(D) THE FATE OF THE BESIEGED. Yet the last symbol is perhaps the most
terrible of all; it suggests the all but irretrievable completeness of
the destruction. Ezekiel is commanded to take a sharp sword, and use
it, like a razor, upon his head and beard suggesting how clean the
city will be swept of i... [ Continue Reading ]
EXPLANATION OF THE SYMBOLS. By the four preceding symbolical actions
the doom has been made too terribly clear: the reason for it is now
given. Jerusalem is the centre of the world, conspicuous alike for her
position and her privileges, especially for her possession of a unique
religious law, the gi... [ Continue Reading ]