Ezekiel 6 - Introduction
_THE JUDGMENT OF ISRAEL FOR THEIR IDOLATRY. A REMNANT SHALL BE RESTORED. THE FAITHFUL ARE EXHORTED TO LAMENT THEIR CALAMITIES._ _Before Christ 594._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE JUDGMENT OF ISRAEL FOR THEIR IDOLATRY. A REMNANT SHALL BE RESTORED. THE FAITHFUL ARE EXHORTED TO LAMENT THEIR CALAMITIES._ _Before Christ 594._... [ Continue Reading ]
OF ISRAEL— "Israel being carried captive, Judah is called Israel; and perhaps possessed a great part of the country." Secker.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THE MOUNTAINS, &C.— Every part of the country had been defiled with idolatry. _The altars built_ for idol worship were generally placed upon mountains and hills: the shady valleys and river-sides were also used for the same purpose, particularly for the sacrificing of children to Moloch: so that... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE I AM BROKEN, &C.— _Because I have broken their adulterous heart, which hath departed from me, and their adulterous eyes, which followed after their idols,_ &c. Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILDERNESS TOWARDS DIBLATH— _Wilderness of Diblath. Diblath_ was in the land of Moab (Numbers 33:46; Numbers 33:56.), and was part of that terrible wilderness mentioned by Moses, Deuteronomy 8:15. REFLECTIONS.—1st, We have here repeated denunciations of vengeance against a rebellious people. 1. The... [ Continue Reading ]