the chambers of his imagery Or, his chambers of imagery. The language implies that there were many chambers of imagery, and again suggests that the scene was symbolical. For "ancients" elders. On "imagery" Leviticus 26:1; Numbers 33:52.

forsaken the earth Rather: the land. The multiplied calamities of later years suggested that Jehovah no more protected the country (ch. Ezekiel 9:9). This was possibly the feeling of the elders and people in some moods, but in other moods they spoke differently. In ch. Ezekiel 11:15 they say to those already in exile, "Get you far from the Lord! unto us is this land given in possession."

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