And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause [it] to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the [hair]. Ver. 1. _And thou, son of man._] See on Ezekiel 2:1 . _ Take thee a sharp knife._] This was the King of Bab... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, [and] smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. Ver. 2. _Thou shalt burn with fire... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. Ver. 3. _Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number._] A remnant is still reserved, "that the Lord God may dwell among men." Psa 68:18 See Jeremiah 44:28 2 Kings 25:12 Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 6:10 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; [for] thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel. Ver. 4. _Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire._] Thus "evil shall hunt a wicked man to overthrow him"; Psa 1... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This [is] Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries [that are] round about her. Ver. 5. _This is Jerusalem,_] _i.e., _ This head and beard so to be shaved. Eze 5:1 By the hair of the head some think the wise men of that city are figured out, and by... [ Continue Reading ]
And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that [are] round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them. Ver. 6. _And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness._] This was a fou... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that [are] round about you, [and] have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that [are] round about you; Ver. 7. _Because ye multiplied,_]... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, [am] against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. Ver. 8. _Behold, I, even I, am against thee._] Whether thou wilt believe it or not. Thou boldest it unlikely, but shalt find it true, and that I am v... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. Ver. 9. _And I will do in thee that which I have not done._] None shall suffer so much here or sink so deep in hell, as a profane Jew, a carnal gospeller, who is there... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. Ver. 10. _Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons._] See this fulfilled in the pitiful mothers... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish [thee]; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. Ver. 11. _Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lo... [ Continue Reading ]
A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. Ver. 12. _A third part of thee, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken [it] in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. Ver. 13. _Then shall mine anger be accomplished._] God is then said to be angry when... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that [are] round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. Ver. 14. _Moreover, I will make thee waste._] In _ariditatem,_ a dry and barren wilderness, whose fruitfulness and pleasantness is so much celebrated, not only by divine,... [ Continue Reading ]
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that [are] round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken [it]. Ver. 15. _So it shall be a reproach and taunt._] See this fulfille... [ Continue Reading ]
_When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for [their] destruction, [and] which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:_ Ver. 16. _When I shall send upon you the evil arrows of famine._] Not to warn you, as... [ Continue Reading ]
So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken [it]. Ver. 17. _Evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee._] Rob thee of thy children, destroy thy cattle, make... [ Continue Reading ]