Ezekiel 8:17
Is it a light etc. or, Is there anything lighter than to commit, etc for Ezek 7:23, Ezek 9:9, Ezek 11:6; Gen 6:13; 2Kgs 21:16, 2Kgs 24:4; Jer 6:7, Jer 19:4, Jer 20:8; Amos 3:10, Amos 6:3; Mic 2:2, Mic 6:12; Zeph 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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