Jeremias 1:14
And the Lord said to me: from the north shall an evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et dixit Dominus ad me : Ab aquilone pandetur malum super omnes habitatores terræ :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος πρὸς μέ Ἀπὸ προσώπου βορρᾶ ἐκκαυθήσεται τὰ κακὰ ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὴν γῆν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י מִצָּפוֹן֙ תִּפָּתַ֣ח הָרָעָ֔ה עַ֥ל כָּל יֹשְׁבֵ֖י הָאָֽרֶץ
Haydock's commentary
On verses 14 to 15
North. The tributary kings were forced to attend, Judith ii. 7., and 3 Kings xx. 1.
About. The princes thus took Sedecias, and sent him to Reblatha, chap. xxxix. 3. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
Origen Origen De Principiis, Chapter VIII
3. But perhaps this question is asked, If it be the understanding which prays and sings with the spirit, and if it be the same which receives both perfection and salvation, how is it that Peter says, “Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls?” If the soul neither prays nor sings with the spirit, how shall it hope for salvation? or when it attains to blessedness, shall it be no longer called a soul? Let us see if perhaps an answer may be given in this way, that as the Saviour came to save what was lost, that which formerly was said to be lost is not lost when it is saved; so also, perhaps, this which is saved is called a soul, and when it has been placed in a state of salvation will receive a name from the Word that denotes its more perfect condition. …