Ezekiel 13:1
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. AGAINST. concerning. Some codices, and the special reading called Sevir (App-34), with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "against". THE PROPHETS. See the Structure, "M", above. The reference is to the false prophets of Israel. Compare Jeremiah 5:30; Jeremia... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4. foolish. Hebrew. _nabel._ See note on Proverbs 1:7. THEIR OWN SPIRIT. Not the Holy Spirit. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _roach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOXES. jackals. DESERTS. ruins.... [ Continue Reading ]
GAPS. breaches. HEDGE. fence or wall of. vineyard (Numbers 22:24. PSA. Eze 80:12.Isaiah 5:5; Isaiah 5:5). SAYING,. THE LORD SAINT ' = saying [it] is Jehovah's oracle. THEY WOULD CONFIRM THE WORD. their word would be confirmed.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH IT; ALBEIT, &c.. solemn warning as to some of the changes made in tbe Vulgate versions. Compare Ezekiel 2:5; Jeremiah 23:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH THE LORD GOD. [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASSEMBLY. secret council. WRITING. register. LAND. soil. Hebrew. _'admath._ See note on Ezekiel 11:17. YE SHALL KNOW, &c. This _formula_ occurs only here, Ezekiel 23:49. and Ezekiel 24:24 (not the same as Ezekiel 13:14; Ezekiel 6:7, &c.)... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE, EVEN BECAUSE. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6. ONE BUILT. be: i.e. one. a false prophet. A WALL. the outer wall of. house. LO. Fig, _Asteriemos._ App-6. OTHERS: i.e. the false prophets. Compare Ezekiel 13:16. DAUBED. coated, UNTEMPERED MORTAR. whitewash. Compare Mat 28:29. Acts 23:3... [ Continue Reading ]
SHOWER. rain. Compare Matthew 7:25; Matthew 7:27. WIND. Hebrew ruach. App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT. Feminine, referring to _ruach_ (the wind in Ezekiel 13:11), YE SHALL KNOW,&c. See note on Ezekiel 6:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
VISIONS. a vision. PEACE. Reference to meaning of the word Jerusalem.... [ Continue Reading ]
SET THY FACE AGAINST, &c. This required Divine courage on the part of Ezekiel. Compare Ezekiel 14:8; Ezekiel 20:46; Ezekiel 21:2; Ezekiel 29:2. Eze 29:38, Ezekiel 29:2. THEIR OWN HEART. Compare verses: Ezekiel 13:2; Ezekiel 13:3 and. similar transition from men to women in Isaiah 3:16;... [ Continue Reading ]
SEW PILLOWS TO ALL ARMHOLES. sew together coverings upon all the joints of My hands: i.e. hide from the People the hands of Jehovah lifted up and stretched forth in judgment (Isaiah 26:11; Isaiah 5:2; Isaiah 5:10). PILLOWS coverings for purposes of concealment. Hebrew. _Kesathoth_ (occurs only here... [ Continue Reading ]
TO SLAY, &c. to prophesy (falsely) that they should be slain. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject). App-6. TO SAVE, &c.. to promise life to those who should not live. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6. YOUR. Masculine suffix, indicating unwomanly character.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. FLY. escape. I WILL TEAR. So that these wraps could be torn away.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUR. Feminine suffix.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RIGHTEOUS. a righteous one. THE WICKED. a lawless one. Hebrew. _rasha._ App-44. HIS WICKED WAY. his wrong way. Heb _raa_. App-44. BY... LIFE. Here the Figures in Ezekiel 13:20 are translated. LIFE. Continuance in life: i.e. escape from the judgments announced by Jehovah.... [ Continue Reading ]