Ezequiel 17
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Ezequiel 17:3
He came to that Lebanon, which is the church, where the offerings of God and the incense of his prayers are celebrated, that great true evil, Nebuchadnezzar, that is, the devil, and he sees it. — HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 11:5
Ezequiel 17:6
As long as it was on holy ground, the vine was huge; but when it was taken to the land of sinners, it was made infirm and small. — HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 11:4
Ezequiel 17:7
Another crowd was taken by him, and it became a vine, less vigorous than it was when it was in the vineyard of God and on holy ground, where the sacrifices of God are celebrated, but it was transferred to Babylon as a weak vine. — HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 11:2
Ezequiel 17:8
One who was condemned by God does not escape his sentence and does not want to change the will of he who judges him, but he will bear it with all patience until God frees the one who he has condemned. — HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 11:2
Ezequiel 17:8
When the association of such different natures is made in faith in Christ, the lion will no longer be impure, and all the animals called impure in the law of God will receive the purity of their former condition. — HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 11:3
Ezequiel 17:12
If we who appear to stand over the church have sinned and given place to the devil against the teaching of Paul when he says "do not give any place to the devil," in the same way the faults committed at Jerusalem mean that we provide Nebuchadnezzar with the chance to enter into the holy city and to take away those whom he chooses. — HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 12:2
Ezequiel 17:12
I am inclined to think that by the good quality of their conduct they increase yet more the agreeableness of the words of God, mixing the sweetness of the life with the sweet savor of the word. — HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 12:1
Ezequiel 17:13
If you have the covenant with us in a blessing, Nebuchadnezzar cannot make a covenant with you. — HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 12:3
Ezequiel 17:13
God makes covenant with us in a blessing; Nebuchadnezzar establishes his covenant in abuse. — HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 12:3
Ezequiel 17:16
As holy Scripture tells us, God intends that the covenant with Israel is an abuse against Nebuchadnezzar. — HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 12:3
Ezequiel 17:22
To the one who has transgressed and has dishonored the judgment of God, Pharaoh cannot come to the rescue; he will die in the center of Babylon for his transgressions. — HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 12:4
Ezequiel 17:22
There is one who dishonors the judgment of God; there is another who honors it. — HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 12:4
Ezequiel 17:23
Consider the sublime grandeur of the church of Christ, to understand that according to the promise of God the word has been realized.… It will become a noble cedar; and under it will dwell all kinds of beasts; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest. — HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 12:5
Ezequiel 17:23
Take the wings of the word of God, and you will be able to repose under this tree that has been planted over a high mountain. — HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 12:5