Jeremias 50:35
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Gladius ad Chaldæos, ait Dominus, et ad habitatores Babylonis, et ad principes, et ad sapientes ejus.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 27:35
- μάχαιραν ἐπὶ τοὺς Χαλδαίους καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Βαβυλῶνα καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς μεγιστᾶνας αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς συνετοὺς αὐτῆς·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- חֶ֥רֶב עַל כַּשְׂדִּ֖ים נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶל יֹשְׁבֵ֣י בָבֶ֔ל וְאֶל שָׂרֶ֖יהָ וְאֶל חֲכָמֶֽיהָ
Haydock's commentary
Wise men. They were styled Chaldeans, and inhabited a certain part of the city, being employed in astronomical and mathematical observations. They disapproved of those who cast nativities. (Strabo xvi.)
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.