Ezechiel 8:9
And he said to me: Go in, and see the wicked abominations which they commit here.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et dixit ad me : Ingredere, et vide abominationes pessimas quas isti faciunt hic.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς μέ Εἴσελθε καὶ ἴδε τὰς ἀνομίας ἃς οὗτοι ποιοῦσιν ὧδε.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֵלָ֑י בֹּ֤א וּרְאֵה֙ אֶת הַתּוֹעֵב֣וֹת הָרָע֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥ם עֹשִׂ֖ים פֹּֽה
The Fathers on this verse
St Gregory the Great The Book of Pastoral Rule, What the ruler's discrimination should be between correction and connivance, between fervour and gentleness
Some hidden things, however, ought to be closely investigated, that, by the breaking out of certain symptoms, the ruler may discover all that lies closely hidden in the minds of his subordinates, and, by reproof intervening at the nick of time, from very small things become aware of greater ones. Whence it is rightly said to Ezekiel, Son of man, dig in the wall ( Ezek. viii. 8 ); where the said prophet presently adds, And when I had digged in the wall, there appeared one door. And he said unto me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here. So I went in and saw; and behold every similitude of creeping things, and abomination of beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, were pourtrayed upon the wall ( Ibid. 9, 10 ). Now by Ezekiel are personified men in authority; by the wall is signified the hardness of their subordinates. …