Bible Commentary

Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 1. The same date of the commencement of the siege is given 2Ki 25:1; Jer 52:4. In later times the day was kept as a fast, Zec 8:19. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 24:1”

And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD. Verse 49. Ye shall bear the sins of your idols] The punishment due to your adultery; your apostasy from God, and setting up idolatry in the land. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:49”

Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. 48. be taught ] take warning (the form nithpa., cf. Deu 21:8). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 48. Thus will I cause lewdness to cease] Idolatry; and from … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:48”

And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire. Verse 47. Shall stone them with stones] As they did adulteresses under the law. See Le 20:10; De 22:22, compared with Joh 8:3. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:47”

For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. 46. Cf. Eze 16:40. to be removed ] maltreated. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges A company; the Babylonian army. Upon them; against the Jews, the children of this Aholibah. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:46”

And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they [are] adulteresses, and blood [is] in their hands. 45 49. Judgment on the adulterous women 45. the righteous ] righteous men. The prophet carries on the figure of the punishment of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:45”

Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. 44. Yet they went ] and they. The verse sums up all that precedes. the lewd women ] The form of plur. “women” does not occur … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:44”

Then said I unto [her that was] old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she [with them]? 43. unto her old in adulteries ] Old is worn out, e.g. of clothes, Jos 9:4-5, and the verb of the body, in the decay of nature (Gen 18:12, of Sarah). The construction of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:43”

And a voice of a multitude being at ease [was] with her: and with the men of the common sort [were] brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads. 42. being at ease ] If the reading be correct “at ease” must refer to careless living, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:42”

And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. 41. a table prepared ] i.e. spread. hast set mine incense ] didst set. The words indicate that service of other gods is referred to under the figure of the harlot’s entertainment. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:41”