Septuaginta, Jeremiah, ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D., 2

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Καὶ εἶπεν Τάδε λέγει Κύριος Ἐμνήσθην ἐλέους νεότητός σου καὶ ἀγάπης τελειώσεως αὐτοῦ, ἐξακολουθῆσαί σε τῷ ἁγίῳ Ἰσραήλ, ¹² λέγει Κύριος.

ἅγιος Ἰσραὴλ τῷ κυρίῳ, ἀρχὴ γενημάτων αὐτοῦ· ³ πάντες οἱ ἔσθοντες αὐτὸν πλημμελήσουσιν, κακὰ ἥξει ἐπʼ αὐτούς. φησὶν Κύριος.

Ἀκούσατε λόγον Κυρίου, οἶκος Ἰαωὼβ καὶ πᾶσα πατριὰ οἴκου Ἰσραήλ.

τάδε λέγει Κύριος Τί εὕροσαν οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ πλημμέλημα, ὅτι ἀπέστησαν μακρὰν ἀπʼ ῤμοῦ, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ὀπίσω τῶν ματαίων καὶ ἐματαιώθησαν; καὶ οὐκ εἶπαν Ποῦ ἐστιν Κύριος ὁ ἀναγαγὼν ἡμᾶς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, ὁ καθοδηγήσας ἡμᾶς ἐν τῇ ἐρήμφῳ ἐν γῇ ἀπείρῳ καὶ ἀβάτῳ, ἐν γῇ ἀνύδρῳ καὶ ἀκάρπῳ, ἐν γῇ ἐν ᾗ οὐ διώδευσεν ἐν αὐτῇ οὐθὲν καὶ οὐ κατῴκησεν ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖ;

καὶ ἤγαγον ὑμῆς εἰς τὸν Κάρμηλον, τοῦ φαγεῖν ὑμᾶς τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ ἀγαθὰ αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἰσήλθατε καὶ ἐμιάνατε τὴν γῆν μου, καὶ τὴν κληρονομίαν μου ἔθεσθε εἰς βδέλυγμα.

οἱ ἱερεῖς οὐκ εἶπαν Ποῦ ἐστιν Κύριος; καὶ οἱ ἀντεχόμενοι τοῦ νόμου οὐκ ἠπίσταντό με, καὶ οἱ ποιμένες ἠσέβουν εἰς ἐμέ, καὶ οἱ προφῆται ἐπροφήτευον τῇ Βάαλ καὶ ὀπίσω ἀνωφελοῦς ἐπορεύθησαν.

δὰ τοῦτο ἔτι κριθήσομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν υἱῶν ὑμῶν κριθήσομαι.

διότι ἔλθετε εἰς νήσους Χεττιεὶμ καὶ ἴδιτε, καὶ εἰς Κηδιὶρ ἀποστείλατε καὶ νοήσατε σφόδρα, καὶ ἴδετε εἰ γέγονεν τοιαῦτα,

εἰ ἀλλάξονται ἔθνη θεοὺς αὐτῶν, καὶ οὗτοι οὐκ εἰσὶν θεοί ὁ δὲ λαός μου ἠλλάξατο τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, ἐξ ἧς οὐκ ὠφεληθήσονται.

ἐξέστη ὁ οὐρανὸς ἐπὶ τούτῳ κρῖ ἔφριξεν ἐπὶ πλεῖον σφόδρα, λέγει Κύριος.

ὅτι δύο καὶ πονηρὰ ἐποίησεν ὁ λαός μου· ἐμὲ ἐνατέλιπον, πηγὴν ὕδατος ζωῆς, καὶ ὥρυξαν ἑαυτοῖς λάκκους συντετριμμένους οἱ οὐ δυνήσονται ὕδωρ συνέχειν.

μὴ δοῦλός ἐστιν Ἰσραήλ, ἢ οἰκογενής ἐστιν; διὰ τί εἰς προνομὴν ἐγένετο;

ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν ὠρύοντο λέοντες καὶ ἔδωκαν ⁴⁶ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν, οἳ ἔταξαν τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔρημον, καὶ αἱ πόλεις αὐτοῦ κατεσκάφησαν παρὰ τὸ μὴ κατοικεῖσθαι

καὶ υἱοὶ Μέμφεως καὶ Ταφωὰς ἔγνωσάν σε καὶ κατέπαιζόν σου· οὐχὶ ταῦτα ἐποίησέν σοι τὸ καταλιπεῖν σε ἐμέ;

λέγει Κύριος ὁ θεός σου.

