Jer 11:19 help

[wiggbuggie]

ok I was looking into my book mass of the early christians and looked at the chapter of Tertullian who wrote a letter againts the marcion heresy saying how the blood and body of Jesus was prefigured in the OT. Now he uses Jer 11:19 as example “they cast wood upon your bread” now whats interesting is that this verse is not found in the NAB bibles and most other bibles translate this verse differently using fruits instread. I noticed the duey reihms uses bread and the translation is similar to what Tertullian was quoting.

 

[Todd_Easton]

This is one of the many places where the Hebrew version and ancient Greek (Septuagint) version differ. Most modern Bibles, like the NAB, follow the Hebrew version; the Douay Bible follows the Greek version, as does Tertullian. Writing about A.D. 155, St. Justin Martyr, in his Dialogue with Trypho, chap. 72, accused the Jews of deliberately altering the Hebrew text in this place apparently because Christians had been citing it as a prophecy of Jesus Christ’s passion.

 

[animalis]

The Douay-Rheims translation places the heart at rest as do other translations, yet my point is that the Douay-Rheims uses words so that the reader has to **struggle **a bit

For example: “And when they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in paradise **at **the afternoon air…” (Gen 3:8)

The use of at for air is different but it should not be cast off as strange. It is a struggle in the mind and God is there to transform the mind as the reader struggles with it.

Same with the verse you brought out from Jeremiah. It might seem strange to read “put wood on his bread” but the deeper acceptance of it purifies the powers of the soul.