Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 39:5

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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

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5and Zedekiah shall go into Babylon, and dwell there?

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3in which King Zedekiah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

4and Zedekiah shall by no means be delivered out of the hand of the Chaldeans, for he shall certainly be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon, and his mouth shall speak to his mouth, and his eyes shall look upon his eyes;

— Jeremiah 39:5 —

6And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

7Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum thy father’s brother is coming to thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for thou hast the right to take it as a purchase.

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