17<\/strong>. evil beasts<\/em> ] The three great plagues often specified are, famine, pestilence and sword (ch. Eze 14:13<\/span>; Eze 14:17<\/span>; Eze 14:19<\/span>), to which a fourth is sometimes added, evil beasts (ch. Eze 14:15<\/span>; Eze 14:21<\/span>, Eze 33:27<\/span>, Eze 34:25<\/span>; Lev 26:22<\/span>; Deu 32:24<\/span>).<\/p>\n In the above verses the cumulative expressions are often wanting in LXX. e.g. Eze 5:11<\/em><\/span> the words “and with all thine abominations.” Differences of this kind do not affect the sense, and it is unnecessary to notice them in detail.<\/p>\n Verse 17<\/span>. So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and<\/B><\/I> <\/B>they shall bereave thee<\/B><\/I>] Wild beasts always multiply in depopulated countries. In England, wolves<\/I> abounded when the country was thinly peopled, it is now full of inhabitants, and there is not one wolf in the land. Nebuchadnezzar and his Chaldeans may be called here evil beasts<\/I>. He is often compared to a lion<\/I>, Jer 4:7<\/span>; Da 7:14<\/span>; on account of the ravages made by him and his Chaldean armies.<\/P><\/p>\n Evil beasts; <\/B>Heb. evil beast<\/I>: either the king of Babylon, which, like a ravenous and insatiable beast, tore and devoured all. Or, literally, lions, bears, &c., which are one of his four sore judgments, Eze 14:21<\/span>. <\/P> Bereave thee, <\/B>of your children, friends, and your own life; when you flee to mountains and caves, for fear of the Chaldees, where you seek your safety you shall find your death, and be torn to pieces. Thy land shall be the common road and highway for pestilence and blood, as the Hebrew denotes, and they shall lodge in thy cities, in Jerusalem, as if they were the appointed receptacles for these guests. Here are the four sore plagues which God wastes nations with, all sent out against the Jews, and their commission signed from heaven with a witness, Ourself. I have spoken it, saith the Lord. <\/P> <\/p>\n 17. beasts<\/B>perhaps meaningdestructive conquerors (Da 7:4<\/span>).Rather, literal “beasts,” which infest desolated<\/I>regions such as Judea was to become (compare Eze 34:28<\/span>;Exo 23:29<\/span>; Deu 32:24<\/span>;2Ki 17:25<\/span>). The same threat isrepeated in manifold forms to awaken the careless. <\/P> sword<\/B>civil war.<\/P><\/p>\n So will I send upon you famine, and evil beasts<\/strong>,…. Famine is repeated for the further confirmation of it; and “evil beasts” are added, by whom are meant, not the Chaldeans, comparable to such; but literally lions, wolves, hears, c. which are threatened the Jews, in case of disobedience, Le 26:22<\/span> and which sometimes were sent,<\/p>\n 2Ki 17:24<\/span>;<\/p>\n and they shall bereave thee<\/strong>; that is, of her children, whom the evil beasts should destroy; they not being able to defend themselves against them, as men can:<\/p>\n and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee, and I will bring the sword upon thee<\/strong>; the pestilence, famine, sword, which is meant by blood, and evil beasts, are the Lord’s four sore judgments; see<\/p>\n Eze 14:21<\/span>.<\/p>\n I the Lord have spoken [it]<\/strong>: who was able to perform it, and did, both at the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar and by Titus.<\/p>\n Here God speaks generally concerning certain adversities — I will send evil upon them, he says, but immediately afterwards he adds the kind of evil, of which he had not yet spoken. Hence, under the name of evil he embraces all adversities, as if he had said that he intended to exact the penalty from the wicked, not in one or two ways only, but by those numberless troubles which surround us, and to which we are subject; so that there would be no bounds to his wrath, unless men should cease to provoke his anger. This is the reason, then, why he now speaks generally concerning evil; but as I have said he adds the kind of evil — An evil beast shall come upon thee, and so I will bereave thee Although only one form of evil is expressed, yet it is by no means doubtful that for the sake of example God mentions this, that they might understand that all injuries are in his hand. And these are numberless. If we look upwards, how many deaths hang over us from that direction? If we look at the earth, how many poisons? how many wild and fierce beasts, how many serpents, swords, pitfalls, stumbling-blocks, precipices, falls of houses, throwings of stones and darts? In short, we cannot stir a step without ten deaths meeting us. So God here speaks of wild beasts only for the purpose of showing that they were at hand, and that by them he would execute his judgments. Now, therefore, we understand why Ezekiel first spoke of the genus, and afterwards came to the species. <\/p>\n And at length he adds, I will bereave or deprive them, namely, that he will deprive fathers of their sons, and sons of their fathers; and he will do that, not only by cruel and savage beasts, but by various other ways. Again he repeats — pestilence and blood shall pass over thee. He had not spoken of blood before, unless under the name of the sword, which he repeats again: but he heaps together, as I have said, various forms of speech, so that those should be at length awakened who had been too slow, and were afterwards turning themselves willingly away from all sense of the wrath of God. Hence he says, pestilence and blood shall pass through thee. Then, I will bring a sword, says he, upon thee When he spoke of blood, he really intended a sword, but, as I have already said, this did not cause either the Israelites or Jews instantly to tremble at such threats. What, therefore, was