Holy Scripture
Sirach 24:12
A church father on this verse
“Here we must inquire separately as to the field and the treasure hidden in it, and in what sense the person who has found this hidden treasure goes away with joy and sells all that he has in order to buy that field. … I believe, based on the context, that the field is the Scripture planted with what appears in the his…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12And I took root in an honorable people, Even in the portion of the Lord’s inheritance.
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In context
10In the holy tabernacle I served before him; And so was I established in Zion.
11Likewise in the beloved city he gave me rest, And in Jerusalem was my power.
— Sirach 24:12 —
13I was exalted like a cedar in Lebanon, And as a cypress tree upon the mountains of Hermon.
14I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore, And as a rose plant in Jericho, As a fair olive tree in a plain, And grew up as a plane tree.