urn:cts:copticLit:ot.jer.bohairic_ed:05

Found in English Translation: … Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots' houses. They became as wanton horses: they neighed each one after his neighbour's wife. Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this. Go up upon her battlements, and break them down; but make not a full end: leave her buttresses: for they are the Lord's. For the house of Israel have indeed dealt treacherously against…

urn:cts:copticLit:ot.jer.bohairic_ed:09

Found in English Translation: …and prove them; for I will do thus because of the wickedness of the daughter of my people. Their tongue is a wounding arrow; the words of their mouth are deceitful: one speaks peaceably to his neighbour, but in himself retains enmity. Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a people as this? Take up a lamentation for the mountains, and a mournful dirge for the paths of the wilderness, for they are desolate for want of men; they heard not the sound of life from the birds…

urn:cts:copticLit:ot.jer.bohairic_ed:11

Found in English Translation: …see thy vengeance taken upon them, for to thee I have declared my cause. Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek my life, that say, Thou shalt not prophesy at all in the name of the Lord, but if thou dost, thou shalt die by our hands: behold, I will visit them: their young men shall die by the sword; and their sons and their daughters shall die of famine: and there shall be no remnant left of them; for I will bring evil upon the dwellers in Anathoth, in the year of their visitation.

urn:cts:copticLit:ot.jer.bohairic_ed:13

Found in English Translation: …removed into captivity, they have suffered a complete removal. Lift up thine eyes, O Jerusalem, and behold them that come from the north; where is the flock that was given thee, the sheep of thy glory? What wilt thou say when they shall visit thee, for thou didst teach them lessons for rule against thyself; shall not pangs seize thee as a woman in travail? And if thou shouldest say in thine heart, Wherefore have these things happened to me? Because of the abundance of thine iniquity have thy skirts been discovered, that thine heels might be exposed. If the…