Homilies on Jeremiah — English

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1985

and the abominations, and the mouse; they shall be consumed together, saith the Lord. ^B

19. And the Lydians. 20. With horses, and with chariots, and with litters, and with mules, and in carriages. In a clean vessel. 24. The last...

SYMMACUS. Swine’s flesh, and abomination, and mouse: they shall be annihilated together, saith the Lord. 19. And the Lydians. 20. In horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and in mules, and in vehicles. In a clean vessel. 24. The corpses of men.

THEODOTION. Swine’s flesh, and abomination, and mouse: they shall be annihilated together, saith the Lord. 19. And the Lydians. And Mosoch. All, bending the bow. 20. With horses and chariots, in lampenes of mules with shades. In psalms. 24. The limbs of men.

Notes and various readings to chapter LXVI of Isaiah.

V. 19. And the Lydians. Curterius from the Jesuit manuscript. [March. cod., Σ., Lydians. Complut., Phobel. DRACH.] Ibid. Hieronymus: «For that which is in Hebrew, MOSCHE CESETH, which all the LXX without exception translated as ‘bending the bow,’ and the LXX and Theodotion similarly translated ‘Mosoch,’ as a noun in place of the interpreters.» V. 20. Σ., in horses etc. Procopius. Hieronymus: «For carriages, which only Symmachus translates, whom we have followed in this place, Aquila, the LXX, and Theodotion have translated as mules. And where they placed ‘with shades,’ which we cannot interpret as ‘litters’ (basternae), others have translated the term with a word agreeing, *phoreia*, which we interpret in various ways as ‘vehicles’: where however the LXX and Theodotion said ‘lampenes,’ being what Symmachus translates as ‘litters,’ that is, beds covered with skins, which the word *lecticas* signifies.» [And for ‘lampenes,’ Aquila: ‘covered’ (skepastois), others ‘covered’ (klitêrasi), and ‘carriages’ (amaxais). So the Lambecius manuscript. But for ‘covered’ (skepastois) we prefer ‘covered’ (skepastais), that is, ‘carriages’ (amaxais). Cf. the words of Saint Jerome, brought forward in the same way, where he prefers ‘covered’ (skepastas). DRACH.] Ibid. Σ., in a clean vessel. Procopius. V. 24. Σ., the last things. Idem.

WARNING ON JEREMIAH

We have used for this codex both manuscripts and printed books. The Royal Codex number 1892, from about the thirteenth century, which is a Catena on all the Prophets, beginning at the twelve minor Prophets. The Colbert Codex, from the tenth century, which contains the commentaries of Theodoret. Origen on Jeremiah. Jerome on Jeremiah from the latest edition. Theodoret on Jeremiah. Victor of Antioch from manuscripts. Olympiodorus, whose locations were also taken from manuscripts. Augustine’s Questions on Genesis once. Procopius on Leviticus. [From the Syro-Hexaplar Ambrosian-Milanese Codex, published by Matthew Norberg, we added the text of the LXX, and also the readings of the interpreters, the Latin version of which we have carefully compared with the Syriac text, and emended in many places. DRACH.]

1987

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THE REMAINS OF THE HEXAPLA. CHAPTER I OF JEREMIAH.

| THE HEBREW | THE HEBREW (in Greek letters) | AQUILA | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 1. Words of Jeremiah, son of Chelcias. | 1. | 1. | | 3. Until the transmigration of Jerusalem. | 3. | 3. Until the transmigration of Jerusalem. | | 10. And to destroy. | 10. | 10. And to demolish. | | 11. Rod of an almond tree I see. And the Hebrew, almond-like. | 11. | 11. A watching rod ✱ I see. | | 13. I see. | 13. | 13. I see. | | 15. Of the kingdoms of the north. | 15. | 15. | | 17. Lest I make thee fear. | 17. | 17. | | 18. And I, behold, I have given thee. And for a pillar of iron. Unto his priests. | 18. | 18. And for a pillar of iron. |

VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT

1. Words of Jeremiah the son of Chelcias. 3. Until the transmigration of Jerusalem. 10. And to destroy. 11. Rod of an almond tree I see. The Syrian and the Hebrew, almond-like. 13. I seeing. 15. Of the kingdoms of the north. 17. Lest I make thee to fear. 18. And I, behold, I have given thee. And into an iron pillar. To his priests.

VULGATE LATIN

1. Words of Jeremiah the son of Helcias. 3. Until the transmigration of Jerusalem. 10. And that thou destroy. 11. I see a watching rod. 13. I see. 15. Of the kingdoms of the north. 17. Nor will I make thee to fear. 18. I indeed have given thee. And into an iron pillar. And to the priests.

AQUILA

1. 3. Until the transmigration of Jerusalem. 10. And to demolish. 11. I see a watching rod. 13. I see. 15. 17. 18. And into an iron pillar.

Notes and various readings on Chapter I of Jeremiah.

V. 1. Heb. and the rest, "Words of Jeremiah the son of Chelcias." Origen, Hom. 19 in Jeremiah. V. 3. Aq., Symm., Theod., "Until the transmigration," etc. So Drusius from Jerome, who says all others translated, "transmigration." V. 10. Aq., Theod., "And to demolish." Ms. Jes. Jerome, however: "That which we have added from the Hebrew, *thou shalt destroy* (dissipes), or *thou shalt cast down* (deponas), is not found in the LXX." [Certain manuscripts in the text, *and to undo* (καταλύειν). Polyglot Bible. And so published by Breitinger. DRACH.] V. 11. Jerome: "Aquila and Symmachus translated, *a watching rod*, but Theodotion, *almond-like*." And below: "SACED is called a nut: but watch, or watcher, or watching, is SOCED: whence among later writers the leopard (pardus) watching is called by this name." But the Ms. Jes., Aq., Symm., Theod., ✱ "I see," which is missing in the LXX. Theodoret however says: "According to the Syrian and the Hebrew, *almond-like*." [We have added the rod in Greek from Lambert Bos. DRACH.] V. 13. Aq., Theod., "I see." Ms. Jes. [Found in the Aldine edition text. DRACH.] V. 15. Theod., "of the kingdoms from the North." The same. V. 17. Jerome: "Fear not before their face,"

CHAPTER II OF JEREMIAH.

| THE HEBREW | THE HEBREW (in Greek letters) | AQUILA | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 1, 2. And the word of the Lord came to me saying: Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying | 1, 2. | 1, 2. |

VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT

1, 2. And the word of the Lord came to me saying: Go and thou shalt cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying.

VULGATE LATIN

1, 2. And the word of the Lord came to me saying: Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying.

AQUILA

1, 2.

1989

JEREMIAH CHAPTER I.

SYMMACHUS. | THE SEVENTY (LXX). | THEODOTION.

SYMMACHUS. | LXX INTERPRETERS. | THEODOTION.

Notes and various readings on Chapter I of Jeremiah.

^A...or as the LXX and the other interpreters have it, "lest I make thee afraid." And the sense according to our translation is: "Do not fear from their face," etc. In the notes of the Roman edition, this reading is brought forward from some copies, Jerome reads without doubt ^B *—*, and the others are accustomed to interpret thus [the Hebrew word תתחת]. In the current edition of the LXX, [Martianay attests that one Calabrian copy explicitly has it, and so also the Complutensian and the Roman Edition: S. Jerome seems to have read this. For he says thus: "Either as the LXX," etc., and he draws out a most beautiful sentiment.] After * others add according to the Hebrew, "unto them."—That which is read in the LXX after "before them" unto the end of the clause, is not held in the Hebrew text, and it has been repeated from the last stichos of verse 19. In both places, however, the elders added of their own, "he said," or "the Lord said." [Drach.]

V. 18. Symmachus: "I, however." [Ms. Jes., because these things, since they were lacking in the LXX, were translated from Symmachus into the Hexaplar edition with an asterisk.] Ibid. Aquila, Idem. Ibid. Theodotion, "And for an iron pillar." Idem. Ibid. Theodotion, "And to their priests." [Ms. Jes.]

JEREMIAH CHAPTER II.

SYMMACHUS. | THE SEVENTY (LXX). | THEODOTION.

1, 2. | 1, 2. Vacat. | 1, 2. ✴ And the word of the Lord came to me saying: Go and read in the ears of Jerusalem, saying:

SYMMACHUS. | LXX INTERPRETERS. | THEODOTION.

1, 2. | 1, 2. Vacat. | 1, 2. And the word of the Lord came to me saying: Go and read in the ears of Jerusalem, saying:

1991

HEBREW TEXT (in Greek characters). AQUILA. * In the desert, in a land not sown. 6. And shadow of death. 12. Heavens. 15. 17. 18. Heb., Sion. 23. In the valley. A light dromedary. They spoke wantonly. 24. ... (In her new moon.) 25. 34. * The poor. 35.

VERSIONS

HEBRAIC TEXT: In the desert, in a land not sown. 6. And the shadow of death. 12. Heavens. 15. And they set her land into desolation. 17. In the time which was leading you through the way. 18. Sior. Heb. int., id. 23. In the valley. A light dromedary. Making her ways intricate. 24. It drew in the wind. In her month. 25. I have despaired. 34. The poor. 35. Because I am innocent.

VULGATA LATINA: In the desert, in a land which is not sown. 6. And the image of death. 12. Heavens. 15. They set her land into desolation. 17. At the time when it was leading you through the way. 18. Turbid. 23. In the valley. A light runner. Explaining her ways. 24. It attracted the wind. In her menstrual time. 25. I have despaired. 34. The poor. 35. Without sin and I am innocent.

AQUILA: In the desert, in a land not sown. 6. And the shadow of death. 12. Heavens. 15. 17. 18. 23. In the valley. A light runner. They spoke wantonly. 24. In her new moon. 25. I have despaired of thee. 34. The poor. 35.

Notes and various readings on Chapter II of Jeremiah. V. 1 and 2. 0., * and the word came, etc. From the Jes. MS. Jerome indeed on these words: "And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying." This is not in the LXX; but it has been added under asterisks from the edition of Theodotion, who translated the Hebrew word CARATH, for which we have said, "cry out," or "preach," as "read." Yet it signifies both the reading, and the clamor, and the preaching by its own ambiguity. Drusius, from the Complutensian edition, cites the words of Theodotion thus: "Go and cry into the ears of Jerusalem, saying." But these are not the genuine words of Theodotion, as is clear from the above, and from the reading of Theodotion brought forward both by Jerome and by the Jes. MS. Ibid. A., 0., "In the desert," etc. MS. Jes. Jerome: This which we have posited, "in the desert, in a land which is not sown," is also not held in the LXX. [Another reads, "in a desolate land." DRACH.] V. 6. The same MS. Jes. Jerome: "For the image of death," it is added from Theodotion, "the shadow of death." [Among Lambert Bos, Theodor. 0., "shadow." Ed. Rom.: "In one codex it is (and so almost the Complutensian) 'neither did there dwell there a son of man': which reading S. Jerome recognizes from the LXX." See those. In the meantime, "there" is lacking among others, nor does it have the Heb. DRACH.] V. 9. Heb., Vulg., "saith the Lord." The LXX is vacant. Others, DRACH. V. 12. Jerome: Let it not disturb anyone that Aquila and Symmachus translated "heavens," while the LXX and Theodotion translated "heaven." For the Hebrew SAMAIM is of common number, and both "heaven" and "heavens" are called by the same name, as Athenae, Thebae, Solae. [Heb. NUNU, "be astonished, O heavens." LXX, "he is amazed, O heaven." Aq. and Sym., "be astonished, O heavens." From L. Bos. DRACH.] V. [15]. MS. Jes., without the name of the interpreter. [Ald., "unto desolation." Complut., LXX, otherwise,

1993

SYMMACUS. 6. And the shadow of death. 12. Heavens. 15. 17. 18. 23. In the ravine. They spoke wantonly. 24. (In her month.) 25. 34. Of the needy. 35.

THEODOTION. In the desert, in a land not sown. 6. And the shadow of death. 12. Heavens. 15. 17. 18. 23. Swift dromedary. 24. 25. In her humiliation. 34. Of the needy. 35.

Notes and various readings for chapter II of Jeremiah. V. 17. ☀ "In the time," etc. MS. Jes. Jerome: «This which we have said, 'at the time he was leading you along the way,' is not found in the LXX.» V. 18. Jerome: «For Sior, we have translated 'turbid'; for which the common edition has Geon.» Origen. Huet in Joan. p. 137, «the Hebrew, to drink the water of Sion», wrongly for Sior. [Clearly a typographical error; for the most learned Huet translates the Hebrew into Latin thus: «Or as the Hebrew has, to drink the water of Seor.» The ancients, lacking the Masoretic vowels, pronounced *σɛωρ* as *σεωρ* or *σεωρ* or *σεωρ*, which is the same; for *ε* and *η* sound alike. Lamb. Bos in *Γηῶν* of the Septuagint notes, otherwise, *Σειώρ*. DRACH.] V. 23. Aq. and Sym., "In the ravine." So Colbertinus and Drusius. Ibid. LXX, "the sepulcher of the multitude." So Jerome translates. Ibid. Aq., Theod., "swift dromedary." Jerome. Thus it is read in our most ancient codex, and indeed rightly. Ibid. Aq., Sym., "They spoke wantonly." So Colbert. But it seems to be a scholion, or it pertains to another place, unless perhaps Aquila and Symmachus read something else. [It is clear that they read *dibre-ha*, "her words," instead of *d'rake-ha*. DRACH.] V. 24. The rest, "drew in the wind." Roman edition from Chrysostom. Ibid. Jerome: «In her monthly courses and in her uncleanness they shall find her.» For which Aquila *νεομηνίαν*, that is, the kalends; Symmachus "the month"; the LXX and Theodotion interpreted it as "humiliation." [Lamb. Bos: Aq., *ἐν τῇ νεομ. α.* with the article. DRACH.] V. 25. Colbert. and Drusius from Victor of Antioch, "I am determined." V. 34. Aq., Sym., Theod., "Of the needy." MS. Jes.; indeed it was wanting in the LXX. V. 35. ☀ "For I am innocent." Idem.

1995

THE REMAINDERS OF THE HEXAPLA. JEREMIAH CHAPTER III.

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HEBREW VERSION. VULGATE LATIN. AQUILA.

1. Saying. 1. Commonly it is said. 1. Saying. 2. And you have played the harlot. 2. You have played the harlot. 2. 3. With a harlot. 3. With a harlot. 3. With a harlot. 6. She went herself upon every 6. She went herself upon every 6. You went for yourself upon every mountain. mountain. mountain. 7. Her sister. 7. Her sister. 7. Her sister. 9. And she defiled the land. 9. She defiled the land. 9. And was polluting the land. 10. Her sister. 10. Her sister. 10. Her sister. The Lord said. The Lord said. The Lord said. 12. Call out. 12. Call out. 12. Call out. 16. The Lord said. 16. The Lord said. 16. The Lord said. 19. A glorious 19. A glorious 19. Famous/Illustrious. inheritance of the host of the nations. inheritance of the host of the nations. 21. Their God. 21. Their God. 21. Of their God. 22. Your turnings. 22. Your turnings. 22.

Notes and various readings on Chapter III of Jeremiah.

V. 1. Aq., "saying." The MS. of Jericho is true: "Commonly it is said," for which the LXX only says "it is said." These things can be understood in three ways. First, so that the phrase "only it is said" is an interpretation of the LXX who only placed "before it is said": but this method of understanding pleases me in no way, although those who published Jerome understood it thus. The second way is that the LXX alone, differently from other interpreters, translated "it is said": which indeed is true, and can be explained in this way not ineptly. The third method of explanation, which is more approved by me, is that where Jerome translated "commonly it is said," the LXX translated "is said" alone; so that the word "is said" alone was usurped. Therefore the copies of Jerome seem to have had the [Greek words] of the LXX. But nothing is read in the modern LXX which might correspond to the Hebrew word. Ibid. Jerome: "And you have played the harlot with many lovers, or shepherds." For the word REIM, which is written with four letters, RES, AIN, IOD, MEM, signifies both lovers and shepherds. And if we read REIM, it signifies lovers; if ROIM, shepherds. Our most ancient manuscript has REIM twice, and once ROHIM with H. But below in chapter VI, verse 2, the same codex has REIM and ROIM. It is likely that Aquila and Symmachus translated [it as] lovers, that is, companions, friends.

V. 2. Heb. chetib, "you have been compressed." But for this verb, as though it were obscene, the Keri is substituted, "you have undergone intercourse." LXX, "you have been mingled." Another, "you have been mingled," the same. Syriac, "you have been polluted." Partly from Schleusner.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER IV.

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HEBREW VERSION. VULGATE LATIN. AQUILA.

4. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and 4. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and 4. take away the foreskins of your hearts. take away the foreskins of your hearts.

1997

JEREMIAH CHAPTER IV

SYMMACUS. 4. Purify yourselves to the Lord, and take away the wickedness of your hearts.

TEODOTION 4. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and circumcise the hardness of your hearts.

Notes and various readings on Chapter III of Jeremiah

Ibid. "Others, 'you murdered.' Thus Drusius from Victor, who says that another, instead of 'you defiled,' gave out 'you murdered'." V. 3. 'A., Σ., Θ., of a woman. Ms. Jes. V. 6. Ms. Jes., 'they went upon every mountain.' The voice * (asterisk) is noted, because it was missing in the published editions. The voice 'they went' is read in the manuscript text of Jes.: whether it is indeed Aquila's, is uncertain. V. 7. 'A., Σ., 'her sister.' The same. It is missing in the Seventy, as are other voices marked with an asterisk. V. 9. 'A., Θ., 'and she murdered the land.' The same. V. 10. 'A., Σ., Θ., 'says the Lord.' The same. V. 12. Jerome: "The Hebrew word CARATH indeed means 'call' and 'shout' and 'read.' Whence Aquila and Symmachus interpreted 'shout'; the Seventy and Theodotion interpreted 'read'." [We have added the Greek from L. Bos. DRACH.] V. 16. Ms. Jes., 'says the Lord.' Σ., 'says.' We think, however, that 'says the Lord' is from Aquila and Theodotion, as above v. 10, for the Seventy have 'it says,' as in V. 16. V. 19. 'A., Θ., 'named.' Thus the same under an asterisk. Ibid. Jerome: "For 'pre-eminent inheritance of the armies of the nations,' which the Seventy translated 'named inheritance of God of the omnipotent nations,' Theodotion translated more significantly, 'the famous inheritance of the mightiest strength of the nations'." Jerome seems to have read in the Seventy 'named,' which word is missing there today. V. 21. In ms. Jes., 'A., 'of,' with an asterisk prefixed. V. 22. Sym., 'conversions.' Jerome. [We have added the Greek from Lamb. Bos. DRACH.]

1999

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THE HEBREW. 9. They shall be amazed. 12. A wind full from them. 14. Thy wickednesses. 19. Tumultuous. 20. Upon contrition. 22. And they themselves not understanding. 23. Void and nothing. 30. Laid waste.

VULGATE LATIN. 9. They shall be dismayed. 12. A wind full from them. 14. [Noisome thoughts]. 19. They are troubled. 20. Upon contrition. 22. And they simpletons. 23. It was void and nothing. 30. Laid waste.

AQUILA. 9. They shall be mindless. 12. [Spirit of repletion] from them. 14. Thy uselessness. 19. It acts tumultuously. 20. 22. They are. 23. Void and nothing. 30. Wretched. Other, laid waste.

Notes and various readings to chapter IV of Jeremiah. V. 4. Symm., 'Purify yourselves' etc. Jerome in Commentary. [We have added the Greek of Symmachus from Lamb. Bos. Individual words of this same Greek reading are inserted in Trommius' concordances as if from the version of Symmachus of our section. DRACH.] V. 7. Some manuscripts and the Complutensian add 'your' after 'earth' and after 'cities,' according to what is read in the Hebrew and in the Vulgate. DRACH. V. 8. Hebrew and Vulgate, 'wrath of fury (of the Lord).' O', the reading of manuscripts, Aldus, Complutensian, 'wrath.' IDEM. Also, 'wrath of fury.' V. 9. Jerome: 'And the prophets shall be dismayed;' or, as Aquila translated the Hebrew word IETHMAU, 'they shall be mindless.' [We have added the Greek text of Aquila from L. Bos. DRACH.] V. 10. Hebrew, '(peace) shall be to you; and it shall touch, or reach (the sword).' Manuscripts, Aldus, and Complutensian, 'there shall be.' The Roman edition, however, 'there shall be, and behold it has touched.' DRACH. V. 12. A., ...of,' etc. Thus the Colbertine and Drusius. V. 16. O', 'they look.' It is missing in the Complutensian, and the Hebrew and Vulgate do not have it. DRACH. V. 19. Jerome: 'Where we have placed "they are troubled" according to Symmachus, and in the Hebrew it is written IOMA, the LXX and Theodotion have placed "it shall groan,"'

JEREMIAH CHAPTER V.

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THE HEBREW. 1. And see now. Truth. 5. They. 8. Drawing. 11. Says the Lord. 15. A nation itself robust, a nation from ancient time. Its tongue.

VULGATE LATIN. 1. And look. Faith. 5. These. 8. Emissaries. 11. Says the Lord. 15. A robust nation, an ancient nation. Its language.

AQUILA 1. Verily. 5. They. 8. Drawing. 11. Says the Lord. 15. Its language.

2001

Notes and variant readings for chapter IV of Jeremiah:

Regarding this word, what it signifies at present, I do not know; but Aquila has put *oklazei*, which itself also signifies "turmoil." [L. Bos: Th., *maimassei*. Aq., *etarachthe* (but *oklazei* is better). Other interpreters, *sparassetai*, "it is torn apart."] Thus it is noted in the margin of the Jes[aias] codex, and it is perhaps only a variant reading.

V. 20. "Another, 'concerning the crushing'." Thus it is noted in the margin of the Jes[aias] codex, and it is perhaps only a variant reading.

V. 22. A., *eisi*. The same.

V. 23. A., S., Th., *kene kai ouden*. Thus the Jes[aias] ms. with an asterisk placed before the word *kene*, which is lacking in the Septuagint. In the Roman edition it is read: A., *kene*. S., *synkechymene*, "confused," which last reading of Symmachus I deem to be genuine: for it is much easier that the letter [K] should have inadvertently slipped in with the A., S., than that the version *synkechymene* should have been falsely attributed to Symmachus. [Rom. Edit.: Aq., *kene*. S., *synkechymene*. DRACH.]

V. 30. A., Th., *talaiporos*. Ms. Jes. But the reading of Jerome pleases me more: "For 'vastata' [wasted], which is said in Hebrew as *SADUD*, which Aquila alone translated; others have translated it 'miserable' and 'wretched because of its own guilt'." Perhaps for A., Th. we should read S., Th. [A. *allo* in Greek we have added from L. Bos. DRACH.]

JEREMIAH CHAPTER V. SYMMACHUS. 1. Verily. 5. They. 8. Drawing. 11. Says the Lord. 15. Its language. SEPTUAGINT. 1. And see. 5. Vacat. 8. Lustful. 11. Vacat. 15. Vacat. Another, an ancient nation, a nation from the beginning. Its voice. THEODOTION. 1. 5. 8. Drawing. 11. Says the Lord. 15. Its language.

2003

THE HEBREW. IN GREEK LETTERS. AQUILA.

28. ✱ They were made fat, they were made firm. ✱ They directed. A NATION IS ANCIENT, A NATION FROM ETERNITY. An ancient nation, a nation from eternity, A., S., Th., of its language. [An ancient nation, a strong nation, a nation from eternity. Another: "Neither shall they hear." Its quiver is as an open sepulchre. Ye have forsaken.

THE HEBREW. IN GREEK LETTERS. AQUILA.

2. ✱ The fair and the manifest. 12. ✱ And they shall be caught.

VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT. VULGATE LATIN. AQUILA.

2. Fair and delicate. 2. Beautiful and delicate. 2. Beautiful and conspicuous. 7. Pit. 7. Cistern. 7. Pit. 8. Not inhabited. 8. Uninhabitable. 8. 12. And they shall turn. 12. And they shall pass over. 12. And they shall be caught.

Notes and various readings on Chapter V of Jeremiah. V. 1. A., note. Ms. Jes. Ibid. Jerome: Sym., truth. V. 5. A., Th., it is self. Ms. Jes. Is wanting in the LXX. V. 7. O', "what." Euseb. Demonstr. lib. II, "what." So also Complut. Mss., "what." Drach. V. 8. Jerome: "For emissaries, it is written in Hebrew MOSECHIM, which all, with consistent reading, translate as *helkontes*, that is, 'drawing'." Ms. Jes. has, however, S., *helkomenoi*. But Jerome neglected the small distinction, in order to record them all together. V. 10. O', (that they are of the Lord). Complut., [not] are. Vulg., are not. The Hebrew particle *lo*, here written fully, can be translated neither as "to him" nor as "not". The greatest part of the interpreters, however, and all the Hebrews, as well as the Chaldean, translate it negatively. Drach. V. 11. A., S., Th., "says the Lord." Ms. Jes. Is wanting in the LXX. V. 12. O', "they strayed." Complut. and mss., "they strayed," in the plural number, as in the Hebrew and Vulg. Drach. V. 13. At the end of the verse. Hebr., so it is to them. O' is empty. Ald., Complut. and the Vatican codex, "thus it shall be to them." Idem. V. 15. "Another, An ancient nation etc." Ms. Jes., in which it is read thus: Restore [those things] which are missing in the LXX. Ibid. Idem. Complut. has, "a robust nation, an ancient nation." To which the Roman edition [adds]. Theodoret recognizes only this one. St. Jerome has both. Drach. Ibid. Idem. V. 16. "Another, A quiver etc." Idem. [Complut. "Which are acknowledged, thus the Rom. ed., also by Theodoret." Drach.] V. 19. Hebr. and Vulg., (as) ye have forsaken me and etc. O' is empty. Among Theodoret, (for which) "ye have forsaken me and." Thus also Ald. and Complut. Others, "ye have forsaken." Drach.

2005

SYMMACHUS. LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION.

16. Vacant. "Another, And you shall not hear what he speaks." 16. 21. 24. 26. 28. Vacant. Another, "his quiver as an open sepulcher." 21. "Eyes to them." 24. "Plenitude." 26. "They have set snares." Another, "a snare." 28. "They have grown fat, they have been confirmed." And they have transgressed my words into evil. And they have prospered.

SYMMACHUS.

16. 21. 24. 26. 28. [alt-version omitted] 28. They have grown fat, they have been confirmed. And they have transgressed my words into evil. They have prospered.

Notes and various readings to Ch. V of Jeremiah.

V. 20. H. and V., "in Judah." O', *en tō oikō Iouda*. Note that *oikō* is missing in the Alexandrian and Complutensian [editions]. IDEM. Ms. Jes. V. 24. Jerome: "Aquila in his first edition and Symmachus translated *hebdomadas* (weeks). For in the Hebrew it is written *SABAOTH* [צבאות], which, due to the ambiguity of the word, signifies both weeks and plenitude." And they have grown fat, they have been confirmed. And they have transgressed my words into evil. They have prospered. Codex Sangermanensis has it thus: "Aquila and Symmachus translated the word *IASIR*, 'as the net of a fowler,' which even he who seems the best among them, and [who is] righteous, [reads as] 'like a fowler he sets snares.'" Our Martianaeus affirms that the word, the verb, before *IASIR* is not read in the Sancygitane code, nor should it be read. But however that may be, the conjecture of Drusius is not to be spurned; for, as he says, the following words, "which even he who seems the best among them, and righteous, [reads as] 'like a fowler he sets snares,'" seem to indicate that the word "righteous" is found in the previously placed version: which word aptly responds to *ישר* [IASIR]. [I have added the uncertain reading from L. Bos. DRACH.] V. 26. Jerome: "And what we said, 'lying in wait like fowlers,' and it is not in the LXX, Aquila and Symmachus translated: *IASIR*, 'as the net of a fowler.' Which even he who seems the best among them, and [who is] righteous, [reads as] 'like a fowler he sets snares.'" Thus reads Martianaeus. In earlier editions, however, it was read: "Aquila and Symmachus translated: *IASUR*, 'as the net of a fowler.'" But Drusius restored this reading, which was undoubtedly corrupted, by conjecture thus: "A. and S. translated: 'righteous, as the net of a fowler'—which, he says, the following words seem to indicate, [namely] that even he who seems the best among them and righteous..."

JEREMIAH CHAPTER VI.

SYMMACHUS. LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION.

2. 7. Pit. 8. 12. 2. 7. Pit. 8. Uninhabited. Another, "It shall not be inhabited." Another, "they have not inhabited." 12. And they shall be turned.

SYMMACHUS. LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION.

2. 7. Pit. 8. 12. 2. 7. Pit. 8. Shall not be inhabited. Another, "it shall not be inhabited." Another, "they have not inhabited." 12. And they shall be converted.

2. Magnificent and conspicuous. 7. Pit. 8. 12.

2007

Notes and various readings on Chapter VI of Jeremiah.

V. 2. A., Θ., "the beautiful and the conspicuous." V. 5. O', "let us go up against it." Θ', says the Lord, "Cut down its wood." says the Lord of hosts, "shall be inhabited." "shall be settled." V. 10. O', "it shall be heard." "it shall be heard." V. 14. Σ., "of the daughter."

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V. 9. [Concerning] "the people of my people." (Translation:) "They have made." Regarding this passage, the learned Michael Lequien transcribed this from the MS. of Jesaia. I suspect, however—and he himself also suspects—that it should be read *truferan* (delicate), instead of *faneran* (conspicuous), so that it squares with *trufah*. [LXX: "And the height will be removed" (Alex. and Ald. add "of yours"), and your height will be removed. It is obvious that the passage is not missing from the Septuagint, but that they read the Hebrew text differently. Drach.] In other [texts] it is missing, and the Hebrew and the Vulgate do not have it. Drach.

V. 6. Hebrew: "Thus says Jehovah of hosts: Cut down trees." MSS, Ald., Complut., (so also 9 sq.). "Cut down the trees of it." And for "trees," Complut. [reads] "foundations" without the article. Furthermore, it is doubtful whether the Hebrew text has "of it," since the letter *he* is written Masoretically without a dagesh point. Idem.

V. 7. Jerome: "Let the Latin reader understand this, as it suffices to say it once, that the word *lacus* does not denote a swamp according to the Greeks, but a cistern, which in Syriac and Hebrew is called GUBBA. In the present passage, however, the word used for 'cistern' (which everyone translated identically) is BOR in Hebrew." [Hebrew Chetib *bor* (cistern, lake). Keri, however, *bayir* (well, fountain). GUBBA, from the root *gab*, is not Hebrew, but Chaldaic and Syriac. Drach.]

V. 10. And others, "they shall not be inhabited," etc. These readings are found in the MS. of Jesaia and in other codices. [Alex., Ald., and Complut. Drach.]

V. 12. O', "it shall be heard." Cod. Vatic., "it shall be heard." So also Alex. and Complut. Drach.

V. 14. Σ., "of the daughter." MS. Jes. It has "of the people." But that "of the daughter" should be set after Symmachus with an asterisk is strange, as if it were being restored to the LXX from the Hebrew, where, however, it is not found.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER VII.

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1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying. 2. Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord, and preach there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who enter in by these gates to bow yourselves before the Lord. 3. And I will make you dwell in this place.

2009

SYMMACUS. 0'. THEODOTION.

14. *Of the daughter of my people. 14. My people. 14. 15. *They have done. 15. 15. *They have done. 18. (And know the testimony that is in them.) 18. And they who feed their flocks. 18. 20. Why * this to me? 20. Why to me? And cinnamon. 20. Why * this to me? And cinnamon. 22. 22. And nations. Another, and a great nation. 22. 27. .... 27. ... Another, tested. 27.

SYMMACUS. LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION.

14. Daughters of my people. 14. My people. 14. 15. They have done. 15. 15. They have done. 18. And know the testimony that is in them. 18. And you who feed their flocks. 18. 20. Why this to me? And cinnamon. 20. Why to me? And cinnamon. 20. Why * this: to me? And cinnamon. 22. 22. And nations. Another, and great nation. 22. 27. Enclosed and surrounded. 27. Enclosed and surrounded. Another, tested. 27.

Notes and various readings on Chapter VI of Jeremiah.

V. 15. 'A., Ʃ., Θ., ἐποίησαν (they have done). The same. [The LXX, that they have failed (defecerunt). There is no gap, but they have translated these words literally in another way, since they have "done abomination," and it can be translated in another manner also. Presently, ἐπίσκοπης (visitation). Alex., Ald., and Complut. add, according to the Hebrew, *in it*. For some MSS, ἀσθενήσουσιν (they shall be weak). Drach.] V. 18. S., and know the testimony that is in them. Jerome. Ms. Jes. Ibid. Jerome: "But the reed, which is called CANE in Hebrew, for which the LXX and Theodotion have translated 'cinnamon,' comes from a faraway land, as the prophetic word testifies: that we may understand India, from which many spices come by the Red Sea. Doctors call this kind of spice *cassia syrinx*." [Alex., κιννάμωμον. Al., κιννάμωμον. Aq. and Sym., κάλαμον. From L. Bos. Drach.] V. 21. Heb., and they shall stumble in them. ... [Alex., Ald., and Complut. add, *in it*. Ms. Jes.] V. 26. Heb. and Vulg., (lamentation) of an only-begotten. O', beloved (or darling). Drach. V. 27. Jerome: "The Prophet is given to an unbelieving people as a tested robust one, which in Hebrew is called MABSAR, which sounds either 'fortified' according to Aquila, or 'enclosed and surrounded' according to Symmachus and the LXX." And yet the LXX have today, ἐν λαοῖς δεδοκιμασμένοις, which cannot correspond to Jerome's words. [The Polyglot Bible presents the reading of the O' from Mss., λαοῖς συγκεκλεισμένοις. Otherwise, Lamb. Bos exhibits the version of the two interpreters: Aq., ὀχυρόν. Sym., περίφρακτον. Drach.] V. 29. Heb., and the wicked have not been taken away. Vulg., their malice has not been consumed. O', their wickedness has not been melted. But Mss. and Ald. with Complut., Drach.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER VII.

SYMMACUS. 0'. THEODOTION.

1. 1. 1. *The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying. 2. 2. Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah. 2. *Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord, and read there this word, and you will say: Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah, who enter in by these gates to worship the Lord. 3. And I will establish you in this place. 3. And I will make you dwell in this place. 3.

SYMMACUS. LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION.

1. 1. 1. The word which was done to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying. 2. 2. Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah. 2. Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord, and read there this word, and you will say: Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah, who enter in by these gates to worship the Lord. 3. And I will establish you in this place. 3. And I will make you to dwell in this place. 3.

2011

HEBREW TEXT

5. If thou doest, thou mightest do. 11. It was. 13. Thus saith the Lord. 22. Unto the words of the burnt offering. 24. And they did not hear 27, 28. And they will not hear thee; and thou shalt call unto them, and they will not answer thee. And it is cut off.

VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT

5. If thou doest. 11. It was. 13. Thus saith the Lord. Unto you rising early and speaking. 22. Concerning the word of the burnt offering. 24. And they did not hear. 27, 28. And they will not hear thee: and thou shalt call unto them, and they will not answer thee: and thou shalt say unto them. And it is cut off.

HEBREW TEXT IN GREEK LETTERS

5. 11. 13. 22. 24. .... 27, 28.

VULGATE LATIN

5. If thou doest. 11. It was made. 13. Thus saith the Lord. Unto you rising early and speaking. 22. Concerning the word of the burnt offering. 24. And they did not hear. Their ear. 27, 28. And they will not hear thee: and thou shalt call them, and they will not answer thee: and thou shalt say unto them. And it is taken away.

AQUILA

5. And if doing they do. 11. 13. * Thus saith the Lord. Unto you * rising early and speaking. 22. Concerning the * word. 24. 27, 28. * And they will not hear thee; and thou shalt call them, and they will not answer thee, and thou shalt say unto them. * And it shall be cut off.

Notes and various readings on Chapter VII of Jeremiah.

V. 1. Th., *The word that came etc. The first and second against the reading in Theodotion are thus cited in MS. Jes. Jerome however says: "The word which was made from the Lord, and read there this word, and say; Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah, who enter by these gates to worship the Lord." This is not contained in the LXX version. The addition is from the Hebrew. Drusius however thinks the words of Theodotion are referred to from the Complutensian edition. Symmachus Greek we have added from Lamb. Bos, who [judged rightly] in this way: Th., *The word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord saying, "Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord, and read there this word, and say." But the genuine reading of Theodotion is found in MS. Jes., although there is read "all Judah," where Jerome has "all Judea." In either text, however, there may be an error, as the learned judge. V. 3. S., and I will establish you in this place. Hieron.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER VIII

HEBREW TEXT

5. And death shall be chosen rather than life. The evil. Thus saith the Lord of hosts. 4. And thou shalt say unto them. 5. Jerusalem. 6. Everyone has turned aside in their course as a horse rushing into battle. The Syrian says, all according to their opinion follow, as horses rushing into war.

HEBREW TEXT IN GREEK LETTERS

5. 4. 5. 6.

AQUILA

5. * And death shall be chosen rather than life. * The evil. * Thus saith the Lord of hosts. 4. 5. 6.

VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT

5. And death shall be chosen rather than life. The evil. Thus saith the Lord of hosts. 4. And thou shalt say unto them. 5. Jerusalem. 6. Everyone has himself turned aside in his course like a horse rushing into battle. The Syrian says, all according to their opinion go, as a horse rushing into battle.

VULGATE LATIN

5. And they shall choose death rather than life. Worse. Thus saith the Lord of hosts. 4. And thou shalt say unto them. 5. In Jerusalem. 6. All are turned aside in their course, like a horse rushing into battle.

