Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 40:3
A church father on this verse
“And here it is clear that God chose Israel from the beginning as a kindness to the other nations. For the miracles that took place because of them amazed all and clearly taught that their God alone was the true God. And again their misfortunes accused them of their wickedness and proclaimed the righteous verdict of Go…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3Cry to me, and I will answer thee, and I will declare to thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
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In context
1And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, when he was yet bound in the court of the prison, saying,
2Thus saith the Lord, who made the earth and formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name;
— Jeremiah 40:3 —
4For thus saith the Lord concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the king of Judah, which have been pulled down for mounds and fortifications,
5to fight against the Chaldeans, and to fill it with the corpses of men, whom I smote in mine anger and my wrath, and turned away my face from them, for all their wickedness: