Jeremiah 3:2
Douay-Rheims
Lift up thy eyes on high: and see where thou hast not prostituted thyself: Thou didst sit in the ways, waiting for them as a robber in the wilderness: and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications, and with thy wickedness.
George Leo Haydock
High. Literally, “straight forward.” (Haydock) — On the hills, idolatry and immorality prevailed. — Ways, where harlots used to sit, Genesis xxxviii. 14., and Proverbs vii. 9., and xxxiii. 27. — Robber; “Arab,” (Chaldean, &c.) or “crow.” (Septuagint) (Calmet) — No sin is so great as to be irremissible to the true penitent. (Worthington)
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1849 · Jeremias 3:2
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.