2013

rather than life. Worse. Thus saith the Lord of hosts. 4. And thou shalt say unto them. 5. In Jerusalem. 6. All are turned aside in their course, like a horse rushing into battle. [index: entries preserved]

2015

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**HEBRAIC VERSION.** 7. The stork. And the crane. And the swallow. 8. 10. For from the least even unto the greatest every one coveteth with dishonest gain; from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. 11. And they healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; and there is no peace. 12. Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord. 13. And I will give them, they shall pass away. 17. Basilisks. To which there is not for them. Saith the Lord.

**VULGATE LATIN.** 7. The kite. And the swallow. And the stork. 8. 10. For from the least even to the greatest, all follow avarice: from the prophet even to the priest, all deal deceitfully. 11. And they healed the breach of the daughter of my people to their shame, saying: Peace, peace, when there was no peace. 12. They were ashamed, because they committed abomination; nay, rather they were not ashamed, and they knew not how to blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall, in the time of their visitation they shall fall, saith the Lord. 13. And I will give them those that have passed away. 17. Basilisks. To which there is not. Saith the Lord.

**AQUILA.** 7. The heron. And agor (otherwise, agur). 8. 10. 11. 12. 13. And I gave to them, and he passed away. 17. Basilisks. Otherwise, watchers. To which there is not for them. Saith the Lord.

**Notes and various readings on Chapter VIII of Jeremiah.** v. 3. Aq., "and it shall be taken away" etc. Ms. Jes. with an asterisk, because they are wanting in the LXX, as are the other things marked with an asterisk in the text. Ibid. Aq., Sym., "of an evil one." Ibid. Aq., saith the Lord etc. The same. v. 5. The same. v. 6. Syrian, "all according to the opinion." v. 7. Aq., "the heron." Colbert. and the ms. Jes. and likewise Victor of Antioch; Olympiodorus truly, an Indian species is the *asida*. Job xxxix, 13, *Asida* is the heron according to Aquila, or the stork, as some have said, not understanding well. Hieronymus: "For the kite, which Symmachus interpreted, the LXX and Theodotion placed the Hebrew word itself, ASIDA; Aquila, the heron (otherwise, herodiana)." Our Sangermanensis manuscript has *erodion*. Ibid. Hieronymus: "Again for the swallow, Symmachus translated the cicada, which in Hebrew is called SIS. But for that which we have placed as the stork, both Aquila and Symmachus, just as it is written in Hebrew, translated AGUR: for which the LXX have interpreted 'field sparrows'." [All the copies which we have been able to consult join *agrou* with *chelidon*, "swallow of the field." But what this means]

2017

JEREMIAH CHAPTER VIII

SYMMACUS. 7. Kite. And cicada. And agor (otherwise, agur). 8. 10. LXX. 7. Asida. And swallow. Field sparrows. 8. * Therefore. 10. Vacat. THEODOTION. 7. Asida. 8. 10. * For from the small of them and even to the great of them, every one seeks/grasps at gain; from prophet even unto priest, every one works unjustly. 11. * And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people with dishonor, saying, Peace, peace, and there is no peace. 12. * They were ashamed, because they did an abomination; and they were not ashamed with shame, and they did not know how to blush: therefore they shall fall among those who fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be weak, said the Lord. 13. * And I gave them, and he passed over them. 17. * Thus says the Lord.

SYMMACHUS. 7. Milvus. Et cicada. Et agor (aliter, agur). 8. 10. LXX INTERPRETERS. 7. Asida. Et hirundo. Agri passeres. 8. Propterea. 10. Vacat. THEODOTION. 7. Asida. 8. 10. Quia a parvo eorum et usque ad magnum eorum quivis avaritiæ studet; a propheta usque ad sacerdotem quivis facit injusta. 11. Et curavere contricionem filiæ populi mei super ignominia, dicentes, Pax, pax, et non est pax. 12. Pudefacti sunt, quia abominationem fecerunt; et quidem non pudore affecti sunt, quippe qui erubescere nescierunt: propterea cadent cum cadentibus: in tempore visitationis suæ infirmabuntur, dixit Dominus. 13. Et dedi eis, et transivit eos. 17. (Serpentes) mortiferos. Quibus non est. Dicit Dominus.

Notes and various readings on Chapter VIII of Jeremiah.

Agor, which appears nowhere in the original text? Trommius, in his Concordances, aptly conjectures that it flowed through error from the word which some interpreters retained from the Hebrew y. DRACH.] V. 8. Therefore. Ms. Jes. V. 10. etc. The ms. of Jes. brings forward this verse, as well as 11 and 12, as a version from Theodotion with an asterisk, because these were lacking, and to this day are lacking, in the LXX. [Complut., DRACH. V. etc. Ms. Jes. V. 17. Jerome: "Aquila translated [them as] kings/rulers, which are called in Hebrew SAPHPHONIM. For what reason his second edition would wish to say 'spies' (speculatores), I do not understand, unless perhaps on account of the similarity of the word." [Doubtless of the Hebrew word DRACH.] Ibid. * Ms. Jes. Ibid. Idem.

2019

HEXAPLA OF JEREMIAH, CHAPTER IX AND X

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VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT, VULGATE LATIN, AND AQUILA

2. A lodging. 10. Passing by. 13. And they walked not in it. 15. Feeding them this people. 17. Lord of hosts. 18. And let them hasten. 22. Speak. Thus saith the Lord.

Notes and various readings on Chapter IX of Jeremiah. V. 2. Aq., a lodging. Sym., an abiding place. V. 10. Aq., Theod., passing by. Idem. V. 13. Aq., [not] they walked in it. Ms. Jes. in which "not" is missing. Ibid. "Another, and they did not walk in it." We have added this from the Polyglot Bible. V. 15. Aq., Sym., Theod., this people. Curter. V. 17. "Others," Lord of hosts. Idem. V. 18. Aq., Theod., and let them hasten. Idem. V. 22. Jerome: "The Hebrew word, which is written with three letters, Daleth, Beth, Res, (for it does not have vowels in the middle) is to be read for the sequence..."

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VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT, VULGATE LATIN, AND AQUILA

3. Work of human hands. 5. Work of hands. 3. Work of hands. 6. Not as thou, O Lord: great art thou, and thy name is great in strength. 6. Thou art not like unto thee, O Lord: great art thou, and thy name is great in strength. 7. Who will not fear thee, O king of nations? For it is fitting for thee: because among all the wise of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. 7. Who will not fear thee, O king of nations? For thine is the glory among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms there is none like unto thee. 8. And in one they shall be foolish and dull. The instruction of vanities is wood itself. 8. Together they will be found foolish and dull: the doctrine of vanities is their wood.

2021

JEREMIAH CHAPTER X.

SYMMACHUS. [GAP] LXX. [GAP] THEODOTION.

3. Work of hands. 3. Work. Otherwise, vain work. 6. [GAP] Whence as thou, O Lord? Great art thou, and great is thy name in power. 7. [GAP] Who shall not fear thee, O King of the nations? For to thee it appertains; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, whence as thou, O Lord? 8. Vacat. Other, ...they shall be thought [foolish], and the instruction of vanities corresponds to them. 8. [GAP] And together they shall be enkindled and the hearts of the vain shall be weakened; it is wood.

SYMMACHUS. [GAP] LXX INTERPRETES. [GAP] THEODOTION.

3. Opus manuum. 3. Opus. Aliter, vanum opus. 6. [GAP] Unde sicut tu, Domine? Magnus es tu, et magnum nomen tuum in fortitudine. 7. [GAP] Quis non timebit te, rex gentium? quia tibi convenit: quia in omnibus sapientibus gentium, et in omnibus regnis eorum unde sicut tu, Domine? 8. Vacat. Alius, ...putabuntur, et disciplina vanitatum in ipsis. 8. [GAP] Et semel exurentur et infirmabuntur corda futilium: lignum est.

2023

THE HEBREW.

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9, 10. 15. 16. 18. 22. 25.

THE HEBREW IN GREEK CHARACTERS.

9, 10. 15. 16. 18. 22. 25.

AQUILA.

13. 16. For He who formed all things is He, and Israel is the rod of His inheritance. 18. (Behold I) will sling. 22. 25.

VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT.

9, 10. Silver extended from Tarshish is brought, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman, and the hand of the caster; hyacinth and purple are their clothing, the work of wise men, everything indeed. And the Lord God is truth; He is the living God, and the everlasting King: at His wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to bear His indignation. 13. He gives at the voice. 16. For the Creator of all things is He, and Israel is the rod of His inheritance. 18. Behold, I will cast out a sling. 22. A dragon. 25. And they shall consume him.

VULGATE LATIN.

9, 10. Silver wrapped from Tarshish is brought, and gold from Ophaz, the work of the craftsman, and the hand of the coppersmith: hyacinth and purple are their clothing, the work of craftsmen, all these things. But the Lord God is true: He is the living God, and the everlasting King: at His indignation the earth shall be moved, and the nations shall not be able to bear His threatening. 13. He gives at His voice. 16. For He who formed all things is He, and Israel is the rod of His inheritance. 18. Behold I will cast out far away. 22. A dragon. 25. They have consumed him.

AQUILA.

9, 10. 13. 16. For He who formed all things is He, and Israel is the rod of His inheritance. 18. Behold I will cast out a sling. 22. 25.

Notes and various readings on Chapter X of Jeremiah.

V. 5. A., Σ., ⁑ hands of. Ms. Jes. V. 6. Th., whence as Thou, O Lord, etc. Thus the ms. Jes. reports the end of verse 6 as well as verses 7, 8, and 10 from the version of Theodotion with an asterisk prefixed. But Drusius brings forward another reading of Theodotion from the Complutensian edition and from Theodoret (as he says): which has it thus, 6. Th., there is no one like unto Thee, O Lord; Thou art great, and Thy name is great in power. 7. Th., who shall not fear Thee, O King of nations? For it befits Thee; because among all the wise men of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto Thee, O Lord; and King eternal; from His indignation the earth shall be shaken, and the nations shall not bear His threatening. You see here that the version of Theodotion is brought forward as entirely different from that which is derived from the ms. Jes., and which is undoubtedly the genuine one: for Drusius assigns the Complutensian reading to Theodotion on his own authority. But Theodoret agrees entirely with neither reading, and brings forward a different interpretation thus, 6. Universa. ^C

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XI.

THE HEBREW.

2. Covenant. 6. All words.

THE HEBREW IN GREEK CHARACTERS.

2. 6.

AQUILA.

2. Of a covenant. 6. Collectively. ^D

VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT.

2. Of a covenant. 6. All the words.

VULGATE LATIN.

2. Of a covenant. 6. All the words.

AQUILA.

2. Of a covenant. 6. Universally.

2025

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XI.

SYMMACHUS. 9, 10. 13. 16. 18. (I will sling). 22. Of sirens. 25.

LXX INTERPRETERS. 9, 10. 13. 16. For He who formed all things, He is his inheritance. 18. I will supplant. 22. Of ostriches. 25. And they consumed him. Another, the same.

THEODOTION. 9, 10. ❇ Silver beaten out, brought from Tharsis, and gold from Ophir, works of the craftsman and the hands of the goldsmith; hyacinth and purple are their clothing, all works of the wise. But the Lord God is true, He is the living God and eternal King; at His wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not endure His anger. 13. 16. ❇ At the voice of His giving. For He who formed all things, He it is, and Israel is the rod of His inheritance. 18. 22. 25.

Notes and various readings on Chapter X of Jeremiah.

Theodoretus presents such a mutilated interpretation, and one different from the aforementioned, and perhaps culled from Aquila or Symmachus, or from both. Jerome indeed says: These are not held in the LXX, but have been added in most places from the edition of Theodotion.

V. 7. Aquila: to the wise, etc. Ms. Jes. V. 8. Another: they shall be understood, etc. The same. V. 9 and 10. Theodotion: silver beaten out, etc. The same. Regarding the word Ophaz, Jerome notes these things: "Gold is called by seven names among the Hebrews, one of which is called OPHAZ, which we can call obrizum (pure gold)." V. 13. Theodotion: at the voice of His giving. The same. V. 16. Aquila, Theodotion: for He who formed, etc. Thus Drusius from Origen. Furthermore, these things are marked with an asterisk in the Ms. Jes. V. 18. Jerome: "For which Hebrew word COLEA, Aquila and Symmachus have interpreted, I will sling." V. 22. Jerome: "And the dwelling place of dragons, or, the lair of ostriches: for which THANNIM is placed in the Hebrew." V. 25. Ms. Jes. Montfaucon edited this verse thus: "And they consumed him." As if it had been vacant in the LXX. But the translation of the Seventy is wanting not for this word, but for the one immediately preceding, "and they consumed him." Perhaps they did not translate it because in the Hebrew text itself it is redundant after "consume."

2027

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Notes and various readings on Chapter XI of Jeremiah

V. 2. A., S., *conventio* [covenant substitute]. LXX, Th., *testamentum*. Jerome: "It is to be noted, however, that Aquila and Symmachus always translated the word BERITH as *conventio* [covenant], whereas the LXX and Theodotion translated it as *testamentum* [testament]."

V. 6. Heb. קְרָא, read *clama*. LXX, *lege* [read]. Aquila and Symm., *boēson* [cry out], *clama* [cry out]. From Lambert Bos. That which is to be added. DRACH. Ibid. A., *sympantas*. Ms. Jes. [It is well known that Aquila renders the Hebrew accusative particle אֵת by the particle *syn*. Therefore, we do not doubt that he wrote here *syn pantas*, standing as a translation of אֶת־כָּל; from this, amanuenses created *sympantas*, "correcting" what they did not understand, as very often happens. Cf. below Aq., xiv, 22. DRACH.]

V. 7. Th., *quod contestor* etc. This and the following verse are brought forward in the Ms. Jes. from the interpretation of Theodotion with an asterisk. Drusius, indeed, from the Complutensian edition, brings forward these two verses thus, thinking them to be Theodotion's version:

"For I have been testifying to your fathers on the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt even to this day, rising early and testifying, saying: 'Hearken to my voice.' 8. But they did not hear, nor did they incline their ear, but they walked every man in the stubbornness of his evil heart, and I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, and they did not." [All these things are rendered in Latin in our Vulgate. The Complutensian edition has in verse 8 *enetilamēn* ["I commanded"], not *syneteilamēn* as Montfaucon gave. DRACH.]

The Theodotionic reading, as we have it from the Ms. Jes.

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SYMMACUS. LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION.

7. 7. Vacat. 7. ^A For I have solemnly testified unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, and unto this day, rising early and testifying, saying: Hearken unto my voice.

8. 8. Vacat. 8. And they heard not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every man in the imagination of his evil heart: therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did them not.

9. (Rebellion.) 9. Conspiracy. 9. Conspiracy. 12. 12. They shall not save 12. And salvation [they shall not save]. 13. Outgoings. 13. Outgoings. Another, byways. 15. For the shame. ^B * Altars. Aras. * Altars. 19. 19. * That. 19. 22. * Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts. 22. 22. * Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts. They shall die. Another, they shall perish.

Notes and Various Readings to Chapter XI of Jeremiah.

[We have published it, following Theodoret, who also at v. 8 reads *euthytēti* ["straightness/rectitude"], which word was suspicious to Drusius. Drusius remarks that these two verses are indeed wanting in the Roman edition of the LXX, which is certainly true.]

V. 9. Jerome: "For *conjurationem* ["conspiracy"], which we have translated according to Symmachus, Aquila and Theodotion rendered *syndesmon*, which we may call *colligatio* ["bond/binding"]. Symmachus, however, translated the word *qesher* as *antarsis* ["rebellion"] elsewhere." [The good Montfaucon guessed rather poorly. For the genuine reading of Symmachus, which L. Bos presents, is *synomosia* ["conspiracy"], and St. Jerome rendered it word-for-word as *conjuratio*. DRACH.]

V. 12. Aquila, Theodotion, *kai sōtēria*. Ms. Jes. V. 15. Aquila, Symmachus, *exodōn*; Theodotion, *amphodōn*. The same, who in the text has *diodōn*, while the Roman edition of the LXX has *exodōn*.

Ibid. Aquila, Symmachus, Theodotion, *tē aischynē*. The same. Ibid. Aquila, Symmachus, Theodotion, Altars. The same. [The Hebrew text has *altaria pudori*, altars etc. The LXX did not render the first two words. Symmachus and Theodotion, however, translated them *thymiatēria tē aischynē*. Of Aquila’s version there is found only *thymiatēria*. The elders, however, translated the second, *bōmous* ["altars"]; and according to this, restore everything. DR.] ^C

V. 19. * That. The same. V. 22. Symmachus, Theodotion, *dia touto* etc. The same. [So the Complutensian has it in the text. DRACH.]

Ibid. "Another, *apolountai* ["they shall perish"]. The same. ^D

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3. The Syrus, *And make them ready*. The Syrus, *With footmen running thou hast been defeated. And how shalt thou be able to rise up against horsemen? How wilt thou cross the surging Jordan?*

9. The Syrus, *a path*.

12. 13. 14. 17.

3. Behold me. Evelle them as a sheep for the slaughter. And sanctify them. The Syrus, *And well prepare them*. 5. Since with footmen running thou hast labored. The Syrus, *with footmen running thou hast been overcome*. How wilt thou contend with horses? The Syrus, *and how wilt thou be able to rise up against cavalry?* And how wilt thou do in the height of the Jordan? The Syrus, *how wilt thou cross the Jordan overflowing?* 9. Is it a bird of various colors? 12. Places. The Syrus, *a path*. 13. They have sown. 14. Israel. 17. The Lord saith.

Notes and various readings on chapter XII of Jeremiah.

V. 3. *Look on me*. Ms. Jes. Ibid. 8. *Gather them* etc. The same. [The Aldine has these at the end, after *autōn*. DRACH.] V. 5. *With a runner thou hast run* etc. Thus Drusius, who suspects that *sun dromousi* ["with those running"] should be read, which reading I would more willingly follow, if the authority of older books were present. [St. John Chrysostom, who certainly is an old authority, thus brings forward the version of Aquila: *sun dromei te edramou* etc. DRACH.] Ibid. *The Syrus, with footmen* etc. Theodoret. Ibid. *The Syrus, and how wilt thou rise up* etc. Theodoret. Ibid. *The Syrus, how wilt thou cross* etc. Theodoretus.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XIII

1. So the Lord saith to me. And buy. 3. Second.

1. Thus the Lord saith to me. And buy. 3. Second.

1. This saith the Lord to me. Which thou mightest possess. 3. Second.

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SYMMACUS.**

12. 13. 14. 17.

**SYMMACHUS.**

12. 13. 14. 17.

**SEVENTY INTERPRETERS.**

3. ※ Look upon me. Vacat. "Purify them."

5. Thy feet run, and they fail thee.

How wilt thou prepare upon horses?

How wilt thou do in the roaring of the Jordan?

9. Is it a den of hyenas? Another, not a den of iniquity? Another, of robbers.

12. A side-way. 13. Vacat. Another, you sowed. 14. Israel. 17.

**LXX INTERPRETERS.**

3. You have seen me. Vacat.

Purify them.

5. Thy feet run, and dis- solve thee.

How wilt thou prepare in the horses?

How wilt thou do in the roaring of Jor- dan?

9. Is it a den of hyenas? Another, is it not a den of iniquity? Al., of robbers.

12. A bypass. 13. Vacat. Another, you have sown. 14. Israel. 17. Ait Dominus (The Lord says).

**THEODOTION.**

3. ※ Gather them as sheep to the slaughter.

12. 13. 14. 17. ※ The Lord says.

**THEODOTIO.**

3. Gather them as sheep to mactation.

12. 13. 14. 17. Ait Dominus (The Lord says).

**Notes and various readings on Chapter XII of Jeremiah.** V. 9. — of iniquity, and another reading, of rob- bers, is brought by ms. Jes. These are perhaps scholia. V. 12. Syrian, a path. Theodoret. V. 13. Another, you have sown. So ms. Jes., in some copies it is written, you have sown, and you have reaped. [Mox, read, as the ms. Jes. has. Others, you shall reap. The Frederico- Augustan codex, at Tischendorf, you shall reap. Drach.] V. 14. S., ※ Israel. Idem. V. 17. A., S., Th., the Lord says. Idem. [Complut., the Lord speaks. Drach.]

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XIII

**SYMMACHUS.**

1. Thus saith the Lord ※ to me. "Which thou hast acquired." 3. ※ Second.

**SYMMACHUS.**

1. Thus saith the Lord to me. That which thou didst acquire. 3. Second.

**O'.**

1. Thus saith the Lord. And I acquired. 3. Vacat.

**LXX INTERPRETERS.**

1. Thus saith the Lord. And I acquired. 3. Vacat.

**THEODOTION.**

1. Thus saith the Lord ※ to me. "Which thou hast acquired." 3. ※ Second.

**THEODOTIO.**

1. Thus saith the Lord to me. Which thou hast acquired. 3. Second.

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**THE HEBREW** 5. And I went and hid it in Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me. 7. The girdle. 10. This evil people who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the obstinacy of their heart. 11. The whole house. Saith the Lord. 12. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel. A bottle. 17. Hear. In secret places. And with weeping it shall weep. 18. And the queen.

**VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT** 5. And I went, and hid it in Euphrates, as the Lord had commanded me. 7. Girdle. 10. This people most evil. Walking in the obstinacy of their heart. 11. Every house. Saith the Lord. 12. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel. Bottle. 17. You shall hear. In what is hidden. And by weeping it shall weep. 18. And her.

**VULGATE LATIN** 5. And I went, and hid it in Euphrates, as the Lord had commanded me. 7. Girdle. 10. This people most evil. And they walk in the depravity of their heart. 11. Every house. Saith the Lord. 12. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel. Little bottle. 17. You shall hear. In what is hidden. Weeping it shall weep. 18. And the queen.

**AQUILA** 5. And I went, and hid it in Euphrates, as the Lord had commanded me. 7. Girdle. 10. This people most evil. Walking in the direction of their evil heart. 11. Every house. Saith the Lord. 12. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel. 1. Little bottle. 2. Wine-skin. 17. You shall hear it. In darkness. And weeping it shall weep. 18. And the queen.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XIII of Jeremiah. V. 1. A., Σ., Θ., ※ "unto me". The preceding words also belong to them, as below in v. 12. Ibid. A., Σ., Θ., "that I might be". The same. I suspect an error. V. 3. The same. V. 5. A., Θ., "And I went", etc. The same. These are also held in the O' [Septuagint], but taken from A., Θ., as the asterisk denotes. V. 7. The same. V. 10. "Others", "the people", etc. The same. V. 11. The same. Ibid. A., Θ., "who walk", etc. Thus it is read in the MS of Jes. with an asterisk at the second reading. V. 12. The same. Ibid. A., Θ., "Saith the Lord", etc. The same. [That which also immediately precedes, this word, is missing in the Roman edition and the Alexandrian. But]

**JEREMIAH CHAPTER XIV** **THE HEBREW** 3. With shame they were affected and were confounded, and covered their head. 4. Because no rain was in the land, with shame the farmers were affected, they covered their head.

**VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT** 3. With shame they were affected and were confounded, and covered their head. 4. Because there was no rain in the land, with shame the farmers were affected, they covered their head.

**VULGATE LATIN** 3. They were confounded and afflicted, and covered their heads. 4. Because no rain comes into the land, the farmers were confounded, they covered their heads.

**AQUILA** 3. 4.

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JEREMIAH CHAPTER XIV

^A 5. * And I went and hid it in the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me. 7. Vacat. 10. Vacat. Others: this wicked people. * Who walk in the perversity of their heart, the wicked. 11. Vacat. 12. Vacat. 17. A skin-bottle. In secret. Others: In hiding. 18. Vacat.

THEODOTION

5. * And I went and hid it in the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me. 7. * The girdle. 10. * Those who walk in the uprightness of their heart—the wicked one. 11. * All: the house. * Thus says the Lord. 12. * Thus says the Lord God of Israel. A vessel. 17. Hear. 18. * And she shall weep bitterly.

Notes and various readings for Jeremiah, Chapter XIII

The Complutensian edition includes the whole passage, "this word: thus says the Lord God of Israel (Aquila, Theodotion)." [Drach.] Ibid. Jerome: "The Hebrew word NEBEL, Aquila in his first edition translated as *lagunculam* (little flagon); in his second, *nebel*; Symmachus, *craterem* (bowl); the LXX, *utrem* (skin-bottle); Theodotion, *vas* (vessel)." [We have supplied the Greek of Aquila I and Theodotion from L. Bos. Drach.] V. 17. Ms. Jes. Ibid. Aquila, in darkness. Jerome. Ibid. We have added this from Lamb. Bos. Drach. V. 18. Jerome: "The Hebrew word GEBIRA, Aquila and Symmachus translated as *dominatricem* (mistress) and *dominam* (lady); which the LXX thought was GEBUROTH, and said *potentes* (the powerful)." [We have supplied the Greek of Aq. and Sym. from Lamb. Bos. Drach.]

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XIV

^C 3. Vacat. 4. * Because there is no rain, the farmers were confounded, they covered their heads.

THEODOTION

5. * They were ashamed and confounded, and they covered their head. 4. * Because there is no rain upon the earth; the farmers were ashamed, and they covered their head.

SYMMACHUS

3. Vacat. 4. Because there is no rain, the farmers were confounded, they covered their heads.

LXX INTERPRETERS

5. Vacat. 4. Because there is no rain in the land, the farmers were confounded, and covered their head.

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HEBREW VERSION. 5. Even the hind calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. 6. As dragons. 8. And as a traveler, the Syrian, the same. 10. So they loved. And He will visit their sins. 15. By sword and by famine they shall be consumed. Those prophets. 17. Great contrition. Virgin. 22. Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Lord our God. All these things.

VULGATE LATIN. 5. And the hind calved in the field, and forsook it; because there was no grass. 6. As dragons. 8. And as a traveler. 10. Who loved. And He will visit their sins. 15. By sword and by famine they shall be consumed. Those prophets. 17. Great contrition. Virgin. 22. Are there any among the vanities of the nations who can rain? Lord our God. All these things.

AQUILA 5. 6. As a dragon. 8. 10. Thus they loved. And He will visit their sins. 15. By sword and famine they shall die. Those prophets. 17. Great. Virgin. 22. Is there among the vanities of the nations who can rain? Lord, our God. All these things.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XIV of Jeremiah. V. 3. Θ., they were confounded, etc. Ms. Jes. [Complut., they were confounded and grew red, and covered their heads α. DRACH.] V. 4. Θ., over the earth, etc. This and the following verse are supplied from Theodotion with an asterisk by Ms. Jes., and both are also contained in the LXX with little difference. V. 6. A., Θ., as a dragon. The same. [Complut., as dragons, ut dracones, which reading squares better with the Hebrew. DRACH.] V. 8. The Syrian, as a traveler. Theodoretus. V. 10. A., Θ., thus. The same. [Complut., and.]

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HEBREW VERSION. 1. From before my face. 5. To be lamented. 7. They have not returned. 8. To me. I have brought them in.

VULGATE LATIN. 1. From my face. 5. To be lamented. 7. They have not returned. 8. To me. I have brought them in.

AQUILA. 1. 5. 7. 8. To them. Eis.

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JEREMIAH CHAPTER XV.

SYMMACUS.

5. * To be lamented. 7. 8. * To me. * To them.

THE SEPTUAGINT. 1. * From my face. 5. Vacat. 7. * And they did not return. 8. Vacat. I have brought them in.

THEODOTION. 1. 5. * To be lamented. 7. 8.

SYMMACUS. 1. 5. Ad rogandum. 7. 8. Super me. Eis.

THE LXX INTERPRETERS. 1. A facie mea. 5. Vacat. 7. Et non reversi sunt. 8. Vacat. Induxi.

THEODOTIO. 1. 5. Ad rogandum. 7. 8.

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12. Will iron from the north break iron and bronze? 13. 15. You know. Do not [take me] in your long-suffering. 16. 20. Says the Lord. 21. And I will deliver you. ^D

SYMMACHUS. 9. Most. 10. 11. For good. 12. Will iron break iron from the North, and bronze? 13. 15. You know. In long-suffering. 16. I was receiving them. Lord God. 20. Says the Lord. 21. And I will deliver you.

THEODOTION. 9. Seven. 10. A man judging. I did not owe, nor was anyone in my debt. 11. 12. Will iron be known, and a bronze covering? 13. 15. You know. Do not take me in your long-suffering. 20. Says the Lord. 21. And I will deliver you.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XV of Jeremiah.

...is, and it signifies friendship, and evil (*): for if instead of the letter RES, which is similar to the letter DALETH, DALETH is read, it signifies knowledge and understanding. He says that the reading of the LXX and Theodotion here is one, "If iron and a bronze covering shall be known," and yet the LXX have, "If it will be known." But we have often said that Jerome and other ancients who used the Hexapla, when they report the readings of the interpreters, do not neglect small differences if any occur. [We have added the Greek of Symmachus and Theodotion from L. Bos. Drach.] V. 13. Jerome also provides a various reading, "without price." V. 15. A., S., Th., "You know." Ms. Jes. [Some manuscripts in the text of the LXX, "You know." From the Polyglot Bible. Drach.] Ibid. Ms. Jes., V. 16. S., "I was receiving them." Jerome. Thus Symmachus, who is accustomed to express the sense more than the words. [The Greek of Symmachus, which we have added, proceeds from L. Bos. Drach.] Ibid. God. Ms. Jes. The same. V. 21. A., S., Th., "And I will..." The same. [We have given this and the preceding stich differently than Montfaucon, who turned everything upside down, and made a blank where there is nothing blank in the LXX.—Complut., "Says the Lord. And I will save you." Drach.]

(*) The primitive ﬠ, if you pronounce it *roa* or *ra*, signifies evil; but if *rea*, a friend. Drach.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XVI

SYMMACHUS. 1. To yourself. 5. 6. And great and small shall die in this land.

LXX INTERPRETERS. 1. Do not take. 5. Mercy and compassions. 6. And great and small shall die in this land.

THEODOTION. 1. 5. 6.

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[THE HEBREW] [IN HEBREW CHARACTERS] [AQUILA]

10. ^A 10. The great things. 12. 12. 13. 13. To strange [gods] day and night. 17. 17. They were not hidden from my face.

[VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT] 10. All great evil. ^B 12. You have worked wickedly. 13. To strange gods day and night. 17. They are not hidden from my face.

[VULGATE LATIN] 10. All great evil. 12. You have worked wickedly. 13. To strange gods day and night. 17. They are not hidden from my face.

[AQUILA]

10. Great things. 12. 13. To strange gods day and night. 17. They are not hidden from my face.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XVI of Jeremiah. V. 4. See the Roman edition, Complutensian, "by sword and by famine they shall be consumed, and their carcasses shall be for food for the beasts of the earth and for the birds of the air. And they shall fall by the sword, and shall be consumed by famine, and their dead bodies shall be for food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth." "They shall not be buried." Another [reading], "They shall not be buried." Another, "They shall not be buried." Another, "They shall not be buried." Another, "They shall not be buried." Another, "They shall not be buried." And thus nearly in the Hebrew and in the Vulgate Latin. L. Bos prefers the uncertain reading. DRACH. V. 5. "Mercy, etc." These are lacking in the LXX, and seem to be supplied from the edition of Theodotion in the ms. of Isaiah. [Complutensian, "Mercy and compassion." DR.] V. 6. "And from..." As in verse 5. Ibid. Hebrew, "and they shall not be buried." It is wanting in the LXX. Complutensian, "they shall not be buried." Another, "they shall not be buried." To be added from the Polyglot Bible. DRACH. Ibid. "Neither shall they weep, etc." Thus with an asterisk in the ms. of Isaiah. Therefore in the Hexaplar edition of the LXX. ^C

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XVII

[THE HEBREW] [IN HEBREW CHARACTERS] [AQUILA]

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

[VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT] 1. The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron and with the point of a diamond, ^D sculptured on the table of their heart, and on the horns of your altars. 2. When their children have remembered their altars and their groves near the leafy tree, near the high hills: the mountains in the field. 3. Your wealth, all your treasures I will give for plunder: your high places for sin within all your borders.

[VULGATE LATIN] 1. The sin of Juda is written with a pen of iron, with the point of a diamond, graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of their altars. 2. When their children shall remember their altars, and their groves, and their trees full of leaves, upon the high mountains, sacrificing in the field. 3. My strength, all thy treasures I will give for a spoil: thy high places for all thy sins, in all thy borders.

[AQUILA] 1. 2. 3.

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SYMMA- CHUS.

SEPTUAGINT.

THEO- DOTION.

They shall not lament them, nor shall they make cuttings. Another, * nor shall they weep for them; they shall not be cut off.

10. * The great things. 12. 13. (To strange gods) * by day and by night. 17.

17. * They were not hidden from my face.

SYMMAC- HUS.

LXX INTERPRETERS.

THEO- DOTIO.

10. Great things. 12. 13. To strange gods by day and by night. 17. They are not hidden from my face.

Notes and various readings on ch. XVI of Jeremiah. [...] to be filled in, or when that which is now held in the Roman edition has been removed, these readings were substituted with an asterisk, or, being left in the old version, this was also added, as often happens. V. 10. Aq., Sym., Theod., * the great things. Idem. V. 12. * to do. Idem. V. 13. Aq., Sym., Theod., to strange gods. It is read thus in the text of the MS of Jesus, but in the margin, "to other gods." Ibid. That, however, "to strange gods," is without doubt of the three interpreters: for they are accustomed to translate thus. V. 17. Aq., Theod., * they were not hidden from my face. MS of Jesus. It is read in Theodoret, * they were not hidden. But Jerome says: "What we here set down from the Hebrew, 'they are not hidden from my face,' is not held in the LXX." V. 18. Hebr., *[Hebrew omitted]*, they have filled. LXX, they have made to sin. Complutensian and others, they have filled. Vulgate, they have filled. Which is to be added. DRACH.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XVII.

SYMMA- CHUS.

SEPTUAGINT.

THEO- DOTION.

1. Vacat. The sin of Judah is written with a stylus of iron, with an adamant claw, engraved upon the chest of their heart, and upon the horns of their altars.

2. Vacat. The others, when their sons shall remember their altars and their groves upon the thick-leaved tree, upon the high hills of the mountains in the field.

3. Vacat. The others, I will give thy strength and all thy treasures for plunder, and thy high places in sin in all thy borders.

SYMMAC- HUS.

LXX INTERPRETERS.

THEO- DOTIO.

1. Vacat. The rest, the sin of Judah is written in a stylus of iron, in an adamant claw, inscribed in the breast of their heart, and in the horns of their altars.

2. Vacat. The rest, when their sons shall have remembered their altars and their groves upon the thick-leaved tree, upon the high hills of the mountains in the field.

3. Vacat. The rest, thy strength and all thy treasures I will give into plunder, thy high places in sin in all thy borders.

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^C And you shall be left alone from your inheritance which I gave to you, and I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you do not know, because you have kindled a fire in my anger; it shall burn forever. Thus says the Lord. ^D *Note: The Syrian says, in caves.* 9. *The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is desperate; who can know it?* 11. *He shall leave them.* 12. *From the beginning, the place of our sanctuary.* 15. *Let it come.* 19. *The Lord to me.* 27. *Strongholds.*

Notes and various readings on Chapter XVII of Jeremiah

V. 1. These first four verses were long ago missing in the LXX and had been added from other editions with asterisks in the Hexapla; they are found, however, in Eusebius in the *Demonstratio evangelica*, in Theodoret in his *Commentaries*, and in the Manuscript of Isaiah. Regarding this matter, Jerome says: "Why this was omitted by the LXX, I do not know, unless perhaps they spared their own people, just as it is manifest they did in Isaiah." And further down, at verse 2, the same author says: "These things are not in the LXX: for the same reason, as I think, which we mentioned above; namely, so that an eternal judgment might not remain upon them." But Eusebius, *Demonstratio evangelica*, book X, says: "Even if we did not find these in the LXX but in the Hebrew, and also in the editions of the other translators, furthermore with the addition of asterisks in the more accurate copies of the LXX Translators." Regarding the word *Samir*, Jerome has this: "It is written with a style of iron, on an adamant point: which is called *SAMIR* in Hebrew; not that there is any point (unguis) that is called *samir*, but because the adamant stone (which receives this name from the fact that it is indomitable and unbreakable) has such luster and smoothness that one can write upon it without any difficulty with an iron style: so that the hard material of iron may write on the harder adamant tablet, and what is written may endure forever." ^A For "you will be taken away" (aufereris), others, and indeed better, have "you will be taken away and you will be humbled" (aufereris et humiliaberis). [In the Hebrew text, these two words are the beginning of the following verse, 5.] In the Complutensian edition, *alsōdē* (see Schleusner, *Thesaurus* in LXX) ... *high* ... [The rest of the note describes variation in some other copies regarding those provided by Montfaucon, but somewhat differently. Vers. 1.] ^B

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^A 4, 5. The others: And it shall be taken away and you shall be humbled from your inheritance which I gave to you, and I will make you go in among your enemies, into a land which you did not know; because fire has been kindled in my wrath, it shall burn forever. Thus says the Lord. ^B 6. Like a barren tree. 9. Inscrutable is the heart above all things, and it is man, and who shall know him? 11. In the middle of his days they shall abandon him. 12. A place of sanctification from the beginning. 15. Let it come. 19. Lord. Another, Lord to me. 27. Towers.

