God wil not answer the elders of Israel asking by the prophet, 4. but by him setteth his benefites before their eyes, and their owne heynous sinnes; 30. threatning yet greater punishments: 40. but stil mixt with mercie.
1And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month: there came men of the ancients of Israel to inquire of the Lord, and they sat before me.Ed avvenne, che il settimo anno, il quinto mese, ai dieci del mese, venner alcuni dei seniori d'Israele per interrogare il Signore, e si posero a sedere davanti a me.AND it came to passe in the seuenth yeare, in the fifth, the tenth of the moneth: there came men of the ancients of Israel to aske our Lord, & they sare before me.Et factum est in anno septimo, in quinto, in decima mensis, venerunt viri de senioribus Israël ut interrogarent Dominum, et sederunt coram me. 2And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:E il Signore parlommi, dicendo:And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens: 3Son of man, speak to the ancients of Israel and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Are you come to inquire of me? As I live, I will not answer you, saith the Lord God.Figliuolo dell'uomo parla a' seniori d'Israele, e dirai loro: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Siete voi forse venuti per interrogarmi? Io giuro, che non darò a voi risposta, dice il Signore Dio.Sonne of man, speake to the ancients of Israel, & thou shalt say to them: Thus saith our Lord God: Why, are you come to aske me? Liue I, that I wil not answer you, saith our Lord God.Fili hominis, loquere senioribus Israël, et dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Numquid ad interrogandum me vos venistis ? vivo ego quia non respondebo vobis, ait Dominus Deus. 4If thou judgest them, if thou judgest, O son of man, declare to them the abominations of their fathers.Fai tu giudizio di costoro, o figliuolo dell'uomo, fai tu giudizio? Fa lor sapere le abbominazioni de' padri loro.Doest thou iudge them, doest thou iudge ô sonne of man? shew to them the abominations of their fathers.Si judicas eos, si judicas, fili hominis, abominationes patrum eorum ostende eis. 5And say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand for the race of the house of Jacob: and appeared to them in the land of Egypt, and lifted up my hand for them, saying: I am the Lord your God:E dirai loro: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Il dì, in cui io elessi Israele, e stesi la mano mia in favore della casa di Giacobbe, e apparii ad essi nella terra d'Egitto, e stesi in favor loro la mia mano, dicendo: Io il Signore Dio vostro;And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith our Lord God: In the day that I chose Israel, & lifted vp my hand for the stocke of the house of Iacob: and appeared to them in the Land of Aegypt, and lifted vp my hand for them, saying; I the Lord your God:Et dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: In die qua elegi Israël, et levavi manum meam pro stirpe domus Jacob, et apparui eis in terra Ægypti, et levavi manum meam pro eis, dicens: Ego Dominus Deus vester:
6In that day I lifted up my hand for them to bring them out of the land of Egypt, into a land which I had provided for them, flowing with milk and honey, which excelled amongst all lands.In quel dì io stesi la mano mia per trarli dalla terra di Egitto a una terra preparata da me per essi, che scorrea latte, e miele, ed eccellente tra tutte le terre.in that day I lifted vp my hand for them, that I might bring them out of the Land of Aegypt, into a Land which I had prouided for them, flowing with milke and honie, which is excellent among al landes.in die illa levavi manum meam pro eis ut educerem eos de terra Ægypti, in terram quam provideram eis, fluentem lacte et melle, quæ est egregia inter omnes terras. 7And I said to them: Let every man cast away the scandals of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.E io dissi loro: Getti via ciascheduno quel, che affascina i suoi occhi, e non vi contaminate co' simulacri dell'Egitto. Io Signore Dio vostro.And I said to them, Let euerie man cast away the scandals of his eyes, and in the idols of Aegypt be ye not polluted: I the Lord your God.Et dixi ad eos: Unusquisque offensiones oculorum suorum abjiciat, et in idolis Ægypti nolite pollui: ego Dominus Deus vester. 8But they provoked me, and would not hearken to me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of his eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: and I said I would pour out my indignation upon them, and accomplish my wrath against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.Ma ei m'irritarono, e non vollero ascoltar me, e ciascuno di essi non gettò via quel, che contaminava i loro occhi, e non abbandonaron gl'idoli dell'Egitto, e io determinai di spandere sopra di essi il mio sdegno, e di sfogare sopra di essi l'ira mia in mezzo alla terra d'Egitto.And they prouoked me, and would not heare me: euerie one did not cast away the abominations of his eyes, neither did they leaue the idols of Aegypt: and I said I would powre out mine indignation vpon them, and fil my wrath in them, in the middes of the Land of Aegypt.Et irritaverunt me, nolueruntque me audire: unusquisque abominationes oculorum suorum non projecit, nec idola Ægypti reliquerunt. Et dixi ut effunderem indignationem meam super eos, et implerem iram meam in eis, in medio terræ Ægypti. 9But I did otherwise for my name’s sake, that it might not be violated before the nations, in the midst of whom they were, and among whom I made myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt.Ma feci questo di trarli fuora dalla terra d'Egitto, affinchè non restasse vilipeso il nome mio presso le genti, tralle quali ei viveano, e in mezzo alle quali io mi feci ad essi vedere.And I did for my name sake, that it might not be violated before the Gentils, in the middes of whom they were, and among whom I appeared to them, to bring them out of the Land of Aegypt.Et feci propter nomen meum, ut non violaretur coram gentibus in quarum medio erant, et inter quas apparui eis ut educerem eos de terra Ægypti.
10Therefore I brought them out from the land of Egypt, and brought them into the desert.Li feci adunque uscire dalla terra d'Egitto, e li condussi al deserto.I cast them out therfore of the Land of Aegypt, and brought them forth into the desert.Ejeci ergo eos de terra Ægypti, et eduxi eos in desertum. 11And I gave them my statutes, and I shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them.E diedi loro i miei comandamenti, e le mie leggi, osservando le quali l'uomo avrà vita per esse.And I gaue them my precepts, and I shewed to them my iudgements, which a man doing, shal liue in them.Et dedi eis præcepta mea, et judicia mea ostendi eis, quæ faciens homo vivet in eis. 12Moreover I gave them also my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them: and that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.Diedi di più ad essi anche i miei sabati, perchè fossero un segno tra me, e loro, e conoscessero, che io sono il Signore, che li santifica.Moreouer also my sabbathes I gaue to them, to be a signe betwen me and them: and that they might know that I am the Lord sanctifying them.Insuper et sabbata mea dedi eis, ut essent signum inter me et eos, et scirent quia ego Dominus sanctificans eos. 13But the house of Israel provoked me in the desert: they walked not in my statutes, and they cast away my judgments, which if a man do he shall live in them: and they grievously violated my sabbaths. I said therefore that I would pour out my indignation upon them in the desert, and would consume them.Ma la casa d'Israele mi provocò ad ira nel deserto, non camminarono ne' miei comandamenti, e rigettarono le mie leggi, nelle quali ha vita chi le osserva, e violarono grandemente i miei sabati. Determinai perciò di spandere il furor mio sopra di loro nel deserto, e di consumarli.And the houses of Israel prouoked me in the desert; they walked not in my precepts, and my iudgements they reiected, which a man doing shal liue in them: and my sabbathes they violated excedingly. I said therfore I would powre out my furie vpon them in the desert, and would consume them.Et irritaverunt me domus Israël in deserto: in præceptis meis non ambulaverunt, et judicia mea projecerunt, quæ faciens homo vivet in eis, et sabbata mea violaverunt vehementer. Dixi ergo ut effunderem furorem meum super eos in deserto, et consumerem eos: 14But I spared them for the sake of my name, lest it should be profaned before the nations, from which I brought them out, in their sight.E per amore del nome mio noi feci, affinchè vilipeso non fosse davanti alle nazioni, di mezzo alle quali, elle stesse veggenti, io li trassi.And I did for my name sake, lest it should be violated before the Gentils, from which I cast them out, in their sight.et feci propter nomen meum, ne violaretur coram gentibus de quibus ejeci eos in conspectu earum.
