Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Repetition of the charges in Ezekiel 20:1; only that there they were stated in an historical review of the past and present; here the present sins of the nation exclusively are brought forward.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. WILT THOU JUDGE, WILT THOU JUDGE THE BLOODY CITY? See ; Ezekiel 1:1:e., 'Wilt thou not judge the bloody city?' (cf. ). THE BLOODY CITY - lit, the city of bloods, so called on a... [ Continue Reading ]
Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself. THE CITY SHEDDETH BLOOD ... THAT HER TIME MAY COME. Instead of deriving advantage from her bloody sacrifices to idols, she only thereby... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. THOU HAST C... [ Continue Reading ]
Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed. THOSE THAT BE NEAR, AND THOSE THAT BE FAR FROM THEE, SHALL MOCK THEE, WHICH ART INFAMOUS AND MUCH VEXED. They mockingly call thee, 'Thou polluted one in name (margin), and full of confusion'... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood. BEHOLD, THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL, EVERY ONE WERE IN THEE TO THEIR POWER TO SHED BLOOD - rather, 'The princes ... each according to his power, were in thee to shed blood' (as if this only object of their existence). P... [ Continue Reading ]
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. IN THEE HAVE THEY SET LIGHT BY FATHER AND MOTHER - children have made light (disrespected) father and mother (), to which... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU HAST DESPISED MINE HOLY THINGS, AND HAST PROFANED MY SABBATHS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness. IN THEE ARE MEN THAT CARRY TO SHED BLOOD - informers, who by misrepresentations cause innocent blood to be shed (); literally, 'One who goes to and fro as a merchan... [ Continue Reading ]
In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. IN THEE HAVE THEY HUMBLED HER THAT WAS SET APART FOR POLLUTION - i:e., set apart as unclean ().... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ONE HATH COMMITTED ABOMINATION WITH HIS NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE; AND ANOTHER HATH LEWDLY DEFILED HIS DAUGHTER IN LAW; AND ANOTHER IN THEE HATH HUMBLED HIS SISTER, HIS FATHER'S DAUGHTER._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD. AND HAST FORGOTTEN ME - the root of all sin (; ; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. I HAVE SMITTEN MINE HAND AT THY DISHONEST GAIN - in token of the indigent vengeance which I will execute on thee (note, ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it. CAN THINE HEART ENDURE, OR ... THINE HANDS BE STRONG, IN THE DAYS THAT I SHALL DEAL WITH THEE? - (, "Every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble").... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee. AND WILL CONSUME THEY FILTHINESS OUT OF THEE - the object of God scattering the Jews.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. THOU SHALT TAKE THINE INHERITANCE IN THYSELF - formerly thou wast mine inheritance, and I was thine inheritance (Jeremiah 10:16; Exodus 19:5); but now, full of guilt, thou art no... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL IS TO ME BECOME DROSS: ALL THEY ARE BRASS - Israel has become a worthless compound of the dross of silver (i... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD; BECAUSE YE ARE ALL BECOME DROSS, BEHOLD, THEREFORE I WILL GATHER YOU INTO THE MIDST OF JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, From this verse to the end he shows the general corruption of all ranks.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. THOU ART THE LAND THAT IS NOT CLEANSED - not cleared or cultivated; all a scene of desolation: a fit emblem of the moral wilderness state of the people. NOR RAINED UPON - a mark of divi... [ Continue Reading ]
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. THERE IS A CONSPIRACY - the false prophets have conspired both to pr... [ Continue Reading ]
Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. HER PRIESTS - whose "lips... [ Continue Reading ]
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. HER PRINCES ... ARE LIKE WOLVES RAVENING THE PREY - her princes, who should have employed the influence of their position for the people's welfare made "gain" their sol... [ Continue Reading ]
And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. HER PROPHETS HAVE DAUBED THEM WITH UNTEMPERED MORTAR, SEEING VANITY, AND DIVINING LIES UNTO THEM - referring to the false assuranc... [ Continue Reading ]
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND HAVE USED OPPRESSION - put last, after the mention of those in office. Corruption had spread downward through the whole... [ Continue Reading ]
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. I SOUGHT FOR A MAN AMONG THEM, THAT SHOULD MAKE UP THE HEDGE - the wall (note, ). Image for leading the people to repentance. AND STAND... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD. THEIR OWN WAY HAVE I RECOMPENSED UPON THEIR HEADS - (; ; ; ; ; ). Remarks: (1) The prophet is directed to judge 'the ci... [ Continue Reading ]