Ezechiel 16:11
I decked thee also with ornaments, and put bracelets on thy hands, and a chain about thy neck.
The verse in its languages
- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et ornavi te ornamento, et dedi armillas in manibus tuis, et torquem circa collum tuum :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐκόσμησά σε κόσμῳ, καὶ περιέθηκα ψέλια περὶ τὰς χεῖράς σου καὶ κάθεμα περὶ τὸν τράχηλόν σου·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וָאֶעְדֵּ֖ךְ עֶ֑דִי וָאֶתְּנָ֤ה צְמִידִים֙ עַל יָדַ֔יִךְ וְרָבִ֖יד עַל גְּרוֹנֵֽךְ
The Fathers on this verse
St Jerome The Letters of St. Jerome, To Eustochium
2. It is true that a festival such as the birthday of Saint Peter should be seasoned with more gladness than usual; still our merriment must not forget the limit set by Scripture, and we must not stray too far from the boundary of our wrestling-ground. Your presents, indeed, remind me of the sacred volume, for in it Ezekiel decks Jerusalem with bracelets, Baruch receives letters from Jeremiah, and the Holy Spirit descends in the form of a dove at the baptism of Christ. But to give you, too, a sprinkling of pepper and to remind you of my former letter, I send you to-day this three-fold warning. Cease not to adorn yourself with good works, the true bracelets of a Christian woman. Rend not the letter written on your heart as the profane king cut with his penknife that delivered to him by Baruch. Let not Hosea say to you as to Ephraim, “Thou art like a silly dove.”