1 ΤΗ ΜΩΑΒ οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος, οὐαὶ ἐπὶ Ναβαῦ, ὅτι ὤλετο, ἐλήφθη Καριαθαὶμ, ᾐσχύνθη Ἀμὰθ καὶ Ἀγάθ. 2 Οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι ἰατρεία Μωὰβ, γαυρίαμα ἐν Ἐσεβὼν, ἐλογίσατο ἐπʼ αὐτὴν κακά· ἐκόψαμεν αὐτὴν ἀπὸ ἔθνους, καὶ παῦσιν παύσεται· ὄπισθέν σου βαδιεῖται μάχαιρα, 3 ὅτι φωνὴ κεκραγότων ἐξ Ὠρωναὶμ, ὄλεθρον καὶ σύντριμμα μέγα· 4 Συνετρίβη Μωὰβ, ἀναγγείλατε εἰς Ζογόρα, 5 ὅτι ἐπλήσθη Ἀλὼθ ἐν κλαυθμῷ· ἀναβήσεται κλαίων ἐν ὁδῷ Ὠρωναὶμ, κραυγὴν συντρίμματος ἠκούσατε. 6 Φεύγετε καὶ σώσατε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν, καὶ ἔσεσθε ὥσπερ ὄνος ἄγριος ἐν ἐρήμῳ. 7 Ἐπειδὴ ἐπεποίθεις ἐν ὀχυρώματί σου, καὶ σὺ συλληφθήσῃ· καὶ ἐξελεύσεται Χαμὼς ἐν ἀποικίᾳ, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτοῦ ἅμα. 8 Καὶ ἥξει ὄλεθρος ἐπὶ πᾶσαν πόλιν, οὐ μὴ σωθῇ, καὶ ἀπολεῖται ὁ αὐλῶν, καὶ ἐξολοθρευθήσεται ἡ πεδινὴ, καθὼς εἶπε Κύριος. 9 Δότε σημεῖα τῇ Μωὰβ, ὅτι ἁφῇ ἁφθήσεται, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ πόλεις αὐτῆς εἰς ἄβατον ἔσονται· πόθεν ἔνοικος αὐτῇ; 10 Ἐπικατάρατος ὁ ποιῶν τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου ἀμελῶς, ἐξαίρων μάχαιραν αὐτοῦ ἀφʼ αἵματος. 11 Ἀνεπαύσατο Μωὰβ ἐκ παιδαρίου, καὶ πεποιθὼς ἦν ἐπὶ τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ, οὐκ ἐνέχεεν ἐξ ἀγγείου εἰς ἀγγεῖον, καὶ εἰς ἀποικισμὸν οὐκ ᾤχετο· διατοῦτο ἔστη γεῦμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ ὀσμὴ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐξέλιπε. 12 Διατοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἡμέραι αὐτοῦ ἔρχονται, φησὶ Κύριος, καὶ ἀποστελῶ αὐτῷ κλίνοντας, καὶ κλινοῦσιν αὐτὸν, καὶ τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ λεπτυνοῦσι, καὶ τὰ κέρατα αὐτοῦ συγκόψουσι. 13 Καὶ καταισχυνθήσεται Μωὰβ ἀπὸ Χαμὼς, ὥσπερ κατῃσχύνθη οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ Βαιθὴλ ἐλπίδος αὐτῶν πεποιθότες ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς. 14 Πῶς ἐρεῖτε, ἰσχυροί ἐσμεν, καὶ ἄνθρωπος ἰσχύων εἰς τὰ πολεμικά; 15 Ὤλετο Μωὰβ πόλις αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ νεανίσκοι αὐτοῦ κατέβησαν εἰς σφαγήν. 16 Ἐγγὺς ἡμέρα Μωὰβ ἐλθεῖν, καὶ πονηρία αὐτοῦ ταχεῖα σφόδρα. 17 Κινήσατε αὐτῷ πάντες κυκλόθεν αὐτοῦ, πάντες ἔκδοτε ὄνομα αὐτοῦ· εἴπατε, πῶς συνετρίβη βακτηρία εὐκλεὴς, ῥάβδος μεγαλώματος; 18 Κατάβηθι ἀπὸ δόξης, καὶ κάθισον ἐν ὑγρασίᾳ καθημένη· Δαιβὼν ἐκτριβήσεται, ὅτι ὤλετο Μωὰβ, ἀνέβη εἰς σὲ λυμαινόμενος ὀχύρωμά σου. 19 Ἐφʼ ὁδοῦ στῆθι, καὶ ἔπιδε καθημένη ἐν Ἀρὴρ, καὶ ἐρώτησον φεύγοντα, καὶ σωζόμενον, καὶ εἰπὸν, τί ἐγένετο; 20 Κατῃσχύνθη Μωὰβ, ὅτι συνετρίβη· ὀλόλυξον καὶ κέκραξον, ἀνάγγειλον ἐν Ἀρνὼν, ὅτι ὤλετο Μωὰβ, 21 καὶ κρίσις ἔρχεται εἰς τὴν γῆν Μεισὼρ ἐπὶ Χελὼν, καὶ Ῥεφὰς, καὶ Μωφὰς, 22 καὶ ἐπὶ Δαιβὼν, καὶ ἐπὶ Ναβαῦ, καὶ ἐπʼ οἶκον Δαιθλαθαὶμ, 23 καὶ ἐπὶ Καριαθαὶμ, καὶ ἐπʼ οἶκον Γαιμὼλ, καὶ ἐπʼ οἶκον Μαὼν, 24 καὶ ἐπὶ Καριὼθ, καὶ ἐπὶ Βοσὸρ, καὶ ἐπὶ πάσας τὰς πόλεις Μωὰβ τὰς πόῤῥω καὶ τὰς ἐγγύς. 