OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 14:17

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“You shall say this word to them: “‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.

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Verse 17. My. Septuagint “your eyes.” Jeremias shews by his tears the future misery. Calmet.—Virgin. Though many were sinners, the Church had some just souls. Worthington.

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