ANOTHER INDICTMENT OF JERUSALEM The various religious and social evils that prevail in the city are recited (Ezekiel 22:1). Their coming punishment is then predicted, first in direct terms (Ezekiel 22:13), and next under the figure of a smelting furnace (Ezekiel 22:17). Lastly, all classes in Jerus... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BLOODY CITY] referring to those unjustly put to death by the wicked rulers of Jerusalem: so in Ezekiel 22:3; Ezekiel 22:6; Ezekiel 22:12; Ezekiel 22:27 see also Ezekiel 11:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
MUCH VEXED] RV 'full of tumult.'... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THEIR POWER] RV 'according to his power.'... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE SMITTEN MINE HAND] God's gesture of indignation.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE THINE INHERITANCE] RV 'be profaned.'... [ Continue Reading ]
DROSS] the baser metals from which silver has to be purified. 19-22. Jerusalem will be heated like a furnace for smelting silver, and all that it contains will be melted in the fire of God's wrath. Though silver is mentioned in Ezekiel 22:20; Ezekiel 22:22, it is not suggested that any of the preci... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT RAINED UPON] not blessed with fertilising showers. 28, 30. The same figures as in Ezekiel 13:5; Ezekiel 13:10.... [ Continue Reading ]