25 Κατεάχθη κέρας Μωὰβ, καὶ τὸ ἐπίχειρον αὐτοῦ συνετρίβη. 26 Μεθύσατε αὐτὸν, ὅτι ἐπὶ Κύριον ἐμεγαλύνθη· καὶ ἐπικρούσει Μωὰβ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσται εἰς γέλωτα καὶ αὐτός. 27 Καὶ εἰ μὴ εἰς γελοιασμὸν ἦν σοι Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἐν κλοπαῖς σου εὑρέθη, ὅτι ἐπολέμεις αὐτόν. 28 Κατέλιπον τὰς πόλεις, καὶ ᾤκησαν ἐν πέτραις οἱ κατοικοῦντες Μωάβ· ἐγενήθησαν ὥσπερ περιστεραὶ νοσσεύουσαι ἐν πέτραις, στόματι βοθύνου. 29 Καὶ ἤκουσα ὕβριν Μωὰβ, ὕβρισε λίαν ὕβριν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὑπερηφανίαν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ὑψώθη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ. 30 Ἐγὼ δὲ ἔγνων ἔργα αὐτοῦ· οὐχὶ τὸ ἱκανὸν αὐτῷ οὐχ οὕτως ἐποίησε; 31 Διατοῦτο ἐπὶ Μωὰβ ὀλολύζετε πάντοθεν· βοήσατε ἐπʼ ἄνδρας κειράδας αὐχμοῦ. 32 Ὡς κλαυθμὸν Ἰαζὴρ ἀποκλαύσομαί σοι ἄμπελος Ἀσερημὰ, κλήματά σου διῆλθε θάλασσαν, πόλεις Ἰαζὴρ ἥψαντο, ἐπὶ ὀπώραν σου, ἐπὶ τρυγηταῖς σου ὄλεθρος ἐπέπεσε. 33 Συνεψήσθη χαρμοσύνη καὶ εὐφροσύνη ἐκ τῆς Μωαβίτιδος· καὶ οἶνος ἦν ἐπὶ ληνοῖς σου, πρωῒ οὐκ ἐπάτησαν, οὐδὲ δείλης οὐκ ἐποίησαν, 34 αἱ δὲ ἀπὸ κραυγῆς Ἐσεβὼν ἕως Αἰτὰμ αἱ πόλεις αὐτῶν ἔδωκαν φωνὴν αὐτῶν, ἀπὸ Ζογὸρ ἕως Ὠρωναὶμ, καὶ ἀγγελίαν σαλασία, ὅτι καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ Νεβρεὶν εἰς κατάκαυμα ἔσται. 35 Καὶ ἀπολῶ τὸν Μωὰβ, φησὶ Κύριος, ἀναβαίνοντα ἐπὶ τὸν βωμὸν, καὶ θυμιῶντα θεοῖς αὐτοῦ. 36 Διατοῦτο καρδία τοῦ Μωὰβ, ὥσπερ αὐλοὶ βουβήσουσι, καρδία μου ἐπʼ ἀνθρώπους κειράδας ὥσπερ αὐλὸς βομβήσει· διατοῦτο ἃ περιεποιήσατο, ἀπώλετο ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου. 37 Πᾶσαν κεφαλὴν ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ξυρηθήσονται, καὶ πᾶς πώγων ξυρηθήσεται, καὶ πᾶσαι χεῖρες κόψονται, καὶ ἐπὶ πάσης ὀσφύος σάκκος. 38 Καὶ ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν δωμάτων Μωὰβ, καὶ ἐπὶ ταῖς πλατείαις αὐτῆς, ὅτι συνέτριψα, φησὶ Κύριος, ὡς ἀγγεῖον, οὗ οὐκ ἔστι χρεία αὐτοῦ. 39 Πῶς κατήλλαξε; πῶς ἔστρεψε νῶτον Μωάβ; ᾐσχύνθη, καὶ ἐγένετο Μωὰβ εἰς γέλωτα, καὶ ἐγκότημα πᾶσι τοῖς κύκλῳ αὐτῆς. 40 Ὅτι οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος, 41 Ἐλήφθη Καριὼθ, καὶ τὰ ὀχυρώματα συνελήφθη, 42 καὶ ἀπολεῖται Μωὰβ ἀπὸ ὄχλου, ὅτι ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον ἐμεγαλύνθη. 43 Παγὶς καὶ φόβος καὶ βόθυνος ἐπὶ σὲ καθήμενος Μωάβ. 44 Ὁ φεύγων ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ φόβου, ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς τὸν βόθυνον· καὶ ὁ ἀναβαίνων ἐκ τοῦ βοθύνου, καὶ συλληφθήσεται ἐν τῇ παγίδι· ὅτι ἐπάξω ταῦτα ἐπὶ Μωὰβ ἐν ἐνιαυτῷ ἐπισκέψεως αὐτῶν.
