Ezekiel 16:14 (WEB)
Your renown went out among the nations for your beauty; for it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put on you,” says the Lord GOD.
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“Ezek. xvi. 14.” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
““I saw thee,” saith He, “polluted in blood; and I washed thee, and anointed thee; and thou hadst renown for thy beauty; and thou pouredst out thy fornications,” saith He, “on those who dwell near thee,”wherefore also the more grievous are His threatenings to thee when thou sinnest.” — editor's note: Ezek. xvi. 6, 9, 14, 26.
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Gregory the Great
“Hence under the figure of Jerusalem the soul that is proud in virtue is reproved, when it is said, Thou wert perfect in my comeliness which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord, and having confidence in thy beauty thou hast committed fornication in thy renown (Ibid. xvi. 14, 15).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule Chapter 1.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule Chapter 1.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule Chapter 1.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule Chapter 1.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule Chapter 1.