in itself sufficiently clear and easy, ought to be impressed in various ways. With this view he adds again, I Jehovah have spoken For he turns away the Jews and Israelites from looking at himself, and shows them that he was not the author of the threats, but that he faithfully delivers what he had received from God’s hand, and what he was commanded to utter against them. <\/p>\n 17<\/strong>. <\/strong> Evil beasts <\/strong> With the famine of the siege and the blood of slaughter comes the plague of evil beasts (Eze 14:15<\/span>; Eze 14:21<\/span>; Eze 33:27<\/span>; Eze 34:25<\/span>). This shows the desolation of the land. The people have been carried away and their valleys have become the home of jackals and lions (2Ki 17:25<\/span>). <\/p>\n I the Lord have spoken it <\/strong> This is not, as some modern critics maintain, the utterance of an angry prophet. Ezekiel, dumb in the presence of these awful calamities, is only able to picture them in his sign language to the people, because the hand of the Lord is upon him and he has fed upon the word of the Lord (Eze 3:3<\/span>; Eze 3:14<\/span>).<\/p>\n Eze 5:17<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Famine and evil beasts<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> That is, by a figure called by the Greeks , the hungry and the evil beast. <\/em>Instead of blood, <\/em>Houbigant reads death or mortality. <\/p>\n REFLECTIONS.<\/strong>1st, Jerusalem’s ruin is here represented by another sign. <\/p>\n 1. The prophet must shave his head and beard, and carefully weigh and divide the hair into three parcels; one third must be burnt, another be cut in pieces, and the other scattered in the wind, a few hairs excepted, which he must bind in his skirts, and then quickly take thence, and burn in the fire. 1. Jerusalem was highly honoured, set in the midst of the nations, and exalted in privileges above them all, as a beacon on a hill, designed to diffuse the light of those divine oracles which were entrusted to her. For when God hath given distinguished mercies, he justly expects a suitable return. 3. Her punishment shall be according to her sins; terrible beyond what any nation before ever did, or ever shall again suffer; and public, in the midst of thee, <\/em>that all around might behold God’s righteous judgment, and be warned by her plagues. <\/p>\n [1.] God himself makes bare his holy arm. I, even I, am against thee; <\/em>whatever instruments he employed, the destruction was from the Lord: in anger and in fury,<\/em> and in furious rebukes, <\/em>as a man exasperated with the most atrocious provocations; yea, all the fierceness of his wrath shall be accomplished, <\/em>so entire shall be their ruin; and his fury shall rest upon them <\/em>for a long season; they shall lie under the marks of his fearful vengeance, and this without mercy or pity: yea, so far from it, he will (speaking after the manner of men) delight in their misery; I will be comforted, <\/em>in thus easing himself of his enemies under whom the very earth groaned, and in glorifying his justice and truth by the execution of these most righteous judgments. And then at last when they feel, they will know the truth of his threatenings, and his jealousy in vindicating his own glory and the honour of his government. Note; <\/em>(1.) Woe to the sinner that provokes a jealous God: when his wrath is kindled, yea, but for a moment, who may abide it? (2.) The misery of the damned shall result to God’s glory; and he will, without the least impeachment of his mercy, approve of their torment, seeing that it is the just reward of their deeds. <\/p>\n [2.] The particular judgments threatened are many and grievous. (1.) Famine, <\/em>sharp and deadly as a poisoned arrow; so raging, that all natural affection should be extinguished thereby, and fathers eat their sons, and sons feed upon their murdered fathers. (2.) Dispersion; <\/em>the remnant which survive the siege shall be miserably scattered in all lands, like Cain under a curse, and vagabonds in the earth. (3.) Pestilence, <\/em>the usual consequence of famine; which should devour a third part. (4.) The sword, <\/em>which should not only destroy about a third part during the siege, but pursue the fugitives, and bring them at last to a miserable end. (5.) Evil beasts; <\/em>not merely enemies, as savage as lions, but every furious beast of prey; which should break in upon them in herds, bereave <\/em>them of their dearest relatives, and devour those who fled into the mountains and desarts for shelter. For it is as vain to fly from God’s vengeance, as to resist it. <\/p>\n [3.] Neighbouring nations would insult them on their fall, reproach them for their wickedness, ridicule their vain confidence; and while they were amazed and astonished at the terribleness of the judgment, would receive instruction, <\/em>and be warned of the dreadful danger of provoking such a jealous God. Note: <\/em>When the judgments of God are seen in the earth, the inhabitants thereof will learn righteousness, and repent of those sins which they see productive of such unutterable misery in others. <\/p>\n [4.] The veracity of God is engaged for executing the words of his threatenings. I, the Lord, have spoken it, <\/em>able to perform it, and who cannot lie, or repent; therefore the judgment is infallibly sure to come. And however, while the threatened vengeance is distant, sinners are apt to despise it; when <\/em>it is accomplished, they shall know <\/em>and feel the truth of those threatenings, which they would not believe from the mouth of the prophet. <\/p>\n REFLECTIONS<\/p>\n<\/p>\n READER! let us in the perusal of this Chapter, observe the gracious mercy of a Covenant God, who in the midst of judgments, will have his people regard his love. Hence the Prophet shall be commissioned to preach to them, as well by type as sermon, to show the people, that, though rebellious children, they are not forgotten by him. So that though the man of God is to cause the razor to pass upon his head, and the hair is partly to be burnt, and partly divided with the knife, and partly scattered to the wind: to intimate, the separation for a time of the people from their glorious head; yet still in covenant-relations, the Lord will not finally cast away his people whom he foreknew, though he will reprove them for their wickedness.