Ezekiel 7:2

Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land. AN END, THE END IS COME. The indefinite "an" expresses the general fact of God bringing His long-suffering toward the whole of Judea to an end; "the," following, marks it as more definitely fixed ()....

1-15 The abruptness of this prophecy, and the many repetitions, show that the prophet was deeply affected by the prospect of these calamities. Such will the destruction of sinners be; for none can avoid it. Oh that the wickedness of the wicked might end before it bring them to an end! Trouble is to the impenitent only an evil, it hardens their hearts, and stirs up their corruptions; but there are those to whom it is sanctified by the grace of God, and made a means of much good. The day of real trouble is near, not a mere echo or rumour of troubles. Whatever are the fruits of God's judgments, our sin is the root of them. These judgments shall be universal. And God will be glorified in all. Now is the day of the Lord's patience and mercy, but the time of the sinner's trouble is at hand....

Verse Ezekiel 7:2. _AN END, THE END IS COME_] Instead of קץ בא הקץ _kets ba_ _hakkets, one_ MS. of _Kennicott's, one_ of _De Rossi's_, and _one_ of _my own_, read קץ בא בא הקץ _kets ba, ba hakkets_, "The end cometh, come is the end." This reading is supported by all the ancient Versions, and is undoubtedly genuine. _The end_ COMETH: the termination of the Jewish state _is coming_, and while I am speaking, it _is come_. The destruction is at the door. The _later_ hand, who put the _vowel points_ to the ancient MS. that has the above reading, did not put the points to the flrst בא _ba_, but struck his pen gently across it, and by a mark in the margin intimated that it should be blotted out. All my ancient MSS. were without the points originally; but they have been added by modern hands, with a different ink; and they have in m...

EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 7:1 The absence of any fresh date, and the fact that it is simply tacked on to the previous chapter by the copulative conjunction, shows that what follows belongs to the same group. The use of the phrase, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, shows, however, that there was an interval of silence, perhaps of meditation, followed by a fresh influx of inspiration; and, so far as we may judge from the more lyrical character of the chapter, a more intense emotion. EZEKIEL 7:2 AN END, etc. The iteration of the word once more gives emphasis. The words read like an echo of Amos 8:2. The FOUR CORNERS (Hebrew, "wings...

ALSO, THOU SON OF MAN, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD UNTO THE LAND OF ISRAEL,.... The inhabitants of it; not the ten tribes, who were already carried captive; but the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and those that were with them, who dwelt in the land. The mountains, hills, rivers, and valleys, were before addressed; now the land itself: what the Lord by the prophet said unto the land, or the people of it, follows: AN END: for here a colon is to be placed; that is, the end of God's patience and forbearance; he would bear with them no longer, at least but a very little while; the time of vengeance was coming upon them, and an utter consumption should be made of them; see Lamentations 4:18; THE END IS COME UPON THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH, or "land"; for not the whole world, and the end of that, as in...

Ezekiel 7:1. This chapter closes the first great message of Ezekiel. This great judgment message is written in beautiful language, which, in the Authorized Version, is marred by numerous incorrect renderings. The reader will find a reliable metrical translation in our larger commentary on Ezekiel. First, the end is announced to come upon the entire land; it could no longer be averted. There is another day coming in which the Lord will deal in fearful judgments with this earth. Now is the day of salvation in which God speaks in love through His Son, When wickedness and apostasy has reached its climax, the day of salvation will end and “the day of vengeance of our God” will begin. Then He will speak in His wrath and vex them in His sore displeasure Psalms 2:5. Then will they say to the mountains and rocks, “Fal

EZEKIEL 7. THE END IS NIGH. Ezekiel 7:1. The visions of doom, so vividly described in the three preceding Chapter s, reach their climax in this chapter, charged with emotion and palpitating with the sense of the approaching end. That end was yet more than four years off, but already Ezekiel sees it in all its horror that day of the pitiless anger of Yahweh, who by His terrors would teach His wicked and idolatrous people who and what He was....

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 emphasis. Compare verses: Ezekiel 2:3. See App-6. THE LAND. Hebrew. _'eretz._...

The end is come upon the whole land, unsparing destruction from the Lord This destruction is the fruit of the abominations of the people, their idolatries and crimes (Ezekiel 7:23). They shall know when it overtakes them that he who inflicts it is Jehovah, God alone....

ALSO, THOU SON OF MAN, &C.— _Thou son of man shalt say these things; Thus saith the Lord God concerning the land of Israel._ Houbigant....