Jeremias 3:4
Therefore at least at this time call to me: Thou art my father, the guide of my virginity:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ergo saltem amodo voca me : Pater meus, dux virginitatis meæ tu es :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- οὐχ ὡς οἶκόν με ἐκάλεσας καὶ πατέρα καὶ ἀρχηγὸν τῆς παρθενίας σου;
- Hebrew (WLC)
- הֲל֣וֹא מֵעַ֔תָּה קראתי לִ֖י אָבִ֑י אַלּ֥וּף נְעֻרַ֖י אָֽתָּה
Haydock's commentary
Guide. Husband, Proverbs ii. 16., and Joel i. 8.
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
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor, Chapter IX. That It is the Prerogative of the Same Power to Be Beneficent and to Punish Justly. Also the Manner of the Instruction of the Logos
Objurgation is objurgatory censure. Of this help the Divine Instructor made use by Jeremiah, saying, “Thou hadst a whore’s forehead; thou wast shameless towards all; and didst not call me to the house, who am thy father, and lord of thy virginity.” “And a fair and graceful harlot skilled in enchanted potions.” With consummate art, after applying to the virgin the opprobrious name of whoredom, He thereupon calls her back to an honourable life by filling her with shame.