Jeremiah · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Jeremiah 31 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
Cross references (40)
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- 1 Jeremiah 30:22; Jeremiah 30:24; Zechariah 13:9; Isaiah 41:10; Jeremiah 3:18
- 2 Psalm 95:11; Numbers 10:33; Deuteronomy 1:33; Matthew 11:28; Isaiah 63:7–14
- 3 Psalm 103:17; Isaiah 54:8–9; Hosea 11:4; Ephesians 2:4–5; Deuteronomy 33:3
- 4 Jeremiah 33:7; Jeremiah 31:13; Amos 5:2; Acts 15:16; Jeremiah 30:18–19
- 5 Amos 9:14; Micah 4:4; Isaiah 65:21–22; Leviticus 19:23–25; Deuteronomy 28:30
- 6 Jeremiah 50:4–5; Zechariah 8:20–23; Isaiah 2:2–4; Micah 4:1–3; Jeremiah 50:19
- 7 Psalm 28:9; Psalm 14:7; Isaiah 37:31; Jeremiah 23:3; Isaiah 42:10–12
- 8 Ezekiel 34:16; Isaiah 42:16; Jeremiah 23:8; Micah 4:6; Ezekiel 34:13
- 9 Exodus 4:22; Jeremiah 3:4; Jeremiah 31:20; Matthew 5:4; Jeremiah 50:4
- 10 Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:12; Deuteronomy 30:4; Isaiah 66:19; John 11:52
- 11 Isaiah 48:20; Isaiah 44:23; Titus 2:14; Jeremiah 15:21; Isaiah 49:24
- 12 Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 58:11; Joel 3:18; Isaiah 65:19; Isaiah 60:20
- 13 Psalm 30:11; Isaiah 61:3; Isaiah 51:11; Isaiah 51:3; Esther 9:22
- 14 Jeremiah 31:25; 1 Peter 2:9; Jeremiah 33:9; Matthew 5:6; Revelation 7:16–17
- 15 Matthew 2:16–18; Psalm 77:2; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 10:20; Genesis 37:35
- 16 Ruth 2:12; Jeremiah 30:3; Hebrews 6:10; Hebrews 11:6; Jeremiah 33:7
- 17 Lamentations 3:21; Hosea 3:5; Lamentations 3:26; Hosea 2:15; Jeremiah 29:11–16
- 18 Jeremiah 31:9; Psalm 80:3; Job 5:17; Isaiah 9:13; Jeremiah 17:14
- 19 Jeremiah 3:25; Ezekiel 36:31; Ezekiel 21:12; Luke 18:13; Deuteronomy 30:2
- 20 Isaiah 55:7; Micah 7:18–19; Lamentations 3:31–32; Judges 10:16; Psalm 103:13
- 21 Jeremiah 50:5; Isaiah 62:10; Psalm 84:5; Jeremiah 3:14; Isaiah 52:11–12
- 22 Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 49:4; Luke 1:34–35; Matthew 1:21; Jeremiah 2:18
- 23 Zechariah 8:3; Jeremiah 50:7; Isaiah 1:26; Psalm 48:1–2; Isaiah 60:21
- 24 Zechariah 8:4–8; Ezekiel 36:10; Jeremiah 33:11–13; Zechariah 2:4
- 25 Matthew 5:6; Matthew 11:28; Psalm 107:9; John 4:14; Jeremiah 31:14
- 26 Psalm 127:2; Zechariah 4:1–2
- 27 Hosea 2:23; Zechariah 10:9; Ezekiel 36:9; Ezekiel 36:11; Jeremiah 30:19
- 28 Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 18:7–9; Jeremiah 45:4; Jeremiah 44:27
