Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 31:33

A church father on this verse
“When Israel was led out of the land of Egypt, God was intimate only with that people, such that it could be said that he took them by the hand and made a covenant with them, which they then violated and were therefore neglected by the Lord. Now, however, it is promised in the gospel that after the cross, resurrection…”
Jerome, 5th c. — SIX BOOKS ON JEREMIAH 6:26.5-8

Source: Septuagint

Original

33Joy and gladness have been utterly swept off the land of Moab: and though there was wine in thy presses, in the morning they trod it not, neither in the evening did they raise the cry of joy.

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In context

31Therefore howl ye for Moab on all sides; cry out against the shorn men in a gloomy place. I will weep for thee,

32O vine of Aserema, as with the weeping of Jazer: thy branches are gone over the sea, they reached the cities of Jazer: destruction has come upon thy fruits, and upon thy grape-gatherers.

— Jeremiah 31:33 —

34From the cry of Heshbon even to Aetam their cities uttered their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim, and their tidings as a heifer of three years old, for the water also of Nimrim shall be dried up.

35And I will destroy Moab, saith the Lord, as he comes up to the altar, and burns incense to his gods.

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