Ezechiel 9:11
And behold the man that was clothed with linen, that had the inkhorn at his back, returned the word, saying: I have done as thou hast commanded me.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et ecce vir qui erat indutus lineis, qui habebat atramentarium in dorso suo, respondit verbum, dicens : Feci sicut præcepisti mihi.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ ἐνδεδυκὼς τὸν ποδήρη καὶ ἐζωσμένος τῇ ζώνῃ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπεκρίνατο λέγων Πεποίηκα καθὼς ἐνετείλω μοι.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְהִנֵּ֞ה הָאִ֣ישׁ לְבֻ֣שׁ הַבַּדִּ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר הַקֶּ֨סֶת֙ בְּמָתְנָ֔יו מֵשִׁ֥יב דָּבָ֖ר לֵאמֹ֑ר עָשִׂ֕יתִי כאשר צִוִּיתָֽנִי
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians, Ephesians 6:14
Moral . Let not any one of them that eat this Passover look towards Egypt, but towards Heaven, towards “Jerusalem that is above.” ( Gal. iv. 26 .) On this account thou eatest with thy loins girded, on this account thou eatest with shoes on thy feet, that thou mayest know, that from the moment thou first beginnest to eat the Passover, thou oughtest to set out, and to be upon thy journey. And this implies two things, both that we must depart out of Egypt, and that, whilst we stay, we must stay henceforth as in a strange country; “for our citizenship,” saith he, “is in Heaven” ( Philip. iii. 20 .); and that all our life long we should ever be prepared, so that when we are called we may not put it off, but say, “My heart is fixed.” ( Ps. cviii. …