Ezekiel 29 in the early church
[Vulgate: Ezechiel]
14 passages quote, allude to, or echo Ezekiel 29, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Ezekiel 29:1
In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezek 29:1–32:32 | On First Principles 4.3.9 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398) |
Ezekiel 29:3
Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezek 29:3 | On First Principles 3.2.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398) |
| Ezek 29:3–5 | Commentary on John 6.248 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| Ezek 29:3 | Homilies on Ezekiel 13.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| Ezek 29:3 | Homilies on Ezekiel 13.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| Ezek 29:3 | Homilies on Ezekiel 13.4 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| Ezek 29:3 | Against Celsus 4.50 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| Ezek 29:3 | Against Celsus 6.43 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| Ezek 29:3 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| Ezek 29:3 | The Institutes 12.8 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 419–426 |
Ezekiel 29:4
But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezek 29:4 | Homilies on Ezekiel 13.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| Ezek 29:4 | Against Celsus 4.50 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 248 |
Ezekiel 29:10
therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezek 29:10 | Commentary on Matthew 14.13 · Origen | allusion, low confidence | ca. 246–248 |
Ezekiel 29:11
No foot of man or beast will pass through, and it will be uninhabited for forty years.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezek 29:11–12 | On First Principles 4.3.9 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398) |