Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 3:11

A church father on this verse
“The very wording of the passage that has been read has something obscure in it, which must first be understood; and after this, if God grants it, we shall come to know his mystical intent. Now he wants us to know this: that, as is written in the books of Kingdoms, the people were divided in the times of Rehoboam into…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 4

Source: Septuagint

Original

11And the Lord said to me, Israel has justified himself more than faithless Judah.

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9And her fornication was nothing accounted of; and she committed adultery with wood and stone.

10And for all these things faithless Judah turned not to me with all her heart, but falsely.

— Jeremiah 3:11 —

12Go and read these words toward the north, and thou shalt say, Return to me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not set my face against you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not be angry with you forever.

13Nevertheless, know thine iniquity, that thou hast sinned against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to strangers under every shady tree, but thou didst not hearken to my voice, saith the Lord.

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