Bible Commentary

So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD. 14. desolate, yea, more desolate ] Rather: desolate and waste (ch. Eze 33:28-29, Eze 35:3) more than the wilderness of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 6:14”

Then shall ye know that I [am] the LORD, when their slain [men] shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savor to all their idols. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 6:13”

He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them. 12. and is besieged ] and he that is besieged. In LXX. the previous “he … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 6:12”

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. 11. Smite with thine hand ] Ch. Eze 25:6, “Because thou (Ammon) hast clapped … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 6:11”

And they shall know that I [am] the LORD, [and that] I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them. They shall know; see, acknowledge, and believe it too. The Lord; the only one whom they should worship or depend on, who can claim their hearts, their fear, love, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 6:10”

And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 6:9”

Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have [some] that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. 8. that ye may have ] R.V. in that ye shall have some is better. The original reads very awkwardly, and in LXX. the words: “yet will I … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 6:8”

And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD. 7. I am the Lord ] The term Jehovah is used in the later prophets to mean the true and only God. In this prophet the purpose and the effect of all the judgments on Israel … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 6:7”

In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. 6. your works ] the works … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 6:6”

And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. 5. The same had already been threatened by Jer 8:1-2. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 5. Will scatter your bones round about your altars.] This was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 6:5”