The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, A REBELLIOUS HOUSE, WHICH HAVE EYES TO SEE, AND SEE NOT ... EARS TO HEAR, AND HEAR NOT - fulfilling the prophecy of , "Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day," here quoted by Ezekiel (c... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house. PREPARE THEE STUFF FOR REMOVING - rather, 'an exile's outfit;' the... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. BRING FORTH THY STUFF BY DAY - in broad daylight, when all can see thee. THOU SHALT GO FORTH AT EVEN - not contradicting the... [ Continue Reading ]
Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. DIG THOU THROUGH THE WALL IN THEIR SIGHT. As Zedekiah was to escape like one digging through a wall, furtively to effect an escape (). CARRY OUT - namely, "thy stuff" (). THEREBY - by the opening in the wall. Zedekiah escaped ... [ Continue Reading ]
In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel. CARRY IT FORTH IN THE TWILIGHT - rather, 'in the dark.' So the English version rightly in Gen... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I DID SO AS I WAS COMMANDED: I BROUGHT FORTH MY STUFF BY DAY, AS STUFF FOR CAPTIVITY, AND IN THE EVEN I DIGGED THROUGH THE WALL WITH MINE HAND; I BROUGHT IT FORTH IN THE TWILIGHT, AND I BARE IT UPON MY SHOULDER IN THEIR SIGHT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou? HATH NOT THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL ... SAID UNTO THEE, WHAT DOEST THOU? They ask not in a docile spirit, but making a jest of his proceedings.... [ Continue Reading ]
Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them. THIS BURDEN - i:e., weighty oracle [ masaa' (H4853)]. CONCERNETH THE PRINCE. The very man Zedekiah in whom they trust for safety is to be the chief suffe... [ Continue Reading ]
Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity. SIGN - portent of evil to come (; , margin, 'men of wonder,' or "sign"). Fulfilled (2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 52:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes. THE PRINCE THAT IS AMONG THEM - literally, that is in the midst of them, i:... [ Continue Reading ]
My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. MY NET ALSO WILL I SPREAD UPON HIM - the Chaldean army. He shall be inextricably entangled in it, as in the mes... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. I WILL SCATTER TOWARD EVERY WIND ALL THAT ARE ABOUT HIM - his satellites; his body-guard. ALL HIS BANDS - literally, the wings of an army (). I WILL DRAW OUT... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD, WHEN I SHALL SCATTER THEM AMONG THE NATIONS, AND DISPERSE THEM IN THE COUNTRIES._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD. I WILL LEAVE A FEW MEN OF THEM ... THAT THEY MAY DECLARE ALL THEIR ABOMINATIONS A... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; EAT THY BREAD WITH QUAKING, AND DRINK THY WATER WITH TREMBLING. Symbolical representation of the famine and fear with which they should eat their scanty morsel in their exile, and especially at the s... [ Continue Reading ]
And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them... [ Continue Reading ]
And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. THE CITIES THAT ARE INHABITED - left in Judea after the destruction of Jerusalem.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? WHAT IS THAT PROVERB? The infidel scoff, that the threatened judgment was so long in coming it would not come at all had, by frequent repetition, come to be a "proverb" w... [ Continue Reading ]
Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. THE DAYS ARE AT HAND, AND THE EFFECT OF EVERY VISION - "the effect," literally, the word... [ Continue Reading ]
For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. THERE SHALL BE NO MORE ANY VAIN VISION NOR FLATTERING DIVINATION - all those false prophets () who 'flattered' the people with promises of peace and safety shall be detected and confounded by the eve... [ Continue Reading ]
For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD. THE WORD THAT I SHALL SPEAK SHALL COME TO PASS - in opposition to their scoff, "Th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AGAIN THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL SAY, THE VISION THAT HE SEETH IS FOR MANY DAYS TO COME, AND HE PROPHESIETH OF THE TIMES THAT ARE FAR OFF. Not a mere repet... [ Continue Reading ]