Jeremiah 2:7

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And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Carmel. That is, a fruitful, plentiful land. (Challoner) (Worthington) All Palestine is thus designated. (Menochius)

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

“What transgression have your fathers found in me?” … showing their thankless disposition, and that when in the enjoyment of all things, they requited it by the contraries; but here God expresses it with yet greater force. - "Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew 68.2"

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

Again, elsewhere he says, “What fault have your fathers found in me?” That which is said is great and marvelous, because what he says means, “What wrong have I done?” God tells human beings, “What sin have I committed?”—something that not even slaves tolerate that their master utter. - "Homilies on Repentance and Almsgiving. 4.5.23"

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