And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 1. _And the word of the Lord came unto me._] Junius observeth that this and the two following prophecies, viz., those in Ezekiel 7:1,27; Ezekiel 8:1,18, were delivered on the Sabbath day; that is the proper season for preaching.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, Ver. 2. _Set thy face toward the mountains of Israel,_] _i.e., _ The Jews, who are haughty, and hard as mountains, who are _asperi et inculti,_ rough and rude, as mountaineers use to be. In Mount Olivet itself, besi... [ Continue Reading ]
And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, [even] I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. Ver. 3. _Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon y... [ Continue Reading ]
And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain [men] before your idols. Ver. 4. _Your images shall be broken down._] Heb., Your sun images, whence also Jupiter Hammon had his name, which Macrobius _a_ saith was the same with the sun. See 2 Chroni... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. Ver. 5. _And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel, &c._] That in the very places where they have sinned there they may suffer. So in the valley of... [ Continue Reading ]
In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. Ver. 6. _In all your dwelling places._] _... [ Continue Reading ]
And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD. Ver. 7. _And ye shall know that I am the Lord._] That I am _dicti mei Dominus,_ one that will be as good as my word. So shall all, not idolaters only, but broachers of heresies also, _quae furore et foetere cultor... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have [some] that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. Ver. 8. _Yet will I leave a remnant._] For royal use. See on Ezekiel 5:3 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have... [ Continue Reading ]
_And they shall know that I [am] the LORD, [and that] I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them._ Ver. 10. _And they shall know._] By woeful experience. He that trembleth not in sinning shall be crushed to pieces in feeling, said blessed Bradford. _ And that I have not said in va... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. Ver. 11. _Thus saith the Lord God._] _Sic ait Dominator Dominus._ Smite with thine ha... [ Continue Reading ]
He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them. Ver. 12. _He that is far off shall die of the pestilence._] _Pluribus verbis hunc locum tractat._ Oin... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall ye know that I [am] the LORD, when their slain [men] shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols. Ver. 13... [ Continue Reading ]
So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD. Ver. 14. _Than the wilderness toward Diblath._] Which was _horriditate nobile,_ bordering upon that terribl... [ Continue Reading ]