Jeremias 5:11
For the house of Israel, and the house of Juda have greatly transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Prævaricatione enim prævaricata est in me domus Israël, et domus Juda, ait Dominus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὅτι ἀθετῶν ἠθέτησεν εἰς ἐμέ, λέγει Κύριος, οἶκος Ἰσραήλ, καὶ οἶκος Ἰούδα
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כִּי֩ בָג֨וֹד בָּגְד֜וּ בִּ֗י בֵּ֧ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וּבֵ֥ית יְהוּדָ֖ה נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
The Fathers on this verse
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor, Chapter IX. That It is the Prerogative of the Same Power to Be Beneficent and to Punish Justly. Also the Manner of the Instruction of the Logos
Accusation is censure of wrong-doers. This mode of instruction He employs by David, when He says: “The people whom I knew not served me, and at the hearing of the ear obeyed me. Sons of strangers lied to me, and halted from their ways.” And by Jeremiah: “And I gave her a writing of divorcement, and covenant-breaking Judah feared not.” And again: “And the house of Israel disregarded Me; and the house of Judah lied to the Lord .”