Jeremias 42:5
And they said to Jeremias: The Lord be witness between us of truth and faithfulness, if we do not according to every thing for which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et illi dixerunt ad Jeremiam : Sit Dominus inter nos testis veritatis et fidei, si non juxta omne verbum in quo miserit te Dominus Deus tuus ad nos, sic faciemus :
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 49:5
- καὶ αὐτοὶ εἶπαν τῷ Ἰερεμίᾳ Ἔστω Κύριος ἐν ἡμῖν εἰς μάρτυρα δίκαιον καὶ πιστόν, εἰ μὴ κατὰ πάντα τὸν λόγον ὃν ἂν ἀποστείλῃ Κύριος πρὸς ἡμᾶς, οὕτως ποιήσομεν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְהֵ֨מָּה֙ אָמְר֣וּ אֶֽל יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ יְהִ֤י יְהוָה֙ בָּ֔נוּ לְעֵ֖ד אֱמֶ֣ת וְנֶאֱמָ֑ן אִם לֹ֡א כְּֽכָל הַ֠דָּבָר אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִֽשְׁלָחֲךָ֜ יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ אֵלֵ֖ינוּ כֵּ֥ן נַעֲשֶֽׂה
Haydock's commentary
Witness. Jeremias knew their fickle temper. They will obey, only if God comply with their desires. (Calmet)
They began with piety, but soon refused to obey the directions given, chap. xliii. 2. (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.