1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Ezekiel 21:23 | And he shall be in their eyes as one consulting the oracle in vain, and imitating the leisure of sabbaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken. | Vain. They shall think that Nabuchodonosor is wasting his time. --- Sabbaths. Hebrew, "they have people who swear to them;" false prophets, or the Egyptians, on whom they depend. Septuagint, "and counting the weeks," like Aman, Esther 3:7. --- Iniquity, or perfidy of Sedecias, Ezechiel 17:15. (Calmet) |