Ezekiel 9:2
_Upper, leading to the court of the priests. These were six angels, representing the army coming from Babylon. The seventh was an angel of peace. (Calmet) --- God never abandoned his whole Church. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Upper, leading to the court of the priests. These were six angels, representing the army coming from Babylon. The seventh was an angel of peace. (Calmet) --- God never abandoned his whole Church. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_House; to the holy place, shewing that he abondoned those in the temple. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark Thau. Thau, or Tau, is the last letter in the Hebrew alphabet, and signifies a sign or a mark: which is the reason why some translators render this place set a mark, or mark a mark, without specifying what this mark was. But St. Jerome, and other interpreters, conclude it was the form of the le... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sanctuary. Aquila, "temple," or people (Calmet) consecrated to my service, (Septuagint; Tirinus) particularly (Calmet) the twenty-five idolaters, the ancients and women, (Calmet) chap. viii. 16. --- Judgment beginneth at the house of God, (1 Peter iv. 17.) and those (Haydock) who abuse holy things... [ Continue Reading ]
_Defile. Septuagint, "you have defiled." I regard the place no longer. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Perverseness, in "wresting of judgment." (Protestant marginal note) What else can be expected, when the judges deny Providence? (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER IX.... [ Continue Reading ]