Jeremiah · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Jeremiah 4 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
Jeremiah is not in PT1904.
1 Ἐὰν ἐπιστραφῇ Ἰσραὴλ, λέγει Κύριος, πρὸς μὲ, ἐπιστραφήσεται· καὶ ἐὰν περιέλῃ τὰ βδελύγματα αὐτοῦ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου μου εὐλαβηθῇ,
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2 καὶ ὀμόσῃ, ζῇ Κύριος, μετὰ ἀληθείας ἐν κρίσει καὶ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, καὶ εὐλογήσουσιν ἐν αὐτῷ ἔθνη, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ αἰνέσουσι τῷ Θεῷ ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ.
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3 Ὅτι τάδε λέγει Κύριος τοῖς ἀνδράσιν Ἰούδα, καὶ τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, νεώσατε ἑαυτοῖς νεώματα, καὶ μὴ σπείρητε ἐπʼ ἀκάνθαις.
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4 Περιτμήθητε τῷ Θεῷ ὑμῶν, καὶ περιτέμεσθε τὴν σκληροκαρδίαν ὑμῶν ἄνδρες Ἰούδα, καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες Ἱερουσαλὴμ, μὴ ἐξέλθῃ ὡς πῦρ ὁ θυμός μου, καὶ ἐκκαυθήσεται, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ σβέσων, ἀπὸ προσώπου πονηρίας ἐπιτηδευμάτων ὑμῶν.
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5 Ἀναγγείλατε ἐν τῷ Ἰούδᾳ, καὶ ἀκουσθήτω ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ· εἴπατε, σημάνατε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς σάλπιγγι, κεκράξατε μέγα· εἴπατε, συνάχθητε, καὶ εἰσέλθωμεν εἰς τὰς πόλεις τὰς τειχήρεις.
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6 Ἀναλαβόντες φεύγετε εἰς Σιών· σπεύσατε, μὴ στῆτε, ὅτι κακὰ ἐγὼ ἐπάγω ἀπὸ Βοῤῥα, καὶ συντριβὴν μεγάλην.
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7 Ἀνέβη λέων ἐκ τῆς μάνδρας αὐτοῦ, ἐξολοθρεύων ἔθνη ἐξῇρε, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ, τοῦ θεῖναι τὴν γῆν εἰς ἐρήμωσιν· καὶ αἱ πόλεις καθαιρεθήσονται, παρὰ τὸ μὴ κατοικεῖσθαι αὐτάς.
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8 Ἐπὶ τούτοις περιζώσασθε σάκκους, καὶ κόπτεσθε, καὶ ἀλαλάξατε, διότι οὐκ ἀπεστράφη ὁ θυμὸς Κυρίου ἀφʼ ὑμῶν.
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9 Καὶ ἔσται ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, λέγει Κύριος, ἀπολεῖται ἡ καρδία τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἡ καρδία τῶν ἀρχόντων, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς ἐκστήσονται, καὶ οἱ προφῆται θαυμάσονται.
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10 Καὶ εἶπα, ὦ δέσποτα Κύριε, ἆρά γε ἀπατῶν ἠπάτησας τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον καὶ τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, λέγων, εἰρήνη ἔσται, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἥψατο ἡ μάχαιρα ἕως τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτῶν.
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11 Ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἐροῦσι τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ καὶ τῇ Ἱερουσαλὴμ, πνεῦμα πλανήσεως ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ὁδὸς τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ λαοῦ μου, οὐκ εἰς καθαρὸν, οὐδʼ εἰς ἅγιον.
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12 Πνεῦμα πληρώσεως ἥξει μοι· νῦν δὲ ἐγὼ λαλῶ κρίματά μου πρὸς αὐτούς.
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13 Ἰδοὺ ὡς νεφέλη ἀναβήσεται, καὶ ὡς καταιγὶς τὰ ἄρματα αὐτοῦ, κουφότεροι ἀετῶν οἱ ἵπποι αὐτοῦ· οὐαὶ ἡμῖν, ὅτι ταλαιπωροῦμεν.
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14 Ἀπόπλυνε ἀπὸ κακίας τὴν καρδίαν σου Ἱερουσαλὴμ, ἵνα σωθῇς· ἕως πότε ὑπάρχουσιν ἐν σοὶ διαλογισμοὶ πόνων σου;
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15 Διότι φωνὴ ἀγγέλλοντος ἐκ Δὰν ἥξει, καὶ ἀκουσθήσεται πόνος ἐξ ὄρους Ἐφραίμ.
