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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 6

7 parts

Rev. George Leo Haydock

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Ver. 2

Mountains, where idols were chiefly adored. Here their votaries find death. (Worthington)

Israel, including all God’s people, as the sacred writers make no distinction (Calmet) after the destruction of Samaria.

Ver. 4

Idols. Protestant marginal note, “sun-images,” as [in] ver. 6. The sun was much worshipped, chap. viii. 16. (Haydock)

Ver. 5

Bones. The Chaldeans violated the tombs, Baruch ii. 24., and Jeremias viii. 1. (Calmet)

Ver. 8

Some. Providence still preserves some faithful or penitent souls. (Worthington)

Ver. 9

Broken. Adversity has made them repent.

Ver. 11

Foot, through indignation or pity. (Calmet)

Ver. 14

From, or, “more than,” (Haydock) as Hebrew may signify. Deblatha was in the land of Moab, Numbers xxxiii. 46. (Calmet)

Trans. None. Written in English; Haydock annotates the Douay-Rheims text and gathers the Fathers and later commentators., Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary (the Douay-Rheims Bible with Bishop Challoner's notes, enlarged by Rev. George Leo Haydock), 1859. Public domain.

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