Jeremias 51:19
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he that made all things he it is, and Israel is the sceptre of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Non sicut hæc, pars Jacob, quia qui fecit omnia ipse est : et Israël sceptrum hæreditatis ejus : Dominus exercituum nomen ejus.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 28:19
- οὐ τοιαύτη μερὶς τῷ Ἰακώβ, ὅτι ὁ πλάσας τὰ πάντα αὐτός ἐστιν κληρονομία αὐτοῦ, Κύριος ὄνομα αὐτῷ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- לֹֽא כְאֵ֜לֶּה חֵ֣לֶק יַעֲק֗וֹב כִּֽי יוֹצֵ֤ר הַכֹּל֙ ה֔וּא וְשֵׁ֖בֶט נַחֲלָת֑וֹ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ
The Fathers on this verse
St Cyprian Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews, Testimony LIX
In the Wisdom of Solomon: “All the idols of the nations they counted gods, which neither have the use of their eyes for seeing, nor their nostrils to receive breath, nor their ears for hearing, nor the fingers on their hands for handling; but their feet also are slow to walk. For man made them; and he who has borrowed his breath, he fashioned them. But no man will be able to fashion a god like to himself. For since he is mortal, he fashioneth a dead thing with wicked hands. …