Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 3:24
A church father on this verse
“Therefore we who are of the nations say, concerning ourselves, repenting over the false things which we thought to be true: "Truly the hills were for a lie, and the power of the mountains"; and concerning Israel who shall be saved after us: "yet through the Lord our God is the salvation of the house of Israel." Then,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
24But shame has consumed the labors of our fathers from our youth; their sheep and their calves, and their sons and their daughters.
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22Turn, ye children that are given to turning, and I will heal your bruises. Behold, we will be thy servants; for thou art the Lord our God.
23Truly the hills and the strength of the mountains were a lying refuge: but by the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
— Jeremiah 3:24 —
25We have lain down in our shame, and our disgrace has covered us: because we and our fathers have sinned before our God, from our youth until this day; and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God.