Holy Scripture

Ezekiel 11:5

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“(Verse 2 onwards) And behold, at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men, and in their midst I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, the princes of the people. And he said to me, Son of man, these men devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city, saying, 'The houses have been r…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Ezekiel

Source: Septuagint

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5And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said to me, say; Thus saith the Lord; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: and I know the devices of your spirit.

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3who say, Have not the houses been newly built? This is the caldron, and we are the flesh.

4Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man.

— Ezekiel 11:5 —

6Ye have multiplied your dead in this city, and ye have filled your ways with slain men.

7Therefore thus saith the Lord; Your dead whom ye have smitten in the midst of it, these are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

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