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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 24 - Introduction

XXIV.

On the exact day on which Nebuchadnezzar invested Jerusalem the fact was revealed to the prophet in Chaldæa, and he was commanded to declare the fate of the city by a parable (Ezekiel 24:3). Afterwards the sudden death of his wife was foretold, and he was forbidden to make any outward sign of mourning, that by this symbolical act he might further instruct the people (Ezekiel 24:15). At the close of the chapter he is told that the fall of the city will be announced to him by a fugitive, and after that he shall again prophesy to the people (Ezekiel 24:25).

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See also Ezekiel 24 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    In Ezekiel 24, Ezekiel is commissioned to announce to his fellow-exiles that the destruction of Jerusalem, so long foretold, was now in course of execution, that the siege had actually begun. This he...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The rusted caldron set upon the coals The passage, of date Jan. 587, is the prophet's last oracle against Jerusalem. It consists of two parts: First, Ezekiel 24:1. A parable of a rusted caldron set...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _UNDER THE PARABLE OF A BOILING POT IS SHEWED THE IRRECOVERABLE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. BY THE SIGN OF EZEKIEL NOT MOURNING FOR THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE IS SHEWED THE CALAMITY OF THE JEWS TO BE BEYOND...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. Why does Ezekiel refer to Jerusalem as a bloody city? 2. How would the Jews come to be _defiled of name?_ 3. What examples of lewdness in Jerusalem does Ezekiel cite? 4. Wh...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 24 Is this chapter the destruction of the city and temple of Jerusalem is prophesied of; the former under the parable of a boiling pot; the latter is represented by the sudden...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * The fate of Jerusalem. (1-14) The extent of the sufferings of the Jews. (15-27)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 24 THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM COMES AT LAST! Some of those who had listened to Ezekiel must have thought, as time went by and nothing happened, that he was being proved to be a false prophet...

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