Bible Commentary

And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain [men] before your idols. 4. your images ] As marg., sun-images, i.e. symbols of the sun-god, probably in the shape of a pyramid or obelisk. They stood beside the altars. So again Eze 6:6. your idols … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 6:4”

And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, [even] I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. 3. to the rivers ] the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 6:3”

Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, 2. Son of man ] See on ch. Eze 2:1. mountains of Israel ] i.e. the mountain-land of Israel, but with special reference to the mountains as the seats of idolatrous worship. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 6:2”

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Second Section. Ch. Eze 3:22 to Eze 7:27 The second section of the Book contains these parts: (1) Ch. Eze 3:22-27. A preface in which the prophet is commanded to confine himself to his own house, and abandon for a time his public ministry. (2) … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 6:1”

So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken [it]. 17. evil beasts ] The three great plagues often specified are, famine, pestilence and sword (ch. Eze 14:13; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 5:17”

When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for [their] destruction, [and] which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread: 16. arrows of famine ] Cf. Deu 32:23-24. shall be for their destruction ] as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 5:16”

So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that [are] round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken [it]. 15. So it shall be ] So shall she be, i.e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 5:15”

Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that [are] round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. 14. reproach among the nations ] Lam 2:15-16, “All that pass by clap their hands at thee, they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 5:14”

Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken [it] in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. 13. my fury to rest upon them ] Rather: will quiet (assuage, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 5:13”

A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. 12. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 5:12”