Jeremias 13:24
And I will scatter them as stubble, which is carried away by the wind in the desert.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et disseminabo eos quasi stipulam quæ vento raptatur in deserto.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ διέσπειρα αὐτοὺς ὡς φρύγανα φερόμενα ἀπὸ ἀνέμου εἰς ἔρημον.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַאֲפִיצֵ֖ם כְּקַשׁ עוֹבֵ֑ר לְר֖וּחַ מִדְבָּֽר
The Fathers on this verse
Clement of Alexandria The Stromata, or Miscellanies, Chapter XXIII. The Same Subject Continued
Those, then, who run down created existence and vilify the body are wrong; not considering that the frame of man was formed erect for the contemplation of heaven, and that the organization of the senses tends to knowledge; and that the members and parts are arranged for good, not for pleasure. Whence this abode becomes receptive of the soul which is most precious to God; and is dignified with the Holy Spirit through the sanctification of soul and body, perfected with the perfection of the Saviour. And the succession of the three virtues is found in the Gnostic, who morally, physically, and logically occupies himself with God. For wisdom is the knowledge of things divine and human; and righteousness is the concord of the parts of the soul; and holiness is the service of God. …