Ezequiel 16
Augustine of Hippo · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Ezequiel 16:20
By the name of such adulterers we are to understand every kind of carnal and lustful concupiscence. Indeed, since the Scriptures so constantly give to idolatry the name of fornication, and since the apostle Paul calls avarice idolatry, who can doubt that every evil concupiscence may be rightly called fornication? — SERMON ON THE MOUNT 1:12.36
Ezequiel 16:20
When the soul disregards the higher law by which it is governed and prostitutes itself as though for a price, then it corrupts itself. — SERMON ON THE MOUNT 1:12.36
Ezequiel 16:52
It is one thing to have an action set forth as praiseworthy in itself and another to have it extolled in comparison with something worse than itself. We rejoice in one way when a sick person is cured and in another when he improves a little. Even in the sacred Scriptures, Sodom is spoken of as justified in comparison with the crimes of the people of Israel. — On Lying 5:7