Ezekiel 8:17 (KJV)

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Then he said unto me Hast thou seen this O son of man Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here for they have filled the land with violence and have returned to provoke me to anger and lo they put the branch to their nose

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Is it a light, etc. or, Is there any thing lighter than tocommit, etc. for. Eze 7:23 Eze 9:9 Eze 11:6 Ge 6:13 2Ki 21:16 2Ki 24:4 Jer 6:7 Jer 19:4 Jer 20:8 Am 3:10 Am 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.

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