Ezekiel 8:17

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17 H559 Then he said [H8799] H7200 unto me, Hast thou seen [H8804] H1121 this, O son H120 of man H7043 ? Is it a light thing [H8738] H1004 to the house H3063 of Judah H6213 that they commit [H8800] H8441 the abominations H6213 which they commit [H8804] H4390 here? for they have filled [H8804] H776 the land H2555 with violence H7725 , and have returned [H8799] H3707 to provoke me to anger [H8687] H7971 : and, lo, they put [H8802] H2156 the branch H639 to their nose.

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Is it a light, etc. or, Is there any thing lighter than tocommit, etc. for.
Ezekiel 7:23; Ezekiel 9:9; Ezekiel 11:6; Genesis 6:13; 2 Kings 21:16; 2 Kings 24:4; Jeremiah 6:7; Jeremiah 19:4; Jeremiah 20:8
Amos 3:10; Amos 6:3; Micah 2:2; Micah 6:12; Zephaniah 1:9
they put.So the Vulgate has, {applicant ramum ad nares suas,} "they apply the branch to their nose;" which Jerome explains by "a branch of the palm tree with which they adored the idols;" and it seems plainly to allude to the Magian fire-worshippers, who, Strabo tells us, held a little bunch of twigs in their hand, when praying before the fire.