EZEKIEL 19. DIRGE OVER THE KINGS. From a chapter which has the ring
almost of dogmatic theology, we pass to one of pure elegiac poetry, in
which Ezekiel deals a death-blow to the vain hopes reposed in the
monarchy (_cf. Ezekiel 12:1_, Ezekiel 17).... [ Continue Reading ]
EZEKIEL 19. DIRGE OVER THE KINGS. From a chapter which has the ring
almost of dogmatic theology, we pass to one of pure elegiac poetry, in
which Ezekiel deals a death-blow to the vain hopes reposed in the
monarchy (_cf. Ezekiel 12:1_, Ezekiel 17).
EZEKIEL 19:1. JUDAH THE LIONESS. Mother Judah is co... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDAH THE VINE. The figure changes, as in Genesis 49:8, from lion to
vine, and the king whose destiny is foreshadowed is this time
Zedekiah. Judah is described as a fruitful vine, one of whose mighty
branches (Zedekiah) became a royal sceptre (Ezekiel 19:11). But the
vine was violently uprooted, hur... [ Continue Reading ]