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16 Ἀναμνήσατε ἔθνη, ἰδοὺ ἥκασιν· ἀναγγείλατε ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, συστροφαὶ ἔρχονται ἐκ γῆς μακρόθεν, καὶ ἔδωκαν ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις Ἰούδα φωνὴν αὐτῶν.
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17 Ὡς φυλάσσοντες ἀγρὸν, ἐγένοντο ἐπʼ αὐτὴν κύκλῳ, ὅτι ἐμοῦ ἠμέλησας, λέγει Κύριος.
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18 Αἱ ὁδοί σου καὶ τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματά σου ἐποίησαν ταῦτά σοι· αὕτη ἡ κακία σου, ὅτι πικρὰ, ὅτι ἥψατο ἕως τῆς καρδίας σου.
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19 Τὴν κοιλίαν μου, τὴν κοιλίαν μου ἀλγῶ, καὶ τὰ αἰσθητήρια τῆς καρδίας μου, μαιμάσσει ἡ ψυχή μου, σπαράσσεται ἡ καρδία μου· οὐ σιωπήσομαι, ὅτι φωνὴν σάλπιγγος ἤκουσεν ἡ ψυχή μου, κραυγὴν πολέμου
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20 καὶ ταλαιπωρίας συντριμμὸν ἐπικαλεῖται, ὅτι τεταλαιπώρηκε πᾶσα ἡ γῆ, ἄφνω τεταλαιπώρηκεν ἡ σκηνὴ, διεσπάσθησαν αἱ δέῤῥεις μου.
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21 Ἕως πότε ὄψομαι φεύγοντας ἀκούων φωνὴν σαλπίγγων;
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22 Διότι οἱ ἡγούμενοι τοῦ λαοῦ μου ἐμὲ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν· υἱοὶ ἄφρονές εἰσι καὶ οὐ συνετοὶ, σοφοί εἰσι τοῦ κακοποιῆσαι, τὸ δὲ καλῶς ποιῆσαι οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν.
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23 Ἐπέβλεψα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐθὲν, καὶ εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ οὐκ ἦν τὰ φῶτα αὐτοῦ.
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24 Εἶδον τὰ ὄρη, καὶ ἦν τρέμοντα, καὶ πάντας τοὺς βουνοὺς ταρασσομένους.
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25 Ἐπέβλεψα, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦν ἄνθρωπος, καὶ πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐπτοεῖτο.
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26 Εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁ Κάρμηλος ἔρημος, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ πόλεις ἐμπεπυρισμέναι πυρὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου, καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου ὀργῆς θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ ἠφανίσθησαν.
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27 Τάδε λέγει Κύριος, ἔρημος ἔσται πᾶσα ἡ γῆ, συντέλειαν δὲ οὐ μὴ ποιήσω.
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28 Ἐπὶ τούτοις πενθείτω ἡ γῆ, καὶ συσκοτασάτω ὁ οὐρανὸς ἄνωθεν· διότι ἐλάλησα, καὶ οὐ μετανοήσω, ὥρμησα, καὶ οὐκ ἀποστρέψω ἀπʼ αὐτῆς.
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29 Ἀπὸ φωνῆς ἱππέως, καὶ ἐντεταμένου τόξου ἀνεχώρησε πᾶσα ἡ χώρα· εἰσέδυσαν εἴς τὰ σπήλαια, καὶ εἰς τὰ ἄλση ἐκρύβησαν, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς πέτρας ἀνέβησαν· πᾶσα πόλις ἐγκατελείφθη, οὐ κατῴκει ἐν αὐταῖς ἄνθρωπος.
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30 Καὶ σὺ τί ποιήσεις; ἐὰν περιβάλῃ κόκκινον, καὶ κοσμήσῃ κόσμῳ χρυσῷ· ἐὰν ἐγχρίσῃ στίβι τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου, εἰς μάταιον ὡραϊσμός σου· ἀπώσαντό σε οἱ ἐρασταί σου, τὴν ψυχήν σου ζητοῦσιν.
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31 Ὅτι φωνὴν ὡς ὠδινούσης ἤκουσα τοῦ στεναγμοῦ σου, ὡς πρωτοτοκούσης· φωνὴ θυγατρὸς Σιὼν ἐκλυθήσεται, καὶ παρήσει τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῆς· οἴμοι ἐγὼ, ὅτι ἐκλείπει ἡ ψυχή μου ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀνῃρημένοις.
