Jeremias 29:4
Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, to all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël, omni transmigrationi quam transtuli de Jerusalem in Babylonem :
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 36:4
- Οὕτως εἶπεν Κύριος ὁ θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀποικίαν ἣν ἀπῴκισα ἀπὸ Ἰερουσαλήμ
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לְכָל הַ֨גּוֹלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר הִגְלֵ֥יתִי מִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בָּבֶֽלָה
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine On the Catechising of the Uninstructed, Of the Babylonish Captivity, and the Things Signified Thereby
37. “Howbeit, after the lapse of some generations, another type was presented, which bears very emphatically on the matter in hand. For that city was brought into captivity, and a large section of the people were carried off into Babylonia. Now, as Jerusalem signifies the city and fellowship of the saints, so Babylonia signifies the city and fellowship of the wicked, seeing that by interpretation it denotes confusion . On the sub ject of these two cities, which have been running their courses, mingling the one with the other, through all the changes of time from the beginning of the human race, and which shall so move on together until the end of the world, when they are destined to be separated at the last judgment, we have spoken already a little ago. …