Ezekiel 7:1
_MOREOVER THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land. AN END, THE END IS COME. The indefinite "an" expresses the general fact of God bringing His long-suffering toward the whole of Judea to an end; "the," following, mar... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW IS THE END COME UPON THEE, AND I WILL SEND MINE ANGER UPON THEE, AND WILL JUDGE THEE ACCORDING TO THY WAYS, AND WILL RECOMPENSE UPON THEE ALL THINE ABOMINATIONS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. THINE ABOMINATIONS - the punishment of thy abominations. SHALL BE IN THE MIDST OF THEE - shall be m... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. AN EVIL, AN ONLY EVIL, BEHOLD, IS COME. A special calamity, such as was never before, unparalleled. The abruptness of the style, and the repetitions, express the agitation of the prophet's mind in foreseeing these calamities.... [ Continue Reading ]
An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. IT WATCHETH FOR THEE - rather, 'waketh for thee.' It awakes up from its past slumber against thee ().... [ Continue Reading ]
The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains. THE MORNING IS COME. So the Chaldaic and Syriac versions (cf. Joel 2:2, "A day of clouds and of thick THE MORNING IS COME. So the Chaldaic an... [ Continue Reading ]
Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations. NOW ... I WILL JUDGE THEE ACCORDING TO THY WAYS, AND WILL RECOMPENSE UPON THEE ALL THINE ABOMINATIONS. AND MINE EY... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. THE ROD HATH BLOSSOMED, PRIDE HATH BUDDED. The "rod" is the Chaldean Nebuchadnezzar, the instrument of God's vengeance (; , "Thou art my battle-ax and weapons of war"). The double idea of the... [ Continue Reading ]
Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them. VIOLENCE IS RISEN UP INTO A ROD OF WICKEDNESS. Violence - i:e., the violent foe is risen up as a rod of; i:e., to punish the Jews' wick... [ Continue Reading ]
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. LET NOT THE BUYER REJOICE - because he has bought an estate at a bargain price. NOR THE SELLER MOURN - because he has had to sell his land at a sacrifice through... [ Continue Reading ]
For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. THE SELLER SHALL NOT RETURN TO THAT WHICH IS SOLD, ALTHOUGH THEY... [ Continue Reading ]
They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. THEY HAVE BLOWN THE TRUMPET - rather, 'Blow the trumpet,' or, 'Let them blow the trumpet,' to collect soldiers as they will, "to make all ready" for encountering the... [ Continue Reading ]
The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. THE SWORD IS WITHOUT, AND THE PESTILENCE AND THE FAMINE WITHIN - no security from death should anywhere be found ... [ Continue Reading ]
But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. THEY THAT ESCAPE OF THEM SHALL ESCAPE - ( ). AND SHALL BE ON THE MOUNTAINS THE DOVES OF THE VALLEYS - which, though usually frequenting the valley... [ Continue Reading ]
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. ALL KNEES SHALL BE WEAK AS WATER - literally, shall go (as) waters; incapable of resistance (; ; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. HORROR SHALL COVER THEM - as a garment. BALDNESS - a sign of mourning (; ; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity. THEY... [ Continue Reading ]
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. AS FOR THE BEAUTY OF HIS ORNAMENT - the temple of Yahweh, the especial glory of the Jews, as a bride glories in h... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. I WILL GIVE IT INTO THE HANDS OF THE STRANGERS - barbarous and savage nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. THEY SHALL POLLUTE MY PLACE - just retribution for the Jews' pollution of the temple. FOR THE ROBBERS SHALL ENTER INTO IT - "Robbers shall enter and defile" the holy... [ Continue Reading ]
Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. MAKE A CHAIN - symbol of the captivity (cf. , "Make thee bonds"). As they enchained the land with violence, so they shall be chained themselves. It was customary to lead away captives in a row, with a chain pa... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. WHEREFORE I WILL BRING THE WORST OF THE HEATHEN - literally, the wicked of the nations: the giving up of Israel to their... [ Continue Reading ]
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. THEY SHALL SEEK PEACE, AND THERE SHALL BE NONE - ().... [ Continue Reading ]
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. MISCHIEF SHALL COME UPON MISCHIEF - (; ). This is said because the Jews were apt to fancy at every abatement... [ Continue Reading ]
The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND SHA... [ Continue Reading ]