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Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joel 2:12; Jeremiah 3:22; Ezekiel 43:9; Genesis 35:2; Jeremiah 3:1
- 2 Isaiah 65:16; Genesis 22:18; Jeremiah 9:24; 1 Corinthians 1:31; 2 Corinthians 10:17
- 3 Hosea 10:12; Luke 8:14; Luke 8:7; Galatians 6:7–8; Mark 4:18–19
- 4 Deuteronomy 10:16; Romans 2:28–29; Deuteronomy 30:6; Colossians 2:11; Jeremiah 9:26
- 5 Jeremiah 8:14; Joshua 10:20; Jeremiah 6:1; Hosea 8:1; Amos 3:6
- 6 Jeremiah 50:2; Jeremiah 1:13–15; Jeremiah 51:27; Jeremiah 6:22; Jeremiah 4:21
- 7 Isaiah 6:11; Ezekiel 26:7–10; Isaiah 1:7; Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 5:6
- 8 Jeremiah 6:26; Isaiah 22:12; Isaiah 10:4; Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 32:11
- 9 Isaiah 22:3–5; Isaiah 29:9–10; Ezekiel 13:9–16; Isaiah 19:16; Jeremiah 37:19
- 10 Jeremiah 5:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12; Isaiah 37:35; Jeremiah 14:13–14; Romans 1:28
- 11 Hosea 13:15; Ezekiel 17:10; Isaiah 41:16; Luke 3:17; Jeremiah 8:19
- 12 Jeremiah 1:16; Ezekiel 5:8; Ezekiel 6:11–13; Ezekiel 7:8–9
- 13 Isaiah 19:1; Isaiah 66:15; Lamentations 4:19; Habakkuk 1:8; Isaiah 5:28
- 14 James 4:8; Isaiah 55:7; Acts 8:22; Romans 1:21; Luke 11:39
- 15 Jeremiah 8:16; Judges 18:29; Joshua 17:15; Joshua 20:7; Jeremiah 6:1
- 16 Ezekiel 21:22; Jeremiah 5:15; Isaiah 39:3; Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 31:10
- 17 Jeremiah 5:23; 2 Kings 25:1–4; Ezekiel 2:3–7; Luke 19:43–44; Isaiah 30:9
- 18 Psalm 107:17; Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 2:17; Proverbs 1:31; Jeremiah 6:19
- 19 Habakkuk 3:16; Isaiah 22:4; Isaiah 16:11; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 9:10
- 20 Psalm 42:7; Joel 1:15; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Ezekiel 7:25–26; Matthew 10:28
- 21 2 Chronicles 36:6–7; 2 Chronicles 35:25; 2 Chronicles 36:10; Jeremiah 4:5–6; 2 Chronicles 36:3
- 22 1 Corinthians 14:20; Romans 16:19; Jeremiah 5:21; Romans 3:11; Hosea 4:6
- 23 Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24–25; Joel 3:15–16; Isaiah 13:10; Genesis 1:2
- 24 Ezekiel 38:20; Isaiah 5:25; Jeremiah 10:10; Nahum 1:5–6; Judges 5:4–5
- 25 Zephaniah 1:2–3; Jeremiah 12:4; Jeremiah 9:10; Hosea 4:3
- 26 Psalm 107:34; Micah 3:12; Jeremiah 14:2–6; Isaiah 7:20–25; Jeremiah 12:4
- 27 Jeremiah 46:28; Jeremiah 5:18; Jeremiah 5:10; Jeremiah 30:11; Romans 9:27–29
- 28 Numbers 23:19; Jeremiah 12:4; Isaiah 50:3; Hosea 4:3; Joel 2:30–31
- 29 Isaiah 2:19–21; Jeremiah 4:7; Revelation 6:15–17; Isaiah 30:17; Jeremiah 39:4–6
- 30 Lamentations 1:2; 2 Kings 9:30; Lamentations 1:19; Isaiah 10:3; Ezekiel 16:36–41
- 31 Isaiah 1:15; Lamentations 1:17; Jeremiah 13:21; Jeremiah 18:21; Lamentations 2:21
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Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… fatherless, and negligent of the cause of the widows." And Jeremiah, in like manner: "They," he says, "who rule my people did not know me; they are senseless and imprudent children; they are wise to do evil, but to do well they have no knowledge."