Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 7:20

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 20) Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Behold, my wrath and my indignation have been poured out (or have dripped) upon this place, upon men and upon animals, upon the trees of the region, and upon the fruits of the earth; and it shall burn and not be extinguished. He who said before: Do they provoke me to anger…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Jeremiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

20Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, my anger and wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and upon the men, and upon the cattle, and upon every tree of their field, and upon the fruits of the land; and it shall burn, and not be quenched.

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In context

18Their children gather wood, and their fathers kindle a fire, and their women knead dough, to make cakes to the host of heaven; and they have poured out drink offerings to strange gods, that they might provoke me to anger.

19Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves, that their faces may be ashamed?

— Jeremiah 7:20 —

21Thus saith the Lord, Gather your whole burnt offerings with your meat offerings, and eat flesh.

22For I spoke not to your fathers, and commanded them not in the day wherein I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, concerning whole burnt offerings and sacrifice:

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