Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 9:11

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 11) And I will make Jerusalem a heap of sand (or in exile) and a dwelling place of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate; because there is no inhabitant. When ecclesiastical men and teachers have failed, then Jerusalem is given into exile, or into a heap of sand, so that the heretic's speech pre…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Jeremiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

11Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? and he that has the word of the mouth of the Lord addressed to him, let him tell you wherefore the land has been destroyed, has been ravaged by fire like a desert, so that no one passes through it.

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9Take up a lamentation for the mountains, and a mournful dirge for the paths of the wilderness, for they are desolate for want of men; they heard not the sound of life from the birds of the sky, nor the cattle: they were amazed, they are gone.

10And I will remove the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and make it a dwelling place of dragons; and I will utterly waste the cities of Judah, so that they shall not be inhabited.

— Jeremiah 9:11 —

12And the Lord said to me, Because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them, and have not hearkened to my voice;

13but went after the lusts of their evil heart, and after the idols which their fathers taught them to worship:

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