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Reader! we shall find a sweet subject of consolation from the contents of this Chapter, in hearing how Christ comforts his Church under a similar similitude. Thine head upon thee, saith Jesus, is like Carmel; and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries. How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! And when we behold Jesus, as the Head of his body the Church; and the hair intimating the innumerable members which grow upon him; Jesus is held by virtue of this union, in the galleries of covenant grace, and the purple vesture of his blood becomes the token of cleansing from all sin. Though by sin and departure from him, the children of God lose sight of their privileges; yet his grace and mercy remains the same: though we believe not, yet he abideth faithful, he cannot deny himself. Precious Redeemer! how blessed is it to see our safety and security in thee. Truly Lord, all thy redeemed may say with one of old, and in reference to every individual of thy family, though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.<\/p>\n Eze 5:17 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].<\/p>\n Ver. 17. Evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee.<\/strong> ] Rob thee of thy children, destroy thy cattle, make thee few in number, and thy highway desolate, as was long before threatened. Lev 26:22<\/span> <\/em> 2Ki 17:25 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I the Lord have spoken it.<\/strong> ] I Jehovah, who will give being to my menaces as well as to my promises.<\/p>\n So will I send, Sc, Reference to Pentateuch (Lev 26:22. Deu 32:24), <\/p>\n I will bring the sword, Re. Reference to Pentateuch (Lev 26:25). App-92. Compare Eze 6:3; Eze 11:8; Eze 11:14, Eze 11:17; Eze 29:8; Eze 33:2. Not used elsewhere in O.T. <\/p>\n and evil: Eze 14:15, Eze 14:21, Eze 33:27, Eze 34:25-28, Exo 23:29, Lev 26:22, Deu 32:24, 2Ki 17:25, Jer 15:3 <\/p>\n and pestilence: Eze 5:12, Eze 14:19, Eze 38:22 <\/p>\n and I: Eze 6:12, Eze 21:3, Eze 23:47 <\/p>\n I the: Eze 5:13, Eze 5:15, Eze 17:21, Eze 17:24, Eze 21:32, Eze 22:14, Eze 26:14, Eze 30:12, Eze 37:14, Mat 24:35 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Lev 26:6 – rid Lev 26:25 – will bring Isa 22:25 – for the Jer 13:1 – Go Jer 27:2 – put Lam 1:11 – seek Eze 14:17 – I bring Hos 1:2 – Go Hos 12:10 – used<\/p>\n Eze 5:17. The items threatened are a repetition of what has previously been slated. An important declaration is connected with it, 1 the Lord have spoken it.<\/p>\n 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. 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2. The meaning of this is, that Jerusalem, which had been the head of the nations, and full of inhabitants, numerous as these hairs, must undergo the foulest disgrace, and be covered with bitterest grief: weighed in the balances of God’s justice, the punishment suitable to their guilt is determined. The city must be taken and burnt; one third of the inhabitants consumed in the flames, or by the famine; another slain with the sword during the siege, or attempting to escape; the other be dispersed into all the neighbouring countries; not only led captive into Chaldea, but flying for refuge to Egypt, Moab, and Ammon, whither the sword of the king of Babylon would pursue them. A few under Gedaliah seemed reserved for mercy, but even among them the fire kindles, their ruler is slain, and this remnant miserably consumed; thus will God overcome when he judgeth. If sinners will obstinately persist in their wickedness, utter destruction will infallibly overtake them.
2nd, The explanation of the foregoing sign is here given at large, This is Jerusalem; <\/em>the name of the thing signified being given to the sign, as this is my body.<\/em> <\/p>\n
2. Her provocations were multiplied, great, and aggravated. She hath changed my judgments into wickedness; <\/em>not only neglecting God’s commands, and slighting his institutions, but introducing the idolatries and abomination of the heathen; and, as if it was not enough to be like them, the profaneness and impiety of Israel were more than the nations round about them; <\/em>yea, they did not according to the judgments of the nations round about <\/em>them; they were more abandoned in wickedness, and shewed none of that respect for the true God which they paid to their idol deities. And to such a pitch of hardened insolence and impudence in sin were they grown, that in the very house erected for God’s honour and worship, there did they set up their hated idols, and offered their detestable sacrifices before them. Note; <\/em>(1.) Many a virtuous heathen will rise up and condemn the immoral lives of professing Christians. (2.) When they who have been God’s people by profession turn apostates, they usually grow most abandoned. <\/p>\nFuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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