SYMMACUS. 4, 5. Vacat. The others: And it shall be taken away and you shall be humbled from your inheritance which I gave to you: and I will lead you to your enemies, into a land which you did not know: because fire has been kindled in my fury, it shall burn unto the age. Thus says the Lord. In salty places. 6. As a sylvan myrica. 9. Inscrutable is the heart above all: and it is man, and who shall know it? 11. In the middle of his days they shall abandon him. 12. Our sanctification. 15. Let it come. 19. Lord. Another, Lord to me. 27. Streets.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XVII of Jeremiah. V. cf. *Brittisches theologisches Magazin*. P. III, fasc. 1, p. 98. [Drach.] V. 6. Symmachus, *As a barren tree*. Jerome: *And it shall be as a myrica, which in Hebrew is called AROER, or as Symmachus interpreted it, a barren tree, in the wilderness.* Ibid. *Syros, in caves*. Theodoret. [He reads, as it seems, omitted. Drach.] V. 9. Jerome: *The Hebrew word ENOS is written with four letters, ALEPH and NUN, and VAU, and SIN. If therefore it is read ENOS, man is meant: but if ANUS, inscrutable, or desperate: because no heart of man is able to find it.* Symmachus indeed interpreted this place as: *Inscrutable, etc.* [We have added the Greek of Symmachus from Lamb. Bos. Drach.] V. 11. Aq., *As in the middle*, etc. Drusius from the Roman edition. [Heb. Chetib (missing), Keri indeed (missing). Drach.] V. 12. Aq., Symm., *From the beginning*, etc. Ms. Jes. V. 15. Aq., Theod., *Let it come*. The same. V. 19. *To me*. The same. [The Complutensian edition has it. Drach.] V. 26. Hebrew, *and an oblation*. Vulgate, *and a sacrifice*. LXX, *and manna*, and manna. Saint Jerome aptly: *The LXX placed the Hebrew word itself MANAA. Which, by a very bad habit, or rather...*

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through the negligence of scribes, is read as 'manna' in our texts.* Drusius in *Miscellanets locutionum sacrarum*, cent. 1, cap. 9: *And indeed the scribes were so stupid that they did not notice that the discussion here is about sacrifices, and not about the heavenly bread which we properly call MANNA (oxytone). Therefore, MANNAA ought to be restored.* See what Saint Jerome says about 'manaa' in *Commentary on Ezekiel*, chapters XLV and XLVI. DRACH.

V. 27. Aquila, Symmachus: *bareis*. Jerome in the *Commentary*: *The LXX, Aquila, and Symmachus interpreted the houses or villages of Jerusalem as 'bareis', that is, fortified houses; they are called ARMENOTH in Hebrew.*

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XVIII

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Notes and sundry readings on chapter XVIII of Jeremiah.

V. 4. Aquila, Symmachus, Theodotion: *in the clay*. Ms. Jes. V. 5. *He said to them*. So Ms. Jes. notes after these words, and indeed with an asterisk, as if they were in the Hebrew and had been omitted by the LXX translators: but in the Hebrew they do not exist. V. 6. Aquila, Symmachus, Theodotion: *thus*. Idem. V. 7. Symmachus: *and tear down*. Idem. V. 11. *Saying* etc. Idem. [Complutensian has it.]

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^A ...but regarding this place, Drusius says: "Elsewhere it says this is a term in the dialect of Palestine, by which houses enclosed on every side, and built in the manner of towers and public walls, are signified. Psalm CXXII, 17, *in thy tower-houses* (pyrgobareis sou)." Euthymius: "By this expression we understand walls surrounded and fortified by towers." Scholion: Psalm XLV, derives understanding from this place. For they interpret it badly, 'from heavy ivory ones,' as if from *barys* (heavy), whereas it is from *baris* (a palace/tower)." [Cf. above, Prov. XVIII, 19, the note. DRACH.]

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XVIII

SYMMACHUS. 4. --- 6. * Thus. 7. * And tear down 11. ---

12. We have failed. 17. ---

18. ---

SYMMACHUS. 4. --- 6. Sic. 7. And to tear down. 11. ---

12. We have failed. 17. ---

18. ---

LXX. 4. Vacat 6. Potter's. 7. Vacat. 11. * Saying. Thus says the Lord. Vacat. Another, *your ways. 12. We shall strengthen ourselves. 17. * Neck and not face.

18. * We will not listen to all.

LXX INTERPRETERS. 4. Vacat. 6. Potter. 7. Vacat. 11. Saying, Thus says the Lord.

Vacat. Other, your ways. 12. We shall be strengthened. 17. Neck and not face.

18. We will not listen to all.

Notes and various readings for cap. XVIII of Jeremiah. but without *Saying*. DRACH.] Ibid. Idem. V. 12. A., we have despaired. S., we have failed. Hieronymus. [We have added the two Greek readings from L. Bos. DRACH.] V. 17. *Neck and not face*. Ms. Jes. [Complut., back and not fa. DRACH.] V. 18. *Not* Idem. This negative particle is still missing today in the LXX.

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SYMMACHUS. 2. --- (Harsith.) 3. The Lord * of hosts; the God of Israel. 4. --- 5. High places to Baal. Another, * the high places.

SYMMACHUS. 2. --- Harsith. 3. Lord of hosts, God of Israel. 4. --- 5. ---

LXX. 2. Polyandrion. The others, valley. Of Harsith. 3. The Lord God of Israel. 4. For that they forsook me. The place. 5. High places to Baal. Another, * the high places.

LXX INTERPRETERS. 2. Polyandrion. Others, valley.

His own Harsith. 3. Lord God of Israel. 4. For that they forsook me. The place. 5. High places to Baal. Another, the same high places.

THEODOTION. 2. --- (Harsith.) 3. The Lord * of hosts; the God of Israel. 4. --- 5. ---

THEODOTIO. 2. --- Harsith. 3. Lord of hosts, God of Israel. 4. --- 5. ---

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THE HEBREW. 6. 8. 9. 11. 13.

14. HEBRAIC TEXT VERSION. Ascensions to Baal himself. 6. Topheth and the valley.

8. And I will place the city.

9. And they who seek their soul. 11. I will strike the people. And in Topheth they shall be buried, because there is no place to bury. 13. And the houses of the kings of Judah like the place of Topheth.

14. From Topheth itself.

THE HEBREW in Greek letters. 6. 8. 9. 11. 13.

14. VULGATE LATIN. In holocaustum Baalim. 6. Topheth and the valley.

8. And I will place the city.

9. And they who seek their souls. 11. I will strike the people. And in Topheth they shall be buried, because there is no other place to bury. 13. And the houses of the kings of Judah like the place of Topheth.

14. Of Topheth.

AQUILA. 6. 8. * With: the city. 9. * And they who seek their soul. 11. * With: the people. And in the burial they shall bury, because there is no place to be buried. 13.

14. AQUILA. 6.

8. The city.

9. And they who seek their soul. 11. (I will strike) the people. And in Thapheth (they) shall bury, because there is no place to bury. 13.

14.

Notes and various readings for Chapter XIX of Jeremiah. V. 2. *The others*, a valley. Drusius, who adds this note: Taken from a certain Greek scholion. In the text is *Gai ben Hinnom*, which is more briefly called Gehinnom, and in the archaic manner Gehennan, or from the Syriac dialect turned into *n*, whence the name Gehenna; Gehennan, Gehenna, as Mariam, Maria. Ibid. Jerome: For "potter's vessel," which in Hebrew is called *BOCBOC*, the LXX translated "earthen jar"; and for "earthen gate," Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion placed the Hebrew word itself *HARSITH*: for which the LXX, according to their custom, due to the aspiration of the letter HETH, added the Greek CHI, so that they might say *Charsith* instead of *Arsith*: just as it is for Hebron, *Chebron*, and for Jericho, *Jericho*. [Hebrew. Chetib, *Harsith*, Keri, *Harsith*. Lamb. Bos: - Aq., S., Th., *the pasture*, DRACH.] V. 4. - A., S., Th., - Idem; added by conjecture, and indeed, as it seems, not dubious. Ibid. A., *with*: Idem. Regarding this particle placed for the Hebrew *eth*, it has been discussed quite often. V. 5. - Idem. Ibid. *holocausts* etc. Idem. V. 6. *Another*, (the) burial and valley. Idem, without the name of the interpreters. V. 8. And I will place, A., *with*: the city. Idem. That, "I will place the city," is read in the text itself. The Roman edition, "and I will place." But in the margin of the Jes. codex, *and I will set*.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XX. THE HEBREW. 2. 5. HEBRAIC TEXT VERSION. 2. And he gave. Crypt. 3. And it was at daybreak. Terror.

THE HEBREW in Greek letters. 2. 5. * And it came to pass the next day. 4. Looking round. 2. A stranger. VULGATE LATIN. 2. And he sent. Nervum. (Stocks) 3. And when it was daybreak. Terror.

AQUILA. 2.

AQUILA. 2. 4. Looking round. 2. A stranger. 3. And it was at daybreak.

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^A SYMMACHUS. * Burnt offerings to Baal. 6. 8. 9. * And those who seek their life. 11. And in Thapheth they shall bury, because there is no place to bury. 13. 14. THEODOTION. 6. 8. 9. * And those who seek their life. 11. And in Thapheth they shall bury, because there is no place to be buried. 13. [A note indicates 14.] ^B SYMMACHUS. Burnt offerings to Baal. 6. 8. 9. And they who seek their life. 11. And in Thapheth they shall bury, because there is no place to bury. 13. 14. LXX INTERPRETERS. 6. Deest. 8. Ruin and polyandrion [burial ground]. Another: Thapheth and a valley. And statue. 9. Vacat. 11. Vacat. 13. And the houses of the kings of Judah shall be as a falling place. All, and the houses of the kings of Judah as the place of Thapheth. 14. Concerning ruin. ^C Notes and various readings on chapter XIX of Jeremiah. V. 9. A., S., Th., and they who seek etc. The same. V. 11. A., ... and the people. The same. Ibid. A., Th., and in Thapheth etc. We extract the three readings partly from Drusius and Theodoret, partly from the Jesuit manuscript, yet not without doubt. Theodoret reads... [The Complutensian has as A. and Th., but writes Thopheth. Others, as they have them, also in the Polyglot Bible. DRACH.] V. 14. The same has this scholion. Thapheth is translated as ruin. Concerning which matter Jerome says at the following chapter: "What the valley of the sons of Hinnom is, which in Hebrew is called GE ENNOM, from which they think Gehenna is named, we have said above. But I wonder what the LXX meant by putting 'ruin' for THOPHETH, and 'valley' for it, which signifies a multitude of men, unless perhaps from the fact that there the people fell, and a multitude of men was slaughtered; or, spiritually, in the error of idolatry; or, literally, by the Babylonian army, which is read more clearly in what follows." [We have edited this line quite differently from Montfaucon, who added nothing from the Hebrew (which thus gave תפת) except a scholion of the Jesuit codex, since the version of the LXX and the Vulgate is not missing. The Alexandrian has it thus: from the ruin of the place Tapheth. DRACH.] ^D

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SYMMACHUS. 2. ^A A torture chamber, or rack. 3. Taken away, or gathered together. THEODOTION. 2. The cataract [sluice-gate]. 3. And it was on the next day. A migrant. ^B LXX INTERPRETERS. 2. And he threw. Another: and gave. The cataract. Another: cataract. 3. Vacat. A migrant. ^C 2. The cataract. ^D 3. And it was at daybreak. A migrant.

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Notes and various readings for Chapter XX of Jeremiah. V. 2. "Another," and "he gave." Ms. Jes. Ibid. Jerome: For "nerve," which we have called cataract, the LXX and Theodotion translate [cataractem], Symmachus [basaneistērion], or [streblōtērion], which both signify instruments of torture. We, however, have called it "nerve." Here he truly seems to indicate two editions of Symmachus, which we have seen often mentioned in the books of Kings. Ibid. "Another," [katapraktēn]. So also the Roman and Alexandrian [editions].

V. 3. "Aquila, Theodotion," and "it came to pass," etc. Ms. Jes. Ibid. Jerome: For "terror," which is written in Hebrew as MAGOR, the LXX and Theodotion translate [metoikon], that is, "migrant"; the second edition of Aquila, "stranger"; the first, "looking around"; Symmachus, "taken away," or "gathered and compelled." And a little later: According to the higher interpretation, by which the name Pashur had been changed so that it would be called Magor, all translated it similarly.

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2. That Nebuchadrezzar king. [Lord with us.] 4. Lord God of Israel. That in your hands. King of Babylon. And I will gather them.

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SYMMACUS. ^A Undique. 4. ^B 5. ^C Vacat. Vacat. 9. ^D 12. 13. 15. The son: male. Rejoicing. 16. Midday. Another, in time of midday.

THEODOTION. ^A Undique. 4. 5. And they shall plunder them, and shall take them. 9. 12. Lord of Hosts. 13. 15. Son: male. Gladden him. 16.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XX of Jeremiah.

To signify either fear, or pilgrimage, or removal, and translation, and gathering. [We have appended the Greek of Aquila and Symmachus from Lambert Bos. St. Jerome translated one word as gathered and constrained. We mention this so that it does not come to your mind that Symmachus gave three different interpretations. DRACH.] Ibid. ^A, Σ., Θ., ☀ Undique. Ms. Jes. 4. ☀ To Babylon. Idem. 5. ☀ And all etc. Idem. In LXX it is wanting. Ibid. ^A, Θ., and they shall plunder. Idem. That word, however, is written doubtfully in our papers: it is better, they shall plunder. V. 9. ☀ In my heart. Idem. V. 12. Θ., ☀ of Hosts. Idem. V. 13. ^A, Σ., ☀ The soul. Idem. V. 15. ^A, Σ., Θ., ☀ son. Idem. Ibid. Θ., gladden him. Idem. V. 16. "Another," ☀ in time. Idem.

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SYMMACUS. 2. That the king. Lord. Another: Lord with us. 4. Lord ☀ the God of Israel. ☀ That in your hands. ☀ The king of Babylon. ☀ And I will gather them.

THEODOTION. 2. That ☀ Nebuchadrezzar ☀ king. 4. ☀ The king of Babylon. ☀ And I will gather them.

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[Original-script column: see facsimile] ^A 7. In the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he shall not pity. 9. And it shall be to him. 10. Thus says the Lord. 12. Because of the evil of their pursuits. 13. Dweller of the valley of the rock. The Syrian, which is situated between mountains, in a hollow place. 14. And I will visit upon you according to the fruit of your pursuits, says the Lord.

VERSIO HEBRAICI TEXT. 7. In the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he shall not pity. 9. And it shall be to him. 10. Thus says the Lord. 12. Because of the evil of their pursuits. 13. Dweller of the valley of the rock. The Syrian, which is situated between mountains, in a hollow place. 14. And I will visit upon you according to the fruit of your pursuits, says the Lord.

VULGATA LATINA. 7. In the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. Neither shall he pity. 9. And it shall be to him. 10. Thus says the Lord. 12. Because of the evil of your pursuits. 13. Dweller of the valley, solid and level. 14. And I will visit upon you according to the fruit of your pursuits, says the Lord.

AQUILA. 7. In the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. 9. And it shall be to him. 10. Thus says the Lord. 12. 13. 1. Solid. 2. Of Tyre. 14. And I will visit upon you according to the evil of their pursuits, says the Lord.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XXI of Jeremiah. V. 2. 'A., Θ., ☀ Nebuchadnezzar. MS. Jes. Ibid. 'Another', ☀ with you. Idem. V. 4. 'A., Σ., ☀ the God of Israel. Idem. Ibid. 'A., Σ., Θ., the king of Bab-. Idem. Ibid. Σ., and I will gather them. Idem. It was formerly absent in the LXX, but is read in modern copies. V. 7. 'A., Θ., in the hand of Neb-. Idem. Ibid. 'Another', ☀ and I will not pity, etc. Idem. V. 9. 'Another', ☀ and in death. Idem. Ibid. 'A., Σ., Θ., and it shall be ☀ to him. Idem. V. 10. 'A., Σ., Θ., thus says the Lord. Idem. V. 12. Θ., from the face, etc. Idem. V. 13. Hieron.: 'In the valley of SOR', for which Symmachus [has] 'rock'; Theodotion [has] 'besieged'; Aquila [in his] first edition, 'solid'; [in his] second, 'Tyre'. For Sor,

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VERSIO HEBRAICI TEXT. 1. The word. 5. The words. 14. Who says. 15. Will you reign, because you compare yourself to the cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and execute judgment and justice? Then it was well with him.

VULGATA LATINA. 1. The word. 5. The words. 14. Who says. 15. Will you reign, because you compare yourself to the cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and execute judgment and justice? Then when it was well with him?

AQUILA. 1. The word. 5. The words. 14. Who says. 15. Will you reign because you compete with the cedar? Your father did not eat and drink, and execute judgment and justice? Then it was good for him.

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JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXII.

SYMMACUS. 7. In the hand of Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon. 9. And it shall be to him. 10. The Lord says. 12. 13. Of the rock. 14. He who says.

SYMMACHUS. 7. In the hand of Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon. 9. And it shall be to him. 10. The Lord says. 12. 13. The rock. 14. He who says.

LXX INTERPRETERS. 7. Vacat. And I will not pity them. Other: And I will not spare them. 9. Vacat. Other: And in death. And it shall be. 10. Vacat. 12. Vacat. 13. Him who dwells in the valley of Sor. 14. Vacat.

THEODOTION. 7. In the hand of Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon. And it shall be to him. 10. The Lord says. 12. From the face of their wicked practices. 13. Besieged. 14. And I will visit upon you according to your wicked practices, says the Lord.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XXI of Jeremiah.

Sur, in the Hebrew tongue, signifies both "Tyre," "flint," and "straitened." [We have supplied the Greek reading of Theodotion from L. Bos, who thus (note 23) notes: S., rock; Th., besieged. In the former edition, "solid," of Tyre; in the latter, "some say solid." We could easily believe that Aquila wrote "solid," for in the Hebrew it is in the accusative case. Indeed, the tonic accent separates [the word] from the preceding noun, and this has the prepositive article; therefore, it cannot be in the construct state. DRACH.] Ibid. "The Syrian," between the mountains, etc. Theodor. V. 14. "Other, Theodotion, and I will visit," etc. Ms. Jes. [The Complutensian edition has, "Other, and I will visit, etc." Others, "and I shall look upon you," according to the fruit of your deeds, says the Lord, accurately as the Hebrew. In Aquila and Theodotion, for "their," read "your," your law. DRACH.]

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SYMMACUS. 1. 5. 14. He who says. 15.

LXX INTERPRETERS. 1. The word. 5. The words. 14. Vacat. 15. Will you reign, because you compete with the cedar? Your father did not eat and drink, and execute judgment and justice? Then it was good for him.

LXX INTERPRETERS. 1. Word. 5. Words. 14. Vacat. 15. Will you reign, because you compete with Achaz your father? They shall not eat and drink. It was better for you to do judgment and justice.

THEODOTION. 1. 5. 14. He who says. 15. Then it was good for him.

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Notes and various readings for Chapter XXII.

V. 1. A., σὺν; as is the custom in the manuscript of Isaiah, as also in v. 5, which particle, though apparently superfluous, had been introduced from Aquila into the Hexaplar edition of the Seventy. [Truly superfluous? Read, I beg you, "in no way superfluous." For the Hebrew idiom separates the particle that denotes the accusative case, *'an*, from the article *ha* (for *he*), and does not confuse it as the Greek does. Therefore, *σύν* corresponds to *'an* and is marked with an asterisk, because it is in fact present in the Hebrew. Cf. what I have noted at Gen. 1, 1, and passim in the present book. DRACH.]

V. 14. A., S., O., He who says. Ms. Isaiah.

V. 15. A., "Shall you reign," etc. From Drusius and from Theodoret. Regarding this passage, Jerome notes the following: "According to the Seventy, however, I cannot understand what sense they have. For although the other parts consent with one another in some respect, that which is introduced, 'Will you reign because you contend with Achaz your father?'—for which in the Hebrew is written ARAZ; and this word signifies cedar, it is manifest that it has no sense. That also which follows: 'They shall not eat and shall not drink,' and the rest, are so dissipated and confused among themselves that, without the truth of the Hebrew reading, they have no sense." [Greek Scholion: *In Achaz the father of your...* 1. c., *in* etc., is spurious, as is manifest from other interpreters. DRACH.]

Ibidem. Ms. Isaiah. The same.

V. 19. Drusius from the Roman edition. But the manuscript of Isaiah [reads], *as dung*, without the name of the interpreter.

V. 20. Jerome: "But what we have said,

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SYMMACHUS.

18. 19. As dung collected. 20. From the opposite. 21. Because. 22. Because. 24. 25. ^A 26. Into the land. 27. 28. Is it not waste or vile and cast-off refuse?

30. Thus saith the Lord. Empty.

THEODOTION.

18. 19. 20. Across the sea. 21. 22. 24. 25. ^B And into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. 26. Into another land. 27. ^C To return. 28. 30. Thus saith the Lord. Abjected.

LXX INTERPRETERS.

18. Brother. Another, beloved. 19. Raptus. Another, as dung. 20. 21. Vacat. 22. 24. Vacat. A sealing. The others, a seal. 25. Vacat. Another, ^D and into the hand. 26. 27. Vacat. 28. Jechonias is dishonored as a vessel which has no use. Vacat. Another, he and his seed. 30. Vacat. Abjected. Vacat. Another, a man who will not prosper in his days.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XXII.

Clama ad transeuntes, and in the Hebrew it is written MEABARIM, and the LXX and Theodotion translated it, "across the sea"; Symmachus, "from the opposite": to signify that the voice of the prophet ought to reach from Jerusalem as far as Mount Lebanon and Bashan. [Drusius: They read ☐, [written] separately and as two words. DRACH.] V. 21. E., *that*. Ms. Jes. and in the following. Drusius from Origen. [Orig.: Naturally in place of [the original], as is usual among the ancients. But it ought not to be read *sealing* with Drusius. DRACH.] V. 25. Another, *and into the hand*. Ms. Jes. Ibid. A., Th., *and into the hand* etc. The same. V. 26. A., Th., *another*. The same. V. 27. A., Th., *to return*. The same. V. 28. A., *the mouth* etc. Ms. Jes. and so Theodoret reads. Jerome presents the reading of Symmachus, *Is it not* etc., in these words: "For what we have said, 'Is it a clay vessel and crushed,' Symmachus translated, 'Is it not waste, or vile and cast-off refuse?' For which there is nothing in the LXX; but they only rendered this: 'Jechonias is dishonored, as a vessel in which there is no utility.'" Ibid. *etc.* Ms. Jes. V. 30. A., S., Th., *Thus saith the Lord*. Ms. Jes. Ibid. Jerome: "For 'barren,' it is written in Hebrew ARIRI, which the first edition of Aquila [translates] 'barren' etc., as above. [Edit. Rom.: From which [comes] the scholion of Symmachus, 'empty, alienated.' DRACH.] Ibid. 'Another, *destitute of offspring* etc.' Drusius."

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1. My pastures. 2. The Lord God of Israel. To the shepherds. Says the Lord. 4. And there shall be no lack. 5. A just branch. 6. The Lord our justice. 7, 8. Therefore, behold the days come, saith the Lord, and they shall say no more: The Lord liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; but, The Lord liveth, who brought up and brought back the seed of the house of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands to which I had cast them out there, and they shall dwell in their own land. 10. For the land is full of adulterers. 11. Saith the Lord. 15. The Lord of hosts concerning the prophets. Wormwood. 16. Of hosts. Do not hearken to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you, deceiving you.

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^A *Otherwise, do not hearken to the words of the prophets, for they make their own vision vain.*

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^A SYMMACUS. ^B 1. — 2. The Lord God of Israel. To the shepherds. ^C 4. — 5. A just branch. 6. Lord, justify us. 7, 8. — 10. — 11. Saith the Lord. 15. — Bitterness. 16. — You.

^A THE SEVENTY INTERPRETERS. ^B 1. Of my pasture. Another, of my flock. 2. The Lord. To them that feed. ^C 4. Vacat. ^D 5. A just rising. 6. The Lord Josedec. 7, 8. * Therefore, behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, and they shall no longer say: The Lord liveth, who brought the house of Israel out of the land of Egypt; but, The Lord liveth, who brought back and gathered all the seed of Israel from the land of the North, and from all the lands whither they had been driven, and restored them to their place, into their own land. 10. Vacat. 11. Vacat. 15. The Lord. Sorrow. 16. Almighty. Do not hearken to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, for they make [their thoughts] vain. Other: do not hearken to the words of the prophets, for they make their own vision vain.

^A THEODOTION. ^B 1. — 2. The Lord God of Israel. ^C * Saith the Lord. 4. — 5. — 6. — 7, 8. * Therefore, behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, and they shall no longer say: The Lord liveth, who brought the house of Israel out of the land of Egypt; but, The Lord liveth, who brought back and gathered all the seed of Israel from the land of the North, and from all the lands whither they had been driven, and restored them to their place, into their own land. 10. * For the land has been filled with adultery. 11. * Saith the Lord. 15. The Lord of hosts ^D concerning the prophets. 16. * Of hosts.

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THE HEBREW

THE HEBREW In Greek script. AQUILA.

17. Saying. 18. In the standing of the Lord; * And he heard. 20. 21. * With; the prophets. 22. . . .

23. Am I a God at hand, says the Lord, and not a God afar off? 24. * Says the Lord. 25. I heard * with; 27. * My people. 28. * Says the Lord. 32. * Says the Lord. * Says the Lord. 33. Burden. 34. * Upon that man. 36. 37. 38.

VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT.

VULGATE LATIN.

AQUILA.

17. Saying. 18. For who stood in the council of the Lord? And he heard. 20. Intelligence. 21. Prophets. 22. In my secret. And they had turned them from their evil way.

23. Is not a God at hand am I, saith the Lord, and not a God from afar? 24. Saith the Lord. 25. I heard what. 27. My people. 28. Saith the Lord. 32. Saith the Lord. Saith the Lord. 33. Burden. 34. Upon that man. 36. And ye have perverted the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts. 37. Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? 38. But if you shall say, The burden of the Lord.

17. They say. 18. For who was present in the council of the Lord? And he heard. 20. His counsel. 21. Prophets. 22. In my counsel. I would have turned them away from their evil way.

23. Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God from afar? 24. Saith the Lord. 25. I heard what. 27. My people. 28. Saith the Lord. 32. Saith the Lord. Burden. 34. Upon that man. 36. And ye have perverted the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts. 37. Thus say to the prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? 38. If you shall say, The burden of the Lord.

17. Saying. 18. In the standing of the Lord? And he heard. 20. 21. Prophets. 22. In my secret.

23. Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God from afar? 24. Saith the Lord. 25. I heard what. 27. My people. 28. Saith the Lord. 32. Saith the Lord. 33. Burden. 34. Upon that man. 36. 37. 38.

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JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXIII

SYMMACUS. 17. 18. Who, then, was present in the meeting? * And he heard. 20. 21. 22. In my meeting. 23. Am I a God at hand, says the Lord, and not a God far off? 24. * Says the Lord. 25. 27. * My people. 28. * Says the Lord. 32. * Says the Lord. * Says the Lord. 33. Assumption. 34. Upon that man. 36. 37. 38.

LXX INTERPRETERS. ...of the prophets, because they vainly feign a vision for themselves. 17. Saying. Otherwise, they say. 18. Because who stood in the subsistentia of the Lord? 20. Vacat. 21. The prophets. 22. In my subsistentia. They turned them from their evil pursuits. Another, they turned them from their evil way. 23. I am a God at hand, says the Lord, and not a God far off. 24. Vacat. 25. I heard. 27. (To lay hold of) my law. 28. Vacat. 32. Vacat. Vacat. 33. Assumption. 34. That man. 36. Vacat. 37. Vacat. 38. Vacat. Another, and the assumption of the Lord.

THEODOTION. 17. 18. In the subsistentia of the Lord? * And he heard. 20. * He will perceive. 21. 22. In my subsistentia. 23. I am a God at hand, says the Lord, and not a God far off. 24. * Says the Lord. 25. 27. 28. * Says the Lord. 32. * Says the Lord. * Says the Lord. 33. Assumption. 34. * Upon that man. 36. * And you perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts. 37. * Thus will you say to the prophet, “What has the Lord answered you?” 38.

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But if you say, “The burden of the Lord,” then thus says the Lord: “Because you say this word, ‘The burden of the Lord,’ and I have sent to you, saying, ‘You shall not say, “The burden of the Lord,”’ 39. therefore, behold, I will take you up, carrying/taking you away and casting you off from my presence.” 39. * By a taking up. * From my presence.

59. * By an assuming. * From my presence.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XXIII of Jeremiah

V. 1. * "Another, of my flock." Thus one codex. V. 16. * Symm., "in bitterness." Jerome. V. 16. * "Of hosts." Ms. Jes. Above these, in the Roman edition they are not had; but in the Ms. Jes. and in some exemplars they are read, and they are believed to pertain to the "Another," "Theodotion," and indeed even to "Symmachus." Ibid. * "Theodotion, do not listen," etc. These are had in the Ms. Jes. and they conform with the LXX, with the exception of certain interjected words. In the Roman edition, the reading of which is set forth differently here, the word *dabar*, with others omitted, is joined with the following, *ha-ba’im*. V. 4. * "And they shall not visit." Idem. V. 5. * Symm., "a righteous branch." Drusius. V. 6. * Symm., "Lord, justify us." Lord, Iosedec. Drusius. The Latin version from Jerome, which maintains: "For this signifies ADONAI SADECENU (the Lord our righteousness): for which Symmachus translates, ‘Lord, justify us.’" [Alex., DR.] V. 7, 8. * The Greek interpretation of these verses by Theodotion, as it seems, is brought forward in the codex of Jeremiah with asterisks at the side, and is placed at the foot of the chapter, just as it is had even today in the Roman edition. V. 10. * "Another," "Theodotion," "that they committed adultery," etc. Idem. [Complunt., "that the earth was filled." DR.] V. 15. * "Another," "Theodotion," "of hosts upon the prophets." Idem. V. 18. * Symm., "for who was present," etc. Drusius. Jerome on this place: "We have interpreted 'in the council,' and in the Hebrew it is written BASOD, Aquila, 'secret'; Symmachus, 'speech': the LXX and Theodotion have interpreted it as 'substance' or 'subsistence'." [Edit. Rom.: *hypothemati* and a little later *hypostasei*. Wherefore St. Jerome says that the LXX and Theodotion interpreted the Hebrew word as 'substance' or 'subsistence'.] Namely, sub...

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXIV

1. Baskets of figs. 1. Baskets of figs. 1. And the princes of Judah. 3. Figs. 3. Figs. 3. * Figs. 10. Famine. 10. Famine. 10. * With the famine. And their fathers. And their fathers.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XXIV of Jeremiah

V. 1. * Symm., "baskets of figs." Drusius from Jerome. For in the Commentary on Jeremiah it is read thus in our most ancient codex, and in some editions: "The Lord showed me, and behold two baskets," or, according to Symmachus, "baskets." [LXX, "two wicker baskets." Symm., "and behold two baskets." So L. Bos. DRACH.] Ibid. * "Another," "Symm.," "Theodotion," "Judah." Ms. Jes.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXV

1. This is the first year of 1. This is the first year of 1. This is the first year to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

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SYMACHUS. O'. THEODOTION.

You shall not speak. Another, [*] do not speak. 39. [*] You [*] for a burden. [*] From before my face. Vacat. 39. I take. Vacat.

SYMACHUS. LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION.

39. You by assumption. 39. I take. 39. A face of mine. Vacat. A face of mine.

Notes and various readings for Jer. XXIII.

[Regarding] "sistentia" for *hypostēsia* and "substantia" for *hypostasis*. The reading of Aq. and Sym. has been interpreted by Montf. in the *Colloquium Domini*, for which we have provided another version. DRACH. Ibid. Aq., Sym., Theod., *and heard*. Ms. Jes. [The Complutensian and Lamb. Bos have: "Sym., *and who then heard*?" V. 20. Theod., *will understand*. The same. V. 21. Aq., *with*. The same, and verse 15. [See above xxii, 1. DR.]] V. 22. See Jerome above v. 18. Ibid. *rejected them* etc. Ms. Jes. V. 23. Jerome: "Aquila and Symmachus have interpreted similarly: 'Is God' etc." [We have added the Greek of both from Lamb. Bos. DRACH.] V. 25. We have added the version of the LXX, which Montf. omitted for some unknown reason. DRACH. V. 27. Aq., Sym., *my people*. Ms. Jes. [The LXX, as it appears, read it thus. Here and at verses 34 and 38, Montf. noted: "In the LXX it is wanting." Thus we had to transcribe the version of these same elders. DRACH.]

V. 33. Aq., *burden (hama)*. Sym., Theod., *burden (lemma)*. From Jerome, who says: "The Hebrew word, MASSA, Aquila interprets as *hama*, that is, a load and weight; Symmachus, the LXX, and Theodotion, as *assumtionem* (assumption): therefore, wherever that which the Lord threatens is grave, and full of weight and labor, and unbearable, in the title also *hama*, that is, weight, is said." Hence, indeed, our reading for Isaiah ch. xix, 1 is confirmed. [Lamb. Bos: Aq. has *hama*. Sym. and Th., *anamma*. Note that *hama* is to be written, derived from *airo*, not *hama*, as Montf. and Bielius have edited in their lexicons. DRACH.] V. 34. Aq., Sym., Theod., *against the man from*— Ms. Jes. V. 36. The same man brings forward this and the following verse with asterisks from Theodotion. V. 38. [*] *and a burden of the Lord*. The same. [*] *do not speak*. 39. Aq., Sym., *you for a burden*. The same. It is likely that the word *lemmati* is Symmachus', not Aquila's, for Symmachus is accustomed to translate *lemma*; Aquila, *hama*. Ibid. Aq., Sym., Theod., *from before my face*. The same.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXIV

SYMACHUS. O'. THEODOTION.

1. Baskets of figs. 1. Baskets of figs. 1. And the princes [*] of Judah. And the princes. And princes of Judah. 3. [*] The [*] figs. 3. Figs. 5. [*] The [*] figs. 10. 10. The famine. 10. Missing. Another, *and to their fathers*.

SYMACHUS. LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION.

1. Baskets of figs. 1. Baskets of figs. 1. And the princes of Judah. And the princes. And the princes of Judah. 3. Figs. 3. Figs. 3. Figs. 10. 10. Famine. 10. Missing. Another, *and to their fathers*.

Notes and various readings for Jer. XXIV.

V. 3. Aq., Sym., Theod., [*] *the*. The same. [Montf. added it. Hebr. *tā*, but the asterisk clearly indicates that the [reading of] the three refers to the following word *teōnim* whose article, *t*, is missing in the LXX, Roman edition. Nevertheless, the Alex. has *and the figs*. DRACH.] V. 10. Aq., *with*. The same. Ibid. [*] *and to their fathers*. The same. [The Complutensian has it. DRACH.]

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXV

SYMACHUS. O'. THEODOTION.

1. 1. Vacat. 1.

SYMACHUS. LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION.

1. 1. Vacat. 1.

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HEBREW TEXT. (in Greek characters) AQUILA.

2. [Jeremiah the prophet] 3. The word of the Lord came to me. And you did not listen. 4. Your ear [to listen]. 7. The Lord says. 8. Of hosts. 9. All the families of the north. The word of the Lord, and to Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon my servant. 10. The sound of a millstone. 11. This land into desolation. These nations to the king of Babylon. 12. I will visit upon the king of Babylon and upon that nation. 13. Together: all things that have been written. 14. Because they served them, even many nations and great kings, and I will repay them according to their work, and according to the works of their hands. 15. And you shall give them drink with all the nations.

VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT. 2. Jeremiah the prophet. 3. The word of the Lord came to me. And you did not listen. 4. Your ear to listen. 7. The Lord says. 8. The Lord of hosts. 9. All the families of the North. The Lord says, and unto Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, my servant. 10. The sound of a millstone. 11. This land into desolation. These nations to the king of Babylon. 12. I will visit upon the king of Babylon and upon that nation. 13. All things written. 14. Because they served them, even many nations and great kings, and I will repay them according to their work, and according to the work of their hands. 15. And to give drink to him before all nations.

VULGATE LATIN. 2. Jeremiah the prophet. 3. The word of the Lord came to me. And you did not listen. 4. Ears to listen. 7. The Lord says. 8. The Lord of hosts. 9. All the families of the North. The Lord says, and unto Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, my servant. 10. The sound of a millstone. 11. This land into desolation. These nations to the king of Babylon. 12. I will visit upon the king of Babylon, and upon that nation. 13. All that is written. 14. Because they served them, when there were many nations, and great kings: and I will repay them according to their works, and according to the deeds of their hands. 15. And you shall give them to drink before all the nations.

AQUILA. 2. 3. The word of the Lord came to me. And you did not listen. 4. With your ears to listen. 7. The Lord says. 8. Of hosts. 9. 10. 11. This land into desolation. 12. Upon the king of Babylon, and upon that nation. 13. All things that have been written. 14. Because they served them, even many nations and great kings, and I will recompense them according to their operation, and according to the works of their hands. 15. You shall give them to drink with all the nations. [original-script column: see facsimile]

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SYMMACUS. ^A 2. Vacant. Another, Jeremiah the prophet.

3. Vacant. And you did not listen.

4. Vacant. To your ears.

7. Vacant.

8. The Lord.

9. The family/kindred from the North.

Vacant. Another, says the Lord, and to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon my servant.

10. Vacant. Another, the sound of the millstone.

11. The land.

To the nations. Another, to these nations, to the king of Babylon.

12. I will avenge that nation.

13. All things written.

14. Vacant. Another, that they served them. Another, in them. Another, for they shall enslave them. Another, many nations and great kings. Another, and I will recompense (Another, I will repay) them according to their works, and according to the deeds of their hands. Another, according to the wickedness of their practices.

15. You shall give all the nations to drink.

THEODOTION. ^B 2. Vacant.

5. And the word of the Lord came to me. And you did not listen.

4. To your ears to listen.

7. Says the Lord.

8. Of hosts.

9. All the family/kindred from the North.

10. Vacant.

11. This land shall be for desolation.

12. Against the king of Babylon, and against that nation.

15.