- 29 Lamentations 5:7; Ezekiel 18:2–3; Jeremiah 31:30
- 30 Ezekiel 18:20; Isaiah 3:11; Deuteronomy 24:16; Galatians 6:5; Ezekiel 18:4
- 31 Hebrews 10:16–17; Jeremiah 31:31–34; Ezekiel 37:26; Jeremiah 32:40; 2 Corinthians 3:6
- 32 Exodus 24:6–8; Deuteronomy 5:3; Deuteronomy 1:31; Exodus 19:5; John 3:29
- 33 2 Corinthians 3:3; Hebrews 10:16; Hebrews 8:10; Ezekiel 11:19–20; Jeremiah 24:7
- 34 Isaiah 43:25; Hebrews 8:12; Jeremiah 33:8; Isaiah 54:13; 1 John 2:27
- 35 Jeremiah 10:16; Isaiah 51:15; Psalm 136:7–9; Genesis 1:14–18; Jeremiah 50:34
- 36 Jeremiah 33:20–26; Psalm 89:36–37; Isaiah 54:9–10; Psalm 148:6; Jeremiah 46:28
- 37 Jeremiah 33:24–26; Isaiah 40:12; Romans 11:1–5; Jeremiah 33:22; Romans 11:26–29
- 38 Zechariah 14:10; 2 Kings 14:13; Jeremiah 30:18; 2 Chronicles 26:9; Jeremiah 31:27
- 39 Zechariah 2:1–2; Ezekiel 40:8
- 40 2 Samuel 15:23; Joel 3:17; 2 Chronicles 23:15; 2 Kings 11:16; John 18:1
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As also Jeremiah declares, "The Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and has snatched him from the hand of him that was stronger than he." If, then, he had not pointed out Him who binds and spoils his goods, but had merely spoken of him as being strong, the strong man should have been unconquered.
For Jeremiah himself says, "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will complete over the house of Jacob a new testament," and the rest, which may be read there. For the present I shall put down those predictions about Christ by the prophet Zephaniah, who prophesied with Jeremiah.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
"Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not." Thus having filled the hearer with horror by relating these things: the slaughter so violent and unjust, so extremely cruel and lawless; he comforts him again, by …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
As He does Himself say in David, "I slept, and took repose." And because He used thus to act while He dwelt and lived among us, He says again, "And my sleep became sweet unto me." Now this whole matter was indicated through Lot, that the seed of the Father of all--that is, of the Spirit of God, by whom …
… Asaph, no beast is Asaph, now he seeth that which was spoken of, "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, and I will accomplish with the House of Israel and of Juda a new Testament, not after the Testament which I ordered with their Fathers." "Have regard unto Thy Testament: for they that have been darkened have been filled of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)