THE ELEVENTH YEAR. The month not given; but see Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 52:4. See note on Ezekiel 30:20. Jerusalem fell probably in the fifth month, after the fall but before the destruction in that year of the Temple (2 Kings 25:8). Compare Ezekiel 26:2. This prophecy _began_ to be fulfilled then,... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. TYRUS. Tyre, the city. Now, _es Sur,_ Hebrew, _tzur_. a rock, PEOPLE. peoples. SHE IS TURNED: i.e. the tide of her traffic.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah_. See note on Ezekiel 2:4 BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TOP OF. ROCK. a bare rock.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MIDST OF THE SEA. Tyre was on. promontory spreading out into the sea. SAITH THE LORD GOD. [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle,... [ Continue Reading ]
NEBUCHADREZZAR. Occurs thus spelled four times in this book (here; Ezekiel 29:18; Ezekiel 29:19. and Ezekiel 30:10). See note on Daniel 1:1. COMPANIES. a gathered host.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAUGHTERS WHICH ARE IN THE FIELD. her daughter cities and towns inland.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENGINES OF WAR. battering rams. Occurs only here. AXES. weapon... [ Continue Reading ]
GARRISONS. or, pillars. Seen in vast numbers in the ruins to-day.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU. The 1611 edition of tho Authorized Version reads "they". be built no more. Zidon's fate has boon different. Its extinction was not prophesied. See Ezekiel 28:20. THE LORD. The Syriac and Vulgate, with some codices, and two early printed editions, omit "Jehovah" here.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISLES. coastlands, or maritime countries.... [ Continue Reading ]
TREMBLING. Hebrew, plural. a great trembling.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE UP. raise. A LAMENTATION. a dirge. THAT WAST INHABITED OF SEAFARING MEN: or, that west an abode from the seas. The Syriac _kataluo_ means _to lodge_, and is the rendering of Hebrew. _yashab_ in Numbers 25:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESCEND INTO THE PIT. The people of Tyre are meant, as joining those who were dead and buried. AND. SHALL SET GLORY. This is either. parenthetical contrast referring to Jerusalem (with which the prophecy begins, Ezekiel 26:2), or we may read, with Septuagint, "nor yet arise", &c, completing the end... [ Continue Reading ]