John Chrysostom
Patristic
A.D. 347–407
“Though you sigh only, though you weep only, all these things he quickly snatches as an occasion for saving you.”
The interpretation timeline
Ezek 36:22
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Ezek 36:22 · Douay-Rheims
“Therefore thou shalt say to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: It is not for your sake that I will do this, O house of Israel, but for my holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations whither you went.”
Patristic
before A.D. 750
407
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.