15So I lifted up my hand over them in the desert, not to bring them into the land which I had given them flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands.Io adunque giurai loro nel deserto, che non gli avrei introdotti nella terra, che io diedi ad essi, terra, che scorre latte, e miele, distinta sopra tutte le terre:I therfore lifted vp my hand vpon them in the desert, not to bring them into the Land, which I gaue them flowing with milke and honie, the chiefe of al landes.Ego igitur levavi manum meam super eos in deserto, ne inducerem eos in terram quam dedi eis, fluentem lacte et melle, præcipuam terrarum omnium: 16Because they cast off my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, and violated my sabbaths: for their heart went after idols.Perchè rigettarono le mie leggi, e non camminarono ne' miei comandamenti, e violarono i miei sabati: conciossiachè dietro agl'idoli andava il cuor loro.Because they reiected my iudgements, and walked not in my precepts, and violated my sabbathes: for their hart went after idols.quia judicia mea projecerunt, et in præceptis meis non ambulaverunt, et sabbata mea violaverunt: post idola enim cor eorum gradiebatur. 17Yet my eye spared them, so that I destroyed them not: neither did I consume them in the desert.E s'impietosì sopra di essi l'occhio mio, perch'io non gli uccidessi; e non gli sterminai nel deserto.And mine eye was merciful on them, that I killed them not: neither did I consume them in the desert.Et pepercit oculus meus super eos, ut non interficerem eos: nec consumpsi eos in deserto. 18And I said to their children in the wilderness: Walk not in the statutes of your fathers, and observe not their judgments, nor be ye defiled with their idols:Ma io dissi a' loro figliuoli nella solitudine: Non andate dietro agl'insegnamenti de' padri vostri, e non seguite i loro andamenti, e non vi contaminate coi loro idoli.But I said to their children in the wildernes: In the precepts of your fathers walke not, neither keepe ye their iudgements, nor be polluted in their idols:Dixi autem ad filios eorum in solitudine: In præceptis patrum vestrorum nolite incedere, nec judicia eorum custodiatis, nec in idolis eorum polluamini. 19I am the Lord your God: walk ye in my statutes, and observe my judgments, and do them.Io il Signore Dio vostro: camminate ne' miei comandamenti, osservatele mie leggi, e mettetele in pratica:I the Lord your God: walke ye in my precepts, and keepe my iudgements, and doe them.Ego Dominus Deus vester: in præceptis meis ambulate: judicia mea custodite, et facite ea, 20And sanctify my sabbaths, that they may be a sign between me and you: and that you may know that I am the Lord your God.E santificate i miei sabati, affin chè siano segno tra me, e voi, e conosciate, ch'io sono il Signore Dio vostro.And sanctifie ye my sabbathes, that they may be a signe betwen me and you: and ye may knowe that I am the Lord your God.et sabbata mea sanctificate, ut sint signum inter me et vos, et sciatis quia ego sum Dominus Deus vester.
21But their children provoked me, they walked not in my commandments, nor observed my judgments to do them: which if a man do, he shall live in them: and they violated my sabbaths: and I threatened to pour out my indignation upon them, and to accomplish my wrath in them in the desert.Ma i lor figliuoli mi esacerbarono, non camminaron ne' miei precetti, e non osservarono le mie leggi, né fecero quelle cose, le quali facendo l'uomo, ha vita per esse, e violarono i miei sabati; e minacciai di spandere il furor mio sopra di loro, e sfogar l'ira mia contro di essi nel deserto.And the children exasperated me, in my precepts they walked not: and my iudgements they kept not, to doe them: which when a man shal doe, he shal liue in them: and they violated my sabbathes: and I threatned to powre our my furie vpon them, and to fil my wrath in them in the desert.Et exacerbaverunt me filii: in præceptis meis non ambulaverunt, et judicia mea non custodierunt ut facerent ea, quæ cum fecerit homo, vivet in eis, et sabbata mea violaverunt. Et comminatus sum ut effunderem furorem meum super eos, et implerem iram meam in eis in deserto. 22But I turned away my hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it might not be violated before the nations, out of which I brought them forth in their sight.Ma rattenni la mano mia, e nol feci per amor del mio nome, affinchè profanato non fosse davanti alle nazioni, di mezzo alle quali, elle stesse veggenti, io li trassi.But I turned away my hand, & did for my names sake, that it might not be violated before the Gentils, out of which I did cast them forth in their eyes.Averti autem manum meam, et feci propter nomen meum, ut non violaretur coram gentibus de quibus ejeci eos in oculis earum. 23Again I lifted up my hand upon them in the wilderness, to disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries:Di bel nuovo nella solitudine alzai la mia mano contro di loro, giurai di spargerli tralle nazioni, e di trasportargli in questa, e in quella terra,Againe I lifted vp my hand vpon them in the wildernes, that I might disperse them into nations, and scatter them into landes:Iterum levavi manum meam in eos in solitudine, ut dispergerem illos in nationes, et ventilarem in terras, 24Because they had not done my judgments, and had cast off my statutes, and had violated my sabbaths, and their eyes had been after the idols of their fathers.Perchè non aveano osservate le mie leggi, e aveano rigettati i miei comandamenti, e violati i miei sabati, ed avean volti gli sguardi agl'idoli de'padri loro.for that they had not done my iudgements, and had reiected my precepts, and had violated my sabbathes, and their eyes had bene after the idols of their fathers.eo quod judicia mea non fecissent, et præcepta mea reprobassent, et sabbata mea violassent, et post idola patrum suorum fuissent oculi eorum.
25Therefore I also gave them statutes that were not good, and judgments, in which they shall not live.Io adunque lor diedi comandamenti non buoni, e leggi, nelle quali non avran vita.Therfore I also gaue them precepts not good, and iudgements, in which they shal not liue.Ergo et ego dedi eis præcepta non bona, et judicia in quibus non vivent. 26And I polluted them in their own gifts, when they offered all that opened the womb, for their offences: and they shall know that I am the Lord.E gli rendetti immondi nelle loro obblazioni, mentre pe' loro delitti offerivano i primogeniti, e conosceran, ch'io sono il Signore.And I polluted them in their giftes, when they offered al that opened the matrice, for their offences: and they shal know that I am the Lord.Et pollui eos in muneribus suis, cum offerrent omne quod aperit vulvam, propter delicta sua: et scient quia ego Dominus. 27Wherefore speak to the house of Israel, O son of man, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Moreover in this also your fathers blasphemed me, when they had despised and contemned me;Per la qual cosa parla tu, o figliuolo dell'uomo, alla casa d'Israele, e dirai loro: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: In un altro punto ancora mi bestemmiarono i padri vostri, disonorandomi con ispregio;Wherfore speake to the house of Israel, ô sonne of man: and thou shalt say to them: Thus saith our Lord God: Yet also in this did your fathers blaspheme me, when contemning they had despised me:Quam ob rem loquere ad domum Israël, fili hominis, et dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Adhuc et in hoc blasphemaverunt me patres vestri, cum sprevissent me contemnentes, 28And I had brought them into the land, for which I lifted up my hand to give it them: they saw every high hill, and every shady tree, and there they sacrificed their victims: and there they presented the provocation of their offerings, and there they set their sweet odours, and poured forth their libations.Perocché avendogli introdotti nella terra, che io con giuramento avea promesso di dare ad essi, adocchiarono ogni colle elevato, e ogni ombrosa pianta, e andarono ad immolarvi le loro vittime, e ivi offerirono lo smacco della loro obblazione, e vi bruciarono soavi odori, e fecero lor libagioni.and I had brought them into the Land, vpon which I lifted vp my hand to geue it them: they saw euerie high hil, and euerie wooddie tree, and there they immolated their victims: and there they gaue the irritation of their oblation, and there they put the odour of their sweetnes, and offered their libations.et induxissem eos in terram super quam levavi manum meam ut darem eis: viderunt omnem collem excelsum, et omne lignum nemorosum, et immolaverunt ibi victimas suas, et dederunt ibi irritationem oblationis suæ, et posuerunt ibi odorem suavitatis suæ, et libaverunt libationes suas.
29And I said to them: What meaneth the high place to which you go? and the name thereof was called High-place even to this day.Ed io dissi loro: Che è egli mai quel luogo eccelso, dove voi andate? E il nome di Eccelso è rimaso fino a questo di.And I said to them: What is the excelse, vnto which you goe? & the name therof was called Excelse euen to this day.Et dixi ad eos: Quid est excelsum, ad quod vos ingredimini ? et vocatum est nomen ejus Excelsum usque ad hanc diem. 30Wherefore say to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Verily, you are defiled in the way of your fathers, and you commit fornication with their abominations.Per questo dì tu alla casa d'Israele: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Voi certamente vi contaminate, battendo la strada de' padri vostri, e nella fornicazione, in cui essi caddero, voi cadete,Therfore say to the house of Israel: Thus saith our Lord God: Surely in the way of your fathers you are pulluted, and after their scandals you doe fornicate.Propterea dic ad domum Israël: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Certe in via patrum vestrorum vos polluimini, et post offendicula eorum vos fornicamini: 31And you defile yourselves with all your idols unto this day, in the offering of your gifts, when you make your children pass through the fire: and shall I answer you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not answer you.E coll'offerta de' vostri doni, facendo passar pel fuoco i vostri figliuoli vi contaminate fino a quest'oggi in grazia di tutti i vostri idoli: e io darò a voi risposta, o casa d'Israele? Io giuro, dice il Signore Dio, che non vi darò risposta.And in the oblation of your giftes, when you make your children passe through the fire, you are polluted in al your idols vnto this day: and shal I answer you ô house of Israel? Liue I, saith our Lord God, that I wil not answer youet in oblatione donorum vestrorum, cum traducitis filios vestros per ignem, vos polluimini in omnibus idolis vestris usque hodie: et ego respondebo vobis, domus Israël ? Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, quia non respondebo vobis. 32Neither shall the thought of your mind come to pass, by which you say: We will be as the Gentiles, and as the families of the earth, to worship stocks and stones.E non avrà effetto il pensiero di vostra mente, che dice: Noi saremo come le genti, e come i popoli della terra, adorando i legni, e le pietre.Neither shal the cogitation of your minde come to passe, saying: We wil be as the Gentils, and as the kinreds of the earth, that we may worship wood, and stones.Neque cogitatio mentis vestræ fiet, dicentium: Erimus sicut gentes et sicut cognationes terræ, ut colamus ligna et lapides.
