Ezekiel 23:5 (WEB)
“Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine. She doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,
Fathers and councils · 2
John Chrysostom
“Therefore in like manner as those of old took harlots for wives, even so God too espoused unto Himself the nature which had played the harlot: and this also prophetsfrom the beginning declare to have taken place with respect to the Synagogue.” — editor's note: Hos. i. 2; Jer. iii.; Ezek. xxiii. 4, 5, 11.
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Basil the Great
“…and hold out a helping hand, although according to the ancient law he is not uncondemned, who passes by even his enemy’s beast of burden fallen under his load.” — editor's note: Ezek. xxiii. 5.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.