Ezechiel 16:62
And I will establish my covenant with thee: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et suscitabo ego pactum meum tecum, et scies quia ego Dominus :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἀναστήσω ἐγὼ τὴν διαθήκην μου μετὰ σοῦ, καὶ ἐπιγνώσει ὅτι ἐγὼ Κύριος·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַהֲקִימוֹתִ֥י אֲנִ֛י אֶת בְּרִיתִ֖י אִתָּ֑ךְ וְיָדַ֖עַתְּ כִּֽי אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה
The Fathers on this verse
St Jerome Against Jovinianus, Book II
31. As regards your attempt to show that railing and murder, the use of the expression raca and adultery, the idle word and godlessness, are rewarded with the same punishment, I have already given you my reply, and will now briefly repeat it. You must either deny that you are a sinner if you are not to be in danger of Gehenna: or, if you are a sinner you will be sent to hell for even a light offence:“The mouth that lieth,” says one, “kills the soul.” I suspect that you, like other men, have occasionally told a lie:for all men are liars, that God alone may be true,and that He may be justified in His words, and may prevail when He judges. It follows either that you will not be a man lest you be found a liar: or if you are a man and are consequently a liar, you will be punished with parricides and adulterers. …