33As I live, saith the Lord God, I will reign over you with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.Io giuro, dice il Signore Dio, che io sopra di voi regnerò con mano pesante, con braccio disteso, e con ispandere tutto il mio furore.Liue I, saith our Lord God, that in a strong hand, & in a streched out arme, and in furie powred forth wil I reigne ouer you.Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, quoniam in manu forti, et in brachio extento, et in furore effuso, regnabo super vos. 34And I will bring you out from the people, and I will gather you out of the countries, in which you are scattered, I will reign over you with a strong hand and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.E vi trarrò di mezzo ai popoli, e vi raunerò dai paesi, pe' quali siete dispersi, regnerò sopra di voi con mano pesante, con braccio disteso, e con ispandere tutto il mio furore.And I wil bring you out of the peoples, and I wil gather you out of the landes, in which you are dispersed, in a strong hand, and in a streched out arme and in furie powred forth wil I reigne ouer you.Et educam vos de populis, et congregabo vos de terris in quibus dispersi estis: in manu valida, et in brachio extento, et in furore effuso, regnabo super vos. 35And I will bring you into the wilderness of people, and there will I plead with you face to face.E vi condurrò nello spopolato deserto, ed ivi farò giudizio con voi faccia a faccia.And I wil bring you into the desert of peoples, and wil be iudged there with you face to face.Et adducam vos in desertum populorum, et judicabor vobiscum ibi facie ad faciem. 36As I pleaded against your fathers in the desert of the land of Egypt; even so will I judge you, saith the Lord God.Come disputai in giudizio contro de' padri vostri nel deserto della terra d'Egitto, così io farò giudizio con voi, dice il Signore Dio.As I contended in iudgement against your fathers in the desert of the Land of Aegypt: so wil I iudge you, saith our Lord God.Sicut judicio contendi adversum patres vestros in deserto terræ Ægypti, sic judicabo vos, dicit Dominus Deus. 37And I will make you subject to my sceptre, and will bring you into the bands of the covenant.E vi sottometterò al mio scettro, e farovvi entrare ne' vincoli di mia alleanza.And I wil subdue you to my scepter, & wil bring you into the bandes of couenant.Et subjiciam vos sceptro meo, et inducam vos in vinculis fœderis. 38And I will pick out from among you the transgressors, and the wicked, and will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am the Lord.E dividerò da voi i trasgressori, e gli empj, e farogli uscir dalla terra dove abitano, e nella terra d'Israele non entreranno: e conoscerete, ch'io sono il Signore.And I wil choose out of you the transgressours, and impious, and wil bring them out of the land of their seiourning, and into the land of Israel they shal not enter: and you shal know that I am the Lord.Et eligam de vobis transgressores et impios, et de terra incolatus eorum educam eos, et in terram Israël non ingredientur: et scietis quia ego Dominus.
39And as for you, O house of Israel: thus saith the Lord God: Walk ye every one after your idols, and serve them. But if in this also you hear me not, but defile my holy name any more with your gifts, and with your idols;E a te, casa di Israele, dice il Signore Dio: Andate ognun di voi dietro agl'idoli vostri, e rendete lor servitù. Che se neppur in questo mi ascolterete, e profanerete tuttora il santo nome mio offerendo a me doni, e servendo a' vostri idoli,And you ô house of Israel, Thus saith our Lord God: Walke you euerie one after your idols, and serue them. But and if in this also you heare me not, and shal pollute my holie name any more in your giftes, and in your idols:Et vos, domus Israël, hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Singuli post idola vestra ambulate, et servite eis. Quod si et in hoc non audieritis me, et nomen meum sanctum pollueritis ultra in muneribus vestris et in idolis vestris: 40In my holy mountain, in the high mountain of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel serve me; all of them I say, in the land in which they shall please me, and there will I require your firstfruits, and the chief of your tithes with all your sanctifications.Sul santo monte mio, sul monte eccelso d'Israele (dice il Signore Dio) ivi servirà a me tutta la casa d'Israele; tutti, io dico, nella terra, in cui saranno a me accetti, e ivi io gradirò le vostre primizie, e l'offerta di vostre decime con tutto il vostro culto santo.in my holie mount, in the high mount of Israel, saith our Lord God, there shal al the house of Israel serue me; al I say in the land, wherin they shal please me, and there wil I require your first fruites, and the beginning of your tithes in al your sanctifications.in monte sancto meo, in monte excelso Israël, ait Dominus Deus, ibi serviet mihi omnis domus Israël: omnes, inquam, in terra in qua placebunt mihi: et ibi quæram primitias vestras, et initium decimarum vestrarum, in omnibus sanctificationibus vestris. 41I will accept of you for an odour of sweetness, when I shall have brought you out from the people, and shall have gathered you out of the lands into which you are scattered, and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.Come odorosissimo timiama io vi riceverò allora quando vi avrò tratti fuora dalle nazioni, e vi avrò raunati da tutte le terre, pelle quali foste di spersi, e in voi si farà manifesta la mia santità agli occhi delle nazioni.I wil receiue you for an odour of sweetnes, when I shal haue brought you out of the peoples, and shal haue gathered you out of the landes, into which you are dispersed, and I wil be sanctified in you in the eyes of the nations.In odorem suavitatis suscipiam vos, cum eduxero vos de populis, et congregavero vos de terris in quas dispersi estis: et sanctificabor in vobis in oculis nationum. 42And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have brought you into the land of Israel, into the land for which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers.E conoscerete, ch'io sono il Signore, allorché vi avrò introdotto nella terra d'Israele, nella terra, che io giurai di dare a' vostri progenitori.And you shal know that I am the Lord, when I shal haue brought you into the land of Israel, into the Land, for which I lifted vp my hand to geue it to your fathers.Et scietis quia ego Dominus, cum induxero vos ad terram Israël, in terram pro qua levavi manum meam ut darem eam patribus vestris.
43And there you shall remember your ways, and all your wicked doings with which you have been defiled; and you shall be displeased with yourselves in your own sight, for all your wicked deeds which you committed.E ivi richiamerete a memoria i vostri andamenti, e tutte le vostre scelleratezze, colle quali vi siete contaminati, e dispiacerete a voi stessi negli occhi vostri a motivo di tutte le malvagità, che avete commesse.And there you shal remember your wayes, and al your wicked deedes, in which you were polluted: and you shal mislike yourselues in your owne sight, in al your malices, which you haue done.Et recordabimini ibi viarum vestrarum, et omnium scelerum vestrorum, quibus polluti estis in eis: et displicebitis vobis in conspectu vestro, in omnibus malitiis vestris quas fecistis. 44And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have done well by you for my own name’s sake, and not according to your evil ways, nor according to your wicked deeds, O house of Israel, saith the Lord God.E conoscerete, ch'io sono il Signore, allora quando per amore del nome mio sarò benefico con voi, e non secondo i vostri cattivi andamenti, né secondo le pessime vostre scelleratezze, o casa d'Israele, dice il Signore Dio.And you shal know that I am the Lord, when I shal haue done you good for my name sake, and not according to your euil wayes, nor according to your most wicked deedes ô house of Israel, saith our Lord God.Et scietis quia ego Dominus, cum benefecero vobis propter nomen meum, et non secundum vias vestras malas, neque secundum scelera vestra pessima, domus Israël, ait Dominus Deus. 45And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:E parlommi il Signore, dicendo:And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens: 46Son of man, set thy face against the way of the south, and drop towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field.Figliuolo dell'uomo, volgi la tua faccia a mezzodì, e parla dalla parte del vento Africo, e profetizza alla selva della campagna di mezzodì.Sonne of man, set thy face against the way of the south, and droppe toward the sotherne winde, and prophecie to the forrest of the sotherne filde.Fili hominis, pone faciem tuam contra viam austri, / et stilla ad africum, / et propheta ad saltum agri meridiani. 47And say to the south forest: Hear the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will kindle a fire in thee, and will burn in thee every green tree, and every dry tree: the flame of the fire shall not be quenched: and every face shall be burned in it, from the south even to the north.E dirai alla selva di mezzodì: Ascolta la parola del Signore: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Ecco che io accenderò in te il fuoco, e abbrucerò ogni tua pianta verde, e ogni tua pianta secca; la fiamma dell'incendio non si spegnerà, e in essa arderà tutto quello, Che v'è di bello da mezzodì fino a settentrione.And thou shalt say to the sotherne forrest: Heare the word of our Lord: Thus saith our Lord God: Behold I wil kindle a fire in thee, and wil burne in thee euerie greene tree, and euerie drie tree: the flame of the fire shal not be quenched: and euerie face shal be burned in it, from the South euen to the North.Et dices saltui meridiano: / Audi verbum Domini: / Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Ecce ego succendam in te ignem, / et comburam in te omne lignum viride, / et omne lignum aridum: / non extinguetur flamma succensionis: / et comburetur in ea omnis facies / ab austro usque ad aquilonem,
48And all flesh shall see, that I the Lord have kindled it, and it shall not be quenched.E gli uomini tutti vedranno, che io il Signore le ho dato fuoco, né questo si spegnerà.And al flesh shal see, that I the Lord kindled it, neither shal it be quenched.et videbit universa caro quia ego Dominus succendi eam, / nec extinguetur. 49And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God: they say of me: Doth not this man speak by parables?Ed io dissi: Ah, ha, ah, Signore Dio: costoro dicon di me: Non parla egli costui per via di parabole?And I said: A a a, ô Lord God: they say of me: Doth not this man speake by parables?Et dixi: A, a, a, Domine Deus: ipsi dicunt de me: Numquid non per parabolas loquitur iste ?
