Ezekiel 19:1
PRINCES. Septuagint reads"prince"(singular) Here refers to Zedekiah. ISRAEL. Put _here_ for Judah. See note on 1 Kings 12:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRINCES. Septuagint reads"prince"(singular) Here refers to Zedekiah. ISRAEL. Put _here_ for Judah. See note on 1 Kings 12:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY MOTHER. Probably Hamutal, one of the wives of Josiah, the mother of Shallum (or Jehoahaz) and Zedekiah (2 Kings 23:31 and Ezekiel 24:18). The other son of Josiah (Jehoiakim) had. different mother (Zebudah). See 2 Kings 23:36.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE OF HER WHELPS. Probably Jehoahaz (i.e. Shah lam), the youngest son of Josiah, is intended (1 Chronicles 3:15). CATCH. rend, MEN. Hebrew. _adam_. App-14,... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKEN IN THEIR PIT. As. lion is taken (Psalms 35:7; Psalms 94:13). THEY: i.e. Pharaoh. _necho_ (2 Kings 23:30; 2 Chronicles 36:1). Jeremiah laments his fate. See Jeremiah 22:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANOTHER OF HER WHELPS. Probably Jehoiakim, an other son of Josiah (2 Kings 23:36; 2 Chronicles 36:1). Hardly Jehoiachin, who reigned only three months (2 Kings 24:8). But Jehoiakim reigned eleven years, and his character corresponds with Ezekiel 19:7, here. See 2Ki 23:36. 2 Kings 24:1; Jeremiah 22:1... [ Continue Reading ]
KNEW THEIR DESOLATE PALACES. Aramaean and Septuagint read "injured or defiled his widows". KNEW. knew carnally. See 2 Chronicles 36:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN WARD IN CHAINS. in. cage with hooks (or hoops), as lions are represented on the monuments. See 2 Chronicles 36:5, and Jeremiah 22:13. KING. Some codices read "land".... [ Continue Reading ]
THY MOTHER. Another _Simile_. See the Structure (W, p. 1130). IN THY BLOOD: or, in thy vineyard (according to Dr. C. D. Ginsburg). WATERS. _Reference to_ Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 8:7). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach_. App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW, &c. Referring to Jeconiah and Ezekiel's own days (1, 3; and 2 Kings 24:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. ROD: or, of the rod: i.e. Zedekiah, who byhis perjury brought about the destruction of Jerusalem by fire,... [ Continue Reading ]