Ezechiel 23:25
And I will set my jealousy against thee, which they shall execute upon thee with fury: they shall cut off thy nose and thy ears: and what remains shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons, and thy daughters, and thy residue shall be devoured by fire.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et ponam zelum meum in te, quem exercent tecum in furore : nasum tuum et aures tuas præcident, et quæ remanserint, gladio concident. Ipsi filios tuos et filias tuas capient, et novissimum tuum devorabitur igni :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ δώσω πρὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν κρίμα, καὶ ἐκδικήσουσίν σε ἐν τοῖς κρίμασιν αὐτῶν· καὶ δώσω τὸν ζῆλόν μου ἐν σοί, καὶ ποιήσουσιν μετὰ σοῦ ἐν ὀργῇ θυμοῦ· μυκτῆράς σου καὶ ὦτά σου ἀφελοῦσιν, καὶ τοὺς καταλοίπους σου ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ καταβαλοῦσιν. αὐτοὶ υἱούς σου καὶ θυγατέρας σου λήμψονται, καὶ τοὺς καταλοίπους σου πῦρ καταφάγεται·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְנָתַתִּ֨י קִנְאָתִ֜י בָּ֗ךְ וְעָשׂ֤וּ אוֹתָךְ֙ בְּחֵמָ֔ה אַפֵּ֤ךְ וְאָזְנַ֨יִךְ֙ יָסִ֔ירוּ וְאַחֲרִיתֵ֖ךְ בַּחֶ֣רֶב תִּפּ֑וֹל הֵ֗מָּה בָּנַ֤יִךְ וּבְנוֹתַ֨יִךְ֙ יִקָּ֔חוּ וְאַחֲרִיתֵ֖ךְ תֵּאָכֵ֥ל בָּאֵֽשׁ
Haydock's commentary
Jealousy, the most violent of passions. (Calmet)
So the Chaldeans are styled, as Assur is the rod, Isaias x. 5. (Worthington)
Ears, the punishment of adulteresses: both king and priests suffer. (St. Jerome)
Thus the captives were probably treated. (Calmet) See Seneca, Ira. iii. 20.
Fire, by Ismahel, chap. xix. 14.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
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16. Remember that the Apostle also said, We shall judge angels . And our Lord said to His disciples, Ye shall sit on twelve thrones, and judge twelve tribes of the house of Israel . And Ezekiel said concerning righteous men, that they shall judge Ahola and Aholibah. Since, then, the righteous are to judge the wicked, He has made clear concerning them that they shall not come into judgment. And as to what the apostles say, that We shall judge angels, hear, and I will instruct thee. The angels who shall be judged by the apostles are the priests who have violated the law; as the Prophet said, The lips of the priest shall guard knowledge, and the law shall they inquire of his mouth; because he is the angel of the Lord, the most mighty . …