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Year of the World 3411.
Usher
Month: the year of the world 3411, August 27. (Usher)
Worthington
Ezechiel had prophesied in the fourth year; then was silent a year and two months, or 430 days. He opened his mouth again in the sixth year, (chap. 8:1.) and now in the seventh year he is ordered not to answer. (Worthington)
Calmet
We know not what the ancients wanted to know; but their design was evil. (Calmet)
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Challoner
Judgest them; or, if thou wilt enter into the cause, and plead against them. (Challoner)
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Calmet
Excelleth. Hebrew, "is beauty or a desire." Septuagint, "a honeycomb." (Calmet)
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Challoner
Scandals, etc., (offensiones) that is, the abominations or idols, to the worship of which they were allured by their eyes. (Challoner)
Calmet
Moses found them in this condition in Egypt, and he could not entirely reclaim them. (Calmet)
Haydock
Many still secreted their idols, Ezechiel 23:1., and Acts 7:42. (Haydock)
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Haydock
Egypt. Their disorders called for such severity. But God was restrained by the dangers (Calmet) of blasphemy, etc., to which the faithful and idolaters would thus have been exposed. (Haydock)
Worthington
He saved them as he had promised, though they did not deserve it. (Worthington)
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Brought. Literally, "cast," (Haydock) as if they had been reluctant.
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Live, and enjoy temporal felicity, which was chiefly promised, though the faithful observers of the law would obtain an eternal reward.
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Sign, as also to promote piety and instruction.
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Calmet
Sabbaths. We only read of one man gathering sticks, and the people manna once on those days, Exodus xv., and xvi. But Moses does not mention all. (Calmet)
Sabbath often denotes the whole law, which they transgressed; and as long as they retained an affection for idols, they could not observe the sabbaths so as to please God.
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Haydock
But. Literally, "And I did for," etc. This motive caused me to spare them. (Haydock)
Calmet
I punished only the most guilty adorers of the calf, and murmurers, etc., Numbers 14:28. (Calmet)
Worthington
Some were always preserved for a succession, ver. 9, 22. (Worthington)
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Haydock
Again, or also. (Haydock)
Calmet
Four times are specified [in] ver. 13, 15, 21., which may allude to the adoration of the calf, the graves of concupiscence, the murmuring, and commerce with the women and idols of Moab, Exodus xxiii., and Numbers x., and xiv., and xxv. (Calmet)
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Haydock
Not good. The laws and ordinances of their enemies: or those imposed upon them by that cruel tyrant the devil, to whose power they were delivered up for their sins; (Challoner) which may be styled the statutes of your fathers, etc., ver. 18. (Haydock)
Calmet
God is often said to do what he only permits. (Calmet)
He abandoned them to their own perversity. (St. Jerome) (Deuteronomy 32:21, 37.)
Calmet
If God had spoken of the Decalogue, etc., would he say such laws were not good, after he had testified that the observers shall live in them? ver. 11. He established the ceremonial law, at the same time. See Kimchi; Menochius, etc. Chaldean, "I have given them up to their foolish desires. They have established bad statutes and laws which will not give them life." This seems the best explanation. (Calmet)
St. Just.[St. Justin Martyr?]
Hebrew, "Have I given....(26) and have I polluted them?" etc. (Manasse Ben. Israel.) The precepts had also a bad effect, and were given in condescension to the weakness of the people, (Origen) particularly the ceremonial part. (St. Just.[St. Justin Martyr?]; St. Chrysostom; St. Jerome, etc.)
St. Gregory
They did not justify, (St. Augustine) and were not good, compared with those of the new law. (St. Gregory, mor. 28:9.)
Calmet
Thus Solon gave the Athenians "the best laws that they would receive," (Plutarch) though others more perfect might have been devised. (Calmet)
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Calmet
I polluted them, etc. That is, I gave them up to such blindness, in punishment of their offences, as to pollute themselves with the blood of all their first-born, whom they offered up to their idols in compliance with their wicked devices. (Challoner) (Menochius) (Leviticus 18:21., and 4 Kings 3:ultra[last verse], and 21:6. (Calmet)
Offered. Protestants, "caused to pass through the fire all,["] etc., Ezechiel 16:21.
For their. Protestants, "that I might make them desolate to the end, that," etc.
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Calmet
Called high. Hebrew, "Bamah," (Haydock) out of contempt. (Calmet)
Worthington
The Jews were so much attached to the high places, that they called the altar of the Lord by the same name. Thus heretics are convicted by the very names they use, calling sacrifice service, etc. (Worthington)
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Stones. This was the secret intention of the ancients, (ver. 1.; Haydock) and of many in captivity, who were only praise-worthy compared with those at Jerusalem, Ezechiel 11:15.
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Calmet
Out. I will not allow you to follow idols with impunity. (Calmet)
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Of people. That is, a desert, in which there are no people; (Challoner) meaning Judea, to which they should return.
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Covenant of the gospel, by the powerful attractions of grace, Luke 14:24., John 6:69., and 7:46., and 2 Corinthians 10:4.
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Calmet
Israel. They shall continue in exile; or the rebel Jews who will not believe in Christ, shall be cast off. (Calmet)
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St. Jerome
Walk, etc. It is not an allowance, much less a commandment to serve idols; but a figure of speech, by which God would have them to understand, that if they would walk after their idols, they must not pretend to serve him at the same time: for that he would by no means suffer such a mixture of worship. (Challoner) (St. Jerome)
Calmet
Continue, if you dare, to serve idols. I will still bring you back. (Calmet)
Haydock
Septuagint, "take away each your devices; and then if you hear me, (Grabe's copy adds, not) and defile not my," etc. (Haydock)
Worthington
God would rather have idolaters leave him wholly, than halt between two, (3 Kings xviii.) neither hot nor cold; (Apocalypse iii.) for such dishonour God's name the most, Romans 2:24. (Worthington)
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Challoner
Mountain. The foregoing verse, to make the sense complete, must be understood so as to condemn and reject that mixture of worship which the Jews then followed. In this verse God promises to the true Israelites, especially to those of the Christian Church, that they should serve him in another manner in his holy mountain, the spiritual Sion, and shall be accepted of by him. (Challoner)
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Calmet
Committed. This is a picture of the converts to Christianity. (Calmet)
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Calmet
Of the south. Jerusalem lay towards the south of Babylon, where the prophet then was, and is here called the forest of the south field, and is threatened with utter desolation. (Challoner) See Ezechiel 21. (Calmet)
Worthington
In Jerusalem there were good and bad. (Worthington)
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Calmet
Burned, with war and famine, Jeremias 21:14. (Calmet)
Theodoret
North, from Egypt to Mesopotamia. (Theodoret)
Haydock
Nabuchodonosor invaded those parts. (Haydock)
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Calmet
Parables. They were easy enough to understand, but the Jews would not comprehend them no more than our Saviour's words, John 10:24. (Calmet)
Worthington
Much of this prophecy was so hard, that all seemed to be parables. (Worthington)
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If thou judgest them.... Or, if thou wilt enter into the cause and plead against them.
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Scandals, etc.... Offensiones. That is, the abominations or idols, to the worship of which they were allured by their eyes.
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Statutes that were not good, etc.... Viz., the laws and ordinances of their enemies; or those imposes upon them by that cruel tyrant the devil, to whose power they were delivered up for their sins.
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I polluted them, etc.... That is, I gave them up to such blindness in punishment of their offences, as to pollute themselves with the blood of all their firstborn, whom they offered up to their idols in compliance with their wicked devices.
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The wilderness of people.... That is, a desert in which there are no people.
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Walk ye every one, etc.... It is not an allowance, much less a commandment to serve idols; but a figure of speech, by which God would have them to understand that if they would walk after their idols, they must not pretend to serve him at the same time: for that he would by no means suffer such a mixture of worship.
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In my holy mountain, etc.... The foregoing verse, to make the sense complete, must be understood so as to condemn and reject that mixture of worship which the Jews then followed. In this verse, God promises to the true Israelites, especially to those of the Christian church, that they shall serve him in another manner, in his holy mountain, the spiritual Sion: and shall by accepted of by him.
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Of the south.... Jerusalem lay towards the south of Babylon, (where the prophet then was,) and is here called the forest of the south field, and is threatened with utter desolation.
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Ezechiel beginne to prophecie in the fifth yeare after the transmigration of Iechon as ch. 1. v 2 after which he was silent 390. dayes and 40. dayes (ch. 4. v. 8.) which make 430. that is, a yeare two monethes and fiue dayes. In the sixth yeare the sixth moneth he prophecied againe ch. 8. v. 1. And novv in the seuenth yeare fifth moneth tenth day the elders coming to demand prophecie it was reueled to him not to answer.
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According to their deserts al should haue bene destroyed, but God for his names sake saued his people as he had promised.
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As v. 9 & 22 God stil conserued a succession.
Concordanza Num. 26. Psa. 105.
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God lifteth vp his hand either to deliuer, as v 5 6 15. or to threaten and punish as here.
