Jeremias 31:11
For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and delivered him out of the hand of one that was mightier than he.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Redemit enim Dominus Jacob, et liberavit eum de manu potentioris.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 38:11
- ὅτι ἐλυτρώσατο Κύριος τὸν Ἰακώβ, ἐξείλατο αὐτὸν ἐκ χειρὸς στερεωτέρων αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כִּֽי פָדָ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶֽת יַעֲקֹ֑ב וּגְאָל֕וֹ מִיַּ֖ד חָזָ֥ק מִמֶּֽנּוּ
The Fathers on this verse
St Irenaeus Against Heresies: Book III, Chapter VIII. Answer to an
2. But also, when He spoke of the devil as strong, not absolutely so, but as in comparison with us, the Lord showed Himself under every aspect and truly to be the strong man, saying that one can in no other way “spoil the goods of a strong man, if he do not first bind the strong man himself, and then he will spoil his house.” Now we were the vessels and the house of this [strong man] when we were in a state of apostasy; for he put us to whatever use he pleased, and the unclean spirit dwelt within us. For he was not strong, as opposed to Him who bound him, and spoiled his house; but as against those persons who were his tools, inasmuch as he caused their thought to wander away from God: these did the Lord snatch from his grasp. …
St Cyprian Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews, Testimony XIV
In Ezekiel: “Wherefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I am above the shepherds; and I will require my sheep from their hands, and I will turn them away from feeding my sheep; and they shall feed them no more, and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, and I will feed them with judgment.” In Jeremiah the Lord says: “And I will give you shepherds according to my own heart, and they shall feed you with the food of discipline.” In Jeremiah, moreover: “Hear the word of the Lord, ye nations, and tell it to the islands which are afar off. Say, He that scattereth Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd his flock: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and taken him out from the hand of him that was stronger than he.”