Prophecy of Mary in Sirach 43:35?

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Sirach 43:35 Who shall see him, and declare him? and who shall magnify him as he is from the beginning?

Luke 1:46 And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord.

Both verses from Douay-Rheims. The Sirach verse comes in context with a doxology of how no glorifying we can do can truly reach the glorification He deserves.

What do you think? Does this foreshadow Mary?
 
It is possible. But I would like to see what Greek word is used for “magnify” in both passages first.
 
packermann said:
It is possible. But I would like to see what Greek word is used for “magnify” in both passages first.
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I’m not sure it could be the same since we have Hebrew manuscripts of Sirach from the Qumran archaeological site. But from the Septuagint, I only have Protestant resources for Greek OT books, and they don’t have the deuterocanons. 😦
 
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Sirach 43:35 Who shall see him, and declare him? and who shall magnify him as he is from the beginning?

Luke 1:46 And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord.Both verses from Douay-Rheims. The Sirach verse comes in context with a doxology of how no glorifying we can do can truly reach the glorification He deserves.

What do you think? Does this foreshadow Mary?
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This is so Marian.
 
I suggest you simply read the text in context, it is NOT even a prophecy.

29
Let us praise him the more, since we cannot fathom him, for greater is he than all his works;
30
Awful indeed is the LORD’S majesty, and wonderful is his power.
31
Lift up your voices to glorify the LORD, though he is still beyond your power to praise;
32
Extol him with renewed strength, and weary not, though you cannot reach the end:
33
For who can see him and describe him? or who can praise him as he is?
34
Beyond these, many things lie hid; only a few of his works have we seen.
35
It is the LORD who has made all things, and to those who fear him he gives wisdom.
 
Daniel_Marsh said:
I suggest you simply read the text in context, it is NOT even a prophecy.

29
Let us praise him the more, since we cannot fathom him, for greater is he than all his works;
30
Awful indeed is the LORD’S majesty, and wonderful is his power.
31
Lift up your voices to glorify the LORD, though he is still beyond your power to praise;
32
Extol him with renewed strength, and weary not, though you cannot reach the end:
33
For who can see him and describe him? or who can praise him as he is?
34
Beyond these, many things lie hid; only a few of his works have we seen.
35
It is the LORD who has made all things, and to those who fear him he gives wisdom.
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Alot of what we call ‘prophecy’ is actually more of a typology than a prediction.
 
Daniel_Marsh said:
Then you missed the boat friend
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This is the same guy who doesn’t pray to Mary and thinks that the Communion of Saints is basicaly a distraction to your relationship with Jesus. Be warned brothers and sisters.
 
Chaldean_Rite said:
This is the same guy who doesn’t pray to Mary and thinks that the Communion of Saints is basicaly a distraction to your relationship with Jesus. Be warned brothers and sisters.
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                 Originally Posted by **Daniel Marsh**                     [forums.catholic-questions.org/images/buttons_cad/viewpost.gif](http://forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?p=3877574#post3877574)                 
             *Read the book of Job, Satan put boils on Job's body. Satan if he is doing it, would do it to side track you to pray to Mary rather than pray directly to God. **You believe that your devotion to mary and the saints glorifies God, fact is NO they do not. We see those as a means of side tracking you from Jesus**.*
 
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