Jeremias 42:2
And they said to Jeremias the prophet: Let our supplication fall before thee: and pray thou for us to the Lord thy God for all this remnant, for we are left but a few of many, as thy eyes do behold us.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- dixeruntque ad Jeremiam prophetam : Cadat oratio nostra in conspectu tuo, et ora pro nobis ad Dominum Deum tuum, pro universis reliquiis istis, quia derelicti sumus pauci de pluribus, sicut oculi tui nos intuentur :
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 49:2
- πρὸς Ἰερεμίαν τὸν προφήτην καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ Πεσέτω δὴ τὸ ἔλεος ἡμῶν κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου, καὶ πρόσευξαι πρὸς Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου περὶ τῶν καταλοίπων τούτων· ὅτι κατελείφθημεν ὀλίγοι ἀπὸ πολλῶν, καθὼς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου βλέπουσιν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ אֶֽל יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַנָּבִ֗יא תִּפָּל נָ֤א תְחִנָּתֵ֨נוּ֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְהִתְפַּלֵּ֤ל בַּעֲדֵ֨נוּ֙ אֶל יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּעַ֖ד כָּל הַשְּׁאֵרִ֣ית הַזֹּ֑את כִּֽי נִשְׁאַ֤רְנוּ מְעַט֙ מֵֽהַרְבֵּ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עֵינֶ֖יךָ רֹא֥וֹת אֹתָֽנוּ
Haydock's commentary
Pray; consult, ver. 4., and chap. xxxvii. 3. (Haydock)
Few; comparatively, though there was a great number, chap. xliii. 5.
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.