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Concordanza See •. 39.
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By long custom of sacrificing to idols vpon the Excelleses (that is, on hiegh places, of litle hilles) the people also called the Altar of God an Excelse wherupon the prophet argueth against thē that euen by the false name vsed by euil custome, they are conuinced to haue bene great idolaters. As those vvho haue bene heretikes, do cō monly vse termes & phrases belonging to heresie. As Communion for Masse, Table for Altar, Seruice for Sacrifice.
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God vvil rather haue idolaters to leaue him wholly then to halt betvven tvvo, 3. Reg 18. neither h•te nor cold, but luke vvarme Apoc. 3.
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For such do especially pollute Gods name. Rom. 2. v. 24.
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By southeren forrest is meant Ierusalem, ful of al sortes of people good and bad.
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Much of his prophecie was so hard, that al semed to •• parables.
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san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles 17
… But thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt”—the place where they groaned, where they cried, whence they called upon God. “And said unto Aaron, Make us gods which shall go before us.” ( v. 40 .) O the folly! “Make,” say they; “that they may go before us.” Whither? “Into Egypt.”
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san Giustino † 165 d.C. Dialogue with Trypho 19
… Which precept, however, you have not observed; nay, you sacrificed your children to demons. And you were commanded to keep Sabbaths, that you might retain the memorial of God. For His word makes this announcement, saying, ‘That ye may know that I am God who redeemed you.’
sant'Ireneo di Lione † 202 d.C. Against Heresies 4.16.1
… and ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskins, as a token of the covenant between Me and you.” This same does Ezekiel the prophet say with regard to the Sabbaths: “Also I gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord, that sanctify them.”
san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom 39
For indeed the Sabbath did at the first confer many and great benefits; for instance, it made them gentle towards those of their household, and humane; it taught them God’s providence and the creation, as Ezekiel saith;
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. City of God 22.30
… For if we attribute them to ourselves, they shall be servile; for it is said of the Sabbath, “Ye shall do no servile work in it.” Wherefore also it is said by Ezekiel the prophet, “And I gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctify them.”
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san Giustino † 165 d.C. Dialogue with Trypho 21
… Wherefore I gave them also statutes which were not good, and judgments whereby they shall not live. And I shall pollute them in their own gifts, that I may destroy all that openeth the womb, when I pass through them.’
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Origene † 254 d.C. Origen Against Celsus 7.20
… We may therefore find in Paul, as well as in the prophet, apparent contradictions. Indeed, if Ezekiel says in one place, “I gave them commandments which were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live,” and in another, “I gave them good commandments and judgments, which if a man shall do, he shall live by them,”
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sant'Ireneo di Lione † 202 d.C. Against Heresies 4.15
… as Ezekiel the prophet, when stating the reasons for the giving of such a law, declares: “And their eyes were after the desire of their heart; and I gave them statutes that were not good, and judgments in which they shall not live.”
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Origene † 254 d.C. Origen Against Celsus 7.20
… We hold, then, that the law has a twofold sense, —the one literal, the other spiritual,—as has been shown by some before us. Of the first or literal sense it is said, not by us, but by God, speaking in one of the prophets, that “the statutes are not good, and the judgments not good;”
san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles 17
… Then follows the charge, in the first instance, against the patriarchs [after], the “signs and wonders,” after the receiving of the “lively oracles: To whom,” he says, “our fathers would not obey.” ( v. 39 .) But concerning those, Ezekiel says that they are not “living;” as when he says, “And I gave you statutes that are not good.” (
san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. Homilies on First Corinthians 7
… What then did God upon this? He laid upon them a multitude of laws with a view to restrain their licence. And to convince you that these laws contribute not to any virtue, but were given to them as a sort of curb, providing them with an occasion of perpetual labor; hear what saith the prophet concerning them; “I gave them statutes which were not good.”
san Girolamo † 420 d.C. The Letters of St. Jerome 79.10
… And afterwards when she had come to the wilderness and, impatient of the delays of her leader Moses, had said when maddened by the stings of lust: “these be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt,” she received statutes that were not good and commandments that were altogether evil whereby she should not live
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Letters of St. Augustin 75.14
… As to the quality of these legal precepts, let us learn from God’s own teaching: “I gave them,” He says, “statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Letters of St. Augustin 82.14
… not good, since men are not by them justified, they having been only shadows predicting the grace by which we are justified; and not bad, since they were divinely appointed as suitable both to the time and to the people? Why may I not say this, when I am supported by that saying of the prophet, that God gave unto His people “statutes that were not good”?
Giovanni Cassiano † 435 d.C. The Conferences of John Cassian 23.4
… “So the law indeed is holy and the commandment is holy and just and good,” when they are compared with the perfection of the gospel are pronounced anything but good by the Divine oracle: for He says: “And I gave them precepts that were not good, and ordinances whereby they should not live in them.”
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san Girolamo † 420 d.C. Against the Pelagians 2
Ezek. xx. 43, 44 . When pardoned, Jerusalem will still remember her sin.
Giovanni Cassiano † 435 d.C. The Conferences of John Cassian 13.18
… and you shall be displeased with yourselves in your own sight for all your wicked deeds which you have committed. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have done well by you for My own name’s sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your wicked deeds, O house of Israel.”
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1. ET FACTUM EST IN ANNO SEPTIMO, - scilicet transmigrationis Joachin, et regni Sedeciae, puta post 11 menses, et quinque dies a visione praecedenti. Ita S. Hieronymus. Idque colligitur ex cap. VIII, 1. Inde enim pendent omnia quae sequuntur usque huc, ubi novus annus consignatur. In quinto, - supple, mense, puta in julio. Hic enim quintus est a martio, qui primus Hebraeorum est mensis, Exod. XII, 2. VENERUNT VIRI, etc., UT INTERROGARENT DOMINUM, - per me prophetam: «interrogarent,» inquam, de exitu et successu belli, quod Nabuchodonosor jam parabat contra Sedeciam, eo quod foedus rupisset. Ita Scholiastes.
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3. NON RESPONDEBO, - quia ex curiositate mera rogatis, contrarium facturi, nisi respondeam id quod vos desideratis. Ita Theodoretus et Apollinaris.
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4. SI JUDICAS EOS, FILI HOMINIS. - Legendum est per interrogationem. Hebraice enim est התשפוט hatispot, anne judicabis eos? quod, primo, explicari potest, q. d. Defendesne eos, eorumne causam in judicio meo ages? Hebraeum enim שפט scaphat, significat actiones quae fiunt in judicio, tam judicis quam actoris et advocati. Ita Theodoretus ex Septuaginta. Nam ἐκδικήσεις hic non ulcisceris, ut vertit Latinus Theodoreti interpres, sed defendis vertendum esse, patet ex ipso Theodoreto. Ita Prado. Secundo, alii explicant, q. d. Ne judices, id est condemnes, eos, sed potius ostende illis scelera patrum, ut compungantur et resipiscant. Tertio et optime, nonne judicabis, id est argues, et arguendo damnabis impietatem eorum? Ita Maldonatus. Unde et Chaldaeus vertit: Si increpas eos more judicis, et condemnas? Simile est cap. XXII, 2. ABOMINATIONES PATRUM OSTENDE EIS, - ut qui imitantur vitia, eorum supplicia pertimescant: «Quia haereditario malo longissimum funem trahunt peccatorum,» ait S. Hieronymus.
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5. APPARUI EIS IN TERRA AEGYPTI. - Est hic climax, sive gradatio. Primo enim hic Hebraeis exprobrat idololatriam, et peccata perpetrata in Aegypto. Deinde, vers. 13, majora perpetrata in deserto. Tertio, vers. 27, maxima perpetrata in terra promissa.
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6. LEVAVI MANUM. - Nota: Levare manum aliquando significat jurare elata manu in caelum, quasi Deum vocando in testem, Genes. XIV, 22. Unde Chaldaeus vertit hic, juravi. Sic et Vatablus et Maldonatus. Secundo, Septuaginta vertunt: Cognitus sum semini Jacob; quasi manu detegente, ostendens eis faciem meam. Tertio et optime: «Levavi manum meam,» id est ostendi potentiam, opem et auxilium meum Mosi et Hebraeis, manu mea percutiendo Pharaonem et Aegyptios, ac ab eorum tyrannide potenter liberando et educendo Hebraeos. FLUENTEM LACTE ET MELLE. - Hoc est fertilissimam. Est hyperbole, de qua dixi Exod. III, 8, et Numer. XIII, 28. QUAE EST EGREGIA. - Hebraice צבי tsebi, id est praestantia, exsultatio, superbia, q. d. Terra Israel est excellentia et superbia, aeque ac pulchritudo et deliciae regionum. Vatablus: Est desiderabilis et amabilis ut caprea, quae hebraice tsebi dicitur; Septuaginta: Est favus supra omnem terram, id est dulcior et fertilior omni terra; Aquila tsebi vertit, firmamentum; Theodotion, fortitudinem; Symmachus, στάσιν, id est statum, puta statam religionem, quia in ea erat templum et cultus Dei. Quid proprie sit tsebi dicam Daniel. cap. VIII, 9. Commemorat pristina sua in eos beneficia, ut eos ingratitudinis coarguat.
