Jeremias 51:14
The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying: I will fill thee with men as with locusts, and they shall lift up a joyful shout against thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Juravit Dominus exercituum per animam suam : Quoniam replebo te hominibus quasi brucho, et super te celeuma cantabitur.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 28:14
- ὅτι ὤμοσεν Κύριος κατὰ τοῦ βραχίονος αὐτοῦ διότι Πληρώσω σε ἀνθρώπων ὡσεὶ ἀκρίδων, καὶ φθέγξονται ἐπὶ σὲ οἱ καταβαίνοντες.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- נִשְׁבַּ֛ע יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת בְּנַפְשׁ֑וֹ כִּ֣י אִם מִלֵּאתִ֤יךְ אָדָם֙ כַּיֶּ֔לֶק וְעָנ֥וּ עָלַ֖יִךְ הֵידָֽד
Haydock's commentary
Himself. Septuagint, "his hand" lifted up, or by his power.
Locusts. Their ravages were equally dreaded, Joel ii. 4., and Judges vi. 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.