Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 5:6

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 6) And behold, these men have broken the yoke together: they have broken the bonds, therefore the lion from the forest has struck them, the wolf has laid waste to them in the evening, the vigilant leopard is over their cities; everyone who goes out from them will be captured. Because their transgressions have m…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Jeremiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

6Therefore has a lion out of the forest smitten them, and a wolf has destroyed them even to their houses, and a leopard has watched against their cities: all that go forth from them shall be hunted: for they have multiplied their ungodliness, they have strengthened themselves in their revoltings.

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4Then I said, It may be they are poor; for they are weak, for they know not the way of the Lord, or the judgment of God.

5I will go to the rich men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of God: but, behold, with one consent they have broken the yoke, they have burst the bonds.

— Jeremiah 5:6 —

7In what way shall I forgive thee for these things? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots’ houses.

8They became as wanton horses: they neighed each one after his neighbor’s wife.

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