Jeremias 32:5
And he shall lead Sedecias to Babylon: and he shall be there till I visit him, saith the Lord. But if you will fight against the Chaldeans, you shall have no success.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et in Babylonem ducet Sedeciam, et ibi erit donec visitem eum, ait Dominus : si autem dimicaveritis adversum Chaldæos, nihil prosperum habebitis ?
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 39:5
- καὶ εἰσελεύσεται Σεδεκίας εἰς Βαβυλῶνα καὶ ἐκεῖ καθιεῖται.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וּבָבֶ֞ל יוֹלִ֤ךְ אֶת צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ֙ וְשָׁ֣ם יִֽהְיֶ֔ה עַד פָּקְדִ֥י אֹת֖וֹ נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֧י תִֽלָּחֲמ֛וּ אֶת הַכַּשְׂדִּ֖ים לֹ֥א תַצְלִֽיחוּ
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom The Homilies on the Statues to the People of Antioch, Homily XIX
11. Be mindful therefore, I pray, now of the “flying sickle” that “resteth in the swearer’s house;” and “destroyeth the walls and the timber and the stones.” Be mindful, I pray, how this oath entered into the city, and overturned houses, and temple, and walls, and splendid buildings, and made the city an heap; and that neither the Holy of Holies, nor the sacred vessels, nor any thing else could ward off that punishment and vengeance, for that the oath had been transgressed! The city, indeed, was thus miserably destroyed. But the king endured what was still more wretched and deplorable. And as the flying sickle overthrew the buildings, so did it also cut him down in his flight. …