Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 52:16

A church father on this verse
“And as Esaias said before, "Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and had been made like unto Gomorrha." Here again he shows another thing, that not even those few were saved from their own resources. For they too would have perished, and met with Sodom's fate, that is, they would have…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON ROMANS 16

Source: Septuagint

Original

16But the captain of the guard left the remnant of the people to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

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14And the host of the Chaldeans that was with the captain of the guard pulled down all the wall of Jerusalem round about.

— Jeremiah 52:16 —

17And the Chaldeans broke in pieces the brazen pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the Lord, and they took the brass thereof, and carried it away to Babylon.

18Also the rim, and the bowls, and the fleshhooks, and all the brazen vessels, wherewith they ministered;

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