Jeremias 33:2
Thus saith the Lord, who will do, and will form it, and prepare it, the Lord is his name.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Hæc dicit Dominus, qui facturus est, et formaturus illud, et paraturus : Dominus nomen ejus :
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 40:2
- Οὕτως εἶπεν Κύριος, ποιῶν γῆν καὶ πλάσσων αὐτὴν τοῦ ἀνορθῶσαι αὐτήν, Κύριος ὄνομα αὐτῷ
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כֹּֽה אָמַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה עֹשָׂ֑הּ יְהוָ֗ה יוֹצֵ֥ר אוֹתָ֛הּ לַהֲכִינָ֖הּ יְהוָ֥ה שְׁמֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Thus. Hebrew uses the feminine for the neuter. Septuagint, "forming the earth," &c.
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
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm IX
11. “And let them who know Thy Name, hope in Thee” ( ver. 10 ), when they shall have ceased hoping in wealth, and in the other enticements of this world. For the soul indeed that seeketh where to fix her hope, when she is torn away from this world, the knowledge of God’s Name seasonably receives. For the mere Name of God hath now been published everywhere: but the knowledge of the name is, when He is known whose name it is. For the name is not a name for its own sake, but for that which it signifies. Now it has been said, “The Lord is His Name.” Wherefore whoso willingly submits himself to God as His servant, hath known this name. “And let them who know Thy Name hope in Thee” ( ver. 10 ). …