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Isaiah 47:2Isa.47.2

Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Prends les meules, et mouds de la farine; Ote ton voile, relève les pans de ta robe, Découvre tes jambes, traverse les fleuves!

KJV

Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

Patristic reading

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  • Eucherius of Lyon

    Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas

    ve side, flour can represent vain thoughts, as in the prophet: "Take the millstone and grind flour" (Isaiah 47:2). The millstone represents one’s way of life. In the Gospel: "Two women will be grinding at the mill" (Matthew 24:41). The two millstones can also symbolize the two Te…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)

    ctantur in rebus volubilibus. Crus est corruptio, ut in Isaia: «Revela crus [Note: [Col. 0905] 9 Isa. XLVII, 2.] ,» id est, ostende quam corruptibilis sis. Per crus bona desideria, ut in Levitico: «Quod habet longiora crura retro [Note: [Col. 0905] 10 Lev. XI, 21.] ,» quod…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)

    1D] redige. Farina, cogitatio iniqui, ut in Isaia: «Tolle molam, mole farinam [Note: [Col. 0921] 17 Isa. XLVII, 2.] ,» id est, circuitus exteriorum curarum sume, et nunquam in te cogitationem exerce. Fratris appellatione Christus intelligitur, ut in Cantico de Synagoga in…

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