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7. OFFENSIONES. - Symmachus, nauseas; Aquila, abscissiones; Hebraeus צקוצי עיניו tsicutse enav, id est abominationes oculorum, hoc est idola abominanda, tetra et horrida, quae aspicientibus nauseam movent et aversionem, ut ea a se abscindi et amoveri velint. IDOLIS. - Hebraice גלולים gillulim, id est sordes, stercora, id est idola sordidissima, et quasi stercorea.
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8. ET DIXI, - apud me in mente mea, q. d. Cogitabam de Judaeis tam impiis perdendis in Aegypto.
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9. ET FECI (non quod cogitabam, sed) UT EDUCEREM EOS DE TERRA AEGYPTI (uti sequitur), UT NON VIOLARETUR, - id est blasphemaretur et infamaretur, nomen meum coram gentibus, quasi non potuissem, aut noluissem populum me colentem liberare et salvare, uti promiseram.
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11. ET DEDI EIS PRAECEPTA MEA, ET JUDICIA MEA, etc. - Idem sunt haec duo, ait Theodoretus. Sed Polychronius, praecepta, ait, sunt decalogus, reliqua mandata sunt judicia. Rursum Scholiastes, praecepta, ait, sunt quae praemium spectant, judicia, quae Dei cultum. QUAE FACIENS HOMO, VIVET IN EIS, - q. d. Qui facit ea quae lege mea praecepta sunt, propter ea non punietur morte, quam lex transgressoribus minatur, sed vivet in terra vitam longam, laetam et beatam. Patet Deuter. XXX, 19. Aliter Theodoretus: Vivet, ait, vita gratiae; et Chaldaeus: Vivet vita aeterna, scilicet si in fide et gratia Dei ea impleat. Vide dicta Levit. XVIII, 5, et Rom. X, 5.
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12. INSUPER ET SABBATA MEA DEDI EIS. - Aliqui censent dici hic «sabbata» in plurali, ut significet triplex sabbatum. Scilicet primum dierum, quod proprie dicebatur sabbatum; secundum mensium; tertium annorum. Sabbatum mensium erat mensis septimus, qui magna sui parte erat festus. Sabbatum annorum, erat annus septimus, et annus quinquagesimus jubilaci. Nam sabbata haec omnia dedit Deus Judaeis in signum salutis et quietis dandae per Christum. Secundo et melius, q. d. «Sabbata mea,» id est meas ferias, et consequenter meas delicias, et meam felicitatem, quae in meipsius contempla- tione consistit, dedi et communicavi eis, ut in iis, quasi sabbatis, et feriis sacris a laboribus et curis saeculi vacantes, divina opera, judicia, consilia meditarentur; quae ego ipse die septimo considerabam, inspiciebam, laudabam, et in quorum perfectione conquiescebam: ut hac consideratione et meditatione ad mei amorem, laudem et imitationem accenderentur et sanctificarentur. Hujus enim rei sabbata erant signa, et stimuli.
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15. EGO IGITUR LEVAVI MANUM MEAM. - Id est ego igitur juravi, juxta illud Psalm. XCIV, vers. 11: «Quibus juravi in ira mea, si introibunt in requiem meam.» Aliter ergo haec phrasis capitur hic, quam vers. 6.
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16. POST IDOLA ENIM COR (id est mens et affectus) EORUM GRADIEBATUR, - q. d. Toto studio et affectu ferebantur ad idola colenda.
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23. ITERUM LEVAVI MANUM, q. d. Iterum juravi, et jurando comminatus sum. Saepius enim murmurante populo in deserto, saepe quoque Deus voluit eum delere, sed a Mose precante cohibitus est.
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25. ERGO ET EGO DEDI EIS PRAECEPTA NON BONA, - id est non perfecta, uti dedi in Evangelio, ait S. Ambrosius lib. III, epist. ad Clementianum, et Cyrillus, lib. VII Contra Julianum. Sic et Gregorius, XXVIII Moral. cap. XVII, in alia editione IX: «Mala enim, ait, quasi mala esse desinunt comparatione pejorum; et bona, quasi bona non sunt comparatione meliorum. Nam sicut pejus delinquenti Judaeae de Sodoma atque Gomorrha dicitur: Justificasti sorores tuas in omnibus abominationibus tuis, quas operata es: ita melioribus novi Testamenti praeceptis subsequentibus, praecepta bona quae rudibus data sunt, non bona esse memorantur.» Rursum S. Clemens, lib. VI Constitut. Apostol. cap. XXI: «Illis, inquit, qui noluerunt videre, neque audire, non quia privati essent facultate partium animi; sed quia nimia erat eorum perversitas ac malitia, illis, inquam, dedi praecepta non bona, et justificationes, in quibus non vivent in ipsis: non bona dico, illorum scilicet proposito (ferrum enim ad urendum, et scalpellum ac medicamenta inimica sunt non valentibus); non sunt autem servata propter eorum contemptum obediendi: ex quo fit, ut non servata mortem eis afferant.» Secundo, Theodoretus, Apollinaris et Justinus, Contra Tryphon.: «Dedi eis praecepta,» scilicet caeremonialia, «non bona,» id est inutilia, in- quiunt, quia sacrificiorum leges non sponte institui, quasi victimis carnium delectarer; sed ob pronitatem populi in idololatriam, ut illum ab ea averterem. Tertio, «non bona,» id est non jucunda, suavia, facilia; sed gravia et difficilia. Quarto et melius, «dedi,» id est permisi eis dari, «praecepta» Gentilium et idololatrarum de ritu colendi idola, q. d. Permisi eos sequi suos affectus, quibus ferebantur in idola; permisi eos sequi suas pravas cupiditates, ut eos punirem. Ita Chaldaeus, S. Hieronymus et Maldonatus. Quinto et optime, to ergo significat poenam consequentem et inflictam propter culpam praeviam, q. d. Quia Judaei suavem meam legem rejecerunt, hinc permisi eos subdi hostibus et tyrannis, qui praecepta tyrannica et intoleranda eis darent, sub quibus vix traherent animam, vix viverent. Hoc est enim quod subdit: «In quibus non vivent,» id est in quibus morientur. Est litote. Opponit hoc suis praeceptis, de quibus dixit vers. 11: «Quae faciens homo vivet in eis,» q. d. In meis praeceptis vivere noluerunt, morientur ergo, et occidentur in alienis et tyrannicis. Ita Hebraei et ex iis Prado. Nota miosin, «non bona,» id est mala, imo pessima, molestissima et difficillima. Bona enim vocantur ea quae suavia sunt et jucunda, ut Psalm. CXXXII, 1: «Ecce quam bonum, et quam jucundum habitare fratres in unum!» Ex adverso Matth. VI, dicitur: «Sufficit diei malitia,» id est molestia et afflictio, «sua.» Porro hostes hi et tyranni non fuerunt reges et principes Edom, Ammon, vel aliarum gentium (nullis enim harum servierunt, aut subjecti fuerunt Judaei in deserto, de quo hic agitur, ut patet vers. 13 et 23), sed earum dii, aut potius daemones, quos colentes Hebraei in deserto, eorum duris et mortiferis ritibus et legibus se subjecerunt. Notat maxime leges et praecepta colendi Moloch per mactationem filiorum et filiarum. Haec enim «praecepta non bona,» sed pessima, et maxime malefica ac lethifera fuerunt; «in quibus non vivent,» quia per ea eorum stirps et posteritas occidebatur, eorumque nomen et familia succidebatur et interibat. Hinc Arabicus Antiochenus vertit: Neque eis dedi praecepta non polluta. Unde et sequitur:
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26. POLLUI EOS IN MUNERIBUS SUIS (id est quia mea sabbata, ritus, victimas optimas, sanctissimas, facillimas et jucundissimas rejecerunt, permisi eos pollui in muneribus, id est oblationibus suis, ut offerant) OMNE QUOD APERIT VULVAM, - id est suos primogenitos, propter delicta sua expianda, in sacrificium Saturni et Moloch. Hunc esse sensum patet ex vers. 31. In maxima enim clade pueros quasi gratissimam victimam diis, ut eos propitiarent, immolabant, ut Agamemnon Iphigeniam, rex Moab suum primogenitum, I Reg. III, vers. ult. Porro Judaeos in deserto (de quo hic agitur) non tantum vitulum aureum, sed et Saturnum, Moloch aliosque deos coluisse patet Actor. cap. VII, 43. Vide quae de Moloch rituque cum colendi dixi Levit. XVIII, 21. Significat ergo hic Deus, se in poenam prioris idololatriae aliorumque scelerum permisisse Judaeos labi in tam foeda, infamia et sacrilega sacrificia, imo parricidia, ut scilicet filios proprios mactarent et immolarent Moloch. Idem facit etiamnum sagis et magis, qui a Deo desciscentes ad daemonem, eum adorare, eique infantes immolare coguntur, ab eo quoque verberantur et tractantur quasi mancipia. Similiter philosophos Deum agnoscentes, sed non colentes, permisit labi in infames et portentosas, tum libidines, tum religiones et sectas, Rom. I, 21 et seq. IN MUNERIBUS. - Septuaginta, ἐν δόγμασιν, id est in dogmatibus; sed corrigendum, ἐν δόμασιν, id est in donariis. Theodoretus tamen ex Aquila habet, in dogmatibus, quibus scilicet docebant haec munera Deo suo danda. PROPTER DELICTA SUA, - expianda: vel potius, ut Maldonatus, q. d. Ut ipsi suis manibus concremantes suos filios, sua delicta punirent, et sibi ipsis, puta suis filiis et haeredibus essent carnifices. Unde Septuaginta vertunt: Ut delerem eos, puta stirpem eorum.
