Bible Commentary

And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause [it] to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the [hair]. 1. a sharp knife ] lit. sword. The term may suggest the devouring divine sword, ch. Eze 21:8 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 5:1”

That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity. The Lord will take away their provision, that they may die with want, punished for all their sins, and disappointed of all that their false prophets promised them; and under strangest disappointments, be filled with strangest … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 4:17”

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: 16. the staff of bread ] i.e. the staff which bread is; a common figure, ch. Eze … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 4:16”

Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. So soon as he prayed God answered, and condescends to Ezekiel that he should use what was less abominable than mans dung; but it was not granted to the Jews, who in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 4:15”

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. 14. abominable flesh ] This word “abomination” is applied to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 4:14”

And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. 13. eat their defiled bread ] Rather: eat their bread unclean. This is the meaning of the symbol: the food which the people shall eat among the nations will be unclean. In … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 4:13”

And thou shalt eat it [as] barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. 12. It was customary in the East to use the dung of animals when perfectly dried as fuel. The hot ashes remaining from it are perfectly clean, and retaining their glow for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 4:12”

Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. 11. sixth part of a hin ] The hin was rather less than a gallon, and the sixth part under a quart. Both the bread and water were to be consumed from time to time, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 4:11”

And thy meat which thou shalt eat [shall be] by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. 10. twenty shekels a day ] Twenty shekels might be eight or nine ounces. In this country two pounds of bread is held an ordinary allowance. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 4:10”

Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, [according] to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. 9. and fitches ] So … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 4:9”