Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 24:12
(l) She hath wearied [herself] with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum [shall be] in the fire.
(l) The city has flattered herself in vain.
(l) She hath wearied [herself] with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum [shall be] in the fire.
(l) The city has flattered herself in vain.
Ezekiel 24:1. The exact date is given by the prophet. It was the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year. What happened also on that date we find recorded in 2 Kings 25:1: “And it came to pass...
EZEKIEL 24. THE LAST MESSAGE BEFORE THE FALL OF THE CITY. Ezekiel 24:1. The Rusty Caldron. We now reach the last message delivered by Ezekiel before the fall of the city; and, curiously enough, it was...
SHALL BE IN THE FIRE. Ginsburg thinks it should read "with. stench"....
The rusted caldron set on the fire (1) Ezekiel 24:1. A caldron is to be set on the fire, filled with water, pieces of flesh cast into it and fuel piled under it that it may boil furiously. The caldro...
Rising anew into tones of threatening the divine voice commands fuel to be heaped under the caldron, and to set it empty upon the coals, that its brass may glow in the fire and its rust be consumed....
As the words stand they seem to read: _she hath wearied_my _labours_, and her great rust goeth not out from her; _let her rust be in the fire!_Previous efforts to purify Jerusalem have been in vain, h...
SHE HATH WEARIED HERSELF, &C.— The LXX omit this clause. Houbigant renders it, _Her rust sticks close to her, and will not leave her. Her rust is great: it is offensive._...
A. The Parable of the Cooking Pot 24:1-14 TRANSLATION (1) And the word of the LORD came unto me in the ninth year, the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, saying, (2) Son of man, write for yours...
III. A SIGNIFICANT DATE 24:1-27 Chapter 24 begins with an important chronological note. According to verse one Nebuchadnezzar began his attack against Jerusalem in the ninth year (of Zedekiah), the te...
She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. SHE HATH WEARIED HERSELF WITH LIES - "herself," rather, 'she hath wearied me out wit...
24:12 rust (b-9) Or 'scum.' fire. (e-22) Or 'her rust [doth not vanish] in the fire.'...
WITH LIES, AND] RV 'with toil, yet.'...
THE ALLEGORY OF THE BOILING CALDRON. EZEKIEL'S BEREAVEMENT AND SIGNIFICANT SILENCE This prophecy is dated on the day on which the siege of Jerusalem began. Ezekiel is commanded by God to note the date...
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 24 * The punishment of Judah would happen soon. The *Lord c...
(6-14) These verses contain the application of the parable in two distinct parts (Ezekiel 24:6), but in such wise that the literal and the figurative continually run together. A new feature, that of t...
תְּאֻנִ֖ים הֶלְאָ֑ת וְ לֹֽא ־תֵצֵ֤א מִמֶּ֨נָּה֙...
FINAL ORACLES AGAINST JERUSALEM Ezekiel 22:1; Ezekiel 24:1 THE close of the first period of Ezekiel's work was marked by two dramatic incidents, which made the day memorable both in the private life...
The final prophecy in this division described the coming destruction of the city. This was first done under the parable of a cauldron set on a fire, filled with water, and made to boil. The prophet ap...
The parable of a boiling pot, with the choice pieces boiled over the fire, and then left to burn, became a very striking representation of the fiery indignation of the Lord against Jerusalem. Her scum...
In chapter 24 definitive judgment is pronounced against Jerusalem, who was not even ashamed of her sins. The day that Nebuchadnezzar lays siege to Jerusalem, the wife of the prophet dies; and, althoug...
SHE HATH WEARIED HERSELF WITH LIES,.... With serving idols, which were lying vanities; by trusting to the alliances of neighbouring nations, which deceived her; or by committing sin, in which there wa...
_She hath wearied [herself] with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum [shall be] in the fire._ Ver. 12. _She hath wearied herself with lies._] With seeking and trusting to lyi...
_She hath wearied herself with lies_ Hebrew, תאנים, _with vanities_, or _troubles;_ multiplying her idolatries, and seeking help sometimes from one idol and sometimes from another, but all in vain. Th...
She, that is, Jerusalem, HATH WEARIED HERSELF WITH LIES, literally, "it has caused labors to grow weary," that is, all the Lord's efforts in the interest of the city had been in vain, AND HER GREAT SC...
VISION OF THE BOILING CALDRON...
1-14 The pot on the fire represented Jerusalem besieged by the Chaldeans: all orders and ranks were within the walls, prepared as a prey for the enemy. They ought to have put away their transgression...
SHE; the nation of the Jews, and the city Jerusalem. HATH WEARIED; either her God, (so the French translation,) by her repeated sins, and pertinacy in them, as elsewhere, ISAIAH 1:14, ISAIAH 7:13 43:2...
Ezekiel 24:12 weary H3811 (H8689) lies H8383 great H7227 scum H2457 gone H3318 (H8799) scum H2457 fire...
“She has wearied with toil, yet her great rust does not go out of her, her rust does not go out by fire.” ‘She has wearied with toil.' Jerusalem is seen as having contributed to her own destruction a...
CONTENTS: Parable of the boiling pot. Ezekiel again made a sign to Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, King of Babylon. CONCLUSION: There is a day coming when it will be said, «He that is filthy, let...
Ezekiel 24:1. _In the ninth year,_ from Jehoiachin's captivity; or the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign. 2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 52:4. Jehoiachin, who is the same with Jeconiah, reigned one year before h...
_Set on a pot._ THE BOILING CAULDRON: THE DOINGS AND DOOM OF A WICKED CITY I. The sins of any city are an offence to God. 1. Seen by Him. The whole city in its greed for gain, its intemperance, its...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 24:1 The two losses recounted here almost certainly belong together, and they come at a turning point in Ezekiel’s prophetic career. The first loss (vv. Ezekiel 24:1) is that o
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 24:10 The extent of the corruption and rot demands that both the pot and its contents be completely consumed (v. Ezekiel 24:11;...
(Ezekiel 24:3.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The prophet illustrates the destruction of Jerusalem by the allegory of a cauldron which he was to set on the fire, and having put water into it, to boil therein choi...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 24:1 IN THE NINTH YEAR. We pass from the date of Ezekiel 20:1 to B.C. 590, and the very day is identified with that on which the army of Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem ...
Now again, chapter 24, In the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month (Ezekiel 24:1), Now notice this. He's in Babylon and on this, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in th...
Daniel 9:13; Daniel 9:14; Ezekiel 24:13; Ezekiel 24:6; Genesis 6:5;...
She — Jerusalem. With lies — Her allies, their promises, their forces, and their idols, all prove a lie to the house of Judah. Her scum — Her unrepented sins shall be punished in the fire that burns t...