LXX INTERPRETERS. ^C 2. Vacant. Another, Jeremiah the prophet.

3. Vacant.

5. Vacant.

And you did not listen.

4. Vacant. With your ears.

7. Vacant.

8. The Lord.

9. The family/kindred from the North.

Vacant. Another, says the Lord, and to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon my servant.

10. Vacant. Another, the sound of the mill.

11. The land.

To the nations. Another, to these nations, to the king of Babylon.

12. I will avenge that nation.

13. All things which are written.

14. Vacant. Another, that they served them. Another, in them. Another, for they will subject them. Another, many nations and great kings. Another, and I will recompense them according to their works, and according to the deeds of their hands. Another, according to the wickedness of their habits.

15. You shall give all the nations to drink. ^D

THEODOTION. 2. 5. The word of the Lord came to me. And you did not listen. 4. To your ears to listen. 7. Says the Lord. 8. Of hosts. 9. All the family/kindred from the North. 10. 11. This land shall be for desolation. 12. Against the king of Babylon, and against that nation. 13. 14. For they served in them, even these nations many and kings great, and I will repay them according to their operation, and according to the works of their hands. 15.

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17. The cup. To all the nations. Unto them. 18. And into a curse according to this day. 20. And all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings. 22. And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon. And the kings of the island. 23. To all the corners. 24. And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the West. 25. And all the kings of Zamri, and all the kings of Elam. Syrian, Zamran; otherwise, Zambran. Medes. 26. The north. And all the kingdoms. And the king of Sesach shall drink after them. 27. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel.

17. The cup. To all the nations. Unto them. 18. And into a curse as this day is. 20. And to all the kings of the land of Uz (the land of the Philistines), and to all the kings of Tyre and to all the kings of Sidon. And to the kings of the land of the islands. 23. To all who are shorn in the hair. 24. And to all the kings of Arabia, and to all the kings of the West. 25. And to all the kings of Zamri, and to all the kings of Elam. Of the Medes. 26. The north. And to all the kingdoms. And the king of Sesach shall drink after them. 27. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel.

17. The cup. All the nations. Unto them. 18. And to a curse according to this day. 20. And all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings... all the kings of Sidon. And the kings of the island. 23. Every shorn one. 24. And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed peoples. 25. And all the kings of Zamri, and all the kings of Elam. 26. The east (or, wind). And all the kingdoms.

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SYMMACHUS. ^A

17. ^B

18.

20. ... and all the kings of the foreigners.

22. And the kings of Tyre and the kings of Sidon.

23. ^C

24.

25. ... and all the kings of Elam.

26. Of the Persians. Another, of the Medes.

27. Thus saith the Lord. Another, Behold, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. ^D

LXX INTERPRETERS.

17. The cup. The nations. Unto them.

18. Vacat.

20. ... and all the kings of the foreigners.

22. And the kings of Tyre, and the kings of Sidon.

Vacat.

23. Rhos. Another, Buz. Another, Buz. And all that are shorn about their face. Another, shorn [or] circumcised.

24. And all the mixed peoples.

25. ... and all the kings of Elam.

26. Of the Persians. Another, of the Medes. 26. Of the east [or, wind]. Another, of the north. And all the kingdoms. Vacat. Another, and the king of Sesach shall drink last of them.

27. Thus saith the Lord. Another, Behold, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel.

THEODOTION.

17. Unto them.

18. And for a curse against this day.

20. And with the kings from the island, and with all the kings...

22. And the kings of the island.

23.

24. And with all the kings of Arabia, and with all the kings of the mixed peoples.

25.

26.

27.

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THE HEBREW

29. You shall not be guiltless.

50. A cry of triumph. As those treading out.

52. Thus says the Lord of hosts. 53. They shall not be mourned nor gathered.

54. Shepherds.

And your dissipations. 38. From the face of the dove's wrath, and from the face of his burning wrath.

LATIN VULGATE

29. You shall not be immune.

50. A cry of triumph. As those treading out.

52. Thus says the Lord of hosts. 53. They shall not be mourned nor gathered.

54. Shepherds.

And your dissipations. 38. From the face of the dove's wrath, and from the face of the Lord's burning wrath.

AQUILA

29. With a purging you shall not be purged.

50. A cry of triumph.

52. Of hosts. 53. And they shall not labor, nor shall they be gathered.

54. And your scatterings. 38. From the face of the great wrath, and from the face of the Lord's wrath.

Notes and various readings for chapter XXV of Jeremiah

V. 1. 'A., "this year," etc. MS. Jes. and likewise Drusius, without the name of the interpreter. V. 2. "Jeremiah the prophet..." MS. Jes. [Thus the Complutensian, Drach.] etc. The same. [The Complutensian and besides several codices have "from the thirteenth year," as do the Hebrew and Vulgate. Drach.] Ibid. 'A., Σ., Θ., "and you did not listen." The same. [Montfaucon wrongly referred this reading of the three to the Hebrew of verse 4, for it pertains to the same words of the third verse, where they are missing in the LXX. Drach.] V. 4, 7. The same. Ibid. V. 7, "that you might provoke me to anger by the works of your hands, for your evil." In our LXX it is wanting. Other copies, "that you might provoke me..." Drach. V. 8. The same. V. 9. Θ., "all the family," etc. The same. Ibid. "says the Lord," etc. The same. V. 10. "Another," the "sound of a millstone." As Drusius. [Alex., "scent of ointment." However, it is clear that for "sound of a millstone," by the ignorance of scribes, it was deformed from the Hebrew truth and changed into "scent of ointment." Drach.] V. 11. "Another." Ibid. "these to the king," etc. The same. V. 12. 'A., Θ., "upon the king," etc. The same. Ibid. H. and Vulgate, "says the Lord, their iniquity and upon the land of the Chaldeans." In our LXX it is wanting. Complutensian, "their iniquity, says the Lord, and upon the land of the Chaldeans." Drach. V. 13. 'A., "with." The same. Ibid. Hebrew, "which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations." In our LXX it is wanting. Complutensian, "what Jeremiah the prophet prophesied against all the nations." That which some codices refer here to from the Vatican codex, pertains to XLIX, 34, according to the Hebrew. Drach. From this clause 13, after the word until the end of chapter LI, a great discrepancy is found in the order of the Hebrew text and the Greek LXX version, in the chapter, and partly also of the verses. Both following tables show this; the former of which we have borrowed from the Prolegomena of Lambert Bos, but have emended and added to, while the latter we have collected from the Greek text of the Six itself. Drach.

TABLE I. HEBREW TEXT — LXX INTERPRETERS

XXV, 15-38 — XXXII. XXVI, 1-7, 15 — XXXIII. XXVII, 2-22 — XXXIV. XXVIII, 1-14, 17, 18-22 — [missing] XXIX, 16-20 — XXXV. XXX, 1-11, 15, 22 — XXXVI. XXXI, 35, 36, 37 — [missing] XXXII, 5 — XXXIX, [missing later stichos] XXXIII, 1-15, 14-26 — XL, [missing] XXXIV, 10, 11 — XLI, [missing partially] XXXV — XLII XXXVI — XLIII XXXVII — XLIV XXXVIII — XLV XXXIX, 1-5, 14-18 — XLVI XL, 4, 15 — [missing] XLI — XLVII, XLVIII.

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^A SYMMACHUS. 29. By purification you shall not be purified. 30. A gathering, as those who tread the winepress. 32. ✠ Of the powers. 33. 34. ✠ And your dispersions. 38. ✠ From the face of the great anger, and from the face of the anger of the Lord.

LXX INTERPRETES. 29. By purification you shall not be purified. 30. Vacat. As those who glean. 32. Thus said the Lord. 33. Vacat. 34. Shepherds. Another, ✠ they the shepherds; Vacat. 38. From the face of the great sword.

THEODOTION. 29. By purification you shall not be purified. 30. 32. ✠ Of the powers. 33. ✠ And they shall not labor, nor shall they be gathered. 34. ✠ And your dispersions. 38. ✠ From the face of the great anger, and from the face of the anger of the Lord.

Notes and various readings on chapter XXV of Jeremiah.

XLII — XLIX. — XLIII — XL. — XLIV — XLI. — XLV — XXXIV. — XLVI — XXXV. — 26. — XXXVI. — XLVII. — XXXVII. — XLVIII — XXXVIII. — 45-47. — XXXIX. — 40. — XL. — XLIX, 1-5. — XLI. — 6. — XLII. — 7-22. — XLIII. — 23-27. — XLIV. — 28-33. — XLV. — 34 ad finem. — L. — LI. — 45-48. — 44.

TABLE II. LXX INT. — TEXTUS HEBR. xxv, 14 ad finem. — XLIX, 34-59. XXVI. — XLVI. XXVII. — L. XXVIII. — LI. xxix, 1-7 (to the word "to be raised up"). — XLVII, 1-7. 7 to 22. — XLIX, 7-22. xxx, 1-5. — 1-5. 6-11. — 28-33. 12 ad finem. — 23-27. XXXI. — XLVIII. XXXII. — xxv, 15-38. XXXIII. — ad finem. XXXIV. — XXVI. XXXV. — XXVII, 2-22. XXXVI. — XXIX. XXXVII. — XXX. XXXVIII. — XXXI.

V. 14. "Another, that he served," etc. Drusius. This indeed seems to be Symmachus', as below [chapter] XXVII, v. 7. However, Jerome warns that these are not in the LXX. Ibid. "Another, and I will repay," etc. Idem. Ibid. "Another, ✠ nations many with," etc. Drusius. But what follows, "A., Th., ✠ that they served," etc. Ms. Jes. V. 15. "A., Th., ✠ them with:" Idem, and similarly the two following "with." It seems it should be read "it," so that it quadrate with the Hebrew. Soon after "A., Th., upon them." Idem. [It pertains to v. 17. There the Complutensian has "upon them," and attributes that reading to the Marchal codex, to Aquila and to Symmachus. DR.] V. 18. "A., Th., ✠ and for a curse," etc. Idem. [Complutensian, DR.] V. 20. "A., Th., ✠ and all," etc. Thus the Ms. Jes. in which it is read, "of the island," from Theodotion, instead of "of the land." Jerome: "And yet it must be known that this little verse is not held in the LXX; and that Theodotion, for the 'land' of the Hebrews, interpreted 'island'." [So however, if we are not mistaken, that 'with' should be ascribed to Aquila. Thus also in verse 24. DRACH.] V. 22. "A., ✠ and with," etc. Ms. Jes. Ibid. "A., ✠ and the kings of the island." Idem. [L. Bos from Victor, the rest of the translators, of the

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islands. DRACH.] V. 23. "Another, Booz. So Ms. Jes. But Drusius from Victor of Antioch, Bous. [So also Complut., Ibid. A. Ms. Jes. V. 24. A., Th., and with all," etc. Whether the word symmixtos is indeed theirs, is uncertain. The same might be said of the word kekarménon in the preceding place. V. 25. "A., and all," read, ✠ and with; Ibid. The Syrian reads, Zamran, or according to Theodoret, Zambran. Ibid. "Another, of the Medes. Ms. Jes. [Some codd., of the Medes and Persians. Polyglot Bible. DRACH.] V. 26. A., ✠ and with. Idem. Ibid. "And the king," etc. Idem. [Complut., "they drank with them." DR.] V. 27. "so"; etc. Idem. [Also Ald. adds, V. 29. A., S., Th., by a cleansing; it shall not be cleansed. Ms. Jes. Before the word it places an asterisk: then it has, A., S., Th., ✠ it shall be cleansed. V. 30. Jerome: "And when he shall roar, like to those treading in the winepress, a song shall be sung, and in the shedding of blood an interchangeable mournful song (carmen lugubre) shall be sounded," which Symmachus calls katalēgma, Aquila calls iasmos: the sound of which song and of the lay shall reach even to the ends of the earth. What iasmos is, is explained by the translation of the Syrian below in chapter XLVIII, verse 33, where these Hebrew words, "lo-yidrok haydad haydad lo yidrok," are rendered by the Syrian interpreter: "non amplius calcantes in torcularibus celeuma cantantes," i. e., "no longer do those treading in the winepress, singing the song."

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXVI

THE HEBREW. THE HEBREW in Greek letters. 4. 5. 6. 10. 11. 20. 21. AQUILA. 4. ✠ To them. 5. 6. And ✠ with the city. 10. 11. 20. ✠ Against this city. 21. ✠ And he feared and fled. 22.

VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT. VULGATE LATIN. AQUILA. 4. And you shall say to them. 4. And you shall say to them. 4. To them. 5. Of my servants. 5. Of my servants. 5. 6. And the city. 6. And the city. 6. And the city. 10. The new gates of the Lord. 10. The new gates of the house of the Lord. 10. 11. And to all the people, saying. 11. And to all the people, saying. 11. 20. And he prophesied against this city. 20. And he prophesied against this city. 20. Against this city. 21. And all his powerful ones. 21. And all his powerful ones. 21. And he feared and fled. And he feared and fled. 22. And the king Joakim sent. 22. And the king Joakim sent. 22. Elnathan the son of Achobor, and men with him into Egypt. Elnathan the son of Achobor and men with him into Egypt. 23. To king Joakim. 23. To king Joakim. 23.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XXVI of Jeremiah. V. 4. A., S., Th., "to them." Ms. Jes. V. 5. Ms. Jes. in the text has "of the servants," but in the margin, "of the boys." V. 6. A., ✠ and with. Idem. Drusius. Ed. Rom. DR. V. 11. ✠ saying. Ms. Jes. It is wanting in the LXX, as are the following words, which are marked with an asterisk. V. 18. Hebrew, iyyim, heaps. LXX, eis abaton, into an inaccessible place. Others, hōrōphylakion, as if (or, in) a fruit-watcher's lodge (as Mic. III, 12). Vulg., in a heap of stones. To be added. The reading of the others, which comes forth from the Ed. Rom., is also held by Alex.

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SYMMACHUS. ^B O'. THEODOTION.

4. ❈ To them. 5. 6. 10. 11. ❈ To all the people saying. 20. 21. Vacat. Another, ❈ and all his mighty men. 22. ❈ And he was afraid and fled. 23. To king ❈ Joakim.

SYMMACHUS. 4. To them. 5. 6. 10. 11. And to all the people saying. 20. 21. Vacat. Another, and all his mighty men. Vacat. 22. And the king sent. Vacat. 23. To king Joakim.

4. And you shall say. 5. Of my servants. Another, of my slaves. 6. And the city. 10. Of the new gate. The others, of the gate of the Lord of the new one. 11. 20. And he prophesied. 21. Vacat. Another, ❈ and all his mighty men. Vacat. 22. And the king sent. Vacat. 23.

LXX INTERPRETERS. 4. And you shall say. 5. Of my servants. Another, of my slaves. 6. And the city. 10. Of the new gate. The others, of the gate of the Lord of the new one. 11. 20. And he prophesied. 21. Vacat. Another, ❈ and all his mighty men. Vacat. 22. And the king sent. Vacat. 23. To king Joakim.

THEODOTION. 4. ❈ To them. 5. 6. 10. 11. 20. ❈ Upon this city. 21. ❈ And he was afraid and fled. 22. ❈ Joakim. ❈ Elnathan son of Achobor and men with him into Egypt. 23. ❈ Joakim.

THEODOTIO. 4. To them. 5. 6. 10. 11. 20. Super civitatem istam (Upon this city). 21. Et timuit fugitque (And he was afraid and fled). 22. Joachim. Elnathan filium Achobor et viros cum eo in Aegyptum (Elnathan son of Achobor and men with him into Egypt). 23.

Notes and various readings on chapter XXVI of Jeremiah. ^C

(ws) and Complut. (sic). DRACH. V. 20. Aq., Theod., upon this city. Ms. Jes. Idem. Ibid. Aq., Theod., and was afraid-. Idem. [So also Complut. Dr.] V. 22. Theod., Joakim. Idem. Ibid. Theod., Elnathan etc. So ms. Jes. Drusius also brings forward the same, but without the name of the interpreter. [Edit. Rom., men into Egypt. Complut., Eliacim f. Ach. Breitingerus supplies, Eldathan son of Achobor. But he does not indicate whence he fished it out. DRACH.] ^D

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VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT / VULGATE LATIN / AQUILA

1. In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying. 2. The Lord said to me. 4. The Lord of hosts said. 5. Men and beasts that are upon the face of the earth. 6. And now I. My servants. I have given it to serve him. 7. And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his land comes. And many nations and great kings shall serve in it. 8. And it shall be, the nation and the kingdom that will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not give. And in pestilence. 9. And to your augurs. Saying to you. 10. And I will scatter you, and you shall perish. 11. Says the Lord. 12. Under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and whoever shall not bow down.

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SYMMACUS. And many nations and great kings shall bring him into servitude. To work for him. Another, I have given (them) to serve him. They shall serve him, all the nations, and his son, and the son of his son, until the time of his land comes. Another, † and nations and great kings shall serve him. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and whoever shall not cast. P., and by death. Of those saying. Another, † to you in the saying. Babylon. Another, † under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and the cattle that are upon the face of the earth. † To my servant. Kingdom, whoever. You shall perish.

LXX INTERPRETERS. And many nations and great kings shall subject him to servitude. To work for him. Another, I have given (him) to serve him. All the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his land arrives. Another, † and nations and great kings shall serve him. To the king of Babylon, and whatsoever shall not cast. Vacat. All, and in death. Dicentes. Another, to you in saying. 12. And work for the king of Babylon. Another, † under the yoke of the king of Babylon. And the beasts that are upon the face of the earth. † To my servant. Kingdom, whoever. You shall perish.

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and serve him and his people, and you shall live. 13. Why should you die, you and your people, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as the Lord has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14. Do not listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, “You shall not serve the king of Babylon.” 16. Now quickly. 17. Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and you shall live. Why should this city be given over to desolation? 18. Let them now entreat the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, may not go to Babylon. 19. For thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the columns, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the vessels that remain in this city. 20. Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take, when he transferred Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and serve him and his people, and you shall live. 13. Why should you die, you and your people, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as the Lord has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14. Do not listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, “You shall not serve the king of Babylon.” 16. Now quickly. 17. Do not therefore listen to them, but serve the king of Babylon, and you shall live: why should this city be given over to desolation? 18. Let them now entreat the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which were left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, may not come to Babylon. 19. For thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the columns, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the vessels, which have remained in this city. 20. Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take, when he transferred Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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13. Another, under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. ^C

13. Vacat / Empty. Another, and why should you die, you and your people, by the sword and by famine and by pestilence, just as the Lord has spoken to the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

14. Vacat / Empty. Another, and do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, You shall not serve the king of Babylon.

16. Vacat / Empty. Pi. / The letter Pi.

17. And do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live, and why should this city become a wasteland? ^D

THEODOTION.

18. Let them petition the Lord of hosts that the vessels which have remained in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, may not go to Babylon.

19. For thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the columns, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the remainder of the vessels which have remained in this city.

20. Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take, when he was deporting Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.

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[THE HEBREW] ^A [THE HEBREW] In Greek letters. AQUILA. 21. 21. 21. ^B 22. 22. 22.

VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT. and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem. 21. For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and Jerusalem. 22. In Babylon they shall be, and there they shall be until the day that I shall visit them, saith the Lord: and I will make them go up, and restore them to this place.

VULGATE LATIN. bylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem. 21. For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels, which are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah and Jerusalem. 22. In Babylon they shall be transferred, and there they shall be until the day of their visitation, saith the Lord, and I will make them be brought, and restored to this place.

AQUILA. 21. 22.

Notes and various readings on ch. XXVII of Jeremiah. V. 1. ^C ‘A’, *in the beginning* etc. Ms. Jes. just as all other readings of this chapter. Many verses of this chapter are missing in the edition of the LXX, which Drusius brings forward from the Complutensian edition, which differs somewhat from the one we follow. Here, for example, instead of that word, it reads in that one, *this account*. Of the beginning of this chapter Jerome has this: *In the beginning of the reign of Joakim, son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying.* This is not in the LXX edition. And many think it is the beginning of the following chapter, which is not so at all, but should be joined to the preceding: so that we may believe that whatever is said to have been spoken and done, was done in the beginning of the reign of Joakim. Whence also he had the power to send into Egypt, as if to a friendly king. However, it seems to me that the LXX omitted this title for this reason, lest they should seem to be speaking for the second time. For they had already placed at the beginning: *In the beginning of [the reign of] Joakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying.* [Complut. and Theodor., *etc.*] V. 2. II., *to me*. Ms. Jes. as also the following up to verse 7. V. 5. The same has the reading of the Complutensian. But *of all* instead of *that*. DRACH. ^D V. 6. For *my servant* (others better: *of the servant*, for the Hebrew carries, *into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of B., my servant*) the Greek Vulgata, Rom. and Alex., has, *to serve him*. No doubt the elders read *to serve*, as soon in the same verse. ID. V. 7. *and they shall serve him* etc. Ms. Jes. where it is read erroneously, instead of which Drusius reads in this way: [And so the Complutensian.] Ibid. *etc.* Ms. Jes. and Drusius. Jerome truly says that Symmachus translated: *Let many nations bring him into servitude etc.* See above xxv, 14. V. 8. Drusius with the Complutensian edition reads, *as many as* and below, *as many as shall not in*. In the Ms. codex of Jes. which we report, these additions with asterisks are had intermixed with the text of the current LXX, which is usually missing. [Vulg. Gr., *and the nation and the kingdom, whoever shall not put* etc., *and the nation and the kingdom, whoever shall not throw in*. DRACH.] V. 9. In both stichoi we have added the version of the LXX. DRACH. V. 11. Complut., *saith the Lord*. ID. V. 12. Drusius, *the God of Israel saying*.

CHAPTER XXVIII OF JEREMIAH.

[THE HEBREW] [THE HEBREW] In Greek letters. 1. 2. AQUILA. 1. 2. *The God of hosts of Israel, saying.*

VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT. 1. In that year, in the beginning. 2. The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said saying.

VULGATE LATIN. 1. In that year, in the beginning. 2. The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saith.

AQUILA. 1. 2. The God of hosts of Israel, saying.

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21. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem. 22. Unto Babylon they shall be carried, and there they shall be until the day that I visit them, says the Lord, and I will cause them to ascend and I will restore them to this place.

SYMMACHUS. THE LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION. Babylon, and all the free of Judah and Jerusalem. 21. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels remaining in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 22. Into Babylon they shall be brought, and there they shall be until the day that I visit them; thus says the Lord, and I will cause them to ascend, and I will restore them to this place.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XXVII of Jeremiah.

Verse 15. Drusius, *That you may die, you and your people, by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence, as the Lord has spoken concerning the nation that does not serve the king of Babylon*. Verse 14. Drusius, *Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, "Do not serve," etc.* Verse 16. Drusius, *Now quickly. Serve the king of Babylon and live; why should this city become a desolation?* [Concerning this entire verse, the Greek Vulgate has: *I have not sent them.* DRACH.]

V. 18. Drusius does not cite this or the remaining verses of this chapter, which are lacking in the Septuagint (*); but we have transcribed them from a manuscript of Isaiah. Regarding this matter, Jerome says: "These things, as we have said, are not held in the LXX, but have been translated from the Hebrew truth: for which they have placed something else that was not written, saying: *Me, because thus said the Lord: And the remaining vessels, which the king of Babylon did not take when he carried away Jechoniah from Jerusalem, shall enter into Babylon, says the Lord* (**); placing the sense rather than the words; perhaps thinking it irrational that God should speak to the pillars, and to the sea, and to the bases, and to the remaining vessels that had stayed in Jerusalem; as if we do not read that the Lord rebuked the morning worm, and spoke to the sea: *Be silent, be muzzled.*" (***)

(*) They are not missing, but are rendered compendiously. In this verse 8, the LXX render *[Hebrew omitted]* as *occurrant mihi*. What follows is lacking in the Hebrew. DRACH.

(**) Greek: 18, 19, *Because thus said the Lord: And concerning the remaining vessels, 20, which the king of Babylon did not take when he carried Jechoniah away from Jerusalem* (21 is absent), *22, they shall enter into Babylon, says the Lord.* IDEM.

(***) Ps. CV, 9, *And he rebuked the Red Sea.* Nahum I, 4, *Rebuking the sea.* But he alludes rather to Luke [sic, sc. Jonah] IV, 24 [sic, 7]. *And God prepared a worm at the rising of the dawn.* The priest of Stridon had it in mind, *and God commanded the worm*, etc. Furthermore, we suspect he wrote *having spoken to the morning worm, and having rebuked the sea.* IDEM.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXVIII. SYMMACHUS. THE LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION.

1. Empty. In that year, in the beginning. 2. The Lord said. 1. Empty. Alius, in the year that, in the beginning. 2. The Lord said. 2. The God of hosts, the God of Israel, saying.

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3. Which Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, took from this place, and brought them to Babylon. 4. And Jeconiah the son of Joakim, king of Judah, and all the transmigration of Judah, who have entered into Babylon, I will return to this place, saith the Lord. 5. Jeremias the prophet. 7. Hear now. 8. And of affliction and of famine. 9. Of the prophet. 10. The prophet. 11. I will break the yoke of Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, after two years of days. And Jeremias the prophet went away. 12. After Hananias the prophet broke the bar. 14. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all those nations, to serve Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon. And they shall serve him, and furthermore, the beasts of the field I have given to him.

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10.

11.

12. The yokes.

14.

LXX INTERPRETERS.

3. Vacat. Whatever Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, took from this place, and brought them to Babylon.

4. Vacat. Alias, and Jechoniah, son of Joakim, king of Judah, and all the transmigration of Judah, who entered into Babylon, I will return to this place, saith the Lord.

5. Jeremias. All, prophet.

7. Hear. Alias, hear indeed.

8. Vacat. Alias, and unto misfortune and unto death.

9. Vacat. All, prophet.

10. Vacat. All, pseudoprophet.

Vacat. All, prophet.

11. I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. All, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.

And Jeremiah departed. All, prophet.

12. After he had broken the yokes for Hananiah.

14. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:

I have put an iron yoke upon the neck of all the nations to work for the king of Babylon.

Vacat. All, and they shall serve him, and indeed the beasts of the field I have given to him.

THEODOTION

10.

11. In two years of days.

12. His.

14.

Of these, for the purpose of working for Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.

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THE HEIR

15. And Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet: Hear now, Hananiah.

16. This year you shall die; for you have spoken revolt against the Lord.

17. And Hananiah the prophet died in that same year, in the seventh month.

VULGATE LATIN

15. And Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet: Hear, Hananiah.

16. This year you shall die: for you have spoken against the Lord.

17. And Hananiah the prophet died in that same year, in the seventh month.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XXVIII of Jeremiah.

V. 1. * In that year etc. Ms. Jes. [Complut. and Theodor., in the beginning. DRACH.]

V. 2. A., Θ., * of the hosts etc. The same.

V. 3. * Things which he took etc. The same. On this and the two following verses, Jerome: "For which the LXX translated Jeconiah, and the transmigration of Judah, because I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon, briefly setting forth the sense of the Hebrew truth rather than the words."

V. 4. * and the yoke etc. The same.

V. 7. * Hear, I pray. The same.

V. 8. * and to evils etc. The same. [Better Complut. to the Hebrew, and concerning tribulation and concerning pestilence. DRACH.]

V. 9. LXX, * the prophet. The same. [The Hebrew 27 of our stichi is according to the verse, where it occurs three times. Ibid. DRACH.]

Ibid. LXX, * the false prophet. Ms. Jes., and soon * the prophet.

V. 11. This too, with the lacunae of the 70 and with supplements and notes, the same MS of Jesus sets forth thus.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXIX.

1. All the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had caused to migrate from Jerusalem to Babylon.

2. The princes of Judah and Jerusalem.

3. To King Nebuchadnezzar.

4. Thus says the Lord of hosts.

From Jerusalem to Babylon.

6. And multiply there.

VULGATE LATIN

1. Jeremiah the prophet.

Omnem populum, quem traduxerat Nabuchodonosor de Jerusalem in Babylonem. [All the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had led from Jerusalem into Babylon.]

2. And the princes of Judah and Jerusalem.

3. To King Nebuchadnezzar.

4. Thus says the Lord of hosts.

From Jerusalem into Babylon.

6. And multiply there.

AQUILA

1. Whom Nebuchadnezzar had caused to migrate into Babylon.

4. Of hosts.

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SYMMACUS.

15.

16.

17.

15.

16.

17.

THE SEVENTY.

15. And Jeremias said to Ananias. Another, “The prophet” to Ananias the prophet, “Hear now, Ananias.”

16. In this year you shall die.

17. And he died in the seventh month. All, “And Ananias the prophet died in that year, in the seventh month.”

SYMMACUS.

15. And Jeremias said to Ananias. Another, the prophet, “Hear now, Ananias.”

16. In this year you shall die.

17. And he died in the seventh month. All, “And Ananias the prophet died in that year, in the seventh month.”

THEODOTION.

15.

16. “For you have spoken revolt against the Lord.”

17.

Notes and various readings to chapter XXVIII of Jeremiah.

Drusius reads, “two years of days,” as does the Complutensian edition. V. 12. From the MS of Isaiah as above. V. 14. From the MS of Isaiah as above. Drusius renders the last part of the verse as does the Complutensian edition: “to serve him, and indeed the beasts of the earth I have given to him.” V. 15. Thus Drusius brings forward supplements of the gaps. [Others, “to the false prophet.” Polyglot Bible.] V. 16. Theodotion, “for you have spoken revolt against the Lord.” It is so in the MS of Isaiah. And thus also Drusius without the name of the interpreter. Jerome indeed says: “And what follows: ‘For you have spoken against the Lord. And Ananias the prophet died in that year, in the seventh month,’ is not held in the LXX. For which they only placed, ‘and he died in the seventh month.’ These and not a few other things of this chapter the LXX have omitted, where clearly the discourse was concerning Ananias the prophet: Lest they should seem, says Jerome, to call the pseudo-prophet a prophet.” V. 17. All, “and he died etc.” MS of Isaiah.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXIX

SYMMACUS.

1. Jeremias. Another adds, “the prophet.” All the people.

2. Vacat.

3. To the king. All, “to Nebuchadnezzar the king.”

4. Thus says the Lord. From Jerusalem into Babylon.

6. And multiply. All, “there.”

THE SEVENTY.

1. Jeremias. Another adds, “the prophet.” All the people.

2. Vacat.

3. To the king. All, “to Nebuchadnezzar the king.”

4. Thus says the Lord. From Jerusalem into Babylon.

6. And multiply. All, “there.”

THEODOTION.

Whom Nebuchadnezzar had caused to migrate into Babylon.

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HEBRAIC TEXT. 8. God of hosts of Israel. 10. My word good. 11. For I know the thoughts that I think concerning you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace, and hope. 12. And you shall call upon me, and you shall go. 13. And you shall find. 14. And I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring back your captivity, and I will gather you from all nations, and from all places to which I drove you out, says the Lord: and I will make you return to the place from which I made you migrate. 15. Because you have said, The Lord has raised up for us prophets in Babylon. 16. Because thus says the Lord to the king sitting upon the throne of David, and to all the people sitting in this city, your brothers, who have not gone out with you into the migration. 17. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold I am sending among them the sword, famine, and pestilence, and I will make them like rotten figs, which shall not be eaten for badness.

VULGATE LATIN. 8. God of hosts of Israel. 10. My word good. 11. For I know the thoughts that I think concerning you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace, and patience. 12. And you shall call upon me, and you shall go. 13. And you shall find. 14. And I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring back your captivity, and I will gather you from all nations, and from all places to which I drove you out, says the Lord: and I will make you return to the place to which I made you migrate. 15. Because you have said, The Lord has raised up for us prophets in Babylon. 16. Because thus says the Lord to the king who sits upon the throne of David, and to all the people dwelling in this city, your brothers, who are not gone out with you into the migration. 17. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold I will send among them the sword, famine, and pestilence: and I will make them like bad figs, which cannot be eaten, because they are bad.

AQUILA. 8. God of hosts of Israel. 10. 11. For I know the thoughts which I am (thinking). And hope. 12. And you shall call upon me, and you shall go. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 2. Most bad.

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SYMMACUS. 8. [Empty]. 10. [Empty]. 11. And I will think over you a thought of peace. All, says the Lord, a thought of peace. These things. 12. [Empty]. 13. And you shall find. 14. And I will appear to you. 15. Because you said, The Lord has appointed prophets for us in Babylon. 16. [Empty]. 17. The last things.

LXX INTERPRETES. 8. [Empty]. 10. [Empty]. Al., my good words. 11. And I will think over you thoughts of peace. All, says the Lord, a thought of peace. These. 12. [Empty]. 13. 14. And I will appear to you.

THEODOTIO. 8. God of hosts of Israel. 10. 11. For I know the thought which I am (thinking). And hope. 12. And invoke me, and go. 13. 14. And I will appear to you, says the Lord, and I will bring back your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I scattered you there, says the Lord, and I will return you to the place whence I carried you away captives there. 15. Because you said, The Lord has appointed for us prophets in Babylon. 16. For thus says the Lord to the king sitting on the throne of David, and to all the peoples inhabiting this city, your brothers, who did not go out with you in the transportation. 17. Thus says the Lord of hosts, Behold I will send against them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and I will give them like as the suarim figs, which shall not be eaten for malignancy.

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18. And I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence: and I will give them over to vexation in all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations to which I have driven them out.

19. For this reason, that they have not listened to my words, says the Lord, which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising early and sending: and you have not listened, says the Lord.

20. And you hear the word of the Lord, all you of the captivity, whom I sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.

21. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. To Ahab, the son of Coliah, and to Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy to you in my name falsely.

23. And they have spoken a word in my name falsely.

And I am the judge and witness.

24, 25. Saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: For as much as you have sent in your name letters to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying.

26. A prison.

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18. And I will persecute them with sword and with famine and with death, and I will give them over to be a commotion to all the kingdoms of the earth, for an oath and for a destruction, and for a hissing and for a reproach among all the nations whither I have driven them.

19. Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord, because I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, but ye would not hear, saith the Lord.

20. And do ye hear the word of the Lord, all ye of the captivity whom I sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.

21. The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. Son of Coliah. Son of Maaseiah, who prophesy unto you in my name falsely.

25. Unjust. I am the knower and the witness.

24, 25. And unto all the priests, saying.

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THE HEBREW. 51. ^B 52. ^C

HEBRAIC TEXT VERSION. 51. Unto all the transmigrated. 52. A man sitting. The Lord said, because he has spoken defection against the Lord.

VULGATE LATIN. 51. Unto all the transmigrated. 52. A man sitting. The Lord said: because he has spoken prevarication against the Lord.

Notes and various readings on chapter XXIX of Jeremiah. V. 1. ^D * The prophet. Ms. Jes. V. 2. ^A, ^B, * and the princes of Judah etc. Idem. V. 3. ^C, Nebuchodonosor. Idem. V. 4. ^A, ^B, * of the hosts. Idem. Ibid. Into Babylon. Idem. V. 6. ^C, * there. Idem. V. 8. ^A, ^B, * of the hosts etc. Idem. V. 10. * my good words. [Num. my words... is desired in the LXX, but good words. DRUS.] V. 11. ^A, ^B, * that I know etc. Idem. Ibid. ^A, ^B, * and hope etc. Idem. V. 13. Hieronymus: "And ye shall go; or according to Symmachus, and ye shall find." But as Drusius rightly notes, this reading of Symmachus does not refer to these words "and ye shall go," verse 12, but to verse 13, where it is read in Hebrew *WMDNY, and ye shall find. V. 14. ^B, * and I will appear unto you, says the Lord, and I will restore your captivity etc. Note that these and the following verses are not in the LXX, as Hieronymus notes, who presents this version with asterisks: * And I will restore your captivity, and I will gather you from all nations, and from all the places to which I have driven you, says the Lord. And I will make you return from the place to which I caused you to be transmigrated. Because ye said: The Lord will raise up for us prophets in Babylon. For thus says the Lord to the king who sits upon the throne of David, and to all the people dwelling in this city, and to your brothers who did not go out with you into transmigration. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will send upon them the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and I will make them like the bad figs, which cannot be eaten because they are of the worst sort. And I will pursue them with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence: and I will give them into vexation to all the kingdoms of the earth, into a curse, and into an astonishment, and into a hissing, and into a reproach among all the nations whither I will drive them: because they have not heard my words, says the Lord, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early, and sending, and ye have not heard, says the Lord. Ye therefore, hear the word of the Lord, all of the transmigration which I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon. Then Hieronymus thus follows: "Thus far it is not in the LXX, which I have marked with asterisks. For the rest, in which either individual verses or a few words were omitted by them, I refused to note out of weariness, lest I should cause disgust to the readers." [Hebr. chetib, however Keri, . Dr.] V. 15. ^B, * that ye have said etc. Ms. Jes., and so it is read today in the LXX. V. 16. ^B, * that thus says the Lord etc. Idem. But Drusius from the Complutensian edition, thus says: The Lord to the king sitting upon the throne of David, and to all the people dwelling in this city, and to your brothers, who did not go out with you into transmigration. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold I will send against them the sword, and famine, and pestilence, and I will set them as bad figs, which cannot be eaten for their wickedness. And as the suarim figs, which shall not be eaten for wickedness: what he called above "bad/foul," here he called "suarim." And "suarim" in the Hebrew tongue is that which grows in the forests, that is, wild things, neglected things, things not of cultivation.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXX

THE HEBREW. 2. Write for thyself. 6. A male. As one travailing. 8. Of hosts. 10. And do not fear, my servant Jacob.

THE HEBREW in Greek letters. 2. 6. 8. 10.

AQUILA. 2. 6. 8. 10.