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28. DEDERUNT IBI IRRITATIONEM OBLATIONIS SUAE, - id est oblationem suam irritantem Deum: quia scilicet offerebatur idolis in injuriam et contemptum Dei. Est hic tertius gradus, sive apex gradationis, de qua dixi vers. 8. Hic enim exprobrat Judaeis summa peccata, commissa in Chanaan, post tot tantaque Dei beneficia ibidem accepta.
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29. QUID EST EXCELSUM? (scilicet altare idolorum, q. d. Quae religio? quae utilitas est in excelso, ad quod ingredimini crebro?) ET VOCATUM EST (id est, ita ut usque nunc vocetur a Gentilibus et idololatris a sublimitate) EXCELSUM, - quasi locus nobilissimus et famosissimus. Ita Theodoretus, Apollinaris et alii, q. d. Aram meam in Levitico vocavi altare: vos vestram vocatis excelsum, quod nomen, uti et res, puta idololatria, quae ibidem peragitur, inventum est, non meum, sed daemonis et idololatrarum. Nomen ergo Excelsi vos moneat et doceat, quod non mei, sed daemonis et idolorum sitis servi et cultores. Ita Maldonatus.
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30. VOS POLLUIMINI, - non qui me hic rogatis captivi in Babylone, sed fratres vestri, qui sunt Hierosolymis, pro quibus jamjam vastandis rogatis et consulitis Deum. Ita Apollinaris, Theodoretus et alii.
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32. NEQUE COGITATIO MENTIS VESTRAE FIET, DICENTIUM: ERIMUS SICUT GENTES. - Non ut colamus (hoc enim jam facimus), sed ut impune colamus idola. Videbant enim gentes idola colentes a Deo non puniri, videbantque eos prosperari, et pace gaudere, bonisque affluere, hocque idolis earum adscribebant: se vero a Deo suo negligi, imo affligi et puniri; unde et dicunt: Deum nostrum nobis non beneficum, sed maleficum relinquamus, ut ejus legibus tot tamque difficilibus soluti, licenter pro libito vivamus ac cum gentibus colamus idola, quae suis opes omniaque bona largiuntur. Hisce Deus apte respondet et intentat, dicens: «In manu forti, et in brachio extento, et in furore effuso regnabo super vos,» q. d. Non excutietis jugum meum, quin in virga ferrea vos regam et mactem.
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34. EDUCAM VOS DE POPULIS - Ammon, Moab, Tyriis, Aegyptiis, inter quos fugientes Chaldaeos dispersi estis, q. d. Retraham vos ex fuga, et tradam Chaldaeis, sicque in furore regnabo super vos. Ita Scholiastes. Aliter S. Hieronymus, q. d. Educam vos e captivitate Babylonica, et furore effuso non in vos, sed in Chaldaeos, ab eis eripiam vos, ut super vos regnem.
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35. ET ADDUCAM VOS IN DESERTUM POPULORUM, - id est in gentes a Deo desertas, ait Theodoretus. Verum «desertum populorum» non significat desertum inter populos, sed a populo, puta desertum in quo non est populus. Sic ad Rom. I, 4, dicitur: «Ex resurrectione mortuorum,» id est ex resurrectione a mortuis, q. d. Sicut olim patres vestros ex Aegypto redemptos, in desertum Arabiae induxi, id est libertate donavi, et sui juris rempublicam feci: sic vos post justam punitionem ex Babylone, eductos libertate donabo, et in desertum, quod est inter Judaeam et Chaldaeam, et inde in patriam reducam, tum per Cyrum, tum maxime per ejus antitypum Christum Dominum. Nota: Desertum signum est libertatis; uti urbs et arx, subjectionis et servitutis. Ita Prado, Maldonatus et alii. Ita S. Hieronymus ad Rusticum: «Mihi, ait, oppidum carcer; solitudo est paradisus.» ET JUDICABOR VOBISCUM IBI FACIE AD FACIEM. - «Judicabor,» id est puniam, ait Theodoretus. Melius S. Hieronymus, «judicabor,» id est judicio contendam vobiscum, «facie ad faciem,» id est non ex auctoritate, sed coram, quasi par cum pari ex aequitate causae, q. d. Sicut olim in Arabia patribus vestris contra me murmurantibus, palam tot beneficiis et signis ostendi illos esse foedifragos, me vero in promissis esse fidelem: ita, cum vos Babylone eduxero, reipsa palam ostendam justitiam meam, ut videatis vos ob peccata juste a me fuisse captivitate damnatos, et nunc misericorditer a me ex ea eductos. Aliter Maldonatus, «facie ad faciem,» id est, inquit, solus cum solis, sine arbitris, ne gentes videant poenas quas de vobis sumpturus sum, et laetentur. Nota hanc prophetiam non exhauriri in solutione captivitatis Babylonicae per Cyrum; sed in solutione captivitatis Satanae et peccati per Christum, cujus illa fuit typus. Ubi adverte: Redemptio Christi duplici nomine significatur, scilicet strage, et salute; ultione, et redemptione; indignatione, et pace; sanguine, et incolumitate. Hinc ab Isaia, cap. LIX, 17, et cap. LXIII, 63, et alibi, inducitur Christus quasi dux cataphractus, qui furore divino in hostes irruat, proterat, trucidet; hoc scilicet proterit impios, ut faciat pios: iidem ergo sunt trucidati et redempti; hostes, et amici; sed secundum affectus et mores mutatos, alii et dissimiles: cujus rei typus fuit Cyrus. Sicut enim Cyrus in Babylone Chaldaeos occidit, Judaeos salvavit: ita Christus in eodem homine peccatum et peccatorem occidit, virtutem et virtuosum suscitat et vivificat, dum Petrum v. g. ebriosum, incestum, impium occidit, et pro eo suscitat Petrum sobrium, castum, pium, etc. Cyrus enim Christi typum gerit; Chaldaei, peccati et peccatoris; Judaei, virtutis, fidelium et justorum. Vide Can. XLVI. Ita, ait S. Augustinus, homil. 9 in epist. 1 S. Joannis: «O si occidas eos (impios) de gladio bis acuto, et non sint hostes ejus (verbi Dei): sic enim amo eos occidi sibi, ut vivant tibi.» Ita et Prado. Sic quod ait hic: «In manu forti et furore,» subaudi, contra vitia, «regnabo super vos,» quasi homines jam daemone et vitiis exutos et liberatos, atque in novam vitam resuscitatos, Deoque et caelo viventes: «et judicabor ibi facie ad faciem,» quia, cum Christus nostram culpam suscipiens, publice coram Pilato judicatus et damnatus est, et pro culpa nostra satisfecit, nos cum illo judicato et damnato, publice, adversario daemone vidente, et nil, quod exigeret a nobis, habente, redempti, absoluti et liberati sumus: sicut palam, media luce, non noctu, intrepide egressi sunt Hebraei, liberati, et redempti ex Aegypto, Exod. XIV, 8. Hoc est ergo judicium Christi, et nostrum, quo cimis, oblationibus eritis mihi grati, quasi thymiama fragrantissimum, et suavissimi odoris: hunc enim vocat odorem suavitatis, hebraice quietis, de qua phrasi disserui Gen. VIII, 21. Sic Apostolus ait: «Ut fiat oblatio gentium accepta et sanctificata in Spiritu Sancto,» Rom. XV, 16.
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37. ET SUBJICIAM VOS SCEPTRO MEO. - Hebraice: Transire vos faciam sub virga, scilicet, quasi pastor numerans sigillatim pecora, et cujusque curam gerens. Hinc, Christo nascente, descriptus est universus orbis, ut Christus eos scriberet in libro vitae aeternae, uti ait S. Gregorius, homil. 8 in Evangelia. ET INDUCAM VOS IN VINCULIS FOEDERIS, - id est, ut Hebraeus, in vinculum foederis, q. d. Novum foedus et pactum vobiscum inibo, eoque vos mihi devinciam tum per Esdram, tum potius per Christum.
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38. ET ELIGAM DE VOBIS TRANSGRESSORES. - Sicut olim rebelles Judaeos, quos eduxi de Aegypto, in deserto occidi, ut in terram Chanaan promissam non introirent: sic non tam sub Esdra, utpote sub quo omnes non tam educti, quam reducti sunt in Jerusalem; sed sub Christo Judaeos incredulos de sua terra per Titum in totum orbem expellam et dispergam, ut nunquam ad eam regrediantur.
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39. POST IDOLA VESTRA AMBULATE, - et nolite mihi et meo templo offerre munera, quia indigni estis meo imperio, et nomen sanctum meum polluitis, dum me cum Baal comparatis et colitis, ac mihi offerre simulatis quae idolis offertis, et qui idolorum cultores estis, meos vos esse dicitis, aut certe me simul cum idolis conferre et colere vultis. Ita Aquila, Chaldaeus, Septuaginta et Hebraei. Unde et Symmachus vertit: Ite et servite idolis, si quidem non auditis me.
