THE SIXTH YEAR, &c. See table on p. 1105. FIFTH. Some codices read "first". THE ELDERS OF JUDAH: i.e. of' the Jewish colony at Tel. Abib (Ezekiel 3:15). THE HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. THE LORD GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
LO. _Figure of speech Asteriemos._ App-6. FIRE. a man. So the Septuagint, reading "ish (App-14) instead of. _esh_. fire.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SPIRIT. Probably an angel. See below. Heb, _ruach_. App-9. ME. Emph.: i.e. Ezekiel himself, as Philip. Compare 1 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 2:16; Acts 8:39; 2 Corinthians 12:2; 2 Corinthians 12:4.Revelation 1:10; Revelation 4:2; Revelation 17:3. Rev 17:21,... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. THE GLORY, &c. See note on Ezekiel 1:28. THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Isaiah 29:23, PLAIN. valley. SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEEST THOU... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. ABOMINATIONS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the idols and the sin of idolatry which Jehovah abominated. THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. See note on Exodus 16:31. I SHOULD GO FAR OFF. Literally to. removal far away: i.e. that th... [ Continue Reading ]
A. one: i.e.. single, or certain; as _though_ it were mysterious or remarkable.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABOMINABLE. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 7 and Leviticus 11). Elsewhere only in Isaiah 66:17. App-92. BEASTS. This animal. worship was part of Egyptian idolatry. IDOLS. manufactured gods.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVENTY. The number of the elders. See Numbers 11:18; 2 Chronicles 19:8; Jeremiah 26:17, MEN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. ANCIENTS. elders. Contrast Exodus 24:1, &c. JAAZANIAH. His father, Shaphan, had taken part in Josiah's reformation (2 Kings 22:8, &c.) Two of his sons were friendly to Jeremiah (_A... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE DARK. This was. special feature of this animal idolatry. THE LORD SEETH US NOT: or, there is no Jehovah seeing us. Compare Ezekiel 9:9. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAMMUZ. With Art. An idol personifying vegetable and animal life, worshipped in Phoenicia and Babylonia.... [ Continue Reading ]
BETWEEN THE PORCH AND THE ALTAR. The place appointed for the priests. FIVE AND TWENTY. The number of the heads of the twenty-four courses of the priests. THEIR BACKS TOWARD THE TEMPLE. Because their faces were toward the sun-rising. WORSHIPPED THE SUN. This form of idolatry seen as early as Job 31... [ Continue Reading ]
THE. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "all the". LO. Figure of speech _Asterismce._ App-6. THE BRANCH. the Asherah (App-42), represented by. branch out to. certain shape. THEIR. This is one of the eighteen emendations of the Sepherim (App-33), by which they record their chang... [ Continue Reading ]
MINE EYE. MINE EARS. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 13:8). App-92. See Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 7:4; Ezekiel 7:9; Ezekiel 9:5. and compare Jeremiah 21:7. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]