HEBRAIC TEXT VERSION. 2. Write for thyself. 6. Male. Like one travailing. 8. Of hosts. 10. And thou, do not fear, my servant Jacob, says the Lord, and do not be...

VULGATE LATIN. 2. Write for thyself. 6. Male. As one travailing. 8. Of hosts. 10. Fear not, therefore, my servant Jacob, says the Lord, and...

AQUILA. 2. 6. 8. 10.

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^A SYMMACUS. THEODOTION. * The Lord says, that he spoke apostasy against the Lord.

Notes and various readings for chapter XXIX of Jeremiah. Hieronymus indeed: "I will set them as bad figs," which Theodotion translated as *sudrinas*; the second [reading], "worst"; Symmachus, "newest": which in Hebrew are called SUARIM; but by a scribal error, instead of the middle syllable, or the letter alpha, a Greek delta has crept in, so that instead of *suarim*, *sudrim* is read. The latest edition of Hieronymus has *sudrinas*, that is, "worst." But other editions and one very ancient Sangermanensis codex have *sudrinas*; Second, "worst"; that is, as Drusius rightly thinks, the second edition of Aquila. [Also Victorius adds, edition. — Lamb. Bos Aq., edit. Sym., Th., » Also Hebr. is punctuated so... DRACH.] V. 18. Thus ms. Jes., but Drusius from Complut., and I will pursue them with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, and I will give them into agitation in all the kingdoms of the earth, and into a curse, and into perplexity, and into a hissing, and into a reproach to all the nations, to whom I cast them out. V. 19. The same. Drusius indeed from the Complut. edition, because they did not hear my words, says the Lord, which I have sent to them through my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, and you did not hear, says the Lord. V. 20. The same. Drusius however from the Complut. edition: Do you therefore hear the words of the Lord, all you captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon. ^B V. 21. A., Θ., * of hosts, God of Israel. A., Θ., * son of Coulias. Koleas. Koliou. Kolia. Θ., son of Maaseias son of Maaseias. Θ., * I am the knower and […]. V. 25. saying, These things says... I did not send you in my name. And to Sophonias the son of Maaseias the priest say. Thus says the L. the God of the hosts. The Θ. I., For that you sent in your name letters to... I., not. these things says the L. the G. of the, saying, For that you [...] in my name the [...] to my people [...]. (I did not send you in my name) to Sophonias the son of Maaseias the priest, and to [...], saying, The Lord has made you priest, who is in Jerusalem, and to Sophonias the son. You sent in my name, since I did not send you in my name, into the confinement *sinoc*, and into the cataract. A bolt, Θ., says the Lord, says the Lord, because he spoke apostasy against the Lord, THEODOTION. SYMMACUS. P., * as of a woman who is travailing. ^C

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXX. SYMMACUS. Θ'. THEODOTION. 2. Write. II., * to thyself. 2. 6. Male. 6. Male. Vacant. II., * as of a certain woman travailing. 8. Vacant. II., * of hosts. 8. 10. Vacant. 10. * But you, do not fear, my servant ^D SYMMACUS. LXX INTERPRETERS. 2. 6. Masculine. Vacant. All, as of a woman parturient. 8. Vacant. All, of hosts. 10. Vacant. 10. But you, do not fear, my servant Jacob, says the Lord, neither...

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be terrified, Israel; for behold, I will save you from a land far away, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and returning [original-script column: see facsimile]

HEBREW TEXT. THE HEBREW in Greek characters. AQUILA. 11. 15. * Why do you cry out over your fracture? Your pain is violent; your sins have grown strong through the multitude of your iniquity. 18. The migration of the tabernacles of Jacob. 19. 20. The Syrian, his gatherings. 21, 22.

HEBREW TEXT TRANSLATION. (...) of Israel, for behold I save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity: and Jacob shall return, and shall rest, and shall be at peace, and there shall be none who terrifies. 11. For I am with you, says the Lord, to save you: for I will make a consummation in all nations, whither I have dispersed you there. But I will not make a consummation of you, and I will castigate you in judgment, and by making you innocent, I will not deliver you up. 15. Why do you cry over your fracture? Your pain is desperate: because of the multitude of your iniquity (and because) your sins have grown strong, I have done these things to you. 17. For I will bring a plaster to you. They have called you Zion. 18. The captivity of the tabernacles of Jacob. 19. And I will make them multiply, and they shall not be diminished. 20. His congregation. The Syrian, his gatherings. 21, 22. To approach unto me? says the Lord: and you shall be to me for a people, and I will be to you for a God.

VULGATA LATINA. Do not fear, O Israel: for behold I will save you from a land far off, and your seed from the land of their captivity: and Jacob shall return, and shall be at rest, and shall abound with all good things, and there shall be none whom he need fear. 11. For I am with you, says the Lord, to save you: for I will make an end of all the nations, in which I have scattered you: but you I will not make an end of; but I will chastise you in judgment, so that you may not seem innocent to yourself. 15. Why do you cry out for your fracture? Your pain is incurable: for the multitude of your iniquity, and for your hard sins, I have done these things to you. 17. I will surely put a scar upon you. They have called you Zion. 18. The turning of the tabernacles of Jacob. 19. And I will multiply them, and they shall not be diminished. 20. His congregation. 21, 22. That he may approach unto me? says the Lord: and you shall be to me a people, and I will be to you a God.

AQUILA. 11. 15. Why do you cry out-for your fracture? Your pain is violent, because of the multitude of your iniquity your sins have grown strong. 17. For I will bring you a wound-scar. 18. The migration of the tabernacles of Jacob. 19. 20. 21, 22.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XXX of Jeremiah. V. 2. II. (Aquila), * himself. Ms. Isaiah. V. 6. S. (Symmachus), masculine (sic). The same. Ibid. II. (Aquila), * as a woman, etc. The same. V. 8. II. (Aquila), * of hosts. The same. [And Complutensian, Drusius]. V. 10. Th. (Theodotion), * but do not fear, etc. The same. Drusius however from the Complutensian, Th., * do not fear, my servant Jacob, says the Lord, and do not be terrified, Israel, for behold I will save you from a land far away, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and returning

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^A Jacob will be at rest and have ease, and there will be no one to frighten him.

11. For I am with you, says the Lord, to save you; for I will make an end in all the nations among whom I have scattered you there. And I will discipline you into judgment, and I will not leave you unpunished.

15. Why do you cry out over your injury? Your pain is severe; because of the multitude of your iniquity, your sins have gained strength.

17. I will bring back healing for you. You have been called. O Zion.

18. The captivity of Jacob. ^B

19. And I will multiply them, and they shall not be diminished.

20. Their testimonies.

21, 22. To return to me? [*] says the Lord; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

SYMMACUS. LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION.

The text of Theodotion: ^C Jacob, says the Lord, and do not fear, Israel, for behold I save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity, and Jacob shall return, and shall rest in a good state, and there shall be no one who frightens [him].

11. For I am with you, says the Lord, to save you, for I will make a complete destruction among all the nations into which I have dispersed you there. And I will discipline you in judgment, and I will not leave you unpunished. ^D

15. Why do you cry over your injury? Violent is your pain; because of the multitude of your iniquity, your sins have grown strong.

17. I will apply a remedy for you. You have been called. O Zion.

18. The captivity of the tabernacles of Jacob.

19. And I will multiply them, and they shall not be diminished.

20. Their testimonies.

21, 22. To return to me? says the Lord; and you shall be to me for a people, and I will be to you for a God.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XXX of Jeremiah.

The words of Jerome are: "Therefore do not fear, my servant Jacob," says the Lord, "nor tremble, Israel. For behold, I will save you from a far land, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be at rest, and shall abound in all good things, and there shall be no one to fear; for I am with you," says the Lord, "to save you. For I will make an end..."

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of all the nations among whom I have scattered you. But I will not make an end of you; however, I will discipline you in judgment, and I will not leave you unpunished (or: and while cleansing, I will not cleanse you)." ^A St. Jerome continues: "This passage is not found in the LXX; and in most codices of the Vulgate edition it is added under asterisks from Theodotion."

V. 11. From the same MS of Jesus [College]. Drusius, however, says: "that I am with you," says the Lord, "to save you. For I will make an end of all the nations, among whom I have scattered you. But I will not make an end of you; but I will discipline you in judgment, and not cleanse you." [Regarding]—when I shall discipline you with judgment, I will not make you innocent—why do you cry out over your crushing? Your pain is incurable because of the multitude of your iniquity. ^B [original-script column: see facsimile]

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LATIN VULGATE

AQUILA

2. The people found favor in the desert, the survivors of the sword, going to give rest to Israel. 2. The people who had remained from the sword went to their rest, Israel. 2. Favor. 8. Among them the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and she who is in labor together, a great multitude. 8. Among whom there shall be the blind and the lame, the pregnant and she who is in labor together: a great multitude. 8. 12. And they shall exult. 12. They shall praise. 12. 13. And I will make them glad from their sorrow. 13. And I will gladden them from their grief. 13. From their grief. 15. To console. 15. To console. 15. To console. 16. The Lord said. 16. The Lord says. 16. 17. And there is hope in your latter end, said the Lord. And the children shall return to their own border. 17. And there is hope in your latter ends, says the Lord. And the children shall return to their borders. 17. 20. I will remember him still. 20. I will yet remember him. 20. 21. Set up for yourself monuments. 21. Set up for yourself a sign. 21. Speculators [Watchers]. Place for yourself. Place for yourself. Fix yourself (or: Mark yourself). High heaps. Bitternesses. 22. How far will you turn yourself hither and thither? 22. How long will you be dissolved with delights? 22.

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Hieronymus, moreover, has this to say on this passage: "As for what follows: 'Why do you cry out over your contrition? Your pain is incurable because of the multitude of your iniquity'; it is not in the Septuagint; that is to say, because it is said a second time, 'because of the multitude of your iniquity'."

V. 17. Procopius, in *Leviticus*: "Aquila and Symmachus interpreted these most recent words thus: 'Because I will cover your wound with a scar'." [To the completion of this verse add: "Turn back. Why do you cry out over your contrition? Your pain is incurable because of the multitude of your iniquity: and because of your harsh sins I have done these things to you." The Complutensian version is for the most part according to Theodoret. See the Roman edition. Drach.]

Ibid. * Ms. Jes. [I have added V. The same. etc. The same. mus LXX. Drach.] Theodoret. V. etc. Ms. Jes.

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SYMMACUS. 2. I find grace in the desert, a people saved from the sword, going forth that He might make Israel to rest. 8. 12. 13. 15. 16. 17. 20. * Again. 21. [Speculator.] (Transmutations.) 22. How long will you be plunged into the deep?

THE SEPTUAGINT INTERPRETERS. 2. I find warm favor in the desert with those who have perished by the sword. Go and do not have mercy on Israel. 8. In the feast of Pascha, and will make a great crowd. Another: in them is the blind and the lame, the pregnant and the one bringing forth together, a great assembly. 12. And they shall be glad. All, and they shall exult. 13. And I will make them rejoicing. 15. To cease. 16. Vacat. All, says the Lord. 17. Vacat. All, and there shall be hope in your latter end, says the Lord. Stable for your children. Another, in their borders. 20. I will remember him. 21. Set yourself up, Sion. Another, set up for yourself overseers. Do. Punishment. 22. How long will you turn back?

THEODOTION. 2. Favor. 8. 12. 13. From his pain. 15. 16. 17. 20. 21. 22.

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THE HEBREW. IN HEBREW CHARACTERS. AQUILA.

For the Lord has created a new thing in the female. And the house: of Juda. The Syrian, from the tower of the corner of Hananeel. Symmachus, hot; the Syrian and the Hebrew, compassion. And all the suburbs. Hope, and there will be hope for your latter end, says the Lord, and the sons will return to their borders.

HEBRAIC TEXT. VULGATE LATIN. AQUILA.

For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man. 25. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. 27. And I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Juda. 28. Even as I have watched over them to pluck up, and to break down, and to overthrow, and to destroy. 50. Every man shall die. 55. And in their heart. 54. Says the Lord. 57. I will reject. 58. From the tower of Hananeel. 59. Until the measuring line. 40. And all the valley of dead bodies and of ashes. And all the fields.

Notes and various readings on chapter XXXI of Jeremiah

V. 2. *I find favor*, etc. Drusius from a certain Greek scholion. [Symmachus’ version is brought forward by Theodoret, who reads, *in the desert*. DRACH.] Jerome on this place: “The Latin codices are ridiculous in this place, due to the ambiguity of the Greek word, interpreting *lupines* for *hot*, for the Greek *thermon* signifies both, which itself is not found in the Hebrew. For it is written HEN, which Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion translated *charin*, that is, *favor*. Only the Septuagint put *hot* (thermon), thinking the last letter was MEM. For if we read HEN with the letter NUN, it is called *favor*; if with MEM, it is interpreted as *heat*.” Ibid, Theodoret, *the hot*.

V. 8. *Another*, *blind to them*, etc. Ms. Jes. V. 12. *And they shall rejoice*. Idem. V. 15. Idem. V. 13. Idem. V. 15. Idem. V. 16. Idem. V. 17. *And there shall be hope*, etc. Idem. [Complutensian, which agrees better with the Hebrew. DRACH.] Ibid. *Another, to your borders*. Idem. [Complutensian, DRACH.] V. 20. *Again*. Idem. [For Symmachus’ *again*, others put better, etc. Polyglot Bible. DRACH.] V. 21. Jerome: “Where we said, *How long will you be dissolved in delicacies?* Symmachus put, *How long will you be plunged into the deep?* But both...”

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SYMMACHUS. "Because the Lord has created a new thing in a female. 25. 27. And I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 28. 30. 33. 34. 37. 38. 39. (The line) and yet hope. 40.

SYMMACHUS. Because the Lord has created a new thing in a female. 25. 27. And I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 28. 30. 33. 34. 37. 38. 39. A cord, yet hope. 40.

THEODOTION. "Because the Lord has created salvation for a new planting, in salvation shall men walk about." 25. Thus said the Lord. Others add, "of hosts, the God of Israel." 27. And [I will sow] the house of Israel and Judah. 28. "As I watched over them to pull down and to harm." Others, "to root out and to pull down and to destroy." 30. "He shall die." 33. And upon their heart. 34. Wanting. And [all] say, saith the Lord. 37. I will not reject. The others, "I will reject." 38. Unto the tower of Anameel. 39. The measuring of it. Others, "yet the line of measurement." 40. Wanting. And all Asaremoth. Others, "and every Asademoth." The valley of Phagarim, of ashes.

LXX INTERPRETERS. Because the Lord has created salvation for a new planting, in salvation shall men walk about. 25. Thus said the Lord. Another adds, "of hosts, the God of Israel." 27. And I will sow Israel and Judah. 28. As I watched over them to destroy and to afflict. Others, "to root out and to pull down and to destroy." 30. He shall die. 33. And upon their heart. 34. Wanting. All, saith the Lord. 37. I will not reject. The rest, "I will reject." 38. To the tower of Anameel. 39. The dimension of it. Another, "yet the line of dimension." 40. Wanting. And all Asaremoth. Another, "and all Asademoth."

THEODOTION. Because the Lord has created new salvation, in salvation shall man walk about. 25. 27. 28. 30. Every man. 33. And upon their bosom. 34. 37. 38. 39. 40. The valley of Phagarim, of ashes.

Notes and various readings on chapter XXXI of Jeremiah.

I have set forth the edition in its entirety, that I might show that this chapter, which is most obscure and contains a sacrament of the Church, was either unknown to or omitted by the LXX (or whoever else translated this prophet). The Hebrew word SIONIM is translated either as "watchmen" or "watchtowers," as Aquila and Symmachus have interpreted. Whence I wonder what the Vulgate edition intended by placing "Sion" for SIONIM—that is, for "watchmen"—thereby confusing the reader's understanding, etc. Drusius, from the Complutensian edition, adduces this, which he believes belongs to Aquila. Perhaps Aquila translated it "watchmen" or... [original-script column: see facsimile]... thus representing the Hebrew word in Greek letters, as he not rarely did. Ibid. Symmachus, "transmutations." Jerome. [Lamberto Bos exhibits the genuine reading of Symmachus. DRACH.] V. 22. The Greek of Symmachus, etc., which we have added, proceeds from Lamberto Bos and from the concordances of Trommius and Conrad Kircher. DRACH. Ibid. We provide the reading of Aquila and Symmachus in Greek from the Colbertine codex, and from Athanasius, Jerome: whom see on this passage. L. Bos [Theod., (which Greek forms agree more with the Hebrew than with the Latin version of S. Jerome). Aq. and S.,

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περιελεύσονται άνδρας.» (He shall go around men.)

V. 23. *τῶν δυνάμεων etc. (of the hosts, etc.) Ms. Jes.

V. 27. 'A., Σ., οἶκον etc. (Aq., Sym., house, etc.) The same, and similarly the following verses 28, 30, 33, 34.

V. 57. οἱ λοιπ., ἀποδοκιμῶ etc. (The rest, I will reject, etc.) From Drusius. [Origen, *that which is not in the other translators is not present, but it is in the LXX.*]

V. 38. ὁ Σύρος, ἀπὸ τοῦ πύργου etc. (The Syrian, from the tower, etc.) Drusius from Theodoret.

V. 39. Hieronymus: "Norma, or according to Symmachus, a measuring line." Theodoret reads, that is, a cord of measurement. [Hebr. Chetib, *qwh*, and Keri, *qwy*. Dr.]

V. 40. On this verse, Jerome has thus: "And all the valley of ruins, (for which Theodoret...)

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VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT

2. And then strength. And Jeremias the prophet. King of Juda. 3. King of Juda. 4. And Sedecias king of Juda. 5. Until I visit him, said the Lord: if you fight against the Chasdim, you shall not prosper. 6. And Jeremias said, The word of the Lord came to me. 7. For to you belongs the right of redemption. 8. The son of my uncle according to the word of the Lord. Buy, I pray, 9. The field which is in Anathoth. And I weighed to him the silver, seven shekels. 11. The precept, and the laws, and the outward evidence. 14. Taking the books.

VULGATE LATINA

2. Then the army. And Jeremias the prophet. King of Juda. 3. King of Juda. 4. And Sedecias king of Juda. 5. Until I visit him, saith the Lord: but if you fight against the Chaldeans, you shall prosper nothing. 6. And Jeremias said, The word of the Lord came to me. 7. To you belongs [the right] by kinship. 8. The son of my uncle according to the word of the Lord. Possess [it]. 9. The field which is in Anathoth. And I weighed to him the silver, seven staters. 11. And the stipulations, and the ratified, and the signs on the outside. 14. Take the books.

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Asaremoth. Aquila rendered this as "suburbs." And every valley of Phagarim, and of ashes, and every Asaremoth. And every valley of Phagarim, and of ashes, and every Asseremoth. ^B Symmachus: And Jeremiah, the prophet. Of the king of Judah. Theodotion: ...him, says the Lord. For he is fighting the Chaldeans, against whom you shall not succeed. The word of the Lord came unto me. ...of stewardship. ...word of the Lord. Buy, I pray. ^C ...from Anameel. ...for the silver: seven shekels. ...son of my father's brother. All: the one in Anathoth. And I weighed to him seven shekels. ...and the justifications, and that which is revealed.

^D The very Hebrew word itself, PHAGARIM, and ashes, and all Asaremoth (which we read better as ASADEMOTH), for which Aquila interpreted "suburbs." See also the book *On Hebrew Names*. The same Jerome in his Commentary says: "Sademoth, which we translate as into the region of death, dividing one name into two words; SADE, which is called region; and MOTH, which is interpreted as of death; for which Aquila translates, suburbs, or fields and countrysides." Colbertinus [manuscript]: Theodoret, however, reads, Complutensian [edition]: Note that in the Hebrew text, the *Chetib* is *hasseremoth*, but the *Keri* is *hassedemoth*. Drachma.]

JEREMIAE CHAPTER XXXII.

SYMMACHUS. 2. And then: power. And Jeremiah. ^C The prophet. Of the king of Judah.

THEODOTION. 2. 3. 4. 5. ...until I visit him, says the Lord. For he is fighting the Chaldeans, against whom you shall not succeed. 6. And Jeremiah said: The word of the Lord came unto me. 7. For to you [is] the judgment of stewardship. 8. Of my father according to the word of the Lord. Buy, I pray. 9. The field of Anameel. All: from Anameel. Son of my father's brother. All: the one in Anathoth. By the silver: seven shekels. And I weighed to him seven shekels. ^D 11. Vacat. The commandment and the justifications, and that which is revealed. 14. Take (the) book.

LXX INTERPRETES. 2. And then virtue. And Jeremias. All, prophet. Of King Juda. 3. King Juda. 4. And Sedekias. 5. Vacat. 5. Until I visit him, says the Lord: because he is fighting the Chaldeans, whom you shall not overcome. 6. And said Jeremias: The word of the Lord was made unto me. 7. For to you [there is] the judgment of propinquity. 8. Of my father, according to the word of the Lord. Possess, I pray. 9. Field of Anameel. All: from Anameel. Son of the brother of my father. All, who [is] in Anathoth. With silver, seven shekels. And I stationed for him seven shekels. 11. Vacat. All, the commandment, and justifications, and the revealed. 14. Take the book.

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HEBRAIC TEXT VERSION. Apertum hunc. 15. Lord of hosts, God of Israel: yet. 17. Ahab, Lord God: behold thou hast made. 18, 19. Lord of hosts is his name, great in counsel. Because thine eyes are open. Upon all ways. And according to the fruit of their studies. 20. And in man. 23. I commanded them to do, [they] did not. 24. And famine and pestilence. It was: and behold thou seest. 25. And thou hast said to me, Lord. 27. Is anything too hard for me? 28. This city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nabuchadresar. 29. And they shall come. 30. Truly. Because the sons of Israel were truly provoking me in the work of their hands, saith the Lord. 31. This city has been for me.

VULGATE LATIN. Hunc which is opened. 15. Lord of hosts, God of Israel: yet. 17. Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold thou hast made. 18, 19: Lord of hosts is thy name. Great in counsel. Whose eyes are opened. Upon all ways. And according to the fruit of his inventions. 20. And in men. 23. Thou didst command them to do, [they] did not. 24. And famine and pestilence. They have happened, as thou thyself perceivest. 25. And thou sayest to me, Lord. 27. Will anything be difficult for me? 28. This city into the hands of the Chaldeans, and into the hands (of the king of Babylon). 29. And they shall come. 30. Moreover. The sons of Israel, who even up to now provoke me in the work of their hands, saith the Lord.

AQUILA. 15. 17. 18, 19. Opened. 20. 23. 24. 25. 27. 28. 29. And they shall enter. 30. Moreover. Moreover the sons of Israel provoked me in the works of their hands, saith the Lord. 31.

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SYMMACUS.

15. 17. 18, 19.

20. 23. 24. 25. 27. All word? 28. 29. 30. 1. Alone. 2. Neither. Moreover the sons of Israel provoked me in the works of their hands, saith the Lord. 31.

LXX INTERPRETERS.

The text read. 15. Lord: Again. 17. Thou who art, Lord, Lord (sic), behold what thou hast made. 18, 19. Lord of great counsel. Thine eyes. Unto the ways. Vacat. 20. And among the earth-born. The rest, and among men. 23. Thou didst command them, they did not. 24. And of the famine. And of the death. It came to pass. And behold, thou seest. 25. And thou sayest unto me, O Lord. 27. Shall anything be hidden from me? 28. This city into the hands. 29. And they shall enter. 30. Alone. Vacat. 31. The city was mine.

THEODOTION.

15. * Almighty God of Israel: Again. 17. 18, 19. * Of the hosts is his name: of great counsel. * Opened. * And according to the fruits of their doings. 20. 25. 21. 25. 27. 28. * Into the hands of the Chaldeans and into the hands of Nabuchodonosor. 29. 30. Alone. 31.

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^A THE HEBREW 32. 52. 33. 55. 36. 56. 40. 40. THE HEBREW In Greek letters. 32. 55. 56. * This. 40. AQUILA. 32. 55. To pass over. 56. * This. 40.

VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT. VULGATE LATIN. AQUILA. 32. Of the sons of Israel and of the sons of Juda. 52. Of the sons of Israel and of the sons of Juda. 52. 33. To pass over. 55. That they might initiate. 55. To cause to pass over. 36. This city. 56. This city. 56. This. 40. To their successors to do good to them. 40. And I will not cease to do good to them. 40.

Notes and various readings on chapter XXXII of Jeremiah.

V. 2. * Ms. Jes. likewise the following readings of verses 3 and 4 with asterisks. V. 5. *, * etc. Drusius cites this passage, which is missing in the LXX, thus from the Complutensian: * ^B Jerome however: "And what follows, *until I visit him*, says the Lord, *and if you shall fight against the Chaldeans, you shall have no prosperity*, is not found in the LXX." [Others... Others...] V. 6. * *Thus Jeremiah* etc., which are noted with asterisks as far as the verse from the same ms. Jes. V. 7. Ed. Rom., *because*... *to take for himself*. So also Alex., but *judgment*. DRACH. V. 8. * *O*. Alex., *thyself*. THE SAME. V. 11. * *The sealed*, Alex., *read*. And so also the Roman edition itself, and soon at verse 14, where Lud. Capellus, in his critical notes, suspects it should be rewritten as *the opened*, to correspond to the Hebrew word. But Schleusner ingeniously defends the received reading with these grave words: "The LXX did not notice the sense here, having expressed it more freely yet not badly; for it was a copy of an open instrument, intended for those wishing to read and recognize the conditions of the purchase; and *the read* here does not so much signify what is read, or was being read, as what was able to be read and inspected." THE SAME. V. 19. II., *all*. So also Complut. THE SAME. Ibid., etc. Complut. THE SAME. V. 20. *The rest*, *among men*. Ms. Jes. V. 23. II., *to do*. The same as far as verse 29. V. 24. II., *and of death*. Ms. Jes., where Drusius says that elsewhere *and of pestilence* is read, but elsewhere, *and of famine*. [Ald., *of pestilence*. Complut., *of famine*. DRACH] Ibid. II., etc. Complut. ^C V. 29. Jerome: "Aquila acts better, who for what is written *shall come*, translated *shall enter*, that is, they shall enter the city. For they were not absent, so as to come: since they had surrounded Jerusalem, as the Scripture testifies." And below: "For the word BAU, by its ambiguity, both *shall come*..."

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXXIII

THE HEBREW 2. 2. 4. 4. 9. 9. 11. 11. 12. 12. 14. 14.

THE HEBREW In Greek letters. 2. 4. 9. * To them. 11. 12. 14.

AQUILA. 2. 4. 9. * To them. 11. 12. 14.

VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT. VULGATE LATIN. AQUILA. 2. To establish it. 2. And prepared. 2. 4. Upon houses. 4. To houses. 4. 9. Which I am about to do to them. 9. Which I am about to do for them. 9. To them. ^D 11. Of those bringing confession. 11. And of those bringing vows. 11. 12. Without man. 12. Without man. 12. 14. Behold the days are coming, saith the Lord, and I will confirm the good word. 14. Behold the days are coming, saith the Lord, and I will fulfill the good word. 14.

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Behold the days are coming, saith the Lord, and I will raise up my good word, which I spoke concerning the house of Israel, and concerning the house of Juda.

Notes and Various Readings to Chapter XXXII of Jeremiah

V. 30. Jerome: "The Hebrew word ACH, Aquila interpreted as 'because', which signifies a conjunction, 'nevertheless'. The first edition of Symmachus, and the LXX and Theodotion, translate solely. The second of Symmachus, indeed, translates it *dolon* [whole], which we also have followed in the present instance, continuously." [Lamb. Bos: Sym., *di' holou*. So also writes the Polyglot Bible.] Ibid. *etc.* Ms. Jes. Drusius, however, brings forward this reading, where the LXX are lacking: "The sons of Israel who up to now provoke me by the works of their hands," says the Lord. [Ex Compl. DR.] Jerome, however: "The sons of Israel who until now provoke me by the works of their hands, saith the Lord." In the LXX it is not contained, and it is added from the Hebrew. V. 31. *moi* [to me]. Ms. Jes. V. 32. *huiōn* [sons]. The same. V. 35. Jerome: "For 'they might initiate', in Hebrew it is written EBIR, which Aquila and Symmachus [rendered] 'they might transport'; the LXX and Theodotion translated, 'they might offer'." [We have added the Greek reading of Aq. and Sym. from Lambert Bos. DRACH.] Ms. Jes. Ibid. *deber*, and in pestilence. LXX, *kai en apostolē*, and in a mission. Lud. Cappellus improperly conjectured that *apokopē* should be read; but Sixtus Amama aptly observed, in *Anti-Barbarus Biblicus* book IV, ad h. l., that pestilence in the biblical dialect is called a "mission," because it is sent by God. Thus Ps. LXXVII, a mission [dispatch] of evil angels, which the seventy elders, understanding as pestilence, rendered as *apostolē*. Baruch II, "in famine, in sword and in mission," i.e., plague, as Grotius and Calmet explain. DRACH. Ms. Jes. V. 41. *be-emeth*, in truth. Aq., *en alētheia*, in truth. LXX, *en pistei*, in faith. Vulg., in truth. From L. Bos. Addendum. DRACH. V. 44. *u-ve-are he-shephēlah*, and in the cities of the plain. Aq. and Sym., and in the cities of the plains. LXX, *kai en polesin tēs Sephēla* (otherwise, *Sephla*, cod. Vat.), and in the cities of Sephela itself. Vulg., and in the campestral cities. Addendum. Idem.

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THE HEBREW TEXT. VULGATE LATIN. AQUILA. ...the thing which I have spoken to the house of Israel, and to the house of Judah.

15. In those days and at that time, I will make a branch of righteousness to sprout for David; and he will execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

16. In those days Judah shall be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell in confidence: and this is the name which they shall call him: The Lord our just one.

17. For thus saith the Lord: There shall not fail a man of David, who shall sit upon the throne of the house of Israel.

18. And of the priests and Levites there shall not fail a man before my face, who may offer holocausts, and burn sacrifice, and kill victims all days.

19. And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying.

20. Thus saith the Lord: If my covenant with the day can be made void, and my covenant with the night, that there be not day and night in their season.

21. Also my covenant with David my servant may be made void, that there may not be a son of his that shall reign on his throne, and that the Levites and priests my ministers may not exist.

...that which I have spoken to the house of Israel, and to the house of Judah.

15. In those days, and at that time, I will make the gem of justice to spring forth unto David, and he shall do judgment and justice in the earth.

16. In those days Juda shall be saved, and Jerusalem shall inhabit confidently: and this is the name which they shall call him: The Lord our just one.

17. For thus saith the Lord: There shall not perish a man from David, who shall sit upon the throne of the house of Israel.

18. And of the priests and Levites there shall not perish a man from before my face, who may offer holocausts, and burn a sacrifice, and kill victims all days.

19. And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying.

20. Thus saith the Lord: If the covenant of mine with the day can be made void, and my covenant with the night, so that there be not day and night in their season.

21. Also my covenant with David my servant may be able to be made void, so that there be not a son of his who shall reign on his throne, and [so that] the Levites and priests [may not be] my ministers.

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SYMMACUS. 15. Vacat. 16. Vacat. 17. Vacat. 18. Vacat. 19. Vacat. 20. * (If you shall make void.) 21. Vacat.

LXX INTERPRETERS. 15. Vacat. 16. Vacat. 17. Vacat. 18. Vacat. 19. Vacat. 20. Vacat. 21. Vacat.

THEODOTION. 15. * In those days and at that time will I cause to spring forth to David a righteous branch, doing judgment and justice in the earth. 16. * In those days Judah shall be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell confidently; and this is the name which he shall call her: The Lord our righteousness. 17. * For thus saith the Lord, There shall not be cut off to David a man sitting upon the throne of the house of Israel. 18. * And to the priests the Levites there shall not be cut off a man from before my face offering whole burnt offerings, and sacrificing a sacrifice, and doing incense all the days. 19. * And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying, 20. * Thus saith the Lord: If ye shall make void my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there be not day and night in their season; 21. * Then also my covenant with David my servant shall be made void, so that there shall not be to him a son reigning upon his throne, and the [covenant] with the Levites the priests my ministers.

SYMMACUS. [The Latin text provided in the source for the corresponding segments is presented below:] ...good, which I have spoken over the house of Israel, and over the house of Juda. 15. In those days and in that time I will cause to arise to David a just sprout, doing judgment and justice in the earth. 16. In those days Judea [Judah] shall be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell confident: and this is the name which he shall call it, Dominus justus nobiscum [The Lord is just with us]. 17. For thus saith the Lord, There shall not be exterminated to David a man sitting upon the throne of the house of Israel. 18. And for the Levitical priests there shall not be exterminated a man from before my face, offering holocausts, and sacrificing a sacrifice, and making incense all the days. 19. And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying. 20. Thus saith the Lord: If ye shall have dissipated my testament by day, and my testament by night, that there be not day and night in their time. 21. Also my testament with David my servant shall be dissipated; so that there be not to him a son reigning upon his throne, and that which [is] with the Levites, the priests ministering to me.

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THE HEBREW ORIGINAL

22. As the host of the heavens shall not be numbered, neither shall the sand of the sea be measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites ministering to me. 23. And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying, 24. Hast thou not seen what this people have spoken, saying: The two families which the Lord had chosen, he hath cast them off; and my people they provoke, that it should be no more a nation before them. 25. Thus saith the Lord: If my covenant be not with day and night, the statutes of heaven and earth I have not appointed. 26. Also the seed of Jacob and David my servant I will cast off, that I should not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will bring back their captivity, and will have mercy on them.

VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT

22. As the host of the heavens shall not be numbered, nor shall the sand of the sea be measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites serving me. 23. And it happened that the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 24. Hast thou not seen what this people have spoken? saying: The two families which the Lord had chosen, them he hath rejected, and my people they irritate, so that it is no longer a nation before them. 25. Thus saith the Lord: If my covenant [be] not with day and night, the statutes of the heavens and of the earth I have not set. 26. Also the seed of Jacob and David my servant I will reject, so that I shall not take from his seed those who rule over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will lead back their captivity, and will have mercy on them.

VULGATE LATIN

22. As the stars of the heaven are not to be numbered, and the sand of the sea is not to be measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites my ministers. 23. And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 24. Hast thou not seen what this people hath spoken? saying: The two families which the Lord had chosen, have been cast off: and they have despised my people, insomuch that it is no more a nation before them. 25. Thus saith the Lord: If my covenant be not between day and night, and laws to heaven and earth I have not set. 26. Yea, and the seed of Jacob and David my servant I will cast off, that I take not of his seed to be princes of the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will lead back their captivity, and will have mercy on them.

Notes and various readings on chapter XXXIII of Jeremiah

^A On v. 2. Symmachus, "to fulfill." Ms. Isa. The same, indeed, at v. 4, in the text has "concerning the houses," in the margin, the same. And v. 5, the asterisk for "to denote" [missing text in Greek], "to fulfill," "with wrath," and with the "fury." And at v. 9, the asterisk "to me for joy." Ibid. v. 11, the asterisk "I am doing," [with] D., S., the asterisk "to us." V. 11, "gifts of praise." V. 12, P., [asterisk] "beside there not being a man."

^B ...supplements, because they were lacking in the LXX. Drusius, however, brings forward the other version from the Complutensian edition, which he transcribed, as he himself confesses, from the Roman edition. Dr.: namely, 14. "Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, and I will establish the good word which I spoke concerning the house of Israel, and concerning the house of Judah." 15. "In those days, and at that time, I will cause to sprout for David a sprout of righteousness [in Theodotion instead of this it is read, "I will raise up a righteous branch..."]"

(*) This in this verse occurs for the first time, concerning the houses of the city. LXX, "concerning the houses of the city." Complut., "of the houses." Second, "concerning the houses of the kings." Edit. Rom., "and concerning the houses of the kings." Alex. and Complut., "and concerning the houses of the kings." B., "and concerning the house of the king." Drach.

(**) Greek Vulgate: "to fight against the Chaldeans, and to fill it with the dead of men, whom I smote in my wrath and in my fury." Idem.

(***) Vulgate: "and it shall be for joy." This the Complutensian and other copies also add. Idem.

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SYMMACHUS.

22. 23. 24. 25. 26.

LXX INTERPRETERS.

22. Vacat. 23. Vacat. 24. Vacat. 25. Vacat. 26. Vacat.

THEODOTION.

22. [*] As the power of heaven shall not be numbered, neither shall the sand of the sea be measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites who minister to me. 23. 24. [*] Have you not seen what this people has spoken? Saying, The two families which the Lord chose, behold, he has cast them off, and they have provoked my people so that they are no longer before me. 25. [*] Thus says the Lord, If I have not appointed my covenant day and night, the fixed ordinances of heaven and earth, 26. [*] I will also reject the seed of Jacob and of David my servant, so as not to take from his seed a ruler over the seed of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, for I will turn their captivity, and will have mercy on them.

SYMMACHUS.

22. ^C Sicut non numerabitur virtus cœli, nec mensurabitur arena maris: sic multiplicabo semen David servi mei, et levitas ministrantes mihi.

LXX INTERPRETERS.

22. Vacat. 23. 24. Et factum est verbum Domini ad Jeremiam, dicens. 24. Annon vidisti quid populus hic locuti sunt? dicentes, Duæ familiæ quas elegit Dominus in eis: et ecce expulit eos: et populum meum irritaverunt, ut non sit ultra in conspectu meo. 25. Hæc dicit Dominus, Si non testamentum meum die ac nocte, accurata statuta cœli et terræ non posui. 26. Etiam semen Jacob et David servorum meorum reprobabo, ut non accipiam de semine ejus principem ad semen Abraham et Isaac et Jacob, quia reverti faciam reversionem eorum, et miserabor eos.

Notes and various readings on chap. XXXIII of Jeremiah.

