Jeremias 28:14
For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, to serve Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and they shall serve him: moreover also I have given him the beasts of the earth.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quia hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël : Jugum ferreum posui super collum cunctarum gentium istarum, ut serviant Nabuchodonosor regi Babylonis, et servient ei : insuper et bestias terræ dedi ei.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 35:14
- ὅτι οὕτως εἶπεν Κύριος Ζυγὸν σιδηροῦν ἔθηκα ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐργάζεσθαι τῷ βασιλεῖ Βαβυλῶνος.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כִּ֣י כֹֽה אָמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל עֹ֣ל בַּרְזֶ֡ל נָתַ֜תִּי עַל צַוַּ֣אר כָּל הַגּוֹיִ֣ם הָאֵ֗לֶּה לַעֲבֹ֛ד אֶת נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל וַעֲבָדֻ֑הוּ וְגַ֛ם אֶת חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה נָתַ֥תִּי לֽוֹ
The Fathers on this verse
Aphrahat Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations, Of Wars
16. Now as to the first beast, he said concerning it, that it was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. For the first beast was the kingdom of Babylon, which was like a lion. For thus Jeremiah wrote saying: Israel is a wandering sheep. The lions caused them to wander. First the king of Assyria devoured him. And this last was stronger than he, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon . So Jeremiah called him a lion. And he said: He has the wings of an eagle . For thus it is written that, when Nebuchadnezzar went out to the wilderness with the beasts, he grew hair like (the plumage) of an eagle. And he said: I saw that its wings were plucked away and it stood upright upon its feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it . For first, in the vision of the image, he was compared to gold which is more precious than anything which is used in the world. …