Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 31:10

A church father on this verse
“The calling of the nations is demonstrated clearly when Scripture says, "Hear the word of the Lord, nations, and announce it to the distant coastlands." What do they announce to the distant coastlands? They announce that "the same Lord who scattered Israel will gather him," showing that it was never in the power of hi…”
Jerome, 5th c. — SIX BOOKS ON JEREMIAH 6:17.3-5

Source: Septuagint

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10Cursed is the man that does the works of the Lord carelessly, keeping back his sword from blood.

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In context

8And destruction shall come upon every city, it shall by no means escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain country shall be completely destroyed, as the Lord has said.

9Set marks upon Moab, for she shall be touched with a plague spot, and all her cities shall become desolate; whence shall there be an inhabitant for her?

— Jeremiah 31:10 —

11Moab has been at ease from a child, and trusted in his glory; he has not poured out his liquor from vessel to vessel, and has not gone into banishment, therefore his taste remained in him, and his smell departed not.

12Therefore, behold, his days come, saith the Lord, when I shall send upon him bad leaders, and they shall lead him astray, and they shall utterly break in pieces his possessions, and shall cut his horns asunder.

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