7 —