Ezekiel 24:1
THE NINTH YEAR.. THE TENTH MONTH] January-February, 587 b.c. For the date see 2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 52:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NINTH YEAR.. THE TENTH MONTH] January-February, 587 b.c. For the date see 2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 52:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ALLEGORY OF THE BOILING CALDRON. EZEKIEL'S BEREAVEMENT AND SIGNIFICANT SILENCE This prophecy is dated on the day on which the siege of Jerusalem began. Ezekiel is commanded by God to note the date, and to speak to the exiles a final parable of the city's coming fate. Jerusalem is a rusty pot fi... [ Continue Reading ]
POT] RV 'caldron': so in Ezekiel 24:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
BURN.. THE BONES, etc.] We must read either with RV 'pile.. the bones under it '(the flesh), or. 'burn.. the wood under it '(the caldron). The bones were in the pot, not below it.... [ Continue Reading ]
SCUM] RV 'rust': so in Ezekiel 24:11; Ezekiel 24:12. LET NO LOT FALL] The meat was, to be taken out indiscriminately.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TOP OF A ROCK] RV 'the bare rock.' Jerusalem's bloodshed was open and unconcealed.... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE SET] What was mere shameless wickedness on Jerusalem's part was yet the working out of God's purpose of judgment.... [ Continue Reading ]
KINDLE] RV 'make hot.' CONSUME] RV 'boil well.' SPICE IT WELL] RV 'make thick the broth.' BURNED] not in the fire, but singed in the pot by the intense heat of the cooking.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH LIES, AND] RV 'with toil, yet.'... [ Continue Reading ]
CAUSED.. TO REST] RV 'satisfied.'... [ Continue Reading ]
Loosening the head-dress, baring the feet, and covering the lips, were signs of mourning (Leviticus 10:6; 2 Samuel 15:30).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BREAD OF MEN] probably food offered by sympathising friends. See Jeremiah 16:7 (RV).... [ Continue Reading ]
PINE.. MOURN (RV 'moan')] The sorrow of the exiles for the fate of Jerusalem would be tearless and inarticulate, like Ezekiel's sorrow for his wife.... [ Continue Reading ]
See Jeremiah 33:22.... [ Continue Reading ]