Ezekiel 7:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. THE LORD GOD. Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4. THE LAND OF ISRAEL. the soil or ground of Israel. _'Ad math_ Israel, not _'eretz,_ as in the next clause. See note on Ezekiel 11:17. AN END... THE END... THE END. The Figure of speech Repetitio for emphasi... [ Continue Reading ]
MINE EYE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. YE SHALL KNOW, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN END... THE END... IT WATCHETH. Figure of speech Paronomasia. App-6. Hebrew. _kez..._ hakez,:... hekes. IT = she. Note the sudden change of gender, referring to "the morning" of Ezekiel 7:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MORNING IS COME. The turn (or circle) hath come round. SOUNDING AGAIN. Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN EVIL, AN ONLY EVIL. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6. EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _raa._ App-44. ONLY. sole. Some codices, with four early printed editions and Aramaean, read "calamity after calamity", reading _'ahar_ (after) instead of _'ahad_ BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ROD HATH BLOSSOMED: i.e. Nebuchadnezzar's sceptre is ready. PRIDE. INSOLENCE, OR PRESUMPTION: i.e. Israel's sin, which has called for the judgment.... [ Continue Reading ]
A ROD OF WICKEDNESS: i.e.. rod to punish the wickedness. Genitive of Relation. App-17. WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew rasha. App-44. neither shall there be wailing for them. Some codices, with four early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "no rest for them".... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THAT: i.e. to the possession. ALTHOUGH THEY WERE YET ALIVE: i.e. at the time of the redemption, when, at the jubilee, the property sold would come back to the seller. Ref to Pentateuch (Leviticus 25). App-92. THE VISION: or, indignation, if _chardn_ is read for _chazan_, "wrath"; i.e.. =. for?.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY HAVE BLOWN. Some codices, with Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "Blow ye".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SWORD. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for war. THE SWORD IS WITHOUT. Reference to Pentateuch, (Deuteronomy 32:25).... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY. As in Ezekiel 7:13 but here is put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6, for the judgment which was the consequence of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
BALDNESS.. sign of mourning.... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIVER. rescue. SOULS. cravings of their animal nature. Hebrew. _nepheah._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT: i.e. His Sanctuary, or His holy city Jerusalem. AND. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, read this "and" in the text. "and their".... [ Continue Reading ]
STRANGERS. foreigners. WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha',_ App-44. POLLUTE. profane.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKE. CHAIN. The sign of captivity, answering to the other sign in Ezekiel 7:11. ("q"). BLOODY CRIMES. crimes of bloodshed i.e. capital crimes.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEATHEN. nations. THE STRONG. The Septuagint evidently read `uzzam, instead of `uzzim ("the fierce ones"), Compare Ezekiel 24:21. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESTRUCTION: or, Cutting off.... [ Continue Reading ]
MISCHIEFS. Calamity. Hebrew. _chavah._ SHALL COME. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:23). RUMOUR. hearing. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for what is heard. UPON. after; but. special reading called Sevir (App-34), reads "upon". This is followed by Authorized Version... [ Continue Reading ]
DESOLATION. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for rent garments, which were the outward expression of inward grief. DESERTS. judgments, Compare Ezekiel 7:23. THEY SHALL KNOW, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:10,... [ Continue Reading ]