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Ezekiel 8:17

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Is it a light: etc. or, Is there anything lighter than to commit, etc

for: Ezekiel 7:23, Ezekiel 9:9, Ezekiel 11:6; Genesis 6:13; 2 Kings 21:16, 2 Kings 24:4; Jeremiah 6:7, Jeremiah 19:4, Jeremiah 20:8; Amos 3:10, Amos 6:3; Micah 2:2, Micah 6:12; Zephaniah 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.

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