Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 35:13

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“[Daniel 7:1] "In the first year of Belshazzar, King of Babylon, Daniel beheld a dream. And a vision of his head upon his bed. And when he wrote the dream down, he comprehended it in a few words and gave a brief summary of it, saying..." This section which we now undertake to explain, and also the subsequent section wh…”
Jerome, 5th c. — St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SEVEN

Source: Septuagint

Original

13Go and speak to Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but I will make instead of them yokes of iron.

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11And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus said the Lord; Thus will I break the yoke of the king of Babylon from the necks of all the nations. And Jeremiah went his way.

12And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, after that Hananiah had broken the yokes off his neck, saying,

— Jeremiah 35:13 —

14For thus said the Lord, I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all the nations, that they may serve the king of Babylon.

15And Jeremiah said to Hananiah, The Lord has not sent thee; and thou hast caused this people to trust in unrighteousness.

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