Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 5:18

A church father on this verse
“God, who judges "little by little," gives to those being chastised room for repentance, and does not, in punishing at the very moment of sin, bring the full completion of the punishment upon the one who has sinned. For this reason, "judging little by little," he chastises. And an example of this is in Leviticus; for i…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 7

Source: Septuagint

Original

18And it shall come to pass in those days, saith the Lord thy God, that I will not utterly destroy you.

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16They are all mighty men:

17and they shall devour your harvest, and your bread; and shall devour your sons, and your daughters; and they shall devour your sheep, and your calves, and devour your vineyards, and your fig plantations, and your olive yards: and they shall utterly destroy your strong cities, wherein ye trusted, with the sword.

— Jeremiah 5:18 —

19And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore has the Lord our God done all these things to us? that thou shalt say to them, Because ye served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

20Proclaim these things to the house of Jacob, and let them be heard in the house of Judah.

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