Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 22:19
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
19. midst of Jerusalem ] Cf. ch. 24.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 19. I will gather you] Jerusalem is represented here as the fining pot; all the people are to be gathered together in it, and the Chaldean fire is to melt the whole. And God will increase thy sufferings: as the refiner blows the fire with his bellows, so God will blow upon you with the fire of his wrath, Eze 22:21.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Ye are all, from one end of the land to the other.
I will gather you; from all parts thereof I will by a secret overruling providence bring you together into Jerusalem, as into a furnace where you may he melted and consumed.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, because ye are all become dross,…. King, princes, nobles, prophets, priests, as well as the common people; the apostasy was general, in city and country; scarcely any exceptions to be made:
therefore will I gather you into the midst of Jerusalem; from the several parts of the country, thinking they should be safe there, when the design of God by this providence was the destruction of them in it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(19) Into the midst of Jerusalem.Jerusalem is represented as the refining pot into which the people were to be cast, because this was at once their national centre, and also the centre of the war by which they were carried into captivity.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
“Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Because you are all become dross, behold therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem, as they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire on it to melt it. So will I gather you in my anger and in my fury, and I will lay you there and melt you.”
Ezekiel as a non-expert had no doubt witnessed the pouring of all these metals in their impure form into the furnace where the bellows blew them to white heat and they melted, and there they turned into purified metal and into dross. God showed him in it a picture of His wrath revealed against Jerusalem/Judah removing anything pure and leaving them as dross.
The gathering of them all ‘into the midst of Jerusalem’ was itself a vivid picture. As the invading armies drew nearer the defenceless people would stream into Jerusalem to take advantage of her strong walls. But they would not realise, until Ezekiel revealed it, that they were being gathered into a furnace where they would be melted down and revealed as dross in the light of God’s anger.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Eze 22:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
Ver. 19. I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. ] Velut catinum fusorium, as into a red hot furnace, or fiery crucible. Eze 24:10
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
I will: Jerusalem is here represented as the fining pot; all the people, who had become dross, are to be gathered together in it; and the fire of the Chaldeans, blown by the wrath of God, is to melt the whole. No ordinary means will avail to purge their impurities; the most violent must therefore be resorted to. Eze 11:7, Eze 24:3-6, Mic 4:12, Mat 13:30, Mat 13:40-42
Reciprocal: Jer 6:30 – Reprobate silver Jer 8:13 – I will surely consume Eze 24:9 – I will
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 22:19. These evil men of Judah were destined to be put through the fire of Gods chastisement, and they were to be seized upon while in the midst ot Jerusalem.