Bible Commentary

Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. 10 13. The ruin is universal, overtaking all classes 10. morning is gone forth ] Rather: is come forth, the figure of a plant springing up; Job 14:2, “man cometh forth like a flower.” On “morning” … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:10”

And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations [that] are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD that smiteth. See Eze 5:11. According to thy ways, worse than the ways of heathens, and thy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:9”

Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations. 8, 9. Eze 7:8-9 are virtually Eze 7:3-4 repeated, except that Eze 7:9 ends with the words: that I am Jehovah that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:8”

The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble [is] near, and not the sounding again of the mountains. 7. The morning is come ] The sense “morning” is that which a similar word has in Aramaic; but the dawn or morning is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:7”

An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. 6. it watcheth ] Rather: it awaketh for thee. The word forms an alliteration with “end” (, he), and suggests that the vengeance slumbering long is now ready to fall on them. A similar paronomasia in Amo 8:2, between … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:6”

Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. 5. an only evil ] Lit. one evil, scarcely a “unique” evil, to which there is nothing like, but an evil which is “one” and final, 1Sa 26:8; Hag 2:6, “Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:5”

And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD. 4. mine eye shall not spare ] So Eze 7:9, ch. Eze 5:11, Eze 8:18, Eze … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:4”

Now [is] the end [come] upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations. 3. send mine anger ] Is an unusual form of expression. will recompense ] Bring or put. Chastisement is but sin assuming another form, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:3”

Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land. 2. Eze 7:2 might read: unto the land of Israel an end! the end is come upon, &c. Cf. Amo 8:2. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:2”

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 1 4. The end is come upon the whole land, unsparing destruction from the Lord This destruction is the fruit of the abominations of the people, their idolatries and crimes ( Eze 7:23). They shall know when it overtakes them that he who inflicts it … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 7:1”