Ezekiel 21:1
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 1. _And the word of the Lord._] See Ezekiel 18:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 1. _And the word of the Lord._] See Ezekiel 18:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop [thy word] toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, Ver. 2. _Set thy face._] See on Ezekiel 20:46 . _ And drop thy word._] See Deu 32:2 Amos 7:16. As drops of rain follow one upon another, so do words. Speak thick, speak h... [ Continue Reading ]
_And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I [am] against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked._ Ver. 3. _Behold, I am against thee._] That is misery enough, for all the creatures are soon against such; as a... [ Continue Reading ]
Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: Ver. 4. _Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteons._] _Velut eodem contubernio deprehensos._ This is repeated for... [ Continue Reading ]
That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more. Ver. 5. _Have drawn forth my sword._] And put it in commission; not to return till the circuit ended, till it hath done full execution.... [ Continue Reading ]
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of [thy] loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. Ver. 6. _Sigh therefore, with the breaking of thy loins._] _Gemituque et gestu dolorem referas; _ show greatest grief, such as is deep and downright; sigh till thy buttons fly; or as a tra... [ Continue Reading ]
_And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak [as] water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to p... [ Continue Reading ]
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 8. _Again the word._] See on Ezekiel 18:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: _Ver. 9 A sword, a sword is sharpened._] _a_ Not only drawn, but sharpened, that it may wound swiftly and deadly; furbished also, that it may the more affray and make the quicker despatch. An... [ Continue Reading ]
It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, [as] every tree. Ver. 10. _Should we then make mirth?_] Not if we be in our right minds; for would it not be now a mad mirth, whenas we should be most serious a... [ Continue Reading ]
And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. Ver. 11. _To give it into the hand of the slayer._] Nebuchadnezzar, who will therewith lay about him lustily, as Eleazar once did till his hand clave u... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it [shall be] upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon [thy] thigh._ Ver. 12. _Cry and howl, son of man._] While others make mirth, _as _ Eze 21:10 and are insolent against... [ Continue Reading ]
Because [it is] a trial, and what if [the sword] contemn even the rod? it shall be no [more], saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 13. _Because it is a trial._] Sore and sharp; therefore cry and howl, especially since they are not bettered. Hang heavy weights on rotten boughs, they presently break; the best di... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite [thine] hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it [is] the sword of the great [men that are] slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. Ver. 14. _Smite thy hands together._] So to show what I will do... [ Continue Reading ]
I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that [their] heart may faint, and [their] ruins be multiplied: ah! [it is] made bright, [it is] wrapped up for the slaughter. Ver. 15. _Ah! it is made bright._] By this doleful exclamation the prophet venteth himself _tanquam coram deformit... [ Continue Reading ]
Go thee one way or other, [either] on the right hand, [or] on the left, whithersoever thy face [is] set. Ver. 16. _Go thee one way or other._] This he speaketh to the bright and sharp sword, stirring it up to make impression that way whereunto it was appointed, _quocunque occurrent tibires comparat... [ Continue Reading ]
I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said [it]. Ver. 17. _I will also smite mine hands together._] As animating the enemy and rejoicing at thy ruin. _a_ Chaldee, I will bring revenge upon revenge; “ _Animumque explesse iuvabit._ ” “And he will h... [ Continue Reading ]
_The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,_ Ver. 18. _The word of the Lord._] See on Ezekiel 18:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose [it] at the head of the way to the city. Ver. 19. _Appoint thee two wags._] _Pinge duas vias, ut_ Ezekiel 4:1; by prophetic acti... [ Continue Reading ]
Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. Ver. 20. _And to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced._] Either against the one or the other of them - not against both at once, _a_ for they were both strong, and Jerusalem was well aware of it -... [ Continue Reading ]
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made [his] arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver. Ver. 21. _For the king of Babylon stood at the parting._] Heb., At the mother of the way; _ubi via una in ducts bif... [ Continue Reading ]
At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint [battering] rams against the gates, to cast a mount, [and] to build a fort. Ver. 22. _To appoint captains._] Heb., _Rans; _ fierce and forward,... [ Continue Reading ]
_And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken._ Ver. 23. _And it shall be to them as a false divination._] The Jews shall believe nothing, till wrath comes upon them to the utmost.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, [I say], that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand._ Ver. 24. _Because ye have made yo... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity [shall have] an end, Ver. 25. _And thou profane._] Or, Worthy to be wounded to death. _ Wicked prince._] Zedekiah, who now hath his own told him plainly by a prophet. See the like done, 1 Samuel 13:13 1 Kings 18:18 2 Kings... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this [shall] not [be] the same: exalt [him that is] low, and abase [him that is] high. Ver. 26. _Remove the diadem._] This was a fine linen cloth, wherewith the king's head used to be bound about, _a_ and then the crown was set on.... [ Continue Reading ]
I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no [more], until he come whose right it is; and I will give it [him]. Ver. 27. _I will overturn, overturn, overturn it._] _Curvam, curvam, curvam ponam eam,_ so the Tigurines translate. A crown there shall be still, but such as shall hang on... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword [is] drawn: for the slaughter [it is] furbished, to consume because of the glittering: Ver. 28. _Concerning the Ammonites._] Who had likewise... [ Continue Reading ]
Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of [them that are] slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity [shall have] an end. Ver. 29. _To bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain._] To deal inhumanly with the dead, o... [ Continue Reading ]
Shall I cause [it] to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. Ver. 30. _Shall I cause it to return?_] No, but it shall still eat your flesh and drink your blood, till none remaineth. _ In the land of thy nativity._] In thine own... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, [and] skilful to destroy. Ver. 31. _Into the hand of brutish men._] Or, Of burning men, _Ardelionum, artificum perditionis._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no [more] remembered: for I the LORD have spoken [it]._ Ver. 32. _Thou shalt be no more remembered._] _a_ The Ammonites were so rooted out by the Medes and Persians, that besides what we find in the Bibl... [ Continue Reading ]