^D ...to David. [DR.], and a king shall reign, and shall understand, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. And Jerusalem shall dwell confidently, and this is the name which they shall call [Theodoret., variant: which shall be called] him, The Lord our righteous, [The Lord our righteousness]. 17. "That thus says the Lord, There shall not fail to David a man sitting upon the throne of Israel. 18. And of the priests and Levites there shall not fail [Theodor., shall not be destroyed. DR.] a man before me, offering whole burnt-offering, and burning sacrifice, and doing sacrifice all the days." 19. And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying. 20. Thus says the Lord, If you make my covenant according to the day, and my covenant according to the night, so that there be not day and night in their time, 21. And my covenant shall be with David my servant, so that there shall not be from him a son reigning upon his throne, and with the Levites, and priests my ministers. 22. As the host of heaven shall not be numbered, and the sand of the sea shall not be measured, so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites my ministers. 23. And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying. 24. Have you not seen that this people has spoken, saying, The two kindreds which the Lord chose, he has cast them out; and

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they despised my people, so that they were no longer a nation before them. 25. Thus says the Lord, If I have not set my covenant by day and by night, and the laws of heaven and earth, [then] I will not fail the seed of Jacob. 26. Thus the seed of Jacob shall not be cast out.

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1. And all the kingdoms of the earth under the power of his hand, and all the peoples fought.

5. And woe.

6. Jeremiah the prophet.

8. With all the people who were in Jerusalem, proclaiming liberty to them.

9. In Judea [for] his brother.

10, 11. That they should no longer serve them: and they heard, and sent them away: and they turned back afterwards, and brought back the male and female servants whom they had set free.

17. Liberty to you, says the Lord.

18. The words of the covenant. Which they cut in two, and passed between.

19. And the princes of Jerusalem. Eunuchs. And all the people of the land. Passing between the pieces of the calf. [alt-version omitted]

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[The Greek text at the top of the column:] my slave—if it were so—that I would not take from his seed, rulers in the seed of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob; for I will turn their captivity, and I will have mercy on them.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXXIV

SYMMACUS. 1. And all the earth of his authority were fighting. Another, and all his army were fighting. Another, * and all the kingdoms of the earth of his authority, and all the peoples were fighting. 5. And woe (another, and O). 6. Jeremiah * the prophet. 8. Towards * all the people, to call * for them: release. 9. Of Judah * his brother no one. 10, 11. * In order that they might not serve him anymore, and they listened; and they turned back after these things, and they returned the male slaves and the female slaves whom they had sent away free. 17. Release to you * says the Lord. 18. The covenant of mine. Which they made * into two: to work. 19. Vacat. Another, * and the princes of Jerusalem. And the mighty ones. Another, eunuchs. And * all: the people * of the land. Vacat. Another, * those who passed between the pieces of the calf.

LXX INTERPRETERS. 1. And all the earth of his principality were fighting. Aliter, and all his army were fighting. Alius, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his principality, and all the peoples were fighting. 5. And woe. Alius, and O. 6. Jeremiah the prophet. 8. To all the people, to call for them liberty. 9. Out of Judah, a man his brother (no one). 10, 11. That they should not serve them any more, and they listened: and they were converted afterward, and they made return the boys and girls, whom they had sent away free. 17. A release to you, saith the Lord. 18. My covenant. Which they made in two to work. 19. Vacat. Alius, and the princes of Jerusalem. And the powerful. Alius, eunuchs. And all the people of the earth. Vacat. Alius, those passing between the pieces of the calf.

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^A THE HEBREW. 21. [Original script column: see facsimile] VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT. 21. And into the hand of those seeking their souls, and into the hand of the power of the king of Babylon.

THE HEBREW In Greek characters. 21.

VULGATA LATINA. 21. And into the hand of those seeking their souls, and into the hand of the armies of the king of Babylon.

AQUILA. 21.

Notes and various readings on chapter XXXIV of Jeremiah. V. 1. *Καὶ πᾶσαι* etc. Ms. Jes. where the asterisk is not placed in front; but it is to be placed here because the LXX are missing. Ibid. in the text it is read, *πᾶν τὸ στρατόπεδον* etc. Drusius however says this from the Complutensian, *καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ βασιλεῖαι τῆς γῆς αἱ ὑπὸ τὴν δυναστείαν τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντες οἱ λαοὶ ἐπολέμουν*. V. 3. In these Hebrew words *[Original script column: see facsimile]* Drusius from the Complutensian, *καὶ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ μετὰ σοῦ λαλήσει*. [It is also in the Alexandrine, but without the article *τό*. DRACH.] V. 4. *עליך* Drusius, *πρὸς σέ*. [Thus the Complutensian. Others, *περὶ σοῦ*, others, *περὶ σέ*. DR.] Ibid. Drusius, *[Original script column: see facsimile]* *οὐκ ἀποθανῇ ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ*. [Compl.] V. 5. *Ἄλλος, καὶ ὧ*. Ms. Jes. ibid. Drusius on these words *[Original script column: see facsimile]* *ὡς ἔκαυσαν τοὺς πατέρας σου*, and *καύσονται*. [Ex Complut. The Roman edition and the Alexandrine, *ἔκλαυσαν et κλαύσονται*, which, as Drusius rightly observes, is to be ascribed to an untrained hand. DRACH.] V. 6. *ὁ προφήτης*. Ms. Jes. V. 7. *τὰς καταλελειμμένας*. Drusius from the Complutensian. [It is also in the Alexandrine. DR.] V. 8. *πρὸς* * πάντα* etc. Ms. Jes. Drusius however adds from the Complutensian, *τὸν ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ*, which is missing in the published editions of the Seventy. [It is in the Alexandrine. DR.] V. 9. *ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ* etc. Ms. Jes. V. 10. Drusius, *[Original script column: see facsimile]* *καὶ ἐπήκουσαν*. Ibidem, *[Original script column: see facsimile]* *καὶ ἤκουσαν καὶ ἀφῆκαν*. [Ex Complut.] V. 10 et 11. * πρὸς τὸ μὴ δουλεύειν αὐτοὺς* etc. Drusius reports these thus from the Complutensian, *καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν μετὰ ταῦτα, καὶ ἀνήγαγον τοὺς δούλους, καὶ τὰς παιδίσκας, οὓς ἀπέστειλαν ἐλευθέρους, καὶ ὑπέταξαν αὐτοὺς εἰς δούλους καὶ παιδίσκας*. In the LXX it is read only, *αὐτοὺς εἰς παῖδας καὶ παιδίσκας*.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXXV

THE HEBREW. 2. [Original script column: see facsimile] 3. [Original script column: see facsimile] 4. [Original script column: see facsimile] 5. [Original script column: see facsimile] 8. [Original script column: see facsimile] 11. [Original script column: see facsimile] 14. [Original script column: see facsimile]

THE HEBREW In Greek characters. 2. 3. 4. 5. 8. 11. 14.

AQUILA. 2. 3. 4. 5. 8. 11. 14.

VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT. 2. Go to the house. 3. And the whole house of the Rechabites. 4. The guardian of the threshold. 5. And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites. And I said unto them. 8. Jonadab the son of Rechab. 11. We have dwelt. 14. To his sons.

VULGATA LATINA. 2. Go to the house. 3. And the whole house of the Rechabites. 4. Who was the guardian of the vestibule. 5. And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites. And I said unto them. 8. Jonadab the son of Rechab. 11. We have dwelt. 14. To his sons.

AQUILA. 2. 3. 4. 5. 8. 11. 14.

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^A 21. And into the hands of those who seek their life, and into the hands of the power of the king of Babylon.

^A THEODOTION. 21. And into the hands of those who seek their life, and into the hands of the power of the king of Babylon.

Notes and various readings on chapter XXXIV of Jeremiah: V. 17. * saith the Lord. Ms. Jes. V. 18. S., * my words. Ms. Jes. Better to read, the words of the covenant. Ibid. * into two. Ms. Jes. Drusius brings forward this version from the Complutensian, which others do not have, nor what follows. [But they proceed from a note in the Roman edition. DR.] Ibid. * into two parts, and they passed through the midst of the parts of the calf. [Ibid. LXX (Rom. and Alex.), to operate. They read, of course, *l-b-a-d*, for *b-d-l*. Better Ald. and other copies, DR.] V. 19. * and the princes of Jerusalem. Drusius, [Complut. DR.] Ibid. * Another, eunuchs. Ms. Jes. Ibid. * all the people. Ms. Jes. The full passage is thus in Drusius from the Complutensian, (alias, *all the people* of the earth, who passed through the midst of the parts of the calf. [Drusius does not say he copied these from the Complutensian edition, which otherwise does not have "who" nor what follows. But they proceed from a note in the Roman edition. DR.]) Ibid. * etc. Ms. Jes. In the LXX it is missing. V. 21. * and into the hands of those who seek etc. The Same. (*) The full passage is thus in Drusius from the Complutensian, I will give into the hands of their enemies, and into the hands of those who seek their life, and into the hands of the power of the king of Babylon to those who turn away from them. (*) For which the Roman edition has, And the power of the king of Babylon to those who recede from them. Alex. however, And the powers of the king of B., who turn away from them. And in the hand of the power of the king of B., of those who turn away from them.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXXV.

^B SYMMACHUS. 0'. THEODOTION. 2. Go into the house. Another, come into the house. Another, house. 3. And all the house... 5. And all the house. Arche. 4. Keeping the atrium. Another, a path. The Three, keeping the station. 5. And I gave before them. Another, * and I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites. And I said * unto them. 8. Jonadab the son of Rechab. 11. We dwelt. Another, we shall dwell. Another, we have dwelt. 14. To his sons. Another, to his sons.

^C SYMMACHUS. LXX INTERPRETES. THEODOTION. 2. Go into the house. Another, go into the house. 3. And all the house... 5. And all the house. Arche. 4. Keeping the atrium. Another, threshold. The Three, keeping the station. 5. And I gave in their sight. Another, and I set in the sight of the sons of the house of the Rechabites. And I said unto them. 8. Jonadab the son of Rechab. 11. We dwelt. Another, we have dwelt. Another, we habitated. 14. To his sons. Another, to his sons.

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THE HEBREW

HEBREW in Greek letters. AQUILA. * Until this day, because they heard the command of their father.

15. 17-19.

VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT

Until this day, because they heard the command of their father. 15. Rising early, and sending. 17-19. Forasmuch as I have spoken unto them, and they have not heard, and I have called them, and they have not answered. And unto the house of the Rechabites, Jeremiah said. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. And ye have observed all his commandments, and have done according to all that he commanded you; therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel.

VULGATE LATIN

Until this day, because they obeyed the command of their father. 15. Rising early, and sending. 17-19. Forasmuch as I spoke unto them, and they heard not: I called them, and they answered me not. But unto the house of the Rechabites, Jeremiah said. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. And ye have kept all his commands, and have done everything that he commanded you: therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel.

AQUILA

Until this day, because they heard the command of their father. 15. 17-19.

Notes and various readings for Jer. Chapter XXXV

V. 2. 70, go to the house, etc. These readings come from the Jes. MS. Ibid. Heb. and Vulg., and speak to them. It is missing in our LXX. But the Alex., the Complut., and the Cod. Friderico-Augustanus of Tischendorf have *and call them, and call them. DRACH. V. 3. And every * the house. The word follows doubtful as if * (oúolov). But it is not clearly read. [Edit. Rom., Alex., Complut., Ald., * (Raxabim). From whence Montf. fished out * (Archabim) we have investigated in vain. Drach.] V. 4. The Jes. MS has, the 70, the threshold (or * ). The rest of this verse and the next are confused in the same MS. [Montf. published, * (the way), and in Latin, viam, and subjoined this note: 'Al., * (the way), perhaps * (threshold)', which we have deleted as unworthy of so great a man. The Aldine and Complutensian also have * (the way). We, however, have not doubted to rewrite * (the threshold), limen. Below, Ezech. XL, 7, you will twice see the Ionic * (threshold), instead of the Aldine readings.] V. 5. * and I set, etc. The same. Ibid. * toward them. The same. V. 8. Son of Rechab. The same.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXXVI

THE HEBREW

HEBREW in Greek letters. 1. It came to pass in the year. 2. A volume.

VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT

1. And it was in the year. 2. Volume. I have spoken.

VULGATE LATIN

1. And it came to pass in the year. 2. Volume. I have spoken.

AQUILA

1. It came to pass in the year. 2. Volume (or Chapter).

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[Sym] ^A Because I have spoken to them, and they have not heard; and I called them, and they did not answer. And to the house of Rechab, Jeremiah said. ^B [LXX]. And sending. Therefore thus said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, (Since the sons of Jonadab, son of Rechab, have heard the commandment of their father) to do according to all that their father commanded them. [Another]. And they kept all his commandments, according to all that their father commanded them. Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. [Theodotion]. Until this day, because they have heard the commandment of their father.

17–19. [Sym], [Theod]. ^C Because I have spoken to them and they have not heard, and I called them and they did not answer. And to the house of Rechab, Jeremiah said. [LXX]. We shall dwell, we departed. [Theod]. Until this day, because they have heard the commandment, the commandment. Rising early in the morning and sending. 17–19. [Sym], [Theod]. Because I have spoken to them, because I have spoken to them, and they have not heard; and I called them and they did not answer; and to the house of the Rechabites spoke Jeremiah, Thus said the Lord. Of hosts. And they kept all. [LXX]. I have spoken. [Another]. I have spoken. ^D [Theodotion]. 17-19.

[Sym] 15. 17–19. For I have spoken to them, and they have not heard, and I have called them, and they did not respond, and Jeremiah told the house of Rechab.

[LXX] 15. [Another], rising early and sending. 17-19. Therefore thus said the Lord of hosts, God of Israel. (Since the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab have heard the command of their father,) to act just as their father commanded them. [Another], and they kept all his precepts, according to all things which their father commanded them; therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, God of Israel.

[Theodotion] 15. Until this day, because they have heard the command of their father. 17–19. For I have spoken to them, and they have not heard, and I have called them, and they did not respond. And Jeremiah told the house of Rechab.

Notes and various readings on chapter XXXV of Jeremiah.

V. 11. Ms. Jes. has in the text, in the margin, I have resided. Idem. V. 14. [Another], to his sons. Idem. Ibid. A., Th., until this day, because they have heard the commandment. Drusius, and the commandment. Furthermore, these and what follow, noted with asterisks, were missing in the LXX. Ms. Jes. But Drusius, [from Complut. DR.] V. 17–19. S., Th., because I have spoken, etc. Idem ms. Jes. In my notes it is held, S., Th. The former letter, in this form S., whether it signifies Symmachus, is not sufficiently explored by me. For it could be a note by which one is referred to the text. And indeed in the text itself that same letter, or note, is placed thus, X S., by which perhaps one is referred to another similar one placed in the margin as above. Drusius expresses this passage thus from the Complutensian, Ibid. etc. Ms. Jes. Ibid. etc. Idem. I have spoken. [Another], I have predicted.

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[Sym] 1. 2. Volume.

[LXX] 1. In the year. 2. Scroll. I have spoken. [Another], I have spoken.

[Theodotion] 1. It came to pass in the year. 2.

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10.

12.

14.

15.

20. And they met the king

23.

24.

25.

31.

32.

VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT / VULGATE LATIN / AQUILA

3. VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT: Everything. Let the man return. VULGATE LATIN: Everything. Let everyone return. AQUILA: 3.

7. VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT: And the men return. VULGATE LATIN: And let everyone return. AQUILA: 7.

8. VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT: Baruch, son of Neriah. VULGATE LATIN: Baruch, son of Neriah. AQUILA: 8. Son of Neriah.

9. VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT: And the whole population coming from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem. VULGATE LATIN: And the whole multitude, which had flowed together from the cities of Judah into Jerusalem. AQUILA: 9.

10. VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT: In the ears. VULGATE LATIN: While listening. AQUILA: 10.

12. VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT: And Elnathan. VULGATE LATIN: And Elnathan. AQUILA: 12.

14. VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT: The volume which. VULGATE LATIN: The volume from which. AQUILA: 14.

15. VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT: In their ears. VULGATE LATIN: In their ears. AQUILA: 15.

20. VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT: And they entered to the king. VULGATE LATIN: And they entered to the king. AQUILA: 20. And they met the king.

23. VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT: In the scalpel. Until all the volume should be consumed in the fire which was upon the hearth. VULGATE LATIN: In the scalpel. Until all the volume should be consumed by fire, which was upon the portable altar. AQUILA: 23.

24. VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT: And they did not fear. VULGATE LATIN: And they did not fear. AQUILA: 24.

25. VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT: Not to burn the volume, and he did not listen to them. VULGATE LATIN: Not to burn the book, and he did not listen to them. AQUILA: 25.

31. VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT: Their iniquity. VULGATE LATIN: Their iniquities. AQUILA: 31.

32. VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT: Another volume, and he gave it to Baruch the son of Neriah the scribe. VULGATE LATIN: Another volume, and he gave it to Baruch the son of Neriah the scribe. AQUILA: 32.

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LXX INTERPRETES. 3. All. Another, the same. Let return each one. Another, let them return. 7. And let them return. 8. Baruch. 9. All the people in Jerusalem. Others, and all the people who were coming from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem. 10. In ears. Another, into the ears. 12. And Jonathan. Another, and Nathan. Another, and Elnathan. 14. The roll in which thou. Another, the book in which * thou. 15. Vacat. 20. And they went in unto the king. 23. With a knife. Until all the scroll failed in the fire which was upon the brazier. Another, until all the scroll failed in the fire of the brazier. 24. And they were not afraid. Another, and they were not terrified. 25. To burn the scroll. Another, not to burn the scroll, and he did not listen to them. 31. Vacat. Another, their iniquities. 32. And he took another scroll. Another, another scroll, and he gave it to Baruch the son of Neriah the scribe.

THEODOTION. 3. 7. * Each one. 8. 9. 10. 12. 14. 15. 20. 23. 24. 25. 31. 32.

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Notes and various readings for chapter XXXVI of Jeremiah. V. 1. * A., Th., came to pass. Ms. Jes. V. 2. A., a scroll. Idem. [Alex. and Complut., chartin. DRACH.] Ibid. * Another, it came about. Idem. [So also Alex. So also soon v. 4. DRACH.] V. 5. * With; Ibid. * Each one. * Each one. [Rom. and Ald., let them turn back. Alex. and Complut., [let them turn back]. DRACH.] 8. A., Th., * son of Neriah. Ms. Jes. [Has Complut. DR.] V. 9. All the people who come. Ms. Jes. without the interpreter's name. V. 10. Another, into the ears. Idem. [Alex. here and v. 15. DRACH.] V. 12. LXX. Roman edition has Jonathan. Ms. Jes. in the text, Nathan, in the margin, Elnathan. V. 14. O., the book in which you. Idem. Other editions, the scroll. [Ed. Rom., scroll. Alex., book. — Unjustly is the asterisk placed before not,

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THE HEBREW. THE HEBREW in Greek letters. AQUILA. 3. 3. 3. 9. 9. 9. 15. 15. * Into the house of imprisonment : into the house of Jonathan. 16. 16. Into the workshops. 16. 17. 17. 17. 18. 18. 18. 19. 19. 19. 20. 20. 20. [original-script column: see facsimile]

HEBREW VERSION. VULGATE LATIN. AQUILA. 5. Jeremiah the prophet. 3. Jeremiah the prophet. 3. 9. They will go. 9. They will go. 9. 15. And they gave him into the house of the prison, the house of Jonathan. 15. They sent him into prison, which was in the house of Jonathan. 15. Into the house of custody, into the house of Jonathan. 16. For Jeremiah went into the house of the pit, and into the workshops. 16. Therefore Jeremiah went into the house of the pit, and into the workshops. 16. Into the workshops (or, cells). 17. The king in his house in secret. 17. In his house he hides. 17. 18. To king Zedekiah. 18. To king Zedekiah. 18. 19. King of Babylon over you and over this land. 19. The king of Babylon over you, and over this land. 19. 20. And now listen, I beseech, my lord the king. 20. Now therefore listen, I beseech, my lord the king. 20. Let it fall, I beseech. Let it be of value.

Notes and various readings for chapter XXXVII of Jeremiah. V. 3. P., * the prophet. Ms. Jes. V. 9. * Another, they will go. Idem. V. 15. A., Th., * into the house of custody. Idem. [Compl., DRACH.] V. 16. And Jeremiah entered etc. Idem. A., the into the workshops.

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THE HEBREW. THE HEBREW in Greek letters. AQUILA. 1. 1. 1. * And Pashhur son of Melchiah.

HEBREW VERSION. VULGATE LATIN. AQUILA. 1. Saphatia son of Mathan. 1. Saphatias son of Mathan. 1. And Paschur son of Melchiah. And Phassur son of Melchiah. And Paschor son of Melchiah.

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Notes and various readings for the thirtysixth chapter of Jeremiah.

V. 20. Symmachus, *and they met the king. V. 23. Symmachus, with a penknife. "Until it was consumed," etc., as above, which seems formerly to have been missing, and to have remained placed with an asterisk in the Hexapla. V. 24. Others, *and they were not dismayed. They sought. They searched. They lived. They were dismayed. A scroll. A book. V. 25. Drusius presents the readings of this and the following verses in the very words from the Complutensian edition. V. 31. His iniquities.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXXVII.

^A 3. Jeremiah: The prophet. 9. They shall go. Another, they shall go. 15. And they sent him to the house of the pit, and to the house of Jonathan. 16. And Jeremiah came into the house of the pit, and into the cistern. Another, and Jeremiah entered into the house of the pit, and into the prison. 17. The king [was] in his house: privately. 18. To King Zedekiah. 19. The King of Babylon * upon you and upon this land. 20. And now I beseech [thee], hear, O lord king. Let [it] fall, I pray.

Notes and various readings for the thirty-seventh chapter of Jeremiah.

Eusebius and Jerome, *On Hebrew Places*. V. 17. Ms. Jes., as also the following [readings], all with asterisks.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXXVIII.

^B 1. Zephaniah son of Nathan. Another, Saphatias son of Maththan. Vacant. * And Paschur son of Melchiah. ^C

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HEBREW. 2. Whoever shall remain. In hunger and in pestilence. 4. And the princes said. 6. And they took Jeremiah. 7. Ebedmelech the Ethiopian. And the king was sitting in the gate. 9. My lord, O king, these men have done evil in all things that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the pit, and he will die under himself. 10. Ebedmelech the Ethiopian. 11. And Ebedmelech took men with him. To the treasury. By ropes. 12. And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah: Put now the old rags and the torn and rotten things under the elbow of thy hands. 14. At the third entrance. 16. Of those men who seek thy soul. 18. And if thou [dost not]. To the princes of the king of Babylon. And thou shalt not escape from their hand.

VULGATA LATINA. 2. Whoever shall remain. And by hunger and by pestilence. 4. And the princes said. 6. They took Jeremiah. 7. Ebedmelech the Ethiopian. Moreover the king was sitting in the gate. 9. My lord, O king, these men have done evil in all things whatsoever they have perpetrated against Jeremiah the prophet, casting him into the pit, that he might die there. 10. Ebedmelech the Ethiopian. 11. Ebedmelech therefore took men with him. Which was under the cellar. By ropes. 12. Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah: Put the old rags, and the torn and rotten things, under the elbow of thy hands. 14. At the third gate. 16. Of those men who seek thy soul. 18. But if thou [dost not]. To the princes of the king of Babylon. And thou shalt not escape from their hand.

AQUILA. 2. And in death. 4. 6. And they took Jeremiah. 7. 9. 10. 11. 12. 14. Aslisiel. 16. ... of those who seek thy soul. 18. To the princes of the king of Babylon. ... from their hand.

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^A SYMMACUS. 2. The inhabitant. Another, the one sitting. In famine. 4. And they said. The others, the princes. 6. Vacat. 7. The Ethiopian. The others, the eunuch. And the king was in the gate. The others, was sitting in the gate. 9. O lord king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, in that they have cast him into the pit, and he shall die under him. 10. Ebed-melech. The others, the Ethiopian. 11. And Ebed-melech took the men with himself. The subterranean [part] of the treasury. 12. And he said: Put this under the ropes. 14. Aslisiel. The others, the third. 16. Of those men. 18. And if. Another, and if. Thou also shalt not be saved. ^B THEODOTION. 2. And in death. 4. 6. And they took Jeremiah. 7. 9. 10. 11. 12. And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Place these old rags under thy armpits, under the elbows of thy hands. 14. 16. ... of those who seek thy soul. 18. To the princes of the king of Babylon. Vacat. ^C SYMMACHUS. 2. Inhabiting. Another, sitting. In famine. 4. And they said. All, ... princes. 6. Vacat. 7. Ethiopian. All, ... eunuch. And the king was in the gate. All, ... was sitting in the gate. 9. Lord king, these men have done evil, whatever they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, because they threw him into the pit, and he shall die under him. 10. Abdemelech. All, Ethiopians. 11. And Abdemelech took men with himself. Subterranean [part] of the treasury. Vacat. 12. And he said: Place this under the ropes. 14. Aslisiel. The rest, the third. 16. Of these men. 18. And if. Another, and if. Vacat. And thou shalt not be saved. THEODOTION. 2. And in death. 6. And they took Jeremiah. 7. 10. 11. In ropes. 12. And Abdemelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah: Place the old rags under thy armpits, under the elbows of thy hands. 14. 16. ... of those who seek thy soul. 18. To the princes of the king of Babylon. ^D

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^A [original-script column: see facsimile]

^B Notes and variant readings for Chapter XXXVIII of Jeremiah.

V. 1. ἄλλος, Saphathias son of Maothan. Ms. Jes. has MAOTHA. Ibid. 'A., ʘ., and Pashhur etc. Ms. Jes. V. 2. Ὁ καθήμενος. ἄλλος, ὁ κατοικῶν. Drusius. [The text of the LXX of all editions has ὁ κατοικῶν, if you except the Complutensian, which prefers ὁ καθήμενος. There are many emendations and additions which it has fallen to us to make in this chapter, which it would be tedious to indicate one by one. DRACH.] Ibid. 'A., ʘ., and in death. Ms. Jes. Drusius, however, without the name of the interpreter, "and in pestilence," from the Complutensian edition as also others. Idem. V. 4. Π., [*] the princes. Idem, and Drusius without the name of the interpreter, and they took Jeremiah, and cast [him]. V. 7. Π., [*] an eunuch. Idem, and Drusius without the name of the interpreter. Ibid. ʘ., [*] he sat. Idem. V. 9. [*] Lord my king etc. Drusius, however, thus from the Complutensian: Lord my king, those men have done evil in all that they have done against Jeremiah the prophet, having cast him into a pit, that he might die therein from before [their] face. V. 10. Π., [*] to the Ethiopian. Ms. Jes. V. 11. [*] with him. V. 12. ʘ., in the ropes etc. Idem. Ibid. ʘ., and he said etc. Idem. V. 14. 'A., Aslisel. Thus Ms. Jes., which is indeed suspicious. The same proceeds, as also Apollinarius, the rest, Syrus from Drusius, [LXX ed. Rom., into the house of Aselisel, in domum...].

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXXIX.

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^D 1. And it came to pass, as Jerusalem was taken in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah in the tenth month. 3. Nergal Sarasar. Samgar-Nabu Sarsachim. And all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

1. And it came to pass that Jerusalem was taken in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month. 3. Nergel, Sereser. Semegarnabu, Sarsachim. And all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

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SYMMACHUS.

20. ^A

22. And they shall prevail. Other: and they prevailed. In the slipperiness of thy foot. Other: in the slipperiness of thy foot.

23. And all thy wives. And thou shalt not be saved. It shall be burned as in fire.

25. What has the king spoken to thee? Other: what hast thou spoken to the king?

LXX INTERPRETERS.

20. Hear, I pray.

22. And they shall prevail. Other: and they prevailed. In slipperiness thy foot. Other: in slipperiness of thy foot.

23. And all thy wives. And thou shalt not be saved. It shall be burned as in fire. ^B

25. What has the king spoken to thee? Other: what hast thou spoken to the king?

THEODOTION.

20. ^C

22.

23. ... from his hand [1. of them].

25. ^D

(Notes and various readings on Chapter XXXVIII of Jeremiah. Aselisel. Alex., Ald., and Complut., DRACH.] V. etc. Ms. Jes. V. Idem, et ibid. Ibid. V. Drusius. So also Complut., which ours translates, after Drusius, *they prevailed*. But the word (a word otherwise barbarian. Consult Lobeck ad Phryn., p. 566) signifies something plainly and openly contrary, I cannot. The better reading of the Roman and Alexandrian edition, which we have added in the text. DRACH.] Ibid. The same, who adds, Others, which they interpret, against thy feet. [Namely instead of *thy foot* of the Roman edition, whose version we have added in the text. Alex. and Complut. have *feet*. This diversity emerges from the Hebrew text itself. For the Chetib is 7727, *thy foot*, but the Keri is 1, *thy feet*. Furthermore, it is either governed by the preceding verb *they shall thrust*, or *they shall place*, in the mire, or in slippery places, thy foot, or thy feet. We do not know therefore why the most learned Montfaucon pronounces: "which they interpret, against thy feet." But seek not things higher than thee, and do not search into things stronger than thee, says the wise man. DRACH.] Ms. Jes. and ibid. Ibid. V. Idem in the text, of Zedekiah king of Judah. rasar. Samagad and Nabusarach. Other: Rabsaris and Nagargas Sarsachim. And the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon. Other: magnates. anno nono Sedeciæ regis Juda, in mense decimo. Et omnes reliqui principes regis Babylonis.)

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XXXIX.

SYMMACHUS.

5. Marganasar. Other: Nergel Seresar. Samagad and Nabusarach. Other: Rabsaris and Nagargas Sarsachim. And the remaining princes of the king of Babylon. Other: magnates.

LXX INTERPRETERS.

1. And it came to pass in the ninth month of Zedekiah king of Judah.

5. Marganasar. Other, Nergel Serasar. Samagad and Nabusarach. Other, Rabsaris and Nagargas Sarsachim. And the remaining princes of the king of Babylon. Other, magnates.

THEODOTION.

1. When Jerusalem was taken, in the ninth year of Zedekiah the king of Judah, in the tenth month.

And all the remaining princes of the king of Babylon.

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4. And it was when Zedekiah the king of Judah, and all the men of war, saw them, that they fled and went out of the city at night, by the way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls; and he went out by the way of the plain.

5. And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they took him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he spoke judgments with him.

6. And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes, and he slaughtered all the nobles of Judah.

7. And he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters to take him to Babylon.

8. And the Chaldeans burned the house of the king and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

9. And the remainder of the people who remained in the city, and the fugitives who had fallen away to him, and the remnant of the people who remained, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon.

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SYMMACUS. 4. Vacat. 5. Vacat. 6. Vacat. 7. Vacat. 8. Vacat. 9. Vacat.

LXX INTERPRETES. 4. Vacat. 5. Vacat. 6. Vacat. 7. Vacat. 8. Vacat. 9. Vacat.

THEODOTION. 4. ^A And it came to pass when Zedekiah king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, they fled and went out of the city by night by the way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls; and they went out by the way of the Arabah. 5. ^B And the host of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and they overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they took him, and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he spoke with him judgments. 6. ^C And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes, and all the nobles of Judah he slew. 7. ^D And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in brazen fetters, to carry him to Babylon, and to put him into the house of the mill. 8. And the house of the king and the house of the people did the Chaldeans burn with fire, and the wall of Jerusalem they tore down. 9. And as for the rest of the people, those who were left in the city, and the ones who had fallen away, who had fallen to him, even the rest of the people who were left, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away into captivity to Babylon.

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[Hebrew text] 10. [Hebrew text] 11. [Hebrew text] 12. [Hebrew text] 13. [Hebrew text] 15. [Hebrew text] ^B 15. ... [*] being held. 16. [Hebrew text] 16.

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the remains of the people, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away to Babylon. 10. And of the poor people, who had nothing at all, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard caused to remain in the land of Judah: and he gave them vineyards and fields on that day. 11. And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave commandment concerning Jeremiah into the hand of Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, 12. Take him, and set thine eyes upon him, and do nothing evil unto him: but as he shall speak unto thee, so do thou with him. 13. So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard and Nebushazban Rab-saris and Nergal-sharezer the prince of the magi [sent]. 15. The word of the Lord, when he was ^C shut up. 16. And they shall be in thy sight in that day.

VULGATE LATIN

the common people, who had remained, Nebuzaradan the captain of the host carried away to Babylon. 10. And of the poor people, who had nothing at all, Nebuzaradan the captain of the host left [some] in the land of Judah: and he gave them vineyards and cisterns on that day. 11. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave commandment concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the host, saying, 12. Take him, and set thine eyes upon him, and do him no evil: but as he shall wish, so do thou to him. 13. So Nebuzaradan the captain of the host, and Nebushazban, and Rabsaris, and Nergal, and Sharezer, and Rabmag [sent]. 15. The word of the Lord, when he was detained. 16. And they shall be in thy sight in that day.

AQUILA

10. 11. 12. 13. 15. ... when he was detained. 16.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XXXIX of Jeremiah

V. 1. ^D Θ. [Greek text]. Ms. Jes. Moreover, these words: "And it came to pass when Jerusalem was captured," in the Hebrew and in the Vulgate are of chapter 38, but the following are of chapter 39. The varieties of these proper names are from the manuscript of Jes[aias]. Ibid. "And all the rest," etc. The manuscript of Jes. provides from Theodotion the version of this and the following verses, which are wanting in the Seventy. Drusius presents another as usual, which we shall produce shortly. Ibid. [Greek text]. Ms. Jes. V. 4. Drusius from the Complutensian: "And it came to pass, as Zedekiah king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, they fled and went out of the city by night by the way of the king's garden, through the gate between the wall and the outwork, and they went out by the way of the Arabah." [original-script column: see facsimile]. Drusius: Araba, i.e., desert. A Hebrew word, which Jonathan for the most part renders as "the plain." Indeed, [Hebrew text] he translates the same as "the sea of the plain." Symmachus renders it "of the uninhabited [place]," i.e., of solitude. Aquila retained the word Araba. See Masius on Joshua, p. 66 and 219. Eusebius in *On the Places*: Araba; Aquila interprets it as "flat," Symmachus "level." Amos VI, 14: "the plain." Aquila: "the torrent which is in the plain." Theodotion: "the torrent of Arabia"; perhaps it should be read "Arabah." Isaiah XL, 3: [Hebrew text]. Jerome: "in solitude"; Jonathan: "in the plain." Joshua XI, 2: [Hebrew text]. Aq.: "the level one." Sym.: "level." This denotes "level," that "flat." Job XXXIX: Aq., Sym.: "Araba." Jerome: "in solitude." LXX: "the desert."

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^A Zardan the chief cook into Babylon. 10. And of the people of the poor, who had nothing, Nabuzardan the chief cook left behind in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and watering places in that day. 11. And Nebuchodonosor king of Babylon commanded concerning Jeremias by the hand of Nabuzardan the chief cook, saying: 12. Take him, and set your eyes upon him, and do him no harm; but rather, according to what he shall speak to you, so do with him. 13. And Nabuzardan the chief cook sent, and Nabusazaban Rabsaris, and Nergel Sarasar Roboasoi. 15. ...he being detained. 16. And they shall be before your face in that day.

^B SYMMACHUS. ^C THEODOTION.

Notes and various readings on chapter XXXIX of Jeremias.

Masius on Joshua, p. 144. It signifies not only what is "desert," but also an even, flat, level place: whence it is rendered by Symmachus as "flat," now "uninhabited," and by Aquila frequently as "level." Mercerus on Amos: By the name Araba is signified a level place, not entirely desert, nor entirely fertile: but of a certain middle nature, where only fodder fit for beasts of burden grows, which is called *plyua*. For *Arab* signifies "I mix." Hactenus Drusius. [Cod. Reg. Angl.: "And it came to pass, when Sed. the king of Judah saw them and all the men of war, they fled and went out by night from the city by the way of the gate between the two walls, and went out by the way of the desert." Drach.]

v. 5. And the force of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and they captured Sedekias in the plain of Jericho, and brought him to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon to Reblatha which is in the land of Aemath, and he spoke to him with judgment. [Nabuchodonosor. Reblatha. A.: "And he pursued." *Alii* write: "Reblatha." Cod. R. A.: "And he pursued," etc., as Theod. But it is read: "they brought [him] to N. the king... Deblatha... Emath." Dr.]

v. 6. And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Sedekias in Reblatha before his eyes, and he slaughtered all the princes of Judah. [C. R. A. Th. After the second "slaughtered" adds: "the king of Babylon." Dr.]

v. 7. And he blinded the eyes of Sedekias, and bound him in fetters, and brought him to Babylon. [That which is added from Theodotion in the ms. Jes.: "and to give him into the house of the mill."]

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"] In the Hebrew it is not read. [In the Complutensian edition it is read..., not... C. R. A. as Theodotion, without "and to give," etc. DR.]

V. 8. As in the ms. of Isaiah. But Drusius has: "and the houses of the people." [The Codex Regius (C. R. A.) omits "before" before "Jerusalem." In two points only does it differ from Theodotion. It has "the" DR.]

V. 9. Drusius: "and the rest of the people, and those who were left in the city, and those who had fallen, who had fallen to the king of Babylon, and the remainder of the people, and those who were left, Nebuzaradan the chief cook removed to Babylon."

Here Drusius notes: "Prince of the cooks, or, Master of the army." Jerome, in his *Questions*, says: In most places Scripture commemorates *Archimagiros*, that is, princes of the cooks, for masters of the army. For *mageuein* in Greek is interpreted as "to kill." Augustine, in his *Questions on Genesis*, says: Some do not wish it to be interpreted as "prefect of the cooks," who in Greek is called *archmageiros*, but as "prefect of the soldiery," to whom there was the power of killing. For he who was sent by Nebuchadnezzar is also so called, in whom the primacy of the soldiery is found to have been more effectively vested. [C. R. A., "who had fallen to him." The rest as Theodotion. DR.]

