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Ezekiel 13:18Ezek.13.18

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the [women] that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive [that come] unto you?

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Tu diras: Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Eternel: Malheur à celles qui fabriquent des coussinets pour toutes les aisselles, Et qui font des voiles pour la tête des gens de toute taille, Afin de surprendre les âmes! Pensez-vous surprendre les âmes de mon peuple, Et conserver vos propres âmes?

KJV

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the [women] that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive [that come] unto you?

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    evil, as stated above ( Q[73], AA[2] ,3). Therefore flattery is a good. On the contrary, A gloss on Ezech. 13:18, "Woe to them that sew cushions under every elbow," says, "that is to say, sweet flattery." Therefore flattery is a sin. I answer that, As stated above ( Q[114], A[1]…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 100 (Migne)

    icus? Ambos perdit, se ipsum et suum auditorem. Isti sunt, qui consuunt pulvillos sub omni cubitu (Ezech. XIII, 18) , et oves Christi morbidas faciunt, non sanatas. {14} Virgam accepisti pastoralem et baculum consolationis fraternae: illam ad regendum, istum ad consolandum. Ut…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 106 (Migne)

    er prophetam: Vivificabant animas quae non vivebant: et mortificabant animas quae non moriebantur (Ezech. XIII, 18) . Sunt etiam plerique spiritales medici, qui medendi animarum vulnera habent scientiam, sed aut amoris proprii, aut adulationis causa errata, qui sibi eorum con…

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