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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 21:19

Choose thou (RV 'mark out') a place] rather, 'grave a hand,' i.e. a sign-post. Nebuchadrezzar is imagined as halting at some point where the roads to Jerusalem and Rabbah (the capital of Ammon) diverge, and as consulting his oracles as to which way he shall take.

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See also Ezekiel 21:19 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 21:19. _APPOINT THEE TWO WAYS_] Set off from Babylon, and lay down two ways, either of which thou mayest take; that to the _right_, which leads to _Jerusalem_; or that to the _left_, wh...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The third word of judgment. The king of Babylon’s march upon Judaea and upon the Ammonites. Destruction is to go forth not on Judah only, but also on such neighboring tribes as the Ammonites (compare...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Ezekiel 21:1. A solemn message is given to the prophet: “Behold I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.” It was to b...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EZEKIEL 20:45 TO EZEKIEL 21:32. THE TERRIBLE SWORD OF NEBUCHADREZZAR. Here again, as shortly before (chs. 18f.), a piece of theological oratory is followed by a poem this time a wild irregular dithyra...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THAT THE SWORD... MAY COME. for the sword to come. BOTH TWAIN. the two ways. CHOOSE THOU. PLACE. grave. hand: i.e. set up a SIGN. post....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Ezekiel 20:45 to Ezekiel 21:32. The avenging sword of the Lord The passage Ezekiel 20:45-49 belongs to ch. 21 (as in Heb.). The time to which the chapter is to be assigned is the early period of Nebu...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    He who is, or who wields, the sword, the king of Babylon. The verses furnish the interpretation of the preceding passage. The prophet is commanded to represent a way which parts into two ways. At the...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _appoint thee two ways_ Or, _make_thee. The prophet is to make a representation of a way branching into two ways, i.e. the way from Babylon, which at a certain point parts into two, there being two po...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    APPOINT THEE TWO WAYS, &C.— _Appoint thee two roads for the king of Babylon's sword to come by: Let both go forth out of one land; and choose thou a way-mark: Choose it at the head of the road towards...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. The Sword of the King of Babylon 21:18-27 TRANSLATION (18) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (19) Now as for you, son of man, make for yourself two ways, that the sword of the king of...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    21:19 signpost, (a-35) Lit. 'form (hew out) a hand.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 21 * This chapter describes how the king of Babylon and his...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    APPOINT THEE TWO WAYS. — Or, _set before thee._ The prophet is directed to represent Nebuchadnezzar as about to go forth with his armies, and hesitating whether he should take first the road to Jerusa...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Ezekiel 21:24]_ וְ אַתָּ֨ה בֶן ־אָדָ֜ם שִׂים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE SWORD UNSHEATHED Ezekiel 21:1 THE date at the beginning of chapter 20 introduces the fourth and last section of the prophecies delivered before the destruction of Jerusalem. It also divides the f...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The commission was then repeated in terms of explanation. Ezekiel was to set his face against Jerusalem, and prophesy against the land of Israel, declaring that Jehovah would draw His sword out of its...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Also, thou son of man, mark (o) two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both [ways] shall come forth from one land: and choose thou a place, choose [it] at the head of the way to the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Perhaps by the two ways is intended the double attack which the king of Babylon made on Jerusalem and the chief city of the Ammonites; but concerning which, as this scripture represents, he stood unde...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 20 AND 21. Chapter 20 begins a new prophecy, which, with its subdivisions, continues to the end of chapter 23. It will have been remarked that the general div...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    ALSO THOU, SON OF MAN, APPOINT THEE TWO WAYS, THAT THE SWORD OF THE KING OF BABYLON MAY COME,.... Describe or draw out upon a table or tile, as in Ezekiel 4:1, or on the ground, two roads, such as are...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose [it] at the head of the way t...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Appoint thee two ways_ So as to represent them to the eyes of thy countrymen: see Ezekiel 4:1; “Designa in tabella, lapide, aut terra.” _Mark on a map, a stone, or on the earth._ Vatablus. _That the...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SWORD OF BABYLON UPON JUDAH AND UPON AMMON...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, by means of a drawing or map showing a road branching off in two directions, THAT THE SWORD OF THE KING OF BABYLON MAY COME, as his armies advanced to the...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    18-27 By the Spirit of prophecy Ezekiel foresaw Nebuchadnezzar's march from Babylon, which he would determine by divination. The Lord would overturn the government of Judah, till the coming of Him wh...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    APPOINT; paint, mark out, or describe on the or tablet, as EZEKIEL 4:1, two roads, and set it before thy countrymen in Babylon, and let them know that the arms and sword of Nebuchadnezzar are designed...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 21:19 son H1121 man H120 appoint H7760 (H8798) two H8147 ways H1870 sword H2719 king H4428 Babylon

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SWORD OF THE KING OF BABYLON. ‘The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying, “Also you son of man, appoint two ways that the sword of the king of Babylon may come. Those two shall come forth out o...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Parable of the sighing prophet, and of the sword of God. No king for Israel until Messiah comes to reign. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Ezekiel, King of Babylon. CONCLUSION: When the sword is u...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ezekiel 21:2. _Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places._ In the Latin bibles, this chapter begins at 21:45 of the preseding, which preserves unity in the su...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 21:18 In v. Ezekiel 21:11 the sword was committed to the “hand of the slayer,” identified here as THE KING OF BABYLON. Ezekiel performs

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    EXEGETICAL NOTES.—(Ezekiel 21:18). The sword of the king of Babylon will smite Jerusalem, and then the Ammonites. Ezekiel 21:19. “APPOINT THEE TWO WAYS, THAT THE SWORD OF THE KING OF BABYLON MAY COME....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 21:2, EZEKIEL 21:3 The opening words, reproducing those of Ezekiel 20:46, indicate that the interpretation of that parable is coming. So the

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Ezekiel 21, the twenty-first chapter of Ezekiel. Now the prophets of God were often very colorful persons. And because people would not always listen to the Word of...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 4:1; Ezekiel 5:1; Jeremiah 1:10...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Appoint — Paint, or describe them on a tile. One land — That is, Babylon. Chuse — Pitch on some convenient place, where thou mayest place Nebuchadnezzar's army, consulting where this one way divides i...

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