Holy Scripture

Lamentations 4:7

A church father on this verse
“The Christ of the Creator had to be called a Nazarene according to prophecy; thus the Jews also designate us, on that very account, Nazarenes after him. For we are they of whom it is written, "Its Nazarites were whiter than snow," even they who were once defiled with the stains of sin and darkened with the clouds of i…”
Tertullian, 3th c. — AGAINST MARCION 4.8

Source: Septuagint

Original

7Her Nazirites were made purer than snow, They were whiter than milk, They were purified as with fire, Their polishing was superior to sapphire stone.

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5They that feed on dainties Are desolate in the streets: They that used to be nursed in scarlet Have clothed themselves with dung.

6And the iniquity of the daughter of my people has been increased Beyond the iniquities of Sodom, The city that was overthrown very suddenly, And none labored against her with their hands.

— Lamentations 4:7 —

8Their countenance is become blacker than smoke; They are not known in the streets: Their skin has cloven to their bones; They are withered, they are become as a stick.

9The slain with the sword were better Than they that were slain with hunger: They have departed, Pierced through from want of the fruits of the field.

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