Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 6:16

A church father on this verse
“And through Jeremiah, he provides further enlightenment in the truth for those who have erred: "Thus says the Lord, stand in the roads, and look. Ask for the eternal paths of the Lord. Look for the good path, and walk in it, and you shall find purification for your souls." He leads us to repentance in order to promote…”
Clement of Alexandria, 3th c. — The Instructor Book 1

Source: Septuagint

Original

16Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths of the Lord; and see what is the good way, and walk in it, and ye shall find purification for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in them.

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14And they healed the breach of my people imperfectly, making light of it, and saying, Peace, peace: and where is peace?

15They were ashamed because they failed; yet they were not ashamed as those who are truly ashamed, and they knew not their own disgrace: therefore shall they utterly fall when they do fall, and in the time of visitation shall they perish, said the Lord.

— Jeremiah 6:16 —

17I have set watchmen over you, saying, Hear ye the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hear it.

18Therefore have the nations heard, and they that feed their flocks.

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