Ezekiel 16:9 (WEB)
“‘“Then I washed you with water. Yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.
Fathers and councils · 2
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.
Read the whole comment
Jerome
“At no time let her go abroad, lest the watchmen find her that go about the city, and lest they smite and wound her and take away from her the veil of her chastity, and leave her naked in her blood.” — editor's note: Cf. Ezek. xvi. 1–10.
Read the whole comment