καὶ νῖν τί σοι καὶ τῇ ὁδῷ Αἰγύπτου τοῦ πιεῖν ὕδωρ Γηὼν; καὶ τί σοι καὶ τῇ ὁδῷ Ἀσσυρίων τοῦ πιεῖν ὕδωρ ποταμῶν;

παιδεύσει σε ἡ ἀποστασία σου, καὶ ἡ κακία σου ἐλέγξει σε· καὶ γνῶθι καὶ ἴδε ὅτι πικρόν σοι τὸ καταλιπεῖν σε ἐμέ, λέγει Κύριος ὁ θεός σου· καὶ οὐκ εὐδόκησα ἐπὶ σοί, λέγει Κύριος ὁ θεός σου.

ὅτι ἀπʼ αἰῶνος συνέτριψας τὸν ζυγόν σου· διέσπασας τοὺς δεσμοὺς σου, καὶ εἶπας Οὐ δουλεύσω σοι, ἀλλὰ πορεύσομαι ἐπὶ πᾶν βουνὸν ὑψηλὸν καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸς ξύλου κατασκίου, ἐκεῖ διαχυθήσομαι ἐν τῇ πορνείᾳ μου.

ἐγὼ δὲ ἐφύτευσά σε ἄμπελον καρποφόρον πᾶσαν ἀληθινήν· πῶς ἐστράφης εἰς πικρίαν, ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ ἀλλοτρία;

ἐὰν ἀποπλύνῃς ἐν νίτρῳ καὶ πληθύνῆς σεαυτῇ ποίαν, κεκηλίδωσαι ἐν ταῖς ἀδικίαις σου ἐναντίον ἐμοῖ, λέγει Κύρος.

πῶς ἐρεῖς Οὐκ ἐμιάνθην καὶ ὀπίσω τῆς Βάαλ οὐκ ἐπορεύθην; ἴδε τὰς ὁδοὺς σου ἐν τῷ πολυανδρίῳ, καὶ γνῶθι τί ἐποίησας. ὀψὲ φωνὴ αὐτῆς ὠλόλυξεν,

τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτἢς ἐπλάτυνεν ἐφʼ ὕδατα ἐρήμου, ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις ψυχῆς αὐτῆς ἐπνευματοφορεῖτο, παρεδόθη· τίς ἐπιστρέψει αὐτήν; πάντες οἱ ζητοῦντες αὐτὴν οὐ κοπιάσουσιν, ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει αὐτῆς εὑρήσουσιν αὐτήν,

ἀπόστρεψον τὸν πόδα σου ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ τραχείας, καὶ τὸν φάρυγγά σου ἀπὸ δίψους. ἡ δὲ εἶπεν Ἀνδριοῦμαι· ὅτι ἠγαπήκει ἀλλοτρίους καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτῶν ἐπορεύετο.

ὡς αἰσχύνη κλέπτου ὅταν ἁλῷ, οὕτως αἰσχυνθήσονται οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ, αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ προφῆται αὐτῶν.

τῷ ξύλῳ εἶπαν ὕτι Πατήρ ⁷⁸ μου εἶ σύ, καὶ τῷ λίθῳ Σὺ ἐγέννησάς με· καὶ ἔστρεψαν ἐπʼ ἐμέ ⁹ νῶτα καὶ οὐ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τῶν κακῶν αὐτῶν ἐροῦσιν Ἀνάστα καὶ σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

καὶ ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ θεοί σου οὓς ἐποίησας σεαυτῷ; εἰ ἀναστήσονται καὶ σώσουσιν ἐν καιρῷ τῆς κακώσεως σου; ὅτι κατʼ ἀριθμὸν τῶν πόλεών σου ἦσαν θεοί σου, Ἰούδα, καὶ κατ᾿ ἀριθμὸν διόδων τῆς Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἔθυον τῇ Βάαλ.

