Jeremias 4:2
And thou shalt swear: As the Lord liveth, in truth, and in judgment, and in justice: and the Gentiles shall bless him, and shall praise him.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et jurabis : Vivit Dominus in veritate, et in judicio, et in justitia : et benedicent eum gentes, ipsumque laudabunt.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ὀμόσῃ Ζῇ Κύριος μετὰ ἀληθείας ἐν κρίσει καὶ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, καὶ εὐλογήσουσιν ἐν αὐτῷ ἔθνη, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ αἰνέσουσιν τῷ θεῷ ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְנִשְׁבַּ֨עְתָּ֙ חַי יְהוָ֔ה בֶּאֱמֶ֖ת בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט וּבִצְדָקָ֑ה וְהִתְבָּ֥רְכוּ ב֛וֹ גּוֹיִ֖ם וּב֥וֹ יִתְהַלָּֽלוּ
Haydock's commentary
Swear, when requisite. (Calmet)
Thus thou wilt learn to confess one God. (Theodoret)
If all were upright, oaths would be unnecessary, Matthew v. 34. But as they are not so, (Calmet) this may be a religious act. (Worthington)
Justice. These three conditions are essential. (Haydock)
Him; the people, (Calmet) or God. (St. Jerome)
An oath must attest God, and be used when a thing is true and of moment. (Worthington)
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.