Ezekiel 8:17

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Then he said unto me, Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Nose, to hide their faces respectfully, (Calmet) when they look at the sun rising. (Haydock) A thyrsus was used in honour of Bacchus, who is often confounded with the sun. Various improbable versions of this text are given. It may signify Hebrew, "they threw their instruments down before their faces "like the twenty-four elders, Apocalypse v. 8. (Calmet)

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