V. 10. Drusius, from the Complutensian: "and from the poor..."

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^A of the people, who had nothing, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields in that day. [C. R. A., "From the people... he left... in the land of Judah."] ^B Babylon concerning Jeremiah, by the hand of Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying. [C. R. A., "And commanded Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon concerning Jeremiah Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying."] V. 12. Take him, and set thine eyes upon him, and do him no harm, but as he shall speak unto thee, so shalt thou do unto him. [C. R. A., "But as..."]

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XL.

SYMMACHUS.

* Bound:

4, 5.

12.

14.

The son of Nathaniah. [C. R. A., The rest as Theodotion. DR.]

7. [C. R. DR.]

V. 13. And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nabusazban, and Rabsaris, and Nergal, and Sharezer, and Rabmag, and all the princes of the king of Babylon. [It is read in the Complutensian, which does not have "and" before "sent." — C. R. A., "And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nabusar Selchim, Rabsaris, Nergal Sharezer, Rabamach, and all the nobles of the king of Babylon."]

V. 15. [A., Th., * when he was constrained. Ms. Jes.] V. 16. And it shall be etc. The same.

THEODOTION.

1. Ramah. "Another," Remath. In the taking of him. "Another," when he took.

2. "Another," he spoke.

3. Vacat.

4, 5. But if not, flee. "Another," and if it be evil in thine eyes to come with me into Babylon, cease. Behold all the land is before thee; to go where it is good and right for thee to go, go. And before I depart, you shall not permit me to flee anymore.

"Another," viaticum.

7. Vacat. "Another," the young children, and concerning the poor of the land.

8. Gedaliah. "Another," Galadiah.

12. Vacat. "Another," and all the Jews returned from every place to which they had been scattered.

14. Beelissa. "Another," Belisa. "Another," Baalis.

5. * And this word became yours, and now.

Ismael * the son of Nathaniah.

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Hexapla Remains. Notes and various readings for Jeremiah, Chapter XL.

V. 1. "Another," Remath. Ms. Jes. Ibid. "Another," when he took. The same, and ibid. Aquila, Symmachus, etc. V. 3. Drusius, *dabar* as he spoke. [Thus in the Complutensian and in Theodoret. DRACH.] Ibid. Aquila, Theodotion, and it came to pass, etc. Ms. Jes. Drusius, however, without the name of the interpreter, *logos outos* [This word]. [These also in the Complutensian and in Theodoret. DR.] V. 4. And if it is evil, etc. Thus Ms. Jes. Drusius, however, for *poreuou* [go], has *hexe* [come], from the Complutensian. (*) Afterwards, indeed, he produces a part of this verse thus: Drusius appends *hexe* (which is read in the Alexandrian and the Complutensian) to *na*, come, which is held in the former stichos of this verse, not written here; but *poreuou* answers to *lekh*, go, which is the last word of our verse 4. Falsely, therefore, and rashly does Montfaucon pronounce *hexe* to be substituted for *poreuou*. Draach.

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HEBREW TEXT VERSION.

1. Godoliahu son of Ahicam. At the same time in Maspha. 2. Ismael son of Nathaniah. Godoliahu son of Ahicam, son of Saphan with the sword, and slew him. 3. Ismael struck the men of war. 5. And the gift. 7. And Ismael son of Nathaniah slew them at the middle of the cistern, he and the men who were with him. 10. Nabuzaradan, master of the slaughterers, had given over Godoliahu to the son of Ahicam, and he led them captive, Ismael son of Nathaniah. 12. And they went to fight with Ismael. 13, 14. Johanan son of Caree and all. And they rejoiced, and all the people turned themselves, whom captive.

VULGATE LATIN.

1. Godoliam son of Ahicam. At the same time in Masphath. 2. Ismahel son of Nathaniah. Godoliam the son of Ahicam, the son of Saphan with the sword, and they slew him. Ismahel. 3. And the men of war Ismahel struck. 5. And gifts. 7. Ismahel the son of Nathaniah slew them about the middle of the pit, he, and the men who were with him. 10. Nabuzardan, the prince of the militia, had given over Godolia to the son of Ahicam. And Ismahel the son of Nathaniah took them. 12. They went out to fight against Ismahel. 13, 14. Johanan the son of Caree, and all. They were joyful, and all the people returned whom Ismahel had taken,

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Notes and various readings on Chapter XL of Isaiah.

All the land before you is good and acceptable in your eyes to go there, go. [alt-version omitted] Return.

Drusius adds: It follows in the same books, "And revertere" [and return].

V. 5. "Another: feast." "Another: feast and gifts." [Some, feast]. So also Complut. DRACH.

V. 7 and 12. Readings from Drusius, but Drusius from the Complutensian edition. [V. 7. Complut. and "their... those whom he did not deport."]

V. 14. "Another: Belisa." "Others, "Baal." Drusius: "King of the sons of Ammon" [Complut., queen of the king of the sons of Ammon. DRACH.]

Ibid. "Son of Nathanias." Ms. Jes.

V. 16. "LXX: the word." Others have "according to your word." Ex ed. Rom. DRACH.

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SYMMACUS. 1. 2. 3. 5. And a sacrifice. 7. 10. 12. 13, 14.

LXX [The Septuagint] 1. Godolias, son of Achicam. In Massephath. 2. Ismael, son of Nathanias. ^A Godolias, son of Achicam, son of Saphan, with the sword, and they killed him. 3. ^B And Ismael struck the men of war. 5. And manna [food]. 7. ^C And Ismael, son of Nathanias, cast them into the cistern, he and the men who were with him. 10. Nabuzardan, the chief cook, ^D had entrusted [them] to Godolias, son of Achicam. And Ismael, son of Nathanias, rose early. 12. And they went to wage war against Ismael. 13, 14. Joanan, son of Caree, and all who were with him. And they returned to Joanan. Another: and they rejoiced, and all the people whom Ismael had taken captive from Massephath returned, and turning back they came to Joanan, son of Caree.

THEODOTION. 1. 2. 3. 5. 7. 10. 12. 13, 14.

LXX INTERPRETERS

1. Godolias, son of Achicam. Simul [together] in Massephath. 2. Ismael, son of Nathanias. Godolias, son of Achicam, son of Saphan, with the sword, and they killed him. 3. And Ismael struck the men of war. 5. And manna [food]. 7. And Ismael, son of Nathanias, cast them into the cistern, he and the men who were with him. 10. Nabuzardan, the prince of the cooks, had entrusted [them] to Godolias, son of Achicam, and at dawn Ismael, son of Nathanias, rose. 12. And they went to war with him. Another: they went to fight against Ismael. 13, 14. Joanan, son of Caree, and all with him. And they returned to Joanan. Another: and they were glad, and returned is all

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15. A facie Johanan. 16. Ab Ismael filio Nathaniæ de Maspha, postquam percussit Godoliam filium Ahicam. 17. In peregrinatione Chamaam. 18. Godoliahu filium Ahicam.

Notes and various readings on chapter XLI of Jeremiah.

V. 1. 77, and the magnates of the king. The LXX, vacant. Another (in the Complutensian edition), and the princes of the king. The Vulgate, and the optimates of the king. DRACH. Ibid. [original-script column: see facsimile] Ms. Jes. Ibid. [original-script column: see facsimile] from the same ms. Ibid. [original-script column: see facsimile] etc. The same. But there instead of [original-script column: see facsimile], in... Drusius from the Complutensian, [original-script column: see facsimile]. Ibid. Drusius, [original-script column: see facsimile]. Forte he put to death. V. 3. And the men of war he slaughtered them, and cast into the pit. Ms. Jes. Drusius, [original-script column: see facsimile], ex Complut. customarily. V. 5. O', [original-script column: see facsimile], better [original-script column: see facsimile], as elsewhere. [Cf. what we noted above at XVII, 26. DRACH.] V. 7. And he cast them etc. The same. But Drusius from the Complutensian thus, [original-script column: see facsimile]. V. 10. O', [original-script column: see facsimile] etc. Ms. Jes. [Ed. Rom. [original-script column: see facsimile]. DRACH.]

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VERSIONS OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT: 1. And Jezonia. 4. Jeremias the prophet. 9. The God of Israel to whom you sent me, that I might offer your prayers before him. 15. The residue of Juda. So says the Lord of hosts the God of Israel. 17. In famine and in pestilence. 18. The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. My fury and my indignation.

VULGATE LATIN: 1. And Jezonias. 4. Jeremias the prophet. 9. The God of Israel to whom you sent me, that I might offer your prayers before him. 15. The residue of Juda. These things says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. 17. In famine and in pestilence. 18. The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. My fury and my indignation.

AQUILA: 1. 4. 9. 15. The residue of Judea; so says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. 17. 18.

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^A SYMM. 15. From the face of Joanan. 16. From Ismael son of Nathaniah from Massepha, after he had struck Godoliah son of Achicam. 17. In Gaberoth Chamaam. Another, in Geroth Chamaam. 18. Godoliah [*] son of Achicam.

O’. 15. [*] From the face of Joanan. 16. [*] From Ismael son of Nathaniah from Massepha, after he had struck Godoliah son of Achicam. 17. In Gaberoth Chamaam. Another, in Geroth Chamaam. 18. Godoliah [*] son of Achicam.

THEODOTION. 15. 16. 17. 18.

SYMM. LXX INTERPRETES. the people whom Ismael led away captive from Massepha, and returning they came to Joanan son of Caree. 15. From the face of Joanan. 16. From Ismael son of Nathaniah from Massepha, after he had struck Godoliah son of Achicam. 17. In Gabero Chamaa. Another, in Geroth Chanaam. 18. Godoliam son of Achicam.

THEODOTION. 15. 16. 17. 18.

Notes and various readings for chapter XLI of Jeremiah. V. 12. "Another, they departed," etc. The same, as in the following verse 13. V. 14. "Another, and they rejoiced," etc. Ms. Jes. Drusius has, and nothing more. V. 16. "From Ismael," etc. Ms. Jes. and Drusius. V. 17. "Another, in Geroth Chamaam." Drusius. The same: It is to be read in the Greek edition where commonly it is read "in Gath-eroth-chamaam." For it is a word purely Hebrew. There are editions which have "in the land of Beroth Chaam," which is more corrupt, since from one word two have been made, and what is most absurd, a Hebrew syllable has degenerated into a Greek one. But what does ignorance not dare? [Chetib, Keri, however, chimham. Ed. Rom.: Gaberochamaa. These are Hebrew words slightly depraved, which signify, in the pilgrimage of Chamaam. In some there has been a mixture of Greek and Hebrew, "in the land of Beroth Chaam." DRACH.] V. 18. "Son of Achicam." Ms. Jes.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XLII

SYMM. 1. 4. 9. 15. 17. 18.

O’. 1. And Azarias. Another, and Jezonias. 4. Jeremias [*] the prophet. 9. Vacat. 15. Thus says the Lord. 17. And in famine. 18. The Lord [*] of hosts, the God of Israel. My fury... [*] and my indignation.

THEODOTION. 1. 4. 9. [*] God of Israel, to whom you sent me to cast your mercy before him. 15. [*] The residue of Judea, so says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. 17. ... [*] and in death. 18.

SYMM. LXX INTERPRETES. 1. And Azarias. Another, and Jezonias. 4. Jeremias the prophet. 9. Vacat. 15. Thus says the Lord. 17. And in famine. 18. The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. My fury. All... and my indignation.

THEODOTION. 1. 4. 9. God of Israel, to whom you sent me to cast your mercy before him. 15. The residue of Judea, so says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. 17. ... and in death. 18.

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19, 20. THE HEBREW. In Greek characters. AQUILES. * That I have protested to you this day, that... 21. 22. 22. ... * and in death.

LATIN VULGATE. 19, 20. The word of the Lord. That I have protested to you this day, that. You have sent. The Lord our God, so announce to us, and we will do [it]. 21. And I have announced to you this day. 22. Now therefore, knowing that you shall know, [it will be] by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.

Notes and variant readings to Chapter XLII of Jeremiah.

V. 1. Another, and Jezonias. Ms. Jes. V. 4. * The prophet. The same. V. 9. The, God of Israel etc. Drusius, however, thus: God of Israel, to whom you have sent me to him, that your petition may fall before him. [Text is Complutensian. In Latin it sounds: God of Israel, to whom you have sent me to him, that your petition may fall before him.] V. 14. Saying, By no means, That. Another, That. Rom. Ed. only, that. V. 15. The, the rest etc. Drusius the same. V. 17. The, * and in death. The same Drusius, and by pestilence. V. 18. * Of hosts the God of Israel. Ms. Jes. Ibid. P., * and my wrath. The same.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XLIII

THE HEBREW. 1. To speak to all the people all the words which the Lord had sent him to them, all these words. 2. And all the proud men. 5. Johanan the son of Careah who returned from all the nations where they had been scattered there. 6. And the women and the little ones ... and all the soul.

THE HEBREW In Greek characters. AQUILES. 1. ... * all: the people all the words, which the Lord of them sent to them with: all the words the. 5. * Those who returned from all the nations, where they had been scattered there.

LATIN VULGATE. 1. To speak to all the people all the words of the Lord God of them, which the Lord God of them had sent him to them, all these words. 2. And all the proud men. 5. Johanan the son of Careah. Who had returned from all the nations, to which they had been scattered before. 6. And the women and the little ones ... and every soul.

AQUILES. 1. ... [to] all the people all the words which their Lord sent to them, all these words. 5. Who had returned from all the nations, where they had been scattered there.

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SYMMACUS. 19, 20. [Blank] 19, 20. [Blank] 21. 22.

AQUILES. 19, 20. Which the Lord spoke. Another, thus the Lord spoke. Sent. ^A II., you having sent. The Lord our God, thus announce to us, and we will do it. 21. And I have announced to you today. 22. And now know, knowing that in the sword and in the famine.

THEODOTION

19, 20.

21.

22. ... and in death.

LXX INTERPRETERS

19, 20. Which the Lord spoke. Another, thus the Lord spoke. [Blank] Sending. All, you sending. The Lord our God, thus announce to us, and we will do it. 21. And I have announced to you today. 22. And now know, knowing that in the sword and in ^B the famine.

Notes and various readings on chapter XLII of Jeremiah

V. 19, 20. Another, thus spoke. The same. Ibid. A., that I protested etc. But Drusius from the Complutensian edition, that I protested to you today. Ibid. II., you. The Lord our God etc. The same. Ibid. The Lord our God etc. The same. V. 21. And I have announced to you today. The same, and likewise Drusius, who adds, and you have not listened. [Which is the Alexandrian reading. Dr.]

V. 22. And now know etc. Ms. Jes. Ibid. Drusius, and in famine, alias, in death. [Rom. Ed.: In the Complutensian is added, and in pestilence: for which Theodoret seems to have had, in death. For so pestilence is often named. That is, the Hebrew word *deber*. In the LXX thirty-five times, as Kircher well indicates in his Concordances. But in the book of Isaiah, lx (which place Trommius omits), they read *deber* instead of *dabar*. Drach.]

OF JEREMIAH CHAPTER XLIII

SYMMACUS. 1. ... all the people all the words which the Lord sent to them, all these words. 2. 5. 6.

AQUILES. 1. Speaking (Another, speaking) to the people all the words of the Lord, which the Lord sent to them, all these words. 2. And all the arrogant men who said. Another, saying. 5. Johanan son of Kareah. Those who turned back to dwell in the land. 6. And with the wives, and with the infants... and with the souls.

THEODOTION

5. Who had turned back from all the nations, where they had been scattered there. 6. ^C

LXX INTERPRETERS. 1. Saying (another, speaking) to the people all the words of the Lord, which the Lord sent to them, all these words. 2. And all the arrogant men who said, saying. 5. Johanan son of Kareah. Who had returned to dwell in the land. 6. And the women and the infants... [the] souls.

6. Who had returned from all the nations, where they had been scattered there. ^D

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THE HEBREW

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VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT

9. In the mortar, in the brick-kiln. 10. And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. Regem Babel my servant. 13. Which are in the land of Egypt.

VULGATE LATIN

9. In the crypt, which is under the brick-kiln. 10. And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon my servant. 13. Which are in the land of Egypt.

AQUILA

9. 10. 13.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XLIII of Jeremiah.

V. 1. *O*, [Greek: λέγων] ("differently, [Greek: λαλῶν]") according to Aquila, Symmachus, ^A *Ms. Jes.* V. 2. [Greek: Ὑπερήφανοι]. Ms. Jes. and Drusius. [Ald. and Complut., [Greek: οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ ὑπ]. Dr.] Ibid. *Otherwise*, [Greek: εἰπόντες]. So the Vulg. Greek. Drach. Ibid. *All*, LXX, [Greek: ψευδῆ], mendacia. Others (Ald. and Complut.), [Greek: ψευδῆ οὐ λαλεῖς], falsa tu loqueris. Hebrew and Vulg., mendacium tu loqueris.

V. 5. [Greek: υἱὸς Καρῆε]. Ms. Jes. Ibid. [Greek: 'Α., Θ.,], [Greek: τοὺς ἀποστραφέντας] etc. Idem. Drusius also, without the name of the interpreters. V. 6. [Greek: σὺν], [Greek: τὰς γυν]. Ms. Jes. V. 9. [Greek: Οἱ λοιποί], [Greek: ἐν τῷ κρυφίῳ] etc. So ms. Jes. and Drusius, who reads, [Greek: ἐν κρυφαίῳ], and the Colbertinus.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XLIV

THE HEBREW

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THE HEBREW IN GREEK CHARACTERS

1. 2. 3. 4. 10.

AQUILA

1. Unto all the Jews who dwell. 2. 3. 4. 10.

VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT

1. To all the Jews, inhabiting. And in Noph. 2. The Lord of hosts. Are desolate this day. 3. Neither did they know them themselves, you, and your fathers. 4. To you all my servants the prophets. 10. This day and they did not fear. And they did not walk in my law and in my precepts. Before you, and before your fathers.

VULGATE LATIN

1. To all the Jews who dwelt. And in Memphis. 2. The Lord of hosts. Are desolate this day. 3. Whom neither they knew, nor you, nor your fathers. 4. To you all my servants the prophets. 10. This day and they did not fear. And they did not walk in the law of the ^B Lord and in my precepts. Before you, and before your fathers.

AQUILA

1. To all the Jews abiding. 2. 3. 4. 10.

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SYMMACUS. 1. Upon all the Jews dwelling. 2. 3. 4. 10.

THE SEPTUAGINT INTERPRETERS. 1. To all the Jews dwelling. Vacat. Another, and in Memphis. 2. The Lord of hosts. Desolate in this day. 3. You did not know. O, ... you and your fathers. 4. To you ... all my servants the prophets. 10. This day ... and they did not fear. And they did not hold to my laws and: to my precepts. Before: you and before: their fathers.

THEODOTION. 1. 2. 3. 4. 10.

SYMMACUS. 1. To all the Jews inhabiting. 2. 3. 4. 10.

THE SEPTUAGINT INTERPRETERS. 1. To all the Jews inhabiting. Vacat. Another, and in Memphis. 2. The Lord of hosts. Desolate this day. 3. You knew not. All, ... you and your fathers. 4. To you all my servants the prophets. 10. This day and they did not fear. And they did not adhere to my laws and my precepts. In your sight, and in the sight of your fathers.

THEODOTION. 1. 2. 3. 4. 10.

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THE HEBREW 11, 12. The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. My face is toward you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. And I will take the remnant of Judah, who set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there. They shall die by the sword and by hunger. 13. And by pestilence. 14. And there shall be none. 18. And offer libations to her. 19. Images to fashion her. 22. Because there is no inhabitant. 25. Like this day. 24. Jeremiah to all the people. Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah, who are in the land of Egypt. You and your wives. And in doing, you have performed your vows. 26. Behold I. My name called.

VULGATE LATIN 11, 12. The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. My face is toward you for evil: and I will destroy all Judah. And I will take the remnant of Judah, who set their faces to enter the land of Egypt, and to inhabit there. They shall die by the sword and by hunger. 13. And by pestilence. 14. And there shall be none. 18. And offer libations to her. 19. Cakes to worship her. 22. Because there is no inhabitant. 25. As is this day. 24. Jeremiah to all the people. Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah, who are in the land of Egypt. You and your wives. You have fulfilled your vows, and have performed them by work. 26. Behold I. My name shall be called.

AQUILA 11, 12. The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. * They shall die by the sword and by hunger. 13. 14. 18. 19. 22. * Because there is no inhabitant. 25. 24. 25. They shall die by the sword and by hunger. 26.

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SYMMACUS

11, 12.

13. 14. 18. 19. * And *sobba*. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.

LXX INTERPRETERS

11, 12. Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. Vacat. Vacat. 13. Vacat. *Another*, and in death. 14. And there shall not be. *Another*, shall be understood. 18. * And to pour out to her libations. 19. *Chavanas*. *Another*, and of her carved images. 22. Vacat. 23. Vacat. *All*, even as this day. 24. Jeremiah to all the people. Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah, who are in the land of Egypt. 25. Lord of hosts. You [feminine] wives. *Another*, you and your wives. And you who offer, you have offered your vows. 26. Behold * I. My name. *All*, ... *called*.

THEODOTION

11, 12. * My face is toward you for evil, to destroy all Judah. And the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to enter into the land of Egypt to sojourn there shall be taken. * They shall die by the sword and by hunger. 13. 14. 18. 19. 22. * Because there is no one dwelling. 23. 24. 25. 26.

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THE HEBRAIC TEXT — IN HEBRAIC CHARACTERS — AQUILA.

28. 29. * I am upon you in this place for evil; so that you may know that my words shall stand firm upon you for evil. 30. Hophra.

VERSIONS OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT — VULGATE LATIN — AQUILA.

Omnis vir Juda. 28. Be fulfilled of me, and of them. 29. For you a sign, says the Lord. I am upon you in this place, that you may know that my words shall surely be fulfilled upon you for evil. 30. Hophra. King of Egypt into hand. Omnis vir Judaei. 28. 29. I am upon you in this place for evil, that you may know that my words shall stand stationarily upon you for evil. 30. Phren.

Notes and Various Readings to Chapter XLIV of Jeremiah

V. 1. After *Jeremiah*, the Ms. Jes. adds *from the Lord*. Ibid. etc. Idem. Ibid. Drusius. [Another reading, Breitingerus. Complut., DRACH.] V. 2. *Of powers*. Idem. [Thus have the Aldine, Complutensian, and (according to the Polyglot Bible) some Mss. But concerning such a reading, there is nothing in Drusius. We think, therefore, that *Idem* here stands for, ms. Jes. DRACH.] Ibid. *On this day*. Ms. Jes. Drusius, however, *today*. Ex Complut. DR.] V. 5. *You and your fathers*. Ms. Jes. and [V. 5. Compl., *I did not know, they, and you, and your fathers*. In precise agreement with the Hebraic truth. DRACH.] V. 10. *And they did not fear*. Ms. Jes. and Drusius. [Ex Complut. DR.] Ibid. *My laws*. Idem. ms. Ibid. Idem. The same addition is read in Complutensian. But for *their* [Greek: ὑμῶν], Idem and Drusius. [Ex Complut. DR.] Ibid. *And my face upon you for evil*. [Edit. Rom. and Alex., *my face for evil*... *My face to destroy all the remnants that are in Egypt*. DRACH.] *of Egypt*. Drusius ex Complut. Ibid. A., S., *by the sword*, etc. Ms. Jes. [Others, *in the sword and in hunger* etc. DR.] Ibid., *into an execration*. LXX, wanting. Another (Breitingerus), *into an oath*, in execr. Vulg., *into an oath*. DRACH. V. 13. *And in death*. Drusius ex Complut. [So also Alex. DR.]

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XLV.

THE HEBRAIC TEXT — IN HEBRAIC CHARACTERS — AQUILA.

1. 2. 4.

VERSIONS OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT — VULGATE LATIN — AQUILA.

1. Of King Juda, saying. 2. Lord God of Israel. 4. I pluck up, and this whole earth. 1. 2. 4.

Notes and Various Readings to Chapter XLV of Jeremiah

V. 1. *Saying*. Ms. Jes. [So also Complutensian, which also has the following reading of verse 2. DR.] V. 2. *The God of Israel*. Ms. Jes. V. 4. *And over all that land*. Ms. Jes.

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Notes and various readings on chapter XLIV of Jeremiah. V. 14. *Others, he shall not be gathered.* Ms. Jes. [Some codices add "to them" after "they shall be." From the Polyglot Bible. DRACH.] V. 17. *Hebrew and Vulgate, and in the streets of Jerusalem.* The LXX, *and outside Jerusalem*. Another (adds), *and in the streets*. J. Drusius. Certain codices, *and in the ways*. J. Polyglot Bible. DRACH. V. 18. *And to pour out drink offerings to her.* Ms. Jes. *Of her.* [In our copies, "cakes." This is correctly read in codices of good quality. Consult Suidas and especially Schleusner on this term. DRACH.] V. 22. *A., Th.,* [not there dwelling]. Ms. Jes. V. 23. *Th., as this day.* Idem. [Complutensian, DR.] V. 24. *Every.* Ms. Jes. Ibid. *All of Judea who are in the land of Egypt.* Idem. Drusius, *all of Judah who are in the land of Egyp-.* [From the Complutensian. DRACH.] V. 25. *Of the hosts.* Ms. Jes. Ibid. *You and your wives.* Idem and Drusius. [From the Complutensian. DRACH.] Ibid. *Your vows.* Ms. Jes. V. 26. *I*. Idem. Ibid. *Th.,* [and what is called]. Idem. Ibid. *Man.* Idem. V. 28. *Th., mine or theirs.* Idem, and Drusius, without the interpreter's name. [This is the reading of the Complutensian. Ms. Jes.] V. 29. *Saith the Lord.* Ms. Jes. Ibid. *A., Th., I am upon you in this place, etc.* Ms. Jes. Drusius, however, brings forward this passage thus: *in this place, that you may know that my words shall stand firm upon you for evil.* [Thus the Complutensian. DR.] V. 30. *Th., Phren.* Ms. Jes. But I suspect a misprint. [Alex., Pharao Ouaphri. So also Theodoret. Here Drusius: "Vafre," as Vespasianus, Valerius. DRACH.] Ibid. *Dedititium (one who has surrendered).* Ms. Jes.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XLV

^A SYMMACUS. ^A 70. THEODOTION. 1. Of the King of Judah saying. 2. The Lord the God of Israel. 4. I pluck up, and all that land. SYMMACUS. LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION. 1. Of the King of Judah saying. 2. The Lord God of Israel. 4. I pluck up, and all that land.

Notes and various readings on chapter XLV of Jeremiah. Drusius, however, *even all this land*, from the Complutensian. [Montfaucon guessed badly. For the reading which Drusius cites is that of Theodoret. The Complutensian, however, has it thus: *and all that land of mine*. DRACH.]

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HEXAPLA OF JEREMIAH CHAPTER XLVI

THE HEBREW. 1, 2. Against nations: against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh Necho.

8. And as rivers, the waters shall be moved. 13. The word which he spoke. 14. And prepare thyself. The Syrian, that is in thy circuit. 17. The confusion that caused the set time to pass. The Syrian, stirring up and shifting the times. 25. The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. And upon Egypt, and upon her gods, and upon her kings. 26. And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their life, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babel, and into the hand of his servants: and after this it shall be inhabited as in the days of old, saith the Lord.

(Note: [alt-version omitted]—The Latin column repeats the Vulgata and Aquila renderings of the above verses. See facsimile for the synoptic layout.)

Notes and various readings on chapter XLVI of Jeremiah.

V. 1. *Another, in the beginning of the reign*, etc. The MS. of Isaiah thus exhibits the first verse. [The LXX have the same, and the reading taken from the Marchalian MS. does not offer anything else than that which comes before. As for the rest, this passage is wrongly translated here from chapter XLIX, v. 34. The Complutensian, just like the Hebrew text, which sounds thus: *The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the nations.* Not much differently in Theodoret: *The word which happened from the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet against all nations.* In the Complutensian it follows: *against Egypt, upon the force of Pharaoh Necho.* DRACH.]

V. 8. *And as a river*, etc. MS. of Isaiah. It is missing in the LXX. [Roman Edition: In one very old copy, it is *as of a river* (Theodoret adds, *its waters*), *as of rivers the waters of it shall swell. Egypt as a river shall rise up.* These last words respond to the word in the three prior words of the Hebrew verse. DRACH.]

Ibid. *Most, inhabiting.* And *the city and them*. From the same. Idem.

V. 13. *Aquila, the word which he spoke.* MS. of Isaiah. *And proclaim in Egypt and let it be heard in Magdol*, and in Taphnis say, *be strengthened*. And then, *Magdol and proclaim*. As he is [that is, the author] from the Complutensian edition. [To these the Roman Edition: *Which seem even to be acknowledged by Theodoret.* After *Magdol* add, *and proclaim*.]

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JEREMIAH CHAPTER XLVI

SYMMACUS. 1, 2. To Egypt, against the power of Pharaoh Nechao. Another: In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the king, this word came concerning Elam, against Egypt, against the power of Pharaoh Nechao. 8. And as a river let its waves be disturbed. 14. And prepare for thyself. 17. ...the time has passed. 25. Vacat. 26. Vacat.

THE SEPTUAGINT INTERPRETERS. 1, 2. To Egypt, against the power of Pharaoh Nechao. Another: In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the king, this word came concerning Elam, against Egypt, against the power of Pharaoh Nechao. ^A 8. And as a river shall its waves be disturbed. 14. And prepare for thyself. Thy smilax [i.e., thy baggage/surroundings]. The others, *Those in thy circuit.* 17. Saon Ebir Moed. 25. Vacat. ^B And against Egypt, and against her gods, and against her kings. 26. Vacat.

THEODOTION. 1, 2. [missing in text, see above]. 8. [missing, see above]. 14. Thy smilax. 17. [missing in text]. 25. ^C The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said. *And I will deliver them into the hand of those seeking their soul, and into the hand of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, and into the hand of his slaves, and after these things it shall be inhabited as before, saith the Lord.* 26. ^D *And I will deliver them into the hands of those seeking their soul, and into the hand of Nab. king of Bab., and into the hand of his slaves, and after these things it shall be calmed according to the days of old, saith the Lord.*

Notes and various readings on Chapter XLVI of Jeremiah. [Regarding Memphis. Drach.] Ibid. Symm., *And prepare for thyself.* Ms. Jes. Ibid. The remainder and the Syrian, *Those in thy circuit.* [Regarding the reading *esbie*.] *As Itabyrion.* The Lord of hosts is his name, because as the Tabor, Itabyrion. V. 18. LXX, at Theodoret, is *as the Tabor*. From the Roman edition. Hosea v, 1. For Tabor, the LXX set Itabyrion. Where see St. Jerome. Commentary. Drach. V. 25. A., Th., *The Lord said, etc.* Ms. Jes. [Complut., saith... Israel, I.] Ibid. *And against Egypt, etc.* The same. [Thus also Ald. and Complut. Dr.] V. 26. *And I will deliver them, etc.* The same. But Drusius thus from the Complutensian: [*Which also are in part expressed and in part signified by Theodoret.* Thus the Roman edition. Breitingerus: *And I will deliver them into the hands of those seeking their soul, and into the hand of Nab. king of Bab., and into the hand of his slaves, and after these things it shall be calmed according to the days of old, saith the Lord.* Drach.]

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THE REMAINS OF THE HEXAPLA. JEREMIAH CHAPTER XLVII.

[THE HEBREW COLUMN AND THE GREEK TRANSLITERATION AND AQUILA COLUMN: see facsimile]

[VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT. VULGATE LATIN. AQUILA.]

1. That which was the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet. Before Pharaoh should strike Gaza. 3. Of his strong ungulae [hooves]. 4. The Lord is stripping Philistia, the remnant. Caphtor.

1. That which was the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet. Before Pharaoh struck Gaza. 3. Of his armor and warriors. 4. For the Lord has laid waste Philistia, the remnant of Cappadocia.

1. That which was the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet. 3. [omitted] 4. And of Cappadocia.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XLVII of Jeremiah.

V. 1. A., S., "Which came to pass," etc. Ms. Jes. and immediately the same, "before striking," etc. But Drusius from the Complutensian edition expresses the whole passage thus: "And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck Gaza." V. 3. Th., "from the armor," etc. Ms. Jes. [It would be better to read *ungulis* (ungulis), as the Hebrew sounds. DRACH.] V. 4. S., Th., *[mark]* "the Philistines." Ms. Jes.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XLVIII.

[THE HEBREW COLUMN AND THE GREEK TRANSLITERATION AND AQUILA COLUMN: see facsimile]

[VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT. VULGATE LATIN. AQUILA.]

1. Saith the Lord of hosts. Capta est [It is taken]. Masgab. 3. Clamors of Horonaim. 9. Alam. 10. And cursed is he that restraineth. 12. And they shall make them pass over, and his vessels they shall empty. And their wineskins. 19. And look out, inhabitress of Aroer.

1. Saith the Lord of hosts. Capta est [It is taken]. Fortis [Strong]. 3. Of the cry of Oronaim. 9. To the flower. 10. And cursed is he who restrains. 12. And he shall cast him down, and they shall empty his vessels. And their lagunculae [little flasks]. 19. And look out, O inhabitress of Aroer.

1. [omitted] Capta est [It is taken]. Fortitudo [Strength], or Masoga. 3. [omitted]. 9. To the flower. 10. [omitted]. 12. And his horns. 19. And look out, O inhabitress of Aroer.

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JEREMIAH CHAPTER XLVII

SYMMACHUS. LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION.

1. * The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet. 1. Vacat. 1. * Before Pharaoh smote Gaza. 3. 5. From the arms of the feet. 5. From the arms of his mighty ones. 4. ... the Philistines: the remnants. 4. The Lord shall destroy the remnants. 4. ... the Philistines: the remnants. Vacat. * And of Cappadocia.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XLVII of Jeremiah

Ibid. ^A, Θ., and of Cappadocia. Drusius, however, has it thus: [Greek string: νήσων τῆς Καππαδοκίας], that is, *N. I would prefer, therefore, the islands of Cappadocia: provided that Caphtor is Cappadocia. In Theodoret, "the islands and Cappadocia." Jerome, "the remnants of the island of Cappadocia."

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XLVIII

SYMMACHUS. LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION.

1. 1. Says the Lord of hosts. 1. Capta est [It is taken]. Eft [It is taken]... Fortitudo [Strength]. Amath [Amath]. * Masoga [Masoga]. 3. 5. Of those crying from Oronaim. 5. ... * danger. * outcry. 9. Flower. 9. Signs. 9. 10. 10. (Cursed is) he who removes. II., and cursed is he who takes away. 10. 12. And they shall concuss him, and they shall empty his vessels. 12. And they shall incline him, and they shall crush his vessels. 12. And mixtures. And his horns. 19. And look out, O inhabitress of Aroer. 19. And look, she that sits in Aroer. 19. And look out, O inhabitress of Aroer.

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27. Captive you are led. 29. His sublimity. And his arrogance. And his pride. 50. Says the Lord. And not thus is his power together with him. 51. I will howl: and at Moab. Of earthen wall. Lamenting. 33. Not shall the treader tread with a shout, there will not be a shout, no longer will the treaders of the winepress shout saying, Ia, ia. 34. A heifer of three years. 40. Behold as an eagle he shall fly, and he shall stretch out his wings to Moab. 41. And the heart of the strong of Moab shall be in that day as the heart of a woman in labor. 44. Their visitation, says the Lord. 45. In the shadow of Hesebon they stood from the snare fleeing: because fire has gone forth from Hesebon, and flame from the middle of Seon and shall devour the part of Moab, and the vertex of the children of tumult. 46. Woe to you Moab, you have perished, O people of Chamos: because your sons have been taken into captivity, and your daughters into captivity.

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27. You are led captive. 29. His sublimity. And his pride. 50. Says the Lord. And not such is his power. 51. I will howl: and at Moab. Of earthen wall. Lamenting. 33. Not in any way shall the treader of grapes sing the customary shout. 34. A heifer of three years. 40. Behold as an eagle he shall fly, and he shall stretch out his wings to Moab. 41. And the heart of the strong of Moab shall be in that day as the heart of a woman in labor. 44. Their visitation, says the Lord. 45. In the shadow of Hesebon they stood from the snare fleeing: because fire went forth from Hesebon, and flame from the midst of Seon and will devour the part of Moab, and the vertex of the children of tumult. 46. Woe to you Moab, you have perished, O people of Chamos: because your sons have been taken into captivity, and your daughters into captivity.

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27. In him you shall move away. 29. 50. 51. Of earthen wall. And he shall meditate. 33. 34. ...three years. 40. 41. And the heart of the strong of Moab in that day shall be as the heart of a woman in labor. 44. 45. 46.

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SYMMACUS. 27. 29. 30. 31. Earthen wall. 53. 54. 40. 41. 44. 45. 46.

LXX INTERPRETERS. 27. Vacat. 29. Vacat. All, his sublimity. And his arrogance. 50. Saith the Lord. Not so his arms. 51. Howl over Moab. Shorn of squalor. Vacat. 53. In the morning they did not tread, nor in the evening did they act thus. 54. Tidings of slaughter. 40. Vacat. 41. Vacat. 44. Their visitation. 45. Vacat. 46. Vacat.

