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Jeremiah 3:16Jer.3.16

And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit [it]; neither shall [that] be done any more.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Lorsque vous aurez multiplié et fructifié dans le pays, En ces jours-là, dit l'Eternel, On ne parlera plus de l'arche de l'alliance de l'Eternel; Elle ne viendra plus à la pensée; On ne se la rappellera plus, on ne s'apercevra plus de son absence, Et l'on n'en fera point une autre.

KJV

And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit [it]; neither shall [that] be done any more.

Patristic reading

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  • Origen

    Fragmenta In Lamentationes (In Catenis de Prophetis)

    . ἐπικραίνετο τοίνυν καὶ πάσχων ὑπ' αὐτῶν καὶ πάσχουσι συναλγῶν καὶ ἀσεβοῦσιν ὑπεραχθόμενος. Klagel. Jerem. 3, 16—18. Ψήφῳ φησὶν ἢ ἀριθμῷ, καθ’ ἔκαστον ὀδόντα παιομένου κατὰ τῆς σιαγόνος, ἢ λίθῳ σκληρῷ. καὶ κατὰ τὸν Δαβὶδ δέ φησι· Μὰ σποδοῦ ἄρτον μου ἥσθιον<, τὸ μηδὲ ἄρτον σὺν ἡδ…

  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    prophets who are described as foolish and mad are not true but false prophets, of whom it is said ( Jer. 3:16 ): "Hearken not to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you, and deceive you; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord," and ( E…

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