For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone [shall be] seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Car voici, pour ce qui est de la pierre que j'ai placée devant Josué, il y a sept yeux sur cette seule pierre; voici, je graverai moi-même ce qui doit y être gravé, dit l'Eternel des armées; et j'enlèverai l'iniquité de ce pays, en un jour.
KJV
For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone [shall be] seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
Theodulf of Orleans
The Book on the Order of Baptism to Magnus of Sens
edge, piety, and the fear of the Lord-the sevenfold number-are called the seven eyes on one stone in Zechariah 3:9. This Spirit rests upon the rod and flower that sprang from Jesse, from the lineage of David. This same Spirit, proceeding from the Father and the Son, was granted b…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
d light. Therefore in Christ there was only one habit of knowledge. On the contrary, It is written ( Zech. 3:9 ) that on "one" stone, i.e. Christ, "there are seven eyes." Now by the eye is understood knowledge. Therefore it would seem that in Christ there were several habits of k…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
hings: thus in Holy Scripture God is signified metaphorically, sometimes by a stone ( 2 Kings 22:2 ; Zech. 3:9 ; 1 Cor. 10:4 ; Apoc. 4:3 ); sometimes by a lion ( Is. 31:4 ; Apoc. 5:5 ); sometimes by the sun ( Is. 60:19,20 ; Mal. 4:2 ), or by something similar. Therefore it seems…
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