Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 32:17

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 17) Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God (or who you are, O Lord God). Behold, you have made the heaven and the earth with your great power, and with your outstretched (or exalted) arm nothing will be difficult (or impossible) for you (or according to the Septuagint, nothing is hidden from you). Alas, alas, alas, Lord…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Jeremiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

17So I took the cup out of the Lord’s hand, and caused the nations to whom the Lord sent me to drink:

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15Thus said the Lord God of Israel; Take the cup of this unmixed wine from my hand, and thou shalt cause all the nations to drink, to whom I send thee.

16And they shall drink, and vomit, and be mad, because of the sword which I send among them.

— Jeremiah 32:17 —

18Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings of Judah, and his princes, to make them a desert place, a desolation, and a hissing;

19and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his nobles, and all his people;

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