Fragments on Lamentations · §68

Persistent calamity ages like old age

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For a persistent calamity produces an old man’s weakness (Lamentations 3:4).

Greek

Klagel. Jerem. 3, 4. Συμφορὰ γὰρ ἐπίμονος γεροντικὴν ἀσθένειαν ἐμποιεῖ.

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Origen, Fragments on Lamentations.

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