Ezekiel 28:1
_THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME AGAIN UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME AGAIN UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: BECAUSE ... Repeated resumpti... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: BEHOLD, THOU ART WISER THAN DANIEL. Ezekiel ironically alludes to Ithbaal's overweening opinion of the wisdom of himself and the Tyrians, as though superior to that of Daniel, whose fame had reached even Tyre as... [ Continue Reading ]
_WITH THY WISDOM AND WITH THINE UNDERSTANDING THOU HAST GOTTEN THEE RICHES, AND HAST GOTTEN GOLD AND SILVER INTO THY TREASURES:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: BY THY GREAT WISDOM ... HAST THOU INCREASED THY RICHES, AND THINE HEART IS LIFTED UP BECAUSE OF THY RICHES - (, "If riches increase, set not your heart upon them").... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; BECAUSE THOU HAST SET THINE HEART AS THE HEART OF GOD. Resumptive of .... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. THEREFORE - apodosis or consequent member of the sentence; the protasis or antecedent member is in ; . I WIL... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. THEY SHALL BRING THEE DOWN TO THE PIT - i:e., the bottom of the sea; the image being that of one conquered in a sea-fight. AND THOU SHALT DIE THE DEATHS - plural, as various ki... [ Continue Reading ]
Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. WILT THOU YET SAY BEFORE HIM THAT SLAYETH THEE, I AM GOD? - i:e., wilt thou still say; referring to , "thou hast said, I am a god." BUT THOU SHALT BE A MAN, AND... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. THOU SHALT DIE THE DEATHS OF THE UNCIRCUMCISED - i:e., such a death as the uncircumcised or godless pagan deserve, and perhaps, also, such as the uncircumcised inflict; a great igno... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. THOU SEALEST UP THE SUM - literally, 'Thou art the one sealing the sum of perfection.' A thing is sealed when completed (Daniel 9:2... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carb... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. THOU ART THE ANOINTED CHERUB. Gesenius translates [ mimshach (H4473), from an Aramaic root, maashach (H4886)], 'extended ch... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. THOU WAST PERFECT IN THY WAYS - prosperous (Grotius), and having no defect. So Hiram was a sample of the Tyrian monarch in his early days of wisdom and prosperity, (, etc.) TILL INIQUITY WAS FOU... [ Continue Reading ]
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. BY THE MULTITUDE OF THY MERCHANDISE THEY... [ Continue Reading ]
Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. THOU HAST CORRUPTED THY WISDOM BY REASON OF THY BRIGHTNESS - thy splendour. I WILL LAY THEE BEFO... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. THOU HAST DEFILED TH... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THEY THAT KNOW THEE AMONG THE PEOPLE SHALL BE ASTONISHED AT THEE: THOU SHALT BE A TERROR, AND NEVER SHALT THOU BE ANY MORE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it, SET THY FACE AGAINST ZIDON - famous for its fishery (from a root [ tsuwd (H6679)], 'to fish'); and afterward for its wide-extended commerce: its artistic elegance was proverbial. Founded by Canaan's first-born (Genesis 10:15). Tyre... [ Continue Reading ]
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her. THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD, WHEN I SHALL HAVE EXECUTED... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR I WILL SEND INTO HER PESTILENCE, AND BLOOD INTO HER STREETS; AND THE WOUNDED SHALL BE JUDGED IN THE MIDST OF HER BY THE SWORD UPON HER ON EVERY SIDE; AND THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. THERE SHALL BE NO MORE A PRICKING BRIER UNTO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL - as the idolatrous nations left in Canaa... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. WHEN I SHALL HAVE GATHERED THE HOUSE OF IS... [ Continue Reading ]