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40. IN MONTE SANCTO MEO, etc., IBI SERVIET MIHI OMNIS DOMUS ISRAEL, - q. d. Ne putetis me vestro cultu indigere, habeo alios, scilicet, qui redibunt e Babylone in Jerusalem, qui mihi ibi servient. Secundo et melius, habeo Israelitas spiritales, scilicet Christianos, qui in monte, id est Ecclesia, quae incipiet in monte Sion, mihi servient. Simile est Malach. I, 10 et 11. Ita Maldonatus, Prado et alii. IN TERRA, - sancta scilicet, aut promissa, id est Ecclesia, quam vetus terra sancta praesignabat. IN QUA PLACEBUNT MIHI. - Hebraea: Ibi occurram eis, scilicet, quasi in amplexum sponsae. INITIUM. - Septuaginta, primitias decimarum; Hebraice משאותיכם massotechem, id est onerum vestrorum, et debiti vestri, sive illud ex decimis, sive ex censu, quo quisque tenebatur Deo dare semisiclum ex lege Exod. XXX, 12; sive ex voto, aut aliunde sit debitum. IN OMNIBUS SANCTIFICATIONIBUS VESTRIS. - Id est, in omnibus festis, quae mihi sanctificabitis: vel potius, in omnibus sanctis vestris sacrificiis, de- thymos per Christum absoluti; daemon vero condemnatus, suaque potestate in homines exutus est, de quo ait Christus: «Nunc judicium est mundi, nunc princeps hujus mundi ejicietur foras.» Et rursum: «Ille (Paracletus) arguet mundum de peccato, de justitia, et de judicio, etc. De judicio, quia princeps hujus mundi jam judicatus est,» Joan. XVI, 11.
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41. SANCTIFICABOR. - Id est sancte colar, vel laudabor et glorificabor a gentibus quasi sanctus, potens, beneficus, fidelis dux Israelis, in vobis scilicet liberandis, sicut olim ex Aegypto, ita nunc e Babylone, et maxime e servitute diaboli extollendis et sanctificandis. Vel, «in vobis» passive, id est in vestra sanctitate, pietate, religione, «sanctificabor.»
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43. ET DISPLICEBITIS VOBIS. - Septuaginta: Et percutietis facies vestras, scilicet, quasi in vos indignantes, quod tam beneficum Deum offenderitis; Symmachus: Et parvuli vobis videbimini, id est vos dejicietis et humiliabitis. Prima enim Christi et Apostolorum vox fuit: «Poenitentiam agite, appropinquavit enim regnum caelorum,» Matth. cap. III, 2. Nota haec omnia de reditu e Babylone per Esdram; sed melius de redemptione hominum per Christum accipi: huic enim plene conveniunt licet priorem perstringant. Vide Canon. V.
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46. PONE. - Haec pertinent ad materiam cap. sequentis. Unde S. Hieronymus et aliqui alii hinc ordiuntur cap. XXI, quia ejusdem est argumenti. Nota: «Pone faciem tuam,» id est obfirmata facie, libere et intrepide vaticinare. Vide cap. IV, 3. CONTRA VIAM AUSTRI, ET STILLA AD AFRICUM, ET PROPHETA AD SALTUM AGRI MERIDIANI, - id est contra Jerusalem, ut patet cap. seq., 2. Erat enim Ezechiel in Babylone: Jerusalem autem partim australis, partim occidentalis est respectu Babylonis, hoc est proprie respicit Africum. Unde humum Israel vocat saltum agri meridiani, eo quod sit montosa et nemorosa, ac meridionalis Babyloni. Ita Polychronius. Licet Theodoretus per saltum hunc Jerusalem accipiat, quae, inquit, dicitur saltus ob sterilitatem fructuum, duritiam, mentium confusionem, et quia ferorum hominum erat receptaculum. Eadem phrasi utitur Isaias cap. XXI, 18, et Jeremias, cap. XXI, 14. STILLA. - Id est, ut Chaldaeus, vaticinare. Nam sermo similis est pluviae, utpote qui ex ore dicentium in aures audientium, suaviter quasi stilla illabitur. Vide et aliam causam, quam dedi Canon. XLVIII.
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47. COMBURAM IN TE OMNE LIGNUM VIRIDE, ET OMNE LIGNUM ARIDUM, - id est omne omnino lignum, nullo excepto. Omne enim lignum vel viride est vel siccum. Persistit in metaphora saltus: hic enim lignis abundat, simulque innuit futurum urbis incendium. Sensus est, q. d. Omnes principes, et subjectos; senes, et juvenes; divites, et pauperes, igni, id est vastationi Chaldaeorum, tradam. Secundo, melius S. Hieronymus: «Lignum, ait, viride vocat justos, aridum vero peccatores,» quasi dicat: Interficiam in te omnes, sanctos aeque ac peccatores. Sanctos, ut ipsi captivitatis mala effugiant morientes: peccatores, ut suppliciis tradantur aeternis. Sic enim cap. sequent. vers. 3, explicans parabolam, ait: «Occidam in te justum et impium.» Huc alludit Christus, Luc. XXIII, 31: «Si in viridi ligno haec faciunt, in arido quid fiet?» FLAMMA SUCCENSIONIS. - Id est, flamma succensa non exstinguetur ut prius, sed totam gentem et urbem comburam et evertam. Hebraice est, flamma flammae, id est flamma continua et maxima, ut una continuo alteri succedat. Per flammam intelligit gladium, ut patet cap. sequenti, 3, et quodlibet supplicium, ut dixi Can. XXVI. COMBURETUR IN EA OMNIS FACIES AB AUSTRO USQUE AD AQUILONEM. - Vatablus et R. David vertunt: Ignescent facies eorum, q. d. Prae rubore et ignominia omnes facies captivorum, tota via euntium, scilicet a Jerusalem in Babylonem, videbuntur ignescere et comburi. Secundo, «omnis facies,» id est quidquid pulchrum et spectabile est tota Judaea, tam ad austrum quam ad aquilonem vergente, comburetur a Chaldaeis. Ita Prado. Tertio, Maldonatus, quasi dicat: Omnes facies hominum adeo erunt fame et metu extenuatae et pallidae, ut combustae esse videantur, uti ait Isaias cap. XIII, 8.
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49. PER PARABOLAS LOQUITUR ISTE? - id est ita obscure ut non intelligatur: vel, q. d. Ipsi dicunt meum sermonem non esse prophetiam, sed parabolicum, ad ostentationem ingenii compositum. Ita Theodoretus. Unde mox cap. sequent. apertius eadem proloqui jubet illi Dominus. Aliter Maldonatus, q. d. Ipsi dicunt me delirare, ideoque parabolica, quae nec intelligantur, nec inter se cohaereant, loqui.
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EZECHIELE (EBR. JĒḤEZQĒL «DIO È FORTE» O «DIO FORTIFICA»)
… Formavano delle colonie, in cui gli anziani ritenevano una certa autorità (Ez. 8, 1; 14, 1; 20, 1). Il consiglio di Geremia di costruir case e piantare orti (Ier. 29) e la grande prosperità degli esuli al tempo del rimpatrio dimostrano come fosse consentito agli esuli di migliorare …
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In Ezechiele si dice che si contrae i. attraverso atti idolatrici (Ez. 20, 7.18.30.31; 22, 3.4; 23, 7.17) o co-
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… la tipica espressione ebraica: ha-ābhīr... bā'ēl lam-mōlekh (II Reg. 23, 10) o ha-ābhīr lam-mōlekh (Lev. 18, 21; Ier. 32, 35) o anche senza il nome del dio M. che è sottinteso (Deut. 18, 10; II Reg. 16, 3; 17, 17; 21, 6; Ier. 7, 31; 19, 5; Ez. 16, 21; 20, 26.31; 23, 37; ecc.).
… La Bibbia e i profeti hanno severo parole di condanna contro questi misfatti (cf. Ps. 105, 37 sgg.; Mich. 6, 7; Ier. 7, 31; 19, 5; 32, 35; Ez. 16, 20 sgg.; 20, 26).
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… Nella S. Scrittura tale termine designa il proferire ingiuria sia contro Dio, sia contro le creature (II Sam. 21, 21; II Reg. 13, 28-35; 19, 10. 13. 22; Ez. 20, 27; Tob. 13, 16; I Par. 20, 7; I Cor. 4, 13; 10, 30; Tit. 3, 2); ma secondo l'osservazione di s. Agostino: «blasphemia non accipitur nisi mala verba de Deo dicere» (PL 32, 1354) …
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… Da parte di Dio, ogni beneficio e l'affetto più grande; da parte d'Israele, l'infedeltà che ebbe inizio con i primi contatti con i Cananei (Os. 9, 10; 10, 1; 11, 1 sg.; 13, 5 sg.; cf. Ier. 2, 1-3; Ez. 20, 28), ed ora a Samaria è al culmine (Os. 2, 4-15; 4, 12 e passim). …
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Il termine M. (massōrāh « tradizione », dal neo-ebr. māsar « tramandare »; forma recente per massōreth, che nulla ha in comune con Ez. 20, 37 māsōreth = ma'āsōreth « legame »; P. Kahle, in H. Bauer-P. …
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