Holy Scripture

Lamentations 4:20

A church father on this verse
“But in no instance, not even in any of those called sons of Jupiter, did they imitate the being crucified; for it was not understood by them, all the things said of it having been put symbolically. And this, as the prophet foretold, is the greatest symbol of His power and role; as is also proved by the things which fa…”
Justin Martyr, 2th c. — The First Apology, Chapter LV

Source: Septuagint

Original

20The breath of our nostrils, our anointed Lord, Was taken in their destructive snares, Of whom we said, In his shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.

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In context

18We have hunted for our little ones, That they should not walk in our streets. Our time has drawn nigh, Our days are fulfilled, Our time is come.

19Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky, They flew on the mountains, In the wilderness they laid wait for us.

— Lamentations 4:20 —

21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, That dwellest in the land: Yet the cup of the Lord shall pass through to thee: Thou shalt be drunken, and pour forth.

22O daughter of Zion, thine iniquity has come to an end; He shall no more carry thee captive: He has visited thine iniquities, O daughter of Edom; He has discovered thy sins.

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