Ezechiel 29:18
Son of man, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath made his army to undergo hard service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: and there hath been no reward given him, nor his army for Tyre, for the service that he rendered me against it.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Fili hominis, Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis servire fecit exercitum suum servitute magna adversum Tyrum : omne caput decalvatum, et omnis humerus depilatus est : et merces non est reddita ei, neque exercitui ejus, de Tyro, pro servitute qua servivit mihi adversus eam.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, Ναβουχοδονοσὸρ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος κατεδουλώσατο αὐτοῦ τὴν δύναμιν δουλείᾳ μεγάλῃ ἐπὶ Τύρου· πᾶσα κεφαλὴ φαλακρά, καὶ πᾶς ὦμος μαδῶν· καὶ μισθὸς οὐκ ἐγενήθη αὐτῷ καὶ τῇ δυνάμει αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Τύρον, καὶ τῆς δουλείας ἧς ἐδούλευσαν ἐπ᾽ αὐτήν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- בֶּן אָדָ֗ם נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר מֶֽלֶךְ בָּ֠בֶל הֶעֱבִ֨יד אֶת חֵיל֜וֹ עֲבֹדָ֤ה גְדֹלָה֙ אֶל צֹ֔ר כָּל רֹ֣אשׁ מֻקְרָ֔ח וְכָל כָּתֵ֖ף מְרוּטָ֑ה וְ֠שָׂכָר לֹא הָ֨יָה ל֤וֹ וּלְחֵילוֹ֙ מִצֹּ֔ר עַל הָעֲבֹדָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר עָבַ֥ד עָלֶֽיהָ
Haydock's commentary
Peeled, with carrying machines of war and burdens for thirteen years.
No reward worth the labour. The new city surrendered upon terms, (Calmet) or the citizens shipped off their most valuable goods, and retired to Carthage, &c. God gives a temporal reward for moral virtues, (St. Jerome) even to infidels. (Worthington)
Thus he rewarded the ancient Romans, and the midwives. (St. Augustine, City of God v. 12.; and St. Thomas Aquinas, [Summa Theologiae] i. 2. q. 114. a. 10.)
They had no intention of pleasing God, (Calmet) or of directing their labours for his service. (Haydock)
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.
The Fathers on this verse
Aphrahat Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations, Of Wars
9. And again (God) said to him: Thou wast with the Cherub who was anointed and overshadowing . For the king, who was anointed with the holy oil, was called a Cherub. And he was overshadowing all his people, as Jeremiah said: The anointed of the Lord is the breath of our nostrils, he of whom we said that in his shadow shall we live amongst the Gentiles . For they were sitting in the shadow of the king, while he was standing at their head. And when the crown of their head fell, they were without shade. And if any one should say that this word is spoken concerning Christ, let him receive that which I write for him without disputation, and thus he will be persuaded that it was said with reference to the king. For Jeremiah said in behalf of the people: Woe unto us, for the crown of our head has fallen ! But Christ has not fallen, because He rose again the third day. …