Jeremias 31:21
Set thee up a watchtower, make to thee bitterness: direct thy heart into the right way, wherein thou hast walked: return, O virgin of Israel, return to these thy cities.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Statue tibi speculam ; pone tibi amaritudines ; dirige cor tuum in viam rectam in qua ambulasti : revertere, virgo Israël, revertere ad civitates tuas istas.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 38:21
- Στῆσον σεαυτήν, Σειών, ποίησον τιμωρίαν, δὸς καρδίαν σου εἰς τοὺς ὤμους· ὁδὸν ᾗ ἐπορεύθης ἀποστράφητι, παρθένος Ἰσραήλ, ἀποστράφητι εἰς τὰς πόλεις σου πενθοῦσα.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- הַצִּ֧יבִי לָ֣ךְ צִיֻּנִ֗ים שִׂ֤מִי לָךְ֙ תַּמְרוּרִ֔ים שִׁ֣תִי לִבֵּ֔ךְ לַֽמְסִלָּ֖ה דֶּ֣רֶךְ הלכתי שׁ֚וּבִי בְּתוּלַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שֻׁ֖בִי אֶל עָרַ֥יִךְ אֵֽלֶּה
Haydock's commentary
Tower, to bewail thy past follies; or signals to know the way, or tombs for thy beloved.
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.