Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 3:4

A church father on this verse
“Accusation is censure of wrongdoers.… Of this help the divine Instructor made use by Jeremiah, saying, "You have a prostitute's forehead. You were shameless toward all. You did not call me to the house, I who am your father, and Lord of your virginity." "And a fair and graceful harlot skilled in enchanted potions." Wi…”
Clement of Alexandria, 3th c. — The Instructor Book 1

Source: Septuagint

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4Hast thou not called me as it were a home, and the father and guide of thy virgin time?

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2Lift up thine eyes to look straight forward, and see where thou hast not been utterly defiled. Thou hast sat for them by the wayside as a deserted crow, and hast defiled the land with thy fornications and thy wickedness.

3And thou didst retain many shepherds for a stumbling block to thyself: thou hadst a whore’s face, thou didst become shameless toward all.

— Jeremiah 3:4 —

5Will God’s anger continue forever, or be preserved to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done these bad things, and hadst power to do them.

6And the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what things the house of Israel has done to me? they have gone on every high mountain, and under every shady tree, and have committed fornication there.

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