Ezekiel 28:13 (WEB)
You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. They were prepared in the day that you were created.
Fathers and councils · 7
Jerome
“…with folly, how much more them that dwell in houses of clay,” amongst whom are we, and made of the same clay too.“The life of man is a warfare upon earth.”Lucifer fell who was sending to all nations, and he who was nurtured in a paradise of delight as one of the twelve precious stones, was wounded and went down to…” — editor's note: Jerome blends two passages, Is. xiv. 12 (in which the Sept. reading is “that sendest to;” R.V. “didst lay low”) and Ezek. xxviii. 13 sq. In the passage from…
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(Ezek. 28:13) Ezekiel says, Thou hast been in Eden, the garden of God.” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…prophet Ezekiel: for he takes up a lamentation over him and says, Thou wast a seal of likeness, and a crown of beauty; in the Paradise of God wast thou born: and soon after, Thou wast born blameless in thy days, from the day in which thou wast created, until thine iniquities were found in thee.” — editor's note: Ezek. xxviii. 12–17, an obscure passage, addressed to the Prince of Tyre, and meaning that he was “the perfect pattern” of earthly glory, set in a condition…
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.8Conference VIII
“Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thy iniquities and by the iniquity of thy traffic.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xxviii. 11–18.
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Origen
“Thou hast been made destruction, and thou shalt exist no longer for ever.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xxviii. 11–19.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…art thou fallen, O Lucifer, son of the morning!” or what Ezekiel says, “Thou hast been in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering,” where it is meant that he was some time without sin; for a little after it is still more explicitly said, “Thou wast perfect in thy ways?”” — editor's note: Ezek. xxviii. 13.
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Tertullian
“By the abundance of thy merchandise thou hast filled thy storehouses, and thou hast sinned,” etc. This description, it is manifest, properly belongs to the transgression of the angel, and not to the prince’s: for none among human beings was either born in…” — editor's note: Ezek. xxviii. 11–16 (Sept.).
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.10.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 8:44–47 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 8:44–47 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 8:44–47 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 8:44–47 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 8:44–47 (3) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.8.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.8.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.8.
Cited together in The City of God XI.15.
Cited together in The City of God XI.15 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.8.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.8.