Ἰούδα, τί λαλεῖτε πρὸς μέ; πάντες ὑμεῖς ἠσεβήσατε, καὶ πάντες ὑμεῖς ἠνομήσατε εἰς ἐμέ, λέγει Κύριος.

μάτην ἐπάταξα τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν, παιδείαν οὐκ ἐδέξασθε· μάχαιρα κατέφαγεν τοὺς προφήτας ὑμῶν ὡς λέων ὀλεθρεύων, καὶ οὐκ ἐφοβήθητε.

ἀκούσατε λόγον Κυρίου Τάδε λέγει Κύριος Μὴ ἔρημος ἐγενόμην τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἡ γῆ κεχερσωμένη; διὰ τί εἶπεν ὁ λαός μου Οὐ κυριευθησόμεθα, καὶ οὐχ ἥξομεν πρὸς σὲ ἔτι;

μὴ ἐπιλήσεται νύμφη τὸν κόσμον αὐτῆς, καὶ παρθένος τὴν στηθοδεσμίδα αὐτῆς; ὁ δὲ λαός μου ἐπελάθετό μου ἡμέρας ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός.

τί ἔτι καλὸν ἐπιτηδεύσεις ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς σου τοῦ ζητῆσαι ἀγάπησιν οὐχ οὕτως· ἀλλὰ καὶ σὺ ἐπονηρεύσω τοῦ μιᾶναι τὰς ὁδούς σου,

καὶ ἐν ταῖς χερσίν σου εὑρέθησαν αἵματα ψυχῶν ἀθᾠων· οὐκ ἐν διορύγμασιν εὗρον αὐτοὺς ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ πάσῃ δρυί

καὶ εἶπας Ἀθῷός εἰμι, ἀλλὰ ἀποστραφήτω ὁ θυμὸς αὐτοῦ ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ. ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ κρίνομαι πρὸς σέ, ἐν τῷ λέγειν σε Οὐχ ἥμαρτον·

ὅτι κατεφρόνησας σφόδρα τοῦ δευτερῶσαι τὰς ὁδοὺς σου; καὶ ἀπὸ Αἰγύπτου καταισχυνθήσῃ καθὼς καταισχυνθης ἀπὸ Ἀσσούρ, ὅτι καὶ ἐντεῦθεν ἐξελεύσῃ, καὶ αἱ χεῖρές σου ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς σου· ὅτι ἀπώσατο Κύριος τὴν ἐλπίδα σου, καὶ οὐκ εὐοδωθήσῃ ἐν αὐτῇ.

Jeremiah. Septuaginta. ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.. United States. 2017.

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Ἱερεμίας (Greek) (Septuaginta. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Volume 3: Hosea-4 Maccabees, Psalms of Solomon, Enoch, The Odes. Swete, Henry Barclay, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1905)

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Jeremiah Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 2 focus

The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

Israel [was] holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase: all who devour him shall be held guilty; evil shall come on them, says Yahweh.

Hear you the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

thus says Yahweh, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

Neither said they, Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man lived?

I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit of it and the goodness of it; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

The priests didn't say, Where is Yahweh? and those who handle the law didn't know me: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

Therefore I will yet contend with you, says Yahweh, and with your children's children will I contend.

For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.

Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

Be astonished, you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be you very desolate, says Yahweh.

For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born [slave]? why is he become a prey?

The young lions have roared on him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.

Haven't you procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way?

Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts.

For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, I will not serve; for on every high hill and under every green tree you did bow yourself, playing the prostitute.

Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then are you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?

For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, says the Lord Yahweh.

How can you say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: [you are] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all those who seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;

who tell a stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

But where are your gods that you have made you? let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah.

Why will you contend with me? you all have transgressed against me, says Yahweh.

In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Generation, see the word of Yahweh. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? or a land of thick darkness? why say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more to you?

Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

How trimmest you your way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women have you taught your ways.

Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: you did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

Yet you said, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with you, because you say, I have not sinned.

Why go you about so much to change your way? you shall be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.

From there also shall you go forth, with your hands on your head: for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them.

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