Ezekiel 12:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. REBELLIOUS. perverse. See note on Ezekiel 2:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
STUFF. vessels, or baggage. REMOVING: i.e. for captivity.... [ Continue Reading ]
AT EVEN. The sign (Ezekiel 12:11) that the prince (Zedekiah) would try to escape by night (2 Kings 25:4.Jeremiah 39:4; Jeremiah 39:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
DIG THOU THROUGH THE WALL. The sign (Ezekiel 12:2) that Zedekiah would do this "betwixt the walls" (2 Kings 25:4.Jeremiah 39:4; Jeremiah 39:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
COVER THY FACE. The sign (Ezekiel 12:11) that Zedekiah would disguise himself. THE GROUND. the land: i.e. the land Zedekish was going forth from and would never see again. Hebrew. _eth haerez._ A SIGN. Hebrew. _'oth._ Compare Genesis 1:14. Divine portents as to things that were to come.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as, CAPTIVITY. See notes on Ezekiel 12:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4, BURDEN CONEERNETH THE PRINCE (i.e. Zedekiah). Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6), for emphasis. Hebrew. _hannasi hammassa._ Eng. "this grief [concerneth] the chief... [ Continue Reading ]
MY NET, &c.: i.e. the Chaldean army which overtook Zedekish. NOT SEE IT. The Figure of speech _Amphibologia,_ or _AEnigma (App-6),_ as in Jeremiah 34:3. The explanation is given in 2 Kings 25:7, and Jeremiah 39:7; Jeremiah 1:52; Jeremiah 39:11. Zedekish was taken to Babylon, but he never saw it, th... [ Continue Reading ]
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach,_ App-9. draw out the sword, &c. See note on Ezekiel 5:2; Ezekiel 5:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL KNOW. See note on Ezekiel 6:10. I SHALL SCATTER THEM. Ref to Pent, (Leviticus 26:33.Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 28:64). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL LEAVE, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:27). MEN. Hebrew, plural of enosh. App-14. FROM. Some codices, with four early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and from", which em phasises the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), to enhance the completeness of... [ Continue Reading ]
OF THE INHABITANTS. to the inhabitants. THE LAND, &c.. concerning the land, &c. Hebrew admath. See note on Ezekiel 11:17. HER. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "their". ALL. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version omitted this "all".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CITIES... SHALL BE LAID WASTE. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:31). App-92. YE SHALL KNOW, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. PROVERB. See the Structure, "i", on p. 1119. PROLONGED: i.e. protracted, or postponed.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE AT HAND. The fulfilment took place five years later. EFFECT. word: i.e. the [fulfilled] word, meaning, or purpose.... [ Continue Reading ]
VAIN VISION. Compare Lamentations 2:14. HOUSE. Some codices, with one early printed edition (Rabbinic in margin), Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "sons".... [ Continue Reading ]
PROLONGED: i.e. delayed, or deferred. WITH THE LORD. [isj Adonai Jehovah's oracle.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterisnaos._ App-6,... [ Continue Reading ]