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Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt

Jeremiah 3:6

Rembrandt, Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, 1630 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam · Public domainRembrandt, Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, 1630, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Jeremiah 3:6 (WEB)

Moreover, the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has played the prostitute there.

Catechism · 1

  • §370Paragraph 6 · ManRead at vatican.va

    “But the respective "perfections" of man and woman reflect something of the infinite perfection of God: those of a mother and those of a father and husband.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Is 49:14-15; 66: 13; Ps 131:2-3; Hos 11:1-4; Jer 3:4- 19.

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John Cassian

  • “For by fornication of this kind we read that Jerusalem was defiled, as she committed adultery “on every high hill and under every green tree,” whom also the Lord rebuked by the prophet, saying: “Let now the astrologers stand and save thee, they that gazed at the stars and counted the months, that from…” — editor's note: Jer. iii. 6.

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