Bible Commentary

Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 3. Uselessness of the wood of the vine. to do any work ] i.e. use for any work or purpose. The words may mean, to make it into any work or article of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 15:3”

Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, [or than] a branch which is among the trees of the forest? 2. or than a branch ] Perhaps: the vine-branch which is, the words taking up “the vine tree” of previous clause. Owing to the verb the natural sense is: what shall … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 15:2”

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 15:1-8 What is the vine tree more than any tree. The worthless vine doomed for the fire Founding on old similitudes, the prophet assumes that Israel is the vine, and compares it as a tree or as wood with the other trees of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 15:1”

And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD. Eze 14:23 Ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 14:23”

Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, [both] sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, [even] concerning all that I have brought upon … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 14:22”

For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? 21. How much more ] If when a single judgment is sent upon a land the wicked … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 14:21”

Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, [were] in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall [but] deliver their own souls by their righteousness. Their own souls; their person, their life. By their righteousness; not meriting the deliverance, but yet the justice and mercy of God shall … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 14:20”

Or [if] I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: 19. my fury upon it in blood ] The term “blood” is almost a synonym for “death;” cf. Psa 30:9, “What profit is there in my blood, in my … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 14:19”

Though these three men [were] in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. Though these three men [were] in it,…. Before mentioned: [as] I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters: believe me no more, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 14:18”

Or [if] I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: 17. say, Sword, go through ] This rendering assumes a grammatical anomaly. Rather, the sword shall go through. Eze 14:19-20. The pestilence. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 14:17”