Ezechiel 3:22
And the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he said to me: Rise and go forth into the plain, and there I will speak to thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et facta est super me manus Domini, et dixit ad me : Surgens egredere in campum, et ibi loquar tecum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ χεὶρ Κυρίου, καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς μέ Ἀνάστηθι καὶ ἔξελθε εἰς τὸ πεδίον, καὶ ἐκεῖ λαληθήσεται πρὸς σέ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַתְּהִ֥י עָלַ֛י שָׁ֖ם יַד יְהוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י ק֥וּם צֵא֙ אֶל הַבִּקְעָ֔ה וְשָׁ֖ם אֲדַבֵּ֥ר אוֹתָֽךְ
The Fathers on this verse
St Methodius Oration on the Palms
II. To-day, holy David rejoices with great joy, being by babes despoiled of his lyre, with whom also, in spirit, leading the dance, and rejoicing together, as of old, before the ark of God, he mingles musical harmony, and sweetly lisps out in stammering voice, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. Of whom shall we inquire? Tell us, O prophet, who is this that cometh in the name of the Lord? He will say it is not my part to-day to teach you, for He hath consecrated the school to infants, who hath out of the mouth of babes and sucklings perfected praise to destroy the enemy and the avenger, in order that by the miracle of these the hearts of the fathers might be turned to the children, and the disobedient unto the wisdom of the just. …