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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 8:17 — Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen [this], O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
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Is it a light, etc.
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or, Is there any thing lighter than to commit, etc. |
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Eze 7:23; Eze 9:9; Eze 11:6; Gen 6:13; 2Ki 21:16; 2Ki 24:4; Jer 6:7; Jer 19:4; Jer 20:8; Amo 3:10; Amo 6:3; Mic 2:2; Mic 6:12; Zep 1:9 |
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"So the Vulgate has, applicant ramum ad nares suas, ""they apply the branch to their nose;"" which Jerome explains by ""a branch of the palm tree with which they adored the idols;"" and it seems plainly to allude to the Magian fire-worshippers, who, Strabo tells us, held a little bunch of twigs in their hand, when praying before the fire." |
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Eze 7:23 |
Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. |
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Eze 9:9 |
Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah [is] exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not. |
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Eze 11:6 |
Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain. |
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Gen 6:13 |
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. |
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2Ki 21:16 |
Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD. |
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2Ki 24:4 |
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. |
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Jer 6:7 |
As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually [is] grief and wounds. |
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Jer 19:4 |
Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; |
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Jer 20:8 |
For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. |
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Amo 3:10 |
For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. |
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Amo 6:3 |
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; |
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Mic 2:2 |
And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. |
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Mic 6:12 |
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth. |
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Zep 1:9 |
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Ezekiel 8:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Eze/8/17.html>.
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