Ezechiel 7:8
Now very shortly I will pour out my wrath upon thee, and I will accomplish my anger in thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and I will lay upon thee all thy crimes.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Nunc de propinquo effundam iram meam super te, et complebo furorem meum in te : et judicabo te juxta vias tuas, et imponam tibi omnia scelera tua,
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Ezechiel 7:5
- νῦν ἐγγύθεν ἐκχεῶ τὴν ὀργήν μου ἐπὶ σέ, καὶ συντελέσω τὸν θυμόν μου ἐν σοί, καὶ κρινῶ σε ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς σου, καὶ δώσω ἐπὶ σὲ πάντα τὰ βδελύγματά σου·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- עַתָּ֣ה מִקָּר֗וֹב אֶשְׁפּ֤וֹךְ חֲמָתִי֙ עָלַ֔יִךְ וְכִלֵּיתִ֤י אַפִּי֙ בָּ֔ךְ וּשְׁפַטְתִּ֖יךְ כִּדְרָכָ֑יִךְ וְנָתַתִּ֣י עָלַ֔יִךְ אֵ֖ת כָּל תּוֹעֲבוֹתָֽיִךְ
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom The Homilies on the Statues to the People of Antioch, Homily XIX
9. One of their kings was Zedekiah. This Zedekiah took an oath to Nebuchadnezzar, king of the barbarians, that he would remain in alliance with him. Afterwards he revolted, and went over to the king of Egypt, disdaining the obligation of his oath, and suffered the things of which ye shall hear presently. But first, it is necessary to mention the parable of the prophet, in which he enigmatically represented all these matters: “The word of the Lord,” saith he, “came to me, saying, Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable, and say, Thus saith the Lord God: A great eagle, with great wings, and long extended, full of claws.” Here he calls the king of the Babylonians an eagle, and speaks of him as being “great, and long-winged;” and he calls him long-extended and “full of claws,” on account of the multitude of his army, and the greatness of his power, and the swiftness of his invasi …