Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 1. _Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me._] Five or six years afore it happened. God loveth to foresignify, to forewarn, or ere he punish. Let us, upon whom the ends of the world are come, take warning, and think we hear the trump of Go... [ Continue Reading ]
Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land. Ver. 2. _An end, the end is come._] _Exitium et excidium._ Great kingdoms have their times and their turns, their rise and their ruin. The wicked's happiness will take... [ Continue Reading ]
Now [is] the end [come] upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations. Ver. 3. _Now is the end come upon thee._] Even upon thee, O Israel. Who would ever have thought it Lam 4:12 _ And I will send mi... [ Continue Reading ]
And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD. Ver. 4. _And mine eye shall not spare thee._] Ezekiel 5:11. See on Jeremiah 13:14 . _ And thine abomi... [ Continue Reading ]
An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. Ver. 6. _An end is come, the end is come._] Still the prophet ringeth this doleful knell in their ears, whom sin and Satan had cast into such a dead lethargy, that they could not easily be aroused. _Battologia est, sed neces... [ Continue Reading ]
The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble [is] near, and not the sounding again of the mountains. Ver. 7. _The morning is come unto thee._] _a_ The morning of execution (as Jer 21:12 Psa 101:8 cf. Hos 10:15 Gen 19:23-24), worse than the Si... [ Continue Reading ]
Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations. Ver. 8. _Now will I shortly pour out my fury._] See on Ezekiel 5:13 . _ And I will judge thee, &c._] See on Ezekiel... [ Continue Reading ]
And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations [that] are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD that smiteth. Ver. 9. _I will recompense._] The same as before. _Nunquam satis dicitur, quod nunquam sa... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. Ver. 10. _The morning is gone forth._] _Matutina sententia,_ The decree bringeth forth, _as _ Zep 2:2 _See Trapp on "_ Zep 2:2 _"_ The rod hath blossomed.] You have had your _floralia,_ good t... [ Continue Reading ]
Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them [shall remain], nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither [shall there be] wailing for them. Ver. 11. _Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness._] Their oppressions speak them most wicked, and will make them most wretched.... [ Continue Reading ]
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath [is] upon all the multitude thereof. Ver. 12. _The time is come, the day draweth near._] _Advenit illud tempus, pertigit ilia dies._ Let this voice ever sound in the ears of those negligent spirits wh... [ Continue Reading ]
For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision [is] touching the whole multitude thereof, [which] shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. Ver. 13. _For the seller shall not return,_] _scil., _ At the ye... [ Continue Reading ]
They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath [is] upon all the multitude thereof. Ver. 14. _They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready._] But all to no purpose, since God hath dispirited them (as he did the old Canaanites, the Saxons and P... [ Continue Reading ]
The sword [is] without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that [is] in the field shall die with the sword; and he that [is] in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. Ver. 15. _The sword is without, and the pestilence, &c._] No safety can be to such as are pursued by the divine... [ Continue Reading ]
But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. Ver. 16. _But they that escaped of them._] Here we have the mournful repentance of them that escaped, _Fere autem fit ut, malo demure accepto, oculos... [ Continue Reading ]
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak [as] water. Ver. 17. _All hands shall be feeble._] As after some grievous disease, or as in extreme cold weather, ye shall not be able to handle your arms, wherein ye so trust. God strengtheneth or weakeneth the arms of either party. Eze 30:24... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall also gird [themselves] with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame [shall be] upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. Ver. 18. _They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth._] They shall be a miserable mourning people for a long while. _ Horror shall cover them._... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity. Ver. 19... [ Continue Reading ]
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations [and] of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. Ver. 20. _As for the beauty of his ornament._] That is mine ark, saith Junius; or my silver and gold, Eze 7:10 as... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. Ver. 21. _And I will give it into the hands._] So he did the pleasant land to be plundered, the sanctuary also to be rifled and ransacked by the Babylonians, Syrians... [ Continue Reading ]
My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret [place]: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. Ver. 22. _My face will I turn also from them._] From the Chaldees, that they may spoil at pleasure; or from the Israelites, that they may perish without help. _ And the... [ Continue Reading ]
Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. Ver. 23. _Make a chain._] Which is an emblem of bondage. _ For the land is full of bloody crimes,_] _i.e., _ Capital crimes, unjust sentences, and other deadly evils.... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. Ver. 24. _Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen._] _Velut carnifices; _ who may plunder you to the life, and take... [ Continue Reading ]
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and [there shall be] none. Ver. 25. _Destruction cometh._] Not εξιλασμος ηκει, Mercy shall come, as the Septuagint ill render it, but utter excision, as when a weaver cutteth the web he hath finished out of the loom. Isa 38:12 _ They shall seek peace.... [ Continue Reading ]
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. Ver. 26. _Mischief shall come upon mischief._] _Aliud ex alio malum; _ I will heap mischiefs upon them. Deu 32:2... [ Continue Reading ]
The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD. Ver. 27. _The king shall mourn._] Pενθησ... [ Continue Reading ]