Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 21:31
I will blow — As those who melt down metals blow upon the metal in the fire, that the fire may burn the fiercer.
I will blow — As those who melt down metals blow upon the metal in the fire, that the fire may burn the fiercer.
The third word of judgment. The king of Babylon’s march upon Judaea and upon the Ammonites. Destruction is to go forth not on Judah only, but also on such neighboring tribes as the Ammonites (compare...
Ezekiel 21:1. A solemn message is given to the prophet: “Behold I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.” It was to b...
EZEKIEL 20:45 TO EZEKIEL 21:32. THE TERRIBLE SWORD OF NEBUCHADREZZAR. Here again, as shortly before (chs. 18f.), a piece of theological oratory is followed by a poem this time a wild irregular dithyra...
MEN. Hebrew, plural _of 'enosh._ App-14....
Ezekiel 20:45 to Ezekiel 21:32. The avenging sword of the Lord The passage Ezekiel 20:45-49 belongs to ch. 21 (as in Heb.). The time to which the chapter is to be assigned is the early period of Nebu...
Appendix. 28 32. Threatening prophecy against Ammon The passage is obscure, but several things seem evident. 1. In spite of the similarities between the language of Ezekiel 21:28 and that in Ezekiel...
_brutish men_ i.e. wild and savage men. So in Ezekiel 25:4 it is the "men of the east," the children of the desert, who are to execute the judgment on Ammon. _skilful to destroy_ lit. the smiths or f...
THE HAND OF BRUTISH MEN— _The hand of men skilful to kindle a flame, and to bring destruction._ Houbigant. Instead of _brutish men,_ the LXX read _barbarians;_ meaning the Medes and Persians, the succ...
D. The Sword Against Ammon 21:28-32 TRANSLATION (28) And as for you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the children of Ammon and their taunt, and say: O sword, keen-edg...
And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. I WILL BLOW AGAINST THEE IN...
BRUTISH MEN] most naturally understood of the Babylonians, but see Ezekiel 25:4....
3, 4. THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED] corresponding to the green tree and the dry in the parable (Ezekiel 20:47). In spite of his strict theory of retribution in Ezekiel 18, Ezekiel recognised the fact...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 21 * This chapter describes how the king of Babylon and his...
MINE INDIGNATION. — The figure of the sword, which has been kept up through the entire chapter, is here dropped; but the language immediately falls into another figure, already employed in Ezekiel 20:...
_[Ezekiel 21:36]_ וְ שָׁפַכְתִּ֤י עָלַ֨יִךְ֙ זַעְמִ֔י בְּ...
THE SWORD UNSHEATHED Ezekiel 21:1 THE date at the beginning of chapter 20 introduces the fourth and last section of the prophecies delivered before the destruction of Jerusalem. It also divides the f...
The commission was then repeated in terms of explanation. Ezekiel was to set his face against Jerusalem, and prophesy against the land of Israel, declaring that Jehovah would draw His sword out of its...
_Brutish, or devoid of sense. (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "burning;" smiths. (Calmet)_...
The prophecy here is of Ammon, whom the King of Babylon also subdued as well as Jerusalem. The Lord hath been pleased to intersperse the history of Israel, here and there, with the account of other na...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 20 AND 21. Chapter 20 begins a new prophecy, which, with its subdivisions, continues to the end of chapter 23. It will have been remarked that the general div...
AND I WILL POUR OUT MINE INDIGNATION UPON THEE,.... Like a mighty flood, which should sweep them away for their sins and transgressions; and particularly for their reproaches of God and his people, wh...
And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, [and] skilful to destroy. Ver. 31. _Into the hand of b...
_Shall I cause it to return into his sheath?_ Shall the sword that is drawn to execute the judgments of God upon Ammon be put up in its sheath before it has done its work? Surely not. _I will judge th...
And I will pour out Mine indignation upon thee, as from an overturned vessel; I WILL BLOW AGAINST THEE IN THE FIRE OF MY WRATH, so that this fire would consume the children of Ammon, AND DELIVER THEE...
THE SWORD OF BABYLON UPON JUDAH AND UPON AMMON...
BRUTISH: Or, burning...
28-32 The diviners of the Ammonites made false prophecies of victory. They would never recover their power, but in time would be wholly forgotten. Let us be thankful to be employed as instruments of m...
POUR OUT; as a flood sweeps all away, so God will let out his indignation to overwhelm the Ammonites. I WILL BLOW AGAINST THEE; as those who melt down metals blow upon the metal in the fire, that the...
Ezekiel 21:31 out H8210 (H8804) indignation H2195 blow H6315 (H8686) fire H784 wrath H5678 deliver H5414 ...
“Cause it to return to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your birth, I will judge you. And I will pour out my indignation on you, and I will blow on you with the fire of...
CONTENTS: Parable of the sighing prophet, and of the sword of God. No king for Israel until Messiah comes to reign. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Ezekiel, King of Babylon. CONCLUSION: When the sword is u...
Ezekiel 21:2. _Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places._ In the Latin bibles, this chapter begins at 21:45 of the preseding, which preserves unity in the su...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 21:30 The instruction to RETURN the sword TO ITS SHEATH (v. Ezekiel 21:30) completes the action begu
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 21:28. The overthrow of the Ammonites. Israel is to rise after judgment, but Ammon is to be utterly destroyed. Ezekiel 21:28. “CONCERNING THE AMMONITES, AND CONCERNING THEIR...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 21:2, EZEKIEL 21:3 The opening words, reproducing those of Ezekiel 20:46, indicate that the interpretation of that parable is coming. So the
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Ezekiel 21, the twenty-first chapter of Ezekiel. Now the prophets of God were often very colorful persons. And because people would not always listen to the Word of...
Ezekiel 14:19; Ezekiel 22:20; Ezekiel 22:21; Ezekiel 22:22; Ezekiel