Bible Commentary

Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, While these men were with Ezekiel God gives him instruction what to say to them. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole Then came the word of the Lord unto me,…. While the elders were sitting before him, by an impulse upon … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 20:2”

And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth [month], the tenth [day] of the month, [that] certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me. 1 4. Introductory. Certain elders came to the prophet to enquire of the Lord, in the seventh year of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 20:1”

And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, [which] hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod [to be] a scepter to rule. This [is] a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. 14. The fire that consumed the vine went out from her own rods. The royal house … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 19:14”

And now she [is] planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. 13. The deportation of the people from their own land into conditions where national life cannot thrive. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 13. And now she is planted in the wilderness] In the land of Chaldea, whither … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 19:13”

But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. 12. Destruction of the vine, the nationality of Israel. The figures employed are usual, ch. Eze 17:9-10, Eze 31:12; Amo 9:15. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 19:12”

And she had strong rods for the scepters of them that bore rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. 11. sceptres bare rule ] Or, for rulers’ sceptres, i.e. royal sceptres. Out of Israel this vine there rose powerful native … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 19:11”

Thy mother [is] like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. 10. is like a vine ] was like, in contrast to “but now she is planted in the wilderness” ( Eze 19:13). The “prince” of Israel is addressed, not any … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 19:10”

And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel. 9. in chains ] See Eze 19:4. The elegiac measure is not maintained in this verse. Possibly the original form of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 19:9”

Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. Verse 8. The nations set against him] The Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, and the king of Babylon – king of many nations. He was taken] The city was taken by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 19:8”

And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fullness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. He, Jehoiakim, knew their desolate palaces, on view; not only heard of them, but setting on them violently, and taking them, he came to know their palaces, which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 19:7”