Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Ezekiel 17:12

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 9, page 468, footnote 2 (Image)

Chrysostom: On the Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises, Select Homilies and Letters, Homilies on the Statutes

The Homilies on the Statues to the People of Antioch. (HTML)

Homily XIX (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1778 (In-Text, Margin)

... punishment, and alleges the cause. “For its tender roots and its fruits shall become corrupt, and all which springs therefrom shall be withered.” And for the purpose of shewing that it will not be destroyed by human strength, but because it hath made God its enemy by means of these oaths, he subjoins, “Not by a mighty arm, nor by much people, to pluck it up by its roots.” Such indeed is the parable, but the prophet again explains it, when he says, “Behold, the king of Babylon cometh against Jerusalem.”[Ezekiel 17:12] And then, after saying some other things between, he mentions the oaths and the treaties. “For” saith he, “he shall make a covenant with him;” and presently, speaking of the departure from it, he goes on to say, “And he will depart from him, by ...