Ezekiel 24:1
_AGAIN IN THE NINTH YEAR, IN THE TENTH MONTH, IN THE TENTH DAY OF THE MONTH, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AGAIN IN THE NINTH YEAR, IN THE TENTH MONTH, IN THE TENTH DAY OF THE MONTH, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day. SON OF MAN, WRITE THEE THE NAME OF THE DAY, EVEN OF THIS SAME DAY. Ezekiel proves his divine mission by announcing the very day ("this same day") of the beginning o... [ Continue Reading ]
And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: SET ON A POT - caldron. Alluding to the self-confident proverb used among the people (, see note there), "This city is the caldron, and we be the flesh... [ Continue Reading ]
Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. GATHER THE PIECES THEREOF INTO IT - "the pieces thereof" - i:e., those which properly belong to it as its own. EVEN EVERY GOOD PIECE ... FILL IT WITH THE CHOICE BONES - i:e., t... [ Continue Reading ]
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. BURN ALSO THE BONES - rather, 'pile [ duwr (H1754)] the bones; 'let there be a round combustible pile of the bones.' LET THEM SEETHE THE BONES OF IT THEREIN - lit... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. WOE TO THE BLOODY CITY ... THE POT WHOSE SCUM IS THEREIN - not ordinary, but poisonous scum, i:e., the people's... [ Continue Reading ]
For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; SHE SET IT - the blood which she shed. UPON THE TOP OF A ROCK - or, 'upon the dry, smooth, bare exposed rock' [ tsªchiyach (H6706)], so as to be conspicuous to all... [ Continue Reading ]
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. THAT IT MIGHT CAUSE FURY TO COME UP TO TAKE VENGEANCE. God purposely let her so shamelessly pour the blood on the bare rock "that it might" the more loudly and openl... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great. I WILL EVEN MAKE THE PILE FOR FIRE GREAT - the hostile materials for the city's destruction.... [ Continue Reading ]
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. SPICE IT WELL - that the meat may be the more palatable; i:e., I will make the foe delight in its destruction as much as one delights in well-seasoned savoury meat. Grotius, needlessly departing fro... [ Continue Reading ]
Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed. SET IT EMPTY UPON THE COALS THEREOF, THAT THE BRASS OF IT MAY BE HOT, AND MAY BURN, AND THAT THE FILTHINESS OF IT MAY B... [ Continue Reading ]
She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. SHE HATH WEARIED HERSELF WITH LIES - "herself," rather, 'she hath wearied me out with lies;' or rather, 'with vain labours' on my part to purify her, without being obliged to have rec... [ Continue Reading ]
In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. IN THY FILTHINESS IS LEWDNESS - determined, deliberate wickedness [ zimaah (H2154), from a Hebrew root, zaamam... [ Continue Reading ]
I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD. I WILL NOT GO BACK - desist; relax (Fairbairn).... [ Continue Reading ]
Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME - second part of the vision; announcement of the death of Ezekiel's wife, and prohibition of the usual signs of mourning.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. BEHOLD, I TAKE AWAY FROM THEE THE DESIRE OF THINE EYES - his wife: representing the sanctuary () in which the Jews so much gloried. The energy... [ Continue Reading ]
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. FORBEAR TO CRY - or, 'Lament in silence;' literally, 'sigh (or groan), be silent:' thus God forbids not sorrow, but the... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO I SPAKE UNTO THE PEOPLE IN THE MORNING: AND AT EVEN MY WIFE DIED; AND I DID IN THE MORNING AS I WAS_ _ COMMANDED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? WILT THOU NOT TELL US WHAT THESE THINGS ARE TO US THAT THOU DOEST SO? The people perceive that Ezekiel's strange conduct has a symbolical meaning as to themselves: they ask what is that meaning? I... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN I ANSWERED THEM, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword. BEHOLD, I WILL PROFANE MY SANCTUAR... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. YE SHALL NOT COVER YOUR LIPS, NOR EAT THE BREAD OF MEN - (Jeremiah 16:6). So general shall be the calamity that all ordinary usages of mourning shall be suspended.... [ Continue Reading ]
And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. YE SHALL NOT MOURN NOR WEEP; BUT YE SHALL PINE AWAY FOR YOUR INIQUITIES, AND MOURN ONE TOWARD ANOTHER. The Jews' not mourn... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. THUS EZEKIEL IS UNTO YOU A SIGN - a typical representative, in his own person, of what was to befall them (so ). AND WHEN THIS COMETH - alluding probably... [ Continue Reading ]
Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters, SHALL IT NOT BE, IN THE DAY WHEN I TAKE FROM THEM THEIR STRENGTH, THE JOY OF THEIR GL... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. IN THAT DAY SHALL THY MOUTH BE OPENED TO HIM WHICH IS ESCAPED AND THOU SHALT SPEAK, AND BE NO MORE DUMB. "That day... [ Continue Reading ]