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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Ezekiel 8:17

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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Is it a light: etc. or, Is there anything lighter than to commit, etc for: Eze 7:23, Eze 9:9, Eze 11:6; Gen 6:13; Kg2 21:16, Kg2 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 they put: 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. Ezekiel 8:18
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