THEODOTION. 27. In him thou shalt migrate. 29. His exaltation. And his arrogance. 50. Saith the Lord. Not so his arms. 51. And he shall meditate. 53. 54. 40. Behold as an eagle he shall rush, and he shall stretch out his hands over Moab. 41. And the heart of the mighty men of Moab in that day shall be as the heart of a woman in labor. 44. Which I have visited, saith the Lord. 45. In the shelter of Heshbon they stood, fleeing from the snare, for a fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon, and it devoured the princes of Moab, and searched out the sons of Shaon. 46. Woe to thee, Moab; thou hast perished, O people of Chemosh, for his sons have been taken into captivity, and his daughters are captives.

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47. Yet I will bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord: thus far is the judgment of Moab.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XLVIII of Jeremiah.

V. 1. *τῶν δυνάμεων*. Ms. Jes. [So in the Complutensian edition and in Theodoret. DRACH.] Ibid. ^A *ἀπὸ*. Ms. Jes. Ibid. The same. Drusius, however, notes: *ἀπὸ*, the horns; *ἀπὸ*, ^B *Θ*., *μασογά*. The Ms. of Jeremiah admits two interpretations of Aquila; from the first, it appears, and the second of his edition. Ibid. Drusius, *καὶ ἡττήθη*. [End of the verse. Aldus and Theodoret and some others, *Μασγά, καὶ ἡττήθη*. Alex., Complut., *τὸ κραταίωμα ἡττήθη*. Some have, *ἠσχύνθη ὀχύρωμα*. The Polyglot Bible, from some Mss., while other readings which we possess are partially borrowed from the Roman edition and Lambert Bos. DRACH.] V. 2. Drusius, *λογίσαντο*. The same, shortly after, in the Complutensian edition. V. 3. *κραυγήν*. ^C *θ*., *κίνδυνον*. Ms. Jes. It is doubtful, however, whether that of Theodotion refers to *עצה* (counsel), or to the following word *שד* (shad) which signifies devastation. V. 7. *ἐξουσί σοι θλίβοντες*. The same. To what this pertains, I have not been able to discover. V. 9. *ἄνθος*. ^D *Σ*., *βλάστημα*. Drusius. V. 10 *. [...], καὶ ἐπικατάρατος etc. Ms. Jes. [Complutensian and in Theodoret. DR.] V. 12. *Σ*., *καὶ σειρώσουσιν* etc. Drusius from the Roman edition. Our version translates *σειρώσουσιν* as "they shall concatenate." But to us, along with Nobilius, Biel and others, and contrary to Schleusner, the word *σειρόω* signifies to empty, to drain. Phavorinus, in the word *...,* to us they are, cups. Ibid. *'Α., καὶ τὰ κέρατα* etc. Ms. Jes. But here Drusius notes: *'Α., τὰ κέρατα αὐτῶν*, their horns. Here the books of the LXX edition vary. For in others, "his horns shall fall," and in others, "they shall crush his cups." Origen: "Cerasmata," as if said of wine; Aquila published "cerata," i.e., horns: which was an ancient type of beaker. For they used to drink from horns: whence the custom remained of saying *κεράσαι* (to mix), as if indeed to mix from a horn. I would believe that *τὰ κεράσματα αὐτοῦ συντρίψουσι* is a complete version of Symmachus. [Scholion of Olympiodorus, *τὴν δόξαν*. Roman edition. DR.] V. 17. LXX, *κινήσατε αὐτῷ*, move for him. Roman edition. It is a Hebraism, and signifies, "have compassion on him." In others it is, *αὐτόν*, move him. DRACH. Ibid. LXX, *ἐκ κόπτετε ὄνομα*, cut off the name. Some, *εἰδότες ὄνομα*, you who know the name. And so the Hebrew, *ידעו*. V. 19. *Α., καὶ σκόπευσον* etc. These readings are shown by the Ms. of Jeremiah. But that of Theodotion is corrupted, *ἔριρε* (erire), perhaps for *ἔριδε* (eride) set in its place. V. 26. LXX, *ἐπικρούσει*, he shall strike. In Theodoret and in the Complutensian it is, *ἐπικροτήσει*, he shall applaud. DRACH. Ms. Jes. V. 29. *Π*., *τὸ ὕψος αὐτοῦ*. The same.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER XLIX

^A 1. To the sons of Ammon. 2. Behold I will cause a war-cry to be heard. 3. ^B In hedges. 4. [Blank] 5, 6. Gathering the wanderer, and after these things I will turn back the captivity of the sons of Ammon, saith the Lord.

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SYMMACUS. ^A— ^B THEODOTION.

47. ^C And I will turn back the captivity of Moab in the last days, saith the Lord, up to here is the judgment of Moab.

NOTES AND VARIOUS READINGS ON CHAP. XLVIII OF JEREMIAH.

Ibid. [*] "And the clamor." The same. V. 50. [*] "Saith the Lord." The same. Ibid. [*] "Not so his arms." The same. V. 51. [*] "Upon Moab." Ms. of Isaiah. But without the asterisk. Ibid. A., S., "of an earthen wall." Ms. of Isaiah. On this passage Drusius says regarding "to the men of *Kir-heres*": which in C. (Complutensian) *Kir-Hares*, or *Aras*, is a name of a place. The Syrian renders: "their heads shaved, and their beards shaven." ^D This is not an interpretation, but an explanation of that phrase "to the men of *Kir-heres*." Before "shaven" is added in Theodoret, "of the walls." DRACH. Ibid. A., Th., "and he shall meditate." Ms. of Isaiah. *Aided, aited, adad, aided*, nothing. V. 54. LXX, "even unto Eleale, and even unto Jassa, even unto [Etan] their cities." *Triennial*. [Message in Salisia. Message in Selisia. Message of... all of it, a wailing, all of it.] V. 40. Th., "Behold, as an eagle he shall fly, and shall spread his wings over Moab." V. 44. Th., "In the shelter of Heshbon they stood, fleeing from the strength, because a fire went forth from Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and it devoured the side of Moab and the crown of the sons of Saon." 40. "Woe to thee, Moab; the people of Chemosh has perished, because they took thy sons and thy daughters into captivity." 47. "And I will turn back the captivity of Moab in the last days, saith the Lord. Up to this point is the judgment of Moab."

JEREMIAH CHAP. XLIX.

SYMMACUS. ^A — ^B THEODOTION.

1. And an heir is there none to him? 1. ... to them? 2. ... 2. [*] Saith the Lord. 3. ... 3. [*] And he shall pass through into the hedges. 4. ... 4. Why do you rejoice in the fields of Enakim? [*] Thy fields have poured out/traversed (sic) in plain Ziph, thy fields. 5, 6. And there is no one gathering. 5, 6. [*] Gathering the wanderer, and after these things I will turn back the captivity of the sons of Ammon, saith the Lord.

SYMMACUS. ^C THE LXX INTERPRETERS. ^D THEODOTION.

1. And an heir is there none? 1. He who takes possession is not to them? 1. 2. Saith the Lord. 2. 2. 3. In colonists. 3. And he shall pass through into the hedges. 3. 4. 4. Why do you exult in the fields of Enakim? Thy fields have poured out in the fields of Ziph, in thy fields. 4. 5, 6. 5, 6. And there is no one congregating. 5, 6. Congregating translated: and

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THE HEBRAIC TEXT. VERSION OF THE HEBRAIC TEXT. VULGATE LATIN. AQUILA.

vagantem: et post haec reverti faciam captivitatem filiorum Ammon, dixit Dominus. 7. Sic dixit Dominus exercituum. 12. Bibendo. 14. Et legatus. 19. Robusti. 23. Dissoluti sunt in mari. 24. Vertit se ad fugiendum, et tremor. Et dolores tenuerunt eam sicut parturientis. 26. In die illa. 28. Filios Orientis. 30. Evagamini. 31. Pacificam. Ait Dominus. Vectis. 32. Et ex omnibus lateribus ejus. 33. Hominis.

gientes. Et post haec reverti faciam captivos filiorum Ammon, ait Dominus. 7. Haec dicit Dominus exercituum. 12. Bibentes. 14. Et legatus. 19. Robustam. 23. Turbati sunt in mari. 24. Versa est in fugam, tremor. Et dolores tenuerunt eam quasi parturientium. 26. In die illa. 28. Filios Orientis. 30. Abite. 31. Quietam. Ait Dominus. Vectes. 32. Et ex omni confinio eorum. 33. Hominis.

et postea convertam captivitatem filiorum Ammon, dicit Dominus. 7. 12. Bibentes. 14. 19. Solidam. 23. 24. * Et dolores comprehenderunt eam sicut parturientis. 26. 28. 30. 31. 32. Et ex omni parte eorum. 33.

Notes and various readings for chapter XLIX of Jeremiah.

V. 1. Σ., and an heir etc. Drusius. V. 2. * Says the Lord. Montfaucon notes nothing. But this reading exists, as the Polyglot Bible testifies, in some codices. The Complutensian, however, has, says the Lord. Drach. V. 3. Eusebius, concerning Hebraic places, where it seems placed for *yndamoth. The reading of Symmachus is vitiated: for Jerome has it thus, Gebarth: for which Aquila interprets, in hedges; Symmachus, however, in colonies. [Some codex, and run through the hedges. From the Polyglot Bible. *Triggos is the same as *phrygos. Drach.] V. 4. *Atereyese etc. Ms. Jes. But these are undoubtedly vitiated. Drusius: Elsewhere it is in the plains, and elsewhere in Enakeim, i. e., in the valleys. A purely Hebraic word. There is no doubt for me that these are two diverse interpretations. V. 5, 6. *A., Θ., congregating the wanderer etc. Ms. Jes. [Complut., gathering the wandering (errantes, from the verb *alaomai). And after T. E. T. A. U. A., says the Lord. Drach.] V. 7. * Of the powers. Ms. Jes. V. 12. A., O., drinking. The same. Ibid. *sha'u, but (or, because) by drinking thou shalt drink. In our LXX it is vacant; but the Alexandrian, that he who drinks shall drink, and the Aldine, that he who has drunk shall drink, because drinking thou shalt drink.

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SYMMACHUS. ^A SEVENTY. THEODOTION.

7. Thus saith the Lord of hosts.

12. Vacat. ^B 12. Vacat. 12. Drinking [the guests].

14. And a message. 14. And messengers.

19. Ancient. 19. Etham.

23. They were amazed. II... in the sea.

24. Turned to flight, tremor. Another: And she was cast out, tremor. Vacat.

24. And pains seized her as a woman in labor.

26. Vacat. II. In that day.

28. The sons of Qedem. The rest, the sons of the east.

30. Be stirred up. ^C

31. They are at rest. Another: keeping quiet.

Saith the Lord.

Bars.

32. And from every part of them. 32. From every side beyond them. 32. And from all of their parts.

35. Of man. Another: earth-born.

^D SYMMACHUS. THE LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION.

…afterwards I will bring back the captivity of the sons of Ammon, saith the Lord.

7. Thus saith the Lord of hosts.

12. Vacat. 12. Drinkers.

14. And a message. 14. And messengers.

19. Ancient. 19. Etham.

23. Stupefied are they. All... in the sea.

24. Versa is in flight, tremor. Another, and cast out is, tremor.

24. And pains seized her like a woman in labor.

26. Vacat. All, in that day.

28. Sons of Qedem. The rest, sons of the Orient.

30. Be driven forth.

31. Quiet. Another, keeping quiet.

Saith the Lord.

Bars.

32. And from every part of them. 32. From every place that is beyond them. 32. And from all their parts.

35. Of man. Another, earth-born.

Notes and various readings on Chapter XLIX of Jeremiah.

Vulg., but drinking thou shalt drink. DRACH. V. 14. S., and a message. Drusius. [Scholion from Cyril, he called a territory, those whom Jeremiah called messengers, and Sym. also gave 'message'.] DRACH. V. 17. LXX, will hiss, will be astonished, and will hiss at all its wound. [It is in some, as also in Complut. Stupebit, et sibilabit super omni plaga ejus.] DRACH. V. 19. Eusebius De locis Hebraicis and Hieronymus at the word Etham. [Alex., Ald., DR.] Rome: in some (scil. Alex. and Complut.) is, in the sea it was heard, or was heard. [In mari auditus est: which reading Theodoretus also seems to acknowledge. And the Hebrew text confirms it.] DRACH. V. 23. II., in the sea. Ms. Jes. V. 24. Another, and she was cast out, tremor. The same. [Complut., Idem. Ibid. A., Th., and pains, distress and pains held her as one in labor.] Idem. [Complut., Idem. So also Complut. DR.] V. 26. II., in that day. The same. [Complut., Idem. So also Complut. DR.] V. 28. The rest, sons of the east. By Theodoretus.

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V. 50. Arise. Ms. Jes. [Other mss., Arise. Polyglot Bible. DR.] V. 51. Another, resting. Ms. Jes. [Complut. Ibid. Says the Lord. Ms. Jes. Ibid. 8, branches. Thus one codex. Both readings are in the LXX.] V. 52. Aquila, Symmachus, and from every side etc. Ms. Jes. V. 53. Another, earth-born. Idem. [Aldine and some codices. DR.] V. 54 and following to the end of the chapter. Roman Edition: "These things indeed up to the end of the chapter are in our Vulgate in chapter XLIX at the end. With the order of this Vulgate some Greek codices also, and Theodoret, agree: which it is likely followed the Hexapla, in which the Greek corresponds on the other side to the Hebrew."

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HEBREW VERSION

VULGATE LATIN

AQUILA

1. To the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet. 2. And lift up a signal, make it heard. The graven images are put to shame, its idols are broken. 5. They have moved, they have departed. 8. Like he-goats. The Syrian, as goats. Before the flock. 9. Its arrow as a mighty warrior prospering. 12. Your mother is ashamed. Behold the last of the nations: a desert, a waste, and a solitude. 14. Because he has sinned against the Lord. 18. The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. 21. Against the land of the inhabitants, go up against it. And devote to destruction those after them. 26. Come against it. 28. The vengeance of his temple.

1. And from the land of the Chaldeans by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet. 2. Lift up a signal, preach. Confused are its graven images, shattered are their idols. 5. They have moved and departed. 8. As goats. Before the flock. 9. Its arrow as a mighty man of the slaughterer. 12. And leveled to the dust is that which begot you. Behold the last shall be in the nations a desert, pathless and parched. 14. Because he has sinned against the Lord. 18. The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. 21. Go up against the land of the inhabitants. And kill those who are after them. 26. Come against it. 28. The vengeance of his temple.

1. To the land of the Chaldeans by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet. 2. 5. Moved, they departed. 8. 9. Its arrows as a giant hitting. 12. 14. 18. The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. 21. Against the land of those provoking, go up against it. 26. 28.

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[Regarding the preceding text:] It was necessary for these to be placed here. Wherefore, in these same places there follow those things which in the Vulgate concern the cup and the rest which follow, and which in our [text] and in most Greek [manuscripts] belong to chapter 50. But immediately in the same codices (for nothing can be affirmed regarding Theodoret) after those things, in this book, these things are placed (where it seems there exists a certain joining together of various interpretations), of which a great part, as S. Jerome writes, is not held in the LXX.

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^A SYMMACHUS.

3. 8.

9. Its arrows as a prudent warrior.

12.

14.

18.

21. On the earth, says the Lord, bitterly go up against it. And destroy.

26.

28.

^A THE LXX INTERPRETERS.

1. Vacat.

2. Vacat. Others, raise a sign, make it heard. Vacat.

3. Vacat.

8. As dragons. Others, as kids.

12. Vacat. ^B Others, she who bore you, the mother, is ashamed to good things. Behold, the last of the nations, a desert, waterless, untrodden.

14. Vacat. Others, because to the Lord he has sinned.

18. The Lord.

21.

26. They have come.

28. Vacat. Others, the vengeance of his temple.

^A THEODOTION.

2. ^B Her idols are shamed, her abominations are shamed.

12.

14.

18. ^C The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel.

21.

^D 26. Behind them evils.

28.

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^A THE HEBREW in Greek characters. 30. 50. 56. 57. 59. 40. 44. AQUILA. 30. 36. They shall be taken away. 37. 59. 40. 44. Of the Jordan. Solid. ^B VERSIO HEBRAICI TEXT. 30. In that day. 36. The sword against their strong ones. And they shall be confounded. 37. And against all the mixed multitude. 39. And it shall not be inhabited anymore forever. 40. Sodom. 44. From the swelling of Jordan. Robust. VULGATA LATINA. 30. In that day. 36. The sword against their strong ones. Who shall fear. 37. And against all the mixed multitude. 39. And it shall not be inhabited anymore even unto eternity. 40. Sodom. 44. From the pride of Jordan. Robust. AQUILA. 30. In that day. 36. The sword against the warriors. They shall be taken away. 37. 39. 40. Sodom. 44. From the roaring of Jordan. Solid. Notes and various readings on chapter L of Jeremiah. V. 1. Aquila, to the land of the Chaldeans etc. Ms. Jes. [Complut., and to the land of X. etc. as Aq. Drach.] V. 2. * Lift up [the standard] etc. Ms. Jes. Drusius, however, lift up. [Complut. and in Theodoret, lift up [the standard] sign.] Alius, Drach. Ibid. ^C they were confounded etc. Ms. Jes. [Complut., Alius, his. Drach.] Ms. Jes. [Complut., Dr.] V. 8. Theodoret, and be as goats. From another edition: for the LXX have, dragons. Note afterwards Theodoret, Ibid. Ms. Jes. V. 9. Aquila, the arrows of it etc. The same. [Aquila reads with a shin on the right as six codices inspected by Michaelis possess, and the Hebrew Concordances, according to the Masorah. (Cf. J. H. Michaelis Hebrew Bible, Fuerst’s Hebrew Concordance, and also De Rossi’s various readings of the Old Testament.) But the LXX and Symmachus read with a sin on the left, as the greatest part of the codices and printed bibles have. And to make ascend. The LXX is empty. Alius, and I will make ascend. Vulg., and I will bring. Its bow, the LXX is empty. Alius, the arrows of it. Vulg., its arrow. Drach.] V. 12. The others, they were confounded etc. Ms. Jes. These things indeed are a little confused in our notes; that of it. mother to good, seems to be induced by a fault. In the Roman edition of the LXX, it is read, to good. [Theodoret ^D and certain codices, it is overturned, it is overturned. to good, note with an obelus, for it is not read in the Hebrew. On [the standard] Montfaucon wrongly ascribed the reading of the Vulgate, your mother is confused, which corresponds to these words, of [the standard] from the beginning of the verse. Drach.] Ibid. Behold etc. Ms. Jes. * behold, and the others (all), desert, impassable, and likewise from the same the readings of verses 14 and 18. [V. 12. Complut., desert and impassable. V. 14. The others, that etc. So also Complut. Drach. V. and subject her. In Complut. for this, it is, that he sinned against the Lord (which are also referred to by Theodoret), and clap upon her. From the Roman ed. The same. V. 18. The reading of Aquila and Theodotion is had by Complut. in the text. The same. V. 19. The LXX, in Carmel. In Complut. and in Theodoret is added, which is read also in the Hebrew and in the Latin Vulgate. The same. V. 21. Aquila, against the land of those provoking [the Lord]. So ms. Jes. and another. [A certain codex, against the land of those provoking. step upon her bitterly. Polygl.-B. Theodoret however seems to have had, against the land of those provoking. Drach.] Ibid. Theodotion, behind them evils. Ms. Jes., and likewise the readings of verses 26, 28, 30. [V. 21. Alius, and his dominion.] JEREMIAH CHAPTER LI. THE HEBREW in Greek characters. 1. 19. AQUILA. 1. * Of those stirring up the heart. 19. VERSIO HEBRAICI TEXT. 1. A heart of those rising up against me. 19. And the rod of his inheritance. VULGATA LATINA. 1. Who have lifted up their heart against me. 19. And Israel is the rod of his inheritance. AQUILA. 1. The heart of those inciting. 19.

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SYMMACUS. 50. ...[empty]. 56. A sword against the warriors. And they shall be paralyzed. 57. And against all the mixed multitude. 59. It shall not be inhabited anymore forever. 40. Sodom. 44. From Jordan. Ancient.

LXX INTERPRETERS. [50.] Vacant. [56.] A sword against the warriors. And they shall be paralyzed. [57.] And against all the mixed multitude. [59.] It shall not be inhabited anymore forever. [40.] Sodom. [44.] From Jordan. Ancient.

THEODOTION. 50. Vacant. [in that day]. 56. A sword against the warriors. 57. And against all the mixed multitude. 59. It shall not be inhabited anymore forever. Another: and it shall not be built up anymore, not even to victory. 40. Sodom. 44. From the swelling of the Jordan.

SYMMACUS. 1. The heart of those inciting. 19. His portion. Another, rod.

LXX INTERPRETERS. 1. Vacant. 19. His inheritance. Another, his portion. Another, rod.

THEODOTION. 1. Vacant. 19. His inheritance.

Notes and various readings on chapter L of Jeremiah.

"Destroy behind them." Polyglot Bible.—The reading of verses 28 and 30 is also missing from the Vulgate Latin and from the Complutensian. Drach.

V. 24. O', they shall come up against thee. Ald., Complut., and some codices, *they shall come up*, they shall be brought against thee. So also it was later written in the Vatican codex. Vulg., I have ensnared thee. The Hebrew text reads, I have set snares for thee. Another, I have arrayed myself against thee, and thou shalt be attacked; and thou shalt not know, as Babylon, and thou shalt be taken. In others, *and thou shalt be taken B.,* and thou shalt not know. Thus the Roman edition. Idem.

V. 25. O', that it is a work. Aq. adds *is*, in the Marchalian codex, translating *N7*, which the LXX do not express. Idem.

V. 36. *...* oh sword, against the liars and they shall become foolish. It is desired in the LXX. Others in the Complutensian, *the foolish shall be.* Which seem to be recognized also by Theodoret. Vulg., A sword to his diviners, who shall be foolish. Idem.

Ibid. Ms. Jes. ^B Ibid. 'A., and they shall be pulled out. Idem. But this reading seems suspect. [We have written down the reading of the elders. Dr.]

V. 37. O', a sword against their warriors. The Hebrew does not have it; it is also absent from the Vulgate Latin and from the Complutensian. Drach.

Ibid. Edit. Rom. "They shall be scattered upon her water." In others and in the Complutensian, *they shall be plundered.* In his own water he trusted. Theodoret undoubtedly had a sentiment similar to the Vulgate, *drought shall be upon her waters, and they shall be dried up.* For thus he says: He threatens also that he will drain the water, figuratively calling the multitude water. Idem.

Ibid. *all* Ms. Jes.

V. 59. *And it shall not be built up anymore to victory.* It seems, however, to be an interpretation of Aquila, or Theodotion, or both, who translate *to victory*. From the same codex similarly the readings of verses 40 and 44.

Ibid. *nor shall it be inhabited until generation and generation.* It is missing in the LXX, the Complutensian, and in Theodoret, *neither shall it be inhabited until generation and generation.* Vulg., *neither shall it be built up until generation and generation.* Drach.

V. 44. 'A., *strong* etc. From Eusebius, *On Hebrew Places*, as above, ch. XLIX, v. 19.

Ibid. *habitation.* In the LXX it is vacant. Alex. and Complutensian, *a place.* Another, *nave*, which is the Hebrew word itself. Vulg., *beauty*; the name is not abhorrent to this sense. Drach. ^C

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SYMMACUS. 1. A heart of those inciting. 19. His portion. Another, rod.

LXX INTERPRETERS. 1. Vacant. 19. His inheritance. Another, his portion. Another, rod.

THEODOTION. 1. Vacant. 19. His inheritance. ^D

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VERSION OF THE HEBREW TEXT. Lord of hosts is his name. 20. You are a hammer scattering for me, weapons of war. The Syrian, prepare for me weapons of war. 28. And all the land of his dominion. 35. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. 41. How Sesach is captured. 45. Its cities for desolation. And the land deserted. 44, 45. Also the wall of Babel has fallen. Go out from her midst, my people, and save each one his soul from the wrath of the fury of the Lord. 46. And lest your heart should grow soft, and you fear at the report that is heard in the land: and the report shall come in the year, and after it in the year the report; and [there shall be] rapacity in the land, a ruler over a ruler. 47. Therefore behold, days are coming, and I will visit upon the graven images of Babel, and all the land shall be put to shame, and all her slain shall fall in her midst. 48. And they shall sing over Babel, heaven and earth, and all things that are in them, because...

VULGATE LATIN. Lord of hosts is his name. 20. You bruise for me the weapons of war. The Syrian, prepare for me the weapons of war. 28. And all the land of his dominion. 35. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. 41. How Sesach is captured. 45. Its cities for astonishment. Land uninhabitable. 44, 45. Also the wall of Babylon shall fall: Go out from her midst, my people: that each one may save his soul from the wrath of the fury of the Lord. 46. And lest your heart should grow soft, and you fear the report which shall be heard in the land: and the report shall come in the year, and after this year the report; and iniquity in the land, and a ruler over a ruler. 47. Therefore behold, days are coming, and I will visit upon the graven images of Babylon: and all her land shall be put to shame, and all her slain shall fall in her midst. 48. And the heavens and the earth shall praise Babylon, and all things that...

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are in them: for from the North shall come those who will harass her, saith the Lord.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER LI.

^A SYMMÁCHOS. THE LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTIÓN.

Lord of hosts is his name. 20. You scatter ^B for me vessels of war. 28. Vacat. Another: And of all the earth of his dominion. 33. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. 41. How is Sesach taken? (al. Sisach). 45. Her cities. Into desolation. And uninhabited. ^C 44, 45. Vacat. Another: And the wall of Babylon also fell: go out from the midst of her, my people, and save each man his own soul from the wrath of the fury of the Lord. ^D 46. And one who exercises dominion over dominion, metaphor upon metaphor. Vacat. Another: Lest your heart be afraid, and you be terrified at the hearing that shall be heard in the land, and the hearing shall come in the year, and injustice in the land. 47. Vacat. Another: Therefore behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, and I will visit upon the graven images of Babylon, and all her land shall be put to shame, and all her slain. 48. Vacat. Another: And the heavens and the earth shall rejoice over Babylon and all things that are in them: for from the North shall come those who harass her, saith the Lord.

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49. EVEN BABEL is to fall, the slain of Israel. 57. And her princes, and her wise men, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep an everlasting sleep, and shall not awake. 58. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: the broad wall of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire. 60. And Jeremiah wrote all the evil that should come upon Babylon in one book, all these words. 61. And Jeremiah said: When thou art come to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words. 64. And thou shalt say: O Lord, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that there should be neither man nor beast therein, and that it might be desolate for ever. And it shall come to pass, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: and thou shalt say: Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the affliction that I will bring upon it: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

HEBREW TEXT VERSION. | VULGATE LATIN. | AQUILA. From the North shall come against them wasters, saith the Lord. | are in them: for from the North shall come against them spoilers, saith the Lord. | 49. Even Babylon is to fall, the slain of Israel. | 49. And as Babylon hath made them fall that were slain in Israel. | 49. 57. And her wise men, her princes. And they shall sleep a sleep of the age, and shall not awake. | 57. And her wise men and her princes. And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and shall not awake. | 57. Princes. And they shall sleep an eternal sleep, and shall not awake. 58. Thus saith the Lord of hosts. | 58. Thus saith the Lord of hosts. | 58. 60. And Jeremiah wrote all the evil. In one book, all things. | 60. And Jeremiah wrote all the evil. In one book, all things. | 60. 61. And thou shalt read all things. | 61. And thou shalt read all things. | 61. 64. And they shall fail. Thus far the words of Jeremiah. | 64. And it shall be dissolved. Thus far the words of Jeremiah. | 64. And they stood. Thus far the words of Jeremiah.

Notes and various readings on chapter LI of Jeremiah. V. 1. The scholion of the Roman edition has thus: untitled. Symmachus set down the Hebrew word, instead of "a burning wind," *Lekkah* (i.e. *Lebka*). It signifies a burning and an excited heart. But Aquila gave "the heart of those who work," *Lebkach*. Thus consequently: read, *Kam*. V. 5. Ms. Jes. after *kai* has ※ *ep' autēi*. And v. 12. *epi tōn teicheōn*. V. 11. *Heikal*, her temple. LXX, her people. Others, and according to Theodoret, *naou*, of the temple. Vulg., her temple. DRACH. V. 19. Ms. Jes. in the margin, "his portion, a rod." It exhibits two interpretations. [According to Theodoret, "and Israel is the rod of his inheritance." DRACH.] Ibid. ※ *tōn dynameōn*. Ms. Jes. [So also Theodoret and Complut. DR.] V. 20. The Syrian: Prepare for me the instruments of war. Theodoret. V. 22. *wenipastī bekhā zāqēn wā-na‘ar*, and I will shatter in thee the old man and the youth. It is absent in the LXX. Others and Complut.: and I will scatter in thee an elder and a child. Vulg.: and I will dash in pieces in thee the old man and the young. Furthermore, the [Greek] text reverses the order of this clause. DRACH. V. 27. *mamlekhōt Arārāṭ Minnī*, kingdoms of Ararat and Minni. In many [texts] it is *basileiais*, (proclaim) to the kingdoms; and in some it follows, *Ararat, par' emou*, thus translating *Minnī* as if it were a pronoun. Among Theodoret, *Ararat, Menni*, to the kingdoms of Ararat, Menni; and he adds that Ararat is Armenia. In others it is read *Ararath* and *Arareth*. Vulg., to the kings of Ararat, Menni. IDEM. V. 28. ※ *Kai pasēs*. Ms. Jes. and the following ones similarly until the end of verse 49, where a note is read, in which it is said that these are incorrectly marked with asterisks in some manuscripts: one must know that in some copies these are placed with asterisks, not rightly. Remove them from these words of verse 45, "and even the wall of Babylon fell," until these words of verse 49, "and moreover in Babylon of the falling of Israel in it." And afterwards there follows the note as above. Furthermore, these verses are missing in the edition of the Seventy. [He also has the reading of v. 33 in the Complut. DR.] V. 37. *ba‘awōnīm shemāh ushrēqāh*, a habitation of dragons, a desolation and a hissing. Thus also the Vulg. These are missing in the LXX. Another: and for a habitation of dragons, and for dunes, and for a hissing (Breit.). And in (scil., shall be)

JEREMIAH CHAPTER LII. 1. THE SON OF TWENTY AND ONE YEAR was Zedekiah.

HEBREW TEXT VERSION. | VULGATE LATIN. | AQUILA. 1. The son of one and twenty years was Zedekiah. | 1. The son of one and twenty years was Zedekiah. | 1.

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SYMMACUS. ^D THE SEVENTY. ^C THEODOTION.

49. ^B 49. Vacat. Another, and indeed in Babylon for Israel to fall in her. 49.

57. Princes. 57. And her wise men. 57. ※ And her leaders: princes. Vacat. ※ And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and shall not awake.

58. 58. Thus saith the Lord ※ of hosts. 58.

60. 60. And Jeremiah wrote ※ all the evils. 60. In one book ※ all.

61. 61. And thou shalt read ※ all. 61.

64. 64. Vacat. 64.

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SYMMACUS. | LXX INTERPRETERS. | THEODOTION. [The Latin text provided in the source for column 2265/2266 acts as a mirror to the Greek rendering.]

49. Vacat. Another, and indeed in Babylon for Israel to fall in her. 49.

57. Princes. 57. And her wise men. 57. And her leaders, princes. Vacat. And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and shall not awake.

58. 58. Thus saith the Lord of hosts. 58.

60. 60. And Jeremiah wrote all evils. 60. In one book all.

61. 61. And thou shalt read all. 61.

64. 64. Vacat. 64.

Notes and various readings for Chapter LI of Jeremiah.

[Notes omitted as per instructions, maintaining the citation skeleton.]

JEREMIAH CHAPTER LII.

SYMMACUS ^A THE SEVENTY ^B THEODOTION.

1. ^C 1. Being the one and twentieth year of Zedekiah. 1. Twenty and one years was Zedekiah.

SYMMACUS. | LXX INTERPRETERS. | THEODOTION.

1. 1. When Zedekiah was twenty and one years old. 1. Twenty and one years old was Zedekiah.

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2. And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord according to all that Joakim had done.

5. For the fury of the Lord was in Jerusalem and in Judah, until He cast them out from His face. And Sedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

8. And they overtook Sedekiah.

12. It is the nineteenth year of King Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon.

15. And of the poor of the people, and of the rest of the common folk that had remained in the city, and of the deserters who had fled to the king of Babylon.

16. Nabuzardan, the prince of the militia, left [some] of the poor of the land.

17. All of their brass.

18. And the caldrons, and the shovels, and the psalteries, and the vials, and the mortars.

19. Hydrias. [And] Urceos.

20. Of all these vessels [of brass].

22. And the capitals.

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SYMMACUS. LXX INTERPRETERS. THEODOTION.

2. ^A And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as Joakim had done.

3. ^B Because it was upon the fury of the Lord against Jerusalem and Judah, until he cast them out from his presence. And Sedecia rebelled against the king of Babylon.

8. ^C And they overtook him. Symmachus: And they overtook king Sedecia.

12. ^D This is the nineteenth year of Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon.

15. [vacat]

16. ^A And the leftovers of the people the captain of the guard left. Another: Nabuzardan.

17. The bronze. All [of it].

18. ^B And the wreath, and the vials, and the flesh-hooks.

19. Vials. The rest: censers. Infusoria [for pouring]. Another: melting-pots. Another: spits.

20. ^C Of their bronze.

22. ^D And the molding.

16. ^A And some of the poor of the land Nabuzardan the captain of the guard left.

18. ^B And the supports, and the censers, and the libation vessels.

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23. And it shall be written: A prince of the armies. 27. And he killed them. And Judah was carried away out of his land. 28. This is the people whom Nabuchodonosor caused to migrate in the seventh year: three thousand and twenty-three Jews. 29. In the eighteenth year of Nabuchodonosor, from Jerusalem, eight hundred and thirty-two souls. 30. In the twenty-third year of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuzardan the master of the butchers carried away the Jews, seven hundred and forty-five souls: all the souls were four thousand and six hundred. 34. In his day until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

Notes and various readings for Chapter LII of Jeremiah

At the beginning of this chapter, the Roman edition exhibits the following scholion of no small importance: "The prophecy until this point is fulfilled. For after this it contains in a more historical manner the events concerning Zedekiah and the capture of Jerusalem, and the vessels taken from the temple, among which is the 'podisteras' (cacabos) [baths or basins for washing feet], as the Syrian gives it, the basins for the feet; whereas the 'emath' (alias, amphoth, aphoth, apphoth, sarphoth, sephphothi)—some say these are the spits, others the melting-vessels or water-jars. The LXX call them 'masmaroth'; the lampstands; and Joachim, whom he brings before the Lord, considering all that Joachim did. 3. For the wrath of the Lord was in Jerusalem and in Judah, until he cast them out from his face, and Zedekiah departed from before the King of Babylon."

V. 1. O', "twenty and one" etc. The MS of Jesus is similar in all the following readings up to verse 17.

In the Complutensian edition follow the things which seem also to be acknowledged by Theodoret: 2. "And he did evil before the Lord according to all that Joachim did."

V. 4. "In the tenth month," as the Vulgate has it. O', "in the ninth month." Some others and the Complutensian, "in the tenth month," as the Hebrew. Idem.

Ibid. "And they encamped against it and built a siege-wall against it." The LXX, "And they circumvallated it and built it around with square stones." Otherwise the Complutensian, more congruently with the Hebrew, "a wall (circummurale)." The Vulgate, "and they besieged it and built fortifications against it." Idem.

V. 6. "In the fourth month." It is wanting in the LXX. The others and the Complutensian, Vulgate, "but in the fourth month." Idem.

V. 7. "They fled." In the LXX it is absent. Some codices and the Complutensian, "they fled." Vulgate, "they fled." Idem.

V. 9. "In the land of Chamath." It is wanting in the LXX. Complutensian, "in the land of Aemath." Olympiodorus, "Emath, which is now called Antioch." And Deblatha is its...

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25. And the scribe. 27. Vacant. Symmachus: And slew them. Vacant. Theodotion: And Judah was carried away from above his land. 28. And this is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away in the seventh year: three thousand and twenty-three Jews. 29. In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty-two souls. 30. In the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away four hundred and seventy-five souls of the Jews; all the souls were four thousand six hundred. 34. From day to day, until he died; all the days of his life.

Notes and various readings for the LII chapter of Jeremiah.

Emath is that which is now called Antioch: but Deblatha is its suburb, Daphne. Vulgate: which is in the land of Emath. IDEM. V. 15. The Complutensian edition supplies thus according to the Hebrew text: And from the poor of the people, and the remnant that were left in the city, and the deserters who had fallen away to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away. It is clear that *et transiit* (Hebr. adds, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard) should be read as *transmisit* (sent over), *captivum abduxit* (led away captive), as Schleusner interprets this word. For the LXX number in the following verse, the Complutensian has likewise according to the Hebrew; Vulgate: "But of the poor of the people, and of the rest of the common people that had remained in the city, and of the fugitives who had fled over to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away." 16. "But of the poor of the land," etc. IDEM. V. 18. The Colbertine manuscript, from Victor of Antioch: "The Syrian rendered *podisteras* as 'foot-baths' (vessels apt for washing feet); but *serphon*, some as 'spits'; others as 'the basins for sacrificial blood'; while *mesameroth* as 'the lamps'." He calls Jehoiakim, Jeconiah. ^A To Babylon, Aquila, Theodotion, and the *podisteras*, and the *analemptoras* (vessels for carrying), and the incense-burners, and the libation vessels. In some, "and the nails." Instead of "flesh-hooks," some interpreted as *mortariola* (little mortars). Regarding the word *aphphoth*, Aquila [rendered as] "water-jars," Symmachus "bowls," the others "incense-burners": "basins for blood," "cauldrons." Theodotion: In some, "and the nails." ^B *Aphphoth* (or *aphphoth*), *machthon* (or *masmaroth*), *mesameroth*, *mizracheth*.

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