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, Ver. 1. _Again in the ninth year._] Of Jehoiakim's captivity, Eze 1:2 three years before the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.... [ 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. Ver. 2. _This same day._] Ezekiel in Mesopotamia is told by God, and telleth others the very day that Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem. 2Ki 25:1 _Jeremiah 39:1... [ 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:_ Ver. 3. _Set on a pot._] _Deus cum propheta loquitur tanquam cum coquo:_ anything to make them sensible of their danger, and the destruction of their... [ Continue Reading ]
Gather the pieces thereof into it, [even] every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill [it] with the choice bones. Ver. 4. _Gather the pieces thereof into it._] Let people of all sorts flock into the city for safety sake, that there, as in a pot, they may be boiled by a long siege, and have... [ 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. Ver. 5. _Take the choice of the flock._] The king and his peers. _ And burn also the bones._] The dry bones, the common people, for these will burn like wood. _ An... [ 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. Ver. 6. _Woe to the bloody city,_] _i.e., _ Blood guilty, and full of crimes capital that call for blood. _ To... [ 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; Ver. 7. _For her blood is in the midst of her._] She careth not who knows of her murders and oppressions. He seemeth to allude to that law, that blood being let out of... [ 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. Ver. 8. _I have set her blood upon the top of a rock._] _a_ Where it will be seen afar off and for a long time. As her sin was _in propatulo,_ in open view, so, to cry... [ Continue Reading ]
_Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great._ Ver. 9. _Woe to the bloody city._] See Nah 3:1 Habakkuk 2:12 . _ I will even make the pile for fire great._] They shall undergo a long and sore siege.... [ Continue Reading ]
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. Ver. 10. _Heap on wood, &c._] See on Ezekiel 24:3 . _ And spice it well._] Vulgate, _Coquatur tota compositio; _ let the whole composition be boiled, till all the virtue be boiled out; a metaphor from... [ 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. Ver. 11. _That the brass of it may be hot, and may burn._] This Gregory _a_ fitly applieth to Rome, taken and wasted 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._ Ver. 12. _She hath wearied herself with lies._] With seeking and trusting to lying vanities, creature comforts. Others render it, She hath wearied me with lies - _i.e., _ With fals... [ 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. Ver. 13. _In thy filthiness is lewdness,_] _i.e., _ Thou art desperately stiff and stubborn; thy disease is com... [ 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. Ver. 14. _I the Lord have spoken it._] And you may write upon it, _... [ Continue Reading ]
Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 15. _Also the word of the Lord._] See Ezekiel 18:1 .... [ 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. Ver. 16. _Behold, I take from thee the desire of thine eyes,_] _i.e., _ Thy wife, who is _impendio dilecta et visu pergratiosa,_ thy dearly belo... [ 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._ Ver. 17. _Forbear to cry._] Heb., Be silent, and so suffocate thy sorrows; _Ne plangas, ne plores._ Not as if the dead... [ 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. Ver. 18. _And at even my wife died._] Though a good woman probably, and to the prophet a great comfort, the sweet companion of his life and miseries, yet she died suddenly, and by some... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these [things are] to us, that thou doest [so]? Ver. 19. _Wilt thou not tell us._] They well knew that there was something in it more than ordinary, for the prophet was no stoic, but sensible enough of what he suffered.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 20. _Then I answered them._] The prophet was ready to tell them the true meaning of all; so should ministers be. See Job 33:23. _See Trapp on "_ Job 33:23 _"_... [ 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. Ver. 21. _Behold, I will profane my s... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover [your] lips, nor eat the bread of men. Ver. 22. _And ye shall do as I have done._] Your grief shall be above tears, you shall be so overgone with it; besides you shall have neither leisure nor leave of your enemies to bewail your losses, &c. _ Ye... [ 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. Ver. 23. _But ye shall pine away for your iniquities._] _Non tam stupidi prae maestitia, quam prae malitia stipites._ _a_... [ 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. Ver. 24. _Thus Ezekiel is unto you a son._] _Portentum; _ portending no good to you. Whether he were made dumb till these things were fulfilled, as some gat... [ 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, Ver. 25. _When I take from them their strength._] Their kingdom, temple, all. _ And... [ Continue Reading ]
Ezekiel 24:26 [That] he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause [thee] to hear [it] with [thine] ears? Ver. 26. _To cause thee to hear it,_] viz., The performance of that which now thou fortellest, but canst not be believed, till experience, the mistress of fools, hath better taugh... [ 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. Ver. 27. _In that day shall thy mouth be opened._] Meanwhile make use of a sacred silence, wait till a new prophecy... [ Continue Reading ]