Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 24:4
Gather the pieces thereof into it, [even] every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill [it] with the choice bones.
4. the pieces thereof ] those belonging to the caldron, which are to be boiled in it.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The pieces thereof – Or, that belong to it; i. e., the pieces which are designed for the caldron, and belong to it as the inhabitants belong to the city. The choice pieces are the choice members of the community Eze 11:3.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
The pieces; which are to put into this pot.
Every good piece, i.e. all the chief of the inhabitants of the land, the wealthiest, who in the time of this invasion will flee from their country-houses to live in safety in Jerusalem. The most warlike, who will betake themselves to Jerusalem for its defence.
The thigh, and the shoulder; as these are the principal parts for support, motion, defence, and strength; so those citizens, soldiers, rulers, that are the strength, defence, and glory of this people, are here signified by those parts.
Fill it; fill the pot, Jerusalem, let no place be empty.
With the choice bones; with those pieces that are biggest, fattest, fullest of marrow, and which are divided according to the bones; these are the principal members of this Jewish state, king, princes, priests, magistrates, and wealthy citizens.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
4. pieces thereofthose whichproperly belong to it, as its own.
every good piece . . . choicebonesthat is, the most distinguished of the people. The”choice bones” in the pot have flesh adhering tothem. The bones under the pot (Eze24:5) are those having no flesh and used as fuel, answering tothe poorest who suffer first, and are put out of pain sooner than therich who endure what answers to the slower process of boiling.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Gather the pieces thereof into it,…. fire being made, and the pot set on, and water poured into it, the next thing is, to put in the pieces that are to be boiled; and these are to be gathered; meaning the people of the land, that were to be gathered from the several parts of it, for their security, as they thought; but the event proved it was for their ruin: even
every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; the princes and gentry, the great and the mighty, the rich and wealthy of the people; who, upon the invasion, got together in Jerusalem, to secure their persons and substance:
fill it with the choice bones; or with those pieces that have the choice bones, that are full of marrow; the strongest among the people; the soldiers, or such as were fit for war; the best of their militia, brought hither to defend the city; but, in fact, to be slain, as they were. The Targum is,
“gather the princes thereof into the midst of her, every terrible man and warrior; fill her with the army of the people.”
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(4) The pieces thereof.Literally, its pieces, the pieces which pertain to the cauldron, the Jews, whose centre and capital is Jerusalem. This was the natural effect of Nebuchadnezzars campaign; the people from every side sought refuge in the city. (Comp. Jer. 35:11.) The mention of the good piece, the choice bones, and the choice of the flock (Eze. 24:5), is not for the purpose of designating any particular class, but only to emphasise that all, even the best, are to be included.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
4. Every good piece the choice bones The nobles and princes of the people. (See Eze 11:3.)
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Eze 24:4. Fill it with the choice bones And every choice part which cleaveth to the bones. Houbigant. The bones, says Calmet, signify the princes or chief citizens, and the flesh the common people.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Eze 24:4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, [even] every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill [it] with the choice bones.
Ver. 4. Gather the pieces thereof into it. ] Let people of all sorts flock into the city for safety sake, that there, as in a pot, they may be boiled by a long siege, and have sorrow enough.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 22:18-22, Mic 3:2, Mic 3:3, Mat 7:2
Reciprocal: 1Sa 9:24 – the shoulder
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 24:4. The city of Jerusalem was illustrated by the pot, and the pieces put into It were men of the nation. They were to he boiled” or tested In order to remove the scum (wickedness) from them. Things that are physically impossible or at least highly improbable, may be supposed to happen in a parable. Thus the city of Jerusalem was the boiling pot to begin with because it was in that city where the characters were that needed to be purified by boiling. However, the actual purifying effect was to take place in Babylon, and for that particular phase of the whole transaction we must transfer the boiling vessel from Jerusalem to Babylon. In ail other respects, though, the descriptive remarks apply to Jerusalem and the citizens remaining therein and in connection with it because of the many impurities in their lives.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
24:4 Gather its {d} pieces into it, [even] every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill [it] with the choice bones.
(d) That is the citizens and the chief men of it.