Bible Commentary

As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations [and] of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. 20. Read: and the beauty of their ornament they turned into pride, and they made the images thereof; therefore will I … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:20”

They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity. 19. Amidst … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:19”

They shall also gird [themselves] with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame [shall be] upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. 18. horror shall cover them ] Or, trembling, terror, Job 21:6. It shall take such hold of them that it shall be all over them, like a garment covering them. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:18”

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak [as] water. 17. The description returns from the condition of the fugitives to that of the besieged. Prostration and despair seizes them. The figures of the hands “hanging down,” and the knees becoming “water” are expressive of complete paralysis of strength. LXX. Hitz. interpret … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:17”

But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. 16. Read: and when (if) they that escape of them shall escape, they shall be upon the mountains. mourning ] This refers to the doves: the fugitives … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:16”

The sword [is] without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that [is] in the field shall die with the sword; and he that [is] in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. 15. Comp. Lam 1:20. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 15. The sword is without] War through … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:15”

They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath [is] upon all the multitude thereof. 14 18. Fruitlessness of the defence 14. Preparations for the defence are made but there is no courage to face the enemy, for the wrath of God upon them predetermines … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:14”

For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision [is] touching the whole multitude thereof, [which] shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. 13. return to that which is sold ] Sales, particularly of real property, were usually … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:13”

The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath [is] upon all the multitude thereof. 12. The inhabitants shall be overwhelmed in a common ruin, in which all social relations shall be forgotten the buyer shall not rejoice nor the seller sorrow. A universal “wrath” … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:12”

Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them [shall remain], nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither [shall there be] wailing for them. 11. “Violence” must be that in Israel, not that of the enemy. This violence has risen up so as to be, or to bring down … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:11”