THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
The Spirit of the Lord descended upon me and conveyed a message, saying, Thus says the Lord; empowered by the transformative presence of God's Spirit, I was instructed to proclaim these truths before God.
Ezekiel 11:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And the spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said to me: Speak: Thus saith the Lord: Thus have you spoken, O house of Israel, for I know the thoughts of your heart.
וַתִּפֹּ֣ל עָלַי֮ ר֣וּחַ יְהוָה֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י אֱמֹר֙ כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה כֵּ֥ן אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּמַעֲל֥וֹת רֽוּחֲכֶ֖ם אֲנִ֥י יְדַעְתִּֽיהָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jer 17:10I am the Lord who search the heart, and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.
- Ezek 2:2And the spirit entered into me after that he spoke to me, and he set me upon my feet: and I heard him speaking to me,
- Ezek 38:10Thus saith the Lord God: In that day projects shall enter into thy heart, and thou shalt conceive a mischievous design.
- Ezek 38:11And thou shalt say: I will go up to the land which is without a wall, I will come to them that are at rest, and dwell securely: all these dwell without a wall, they have no bars nor gates:
- Isa 58:1Cry, cease not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their wicked doings, and the house of Jacob their sins.
- Ezek 3:27But when I shall speak to thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: He that heareth, let him hear: and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a provoking house.
- Ezek 29:3Speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I come against thee, Pharao king of Egypt, thou great dragon that liest in the midst of thy rivers, and sayest: The river is mine, and I made myself.
- Jer 16:17For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, and their iniquity hath not been hid from my eyes.