Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 36:4
Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that [are] round about;
Verse 4. Therefore – thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, c.] They shall neither possess mountain nor valley, hill nor dale, fountain nor river for though in my justice I made you desolate, yet they shall not profit by your disasters. See Eze 36:5-7.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
To the hills: now is added a particular of hills, valleys, &c., whereas before only the mountains were mentioned, but by them the whole land was understood; and to assure them thereof, all parts are here particularly mentioned: all that the enemy wasted shall be repaired, all that he took away shall be restored in kind, and those he derided shall be vindicated; their estates repaired, cities rebuilt and filled, their credit and honour cleared and vindicated. Their deliverance should be complete and full.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
4. Inanimate creatures areaddressed, to imply that the creature also, as it were, groans fordeliverance from the bondage of corruption into the glorious libertyof the children of God (Ro8:19-21) [POLANUS].The completeness of the renewed blessedness of all parts of the landis implied.
derision (Ps79:4).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord,…. As in Eze 36:1, here repeated to raise and quicken their attention to what was about to be said to them:
thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken; before only the mountains are spoken to, though the whole land was included; here the several particulars are given, which describe the whole, and which suffered in the calamity, and the inhabitants that dwelt in them or near them; who only can be supposed to hear the word of the Lord, though places are only mentioned, because of the great depopulation of them:
which became a prey and derision to the residue of the Heathen that are round about; to the Tyrians, Philistines, Edomites, Ammonites, and Moabites; who mocked the Jews, rejoicing at their destruction by the king of Babylon, and seized upon as a prey to themselves what he left: or these are the residue of the Heathens round about Judea; who remained after the judgments threatened were executed on the above nations, foretold in chapters twenty five and twenty six, see Eze 36:36.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Eze 36:4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that [are] round about;
Ver. 4. Therefore thus saith the Lord God to the mountains. ] For men there were hardly any left, or not very fit to be dealt with. See Eze 36:1 .
Which became a prey.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
hear. Figure of speech Apostrophe. App-6.
to the mountains, &c. Note the Figure of speech Merismos (App-6).
rivers = torrents, or ravines. Hebrew. aphikim. See note on “channels”, 2Sa 22:15.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
mountains: Eze 36:1, Eze 36:6, Deu 11:11
rivers: or, bottoms, or dales
desolate: Eze 36:33-35, Eze 6:14, 2Ch 36:17-21, Isa 6:11, Isa 24:1-12
a prey: Eze 34:28, Psa 79:4, Isa 64:10, Isa 64:11, Jer 25:9-13, Jer 29:10
Reciprocal: Deu 4:26 – I call heaven 1Ki 13:2 – O altar Psa 80:6 – our enemies Isa 1:2 – Hear Isa 24:3 – shall Isa 27:10 – the defenced Isa 58:12 – build Jer 5:17 – they shall impoverish Jer 48:27 – was not Eze 33:24 – wastes Eze 33:28 – and the mountains Eze 39:25 – and will Joe 2:17 – and give Zec 1:15 – and Mal 1:3 – laid
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 36:4. God was grieved and made furious because of the haughty spirit of the heathen, although He had used them as instruments in chastising the disobedient Israelites. He therefore delivered a favorable prediction to the mountains, hills, rivers, valleys and other parts of the desolated land.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Therefore the sovereign Lord had something to say to the whole land that had fallen prey to Israel’s neighbor nations. Because Edom and the other nations had taken over the Lord’s land joyfully and had scorned the Israelites, He would pronounce judgment on them in his hot jealousy. The Promised Land was the Lord’s land in the same sense that the Sabbath was His day and the tithe was His possession. These parts were not just segments of their wholes over which God claimed ownership, but they represented and illustrated His ownership of all lands, all days, and all possessions. Israel’s enemies had dealt with her in their anger and envy (Eze 35:11), but now Yahweh would deal with them in His fierce jealousy over Israel’s welfare.