7. top of a rock<\/em> ] a bare rock.<\/strong> Job 16:18<\/span>, “O earth cover not my blood.” Blood uncovered cries for vengeance. Cf. Lev 17:13<\/span>; Deu 12:16<\/span>. On the idea of the openness of Jerusalem’s sin cf. Isa 3:9<\/span>, “They declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not.”<\/p>\n The top of a rock – <\/B>The blood was poured upon a naked, dry, rock where it could not be absorbed or unnoticed.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 7<\/span>. For her blood is in the midst of her<\/B><\/I>] She gloried in her idol sacrifices; she offered them upon a rock, where the blood should remain evident<\/I>; and she poured none upon the ground<\/I> to cover it with dust, in horror of that moral evil that required the blood of an innocent creature to be shed, in order to the atonement of the offender’s guilt. To “cover the blood of the victim,” was a command of the law, Le 17:13<\/span>; De 12:24<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Her blood, <\/B>innocent blood which she hath shed, <\/P> is in the midst of her; <\/B>openly and publicly, without fear, or shame, or reluctance. <\/P> Set it upon the top of a rock, <\/B>where it might be long seen, cared not to hide her murders, as the next words clear it. <\/P> Poured it not upon the ground, <\/B>to cover it with dust: with cruelty and inhumanity they did murder, for when the law directed that the blood of beast or fowl killed should be poured on the earth, and covered with dust, Lev 17:13<\/span>, these butchers of innocent ones leave their blood uncovered, whether in a boasting manner, or for terror, I will not say, but this aggravates the sin. <\/P> <\/p>\n 7. upon the top of a rock<\/B>or,”the dry, bare, exposed rock,” so as to be conspicuous toall. Blood poured on a rock is not so soon absorbed as blood pouredon the earth. The law ordered the blood even of a beast or fowl to be”covered with the dust” (Le17:13<\/span>); but Jerusalem was so shameless as to be at no pains tocover up the blood of innocent men slain in her. Blood,<\/I> as theconsummation of all sin, presupposes every other form of guilt.<\/P><\/p>\n For her blood is in the midst of her<\/strong>,…. The blood of innocent persons shed in the midst of her, openly and publicly, cried for vengeance:<\/p>\n she set it upon the top of a rock<\/strong>; where it could not soak in, as when spilled upon soft earth: this denotes her openness and impudence in shedding blood, as not being ashamed of it, or afraid of punishment for it, but as rather glorying in it; perhaps there may be some allusion to the tops of hills and mountains, where idolatry was committed, attended with shedding human blood:<\/p>\n she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust<\/strong>; she did not take any methods to hide her sin; having no sense of the heinousness of it, nor any consciousness of guilt, or any remorse or repentance; respect is had to a law which obliged to cover blood shed with dust,<\/p>\n Le 17:13<\/span>. The Targum of the whole is,<\/p>\n “because innocent blood which is shed in the midst of her; with pride and with a high arm she shed it; she shed it not through ignorance, that she might repent of it.”<\/p>\n (7) <\/em>Upon the top of a rock.<\/strong>Crimes of violence are continually charged upon Jerusalem (Eze. 22:12-13<\/span>; Eze. 23:37<\/span>, &c.), <\/em>but here she is further reproached with such indifference to these crimes that she did not even care to cover them decently. It was required in the law that the blood even of the sacrifices (Lev. 4:7<\/span>; Lev. 16:15<\/span>, &c.) and of animals slain for food (Deu. 12:16<\/span>) should be poured upon the ground, that it might be absorbed and covered out of sight; but Jerusalem had put the blood of her victims upon the hard rock, and not even covered it with dust, thus glorying in her shame. (Comp. Job. 16:18<\/span>; Isa. 26:21<\/span>.)<\/p>\n 7<\/strong>. <\/strong> Top of a rock <\/strong> The blood of her idol sacrifices was not hidden, but was offered in plain view on the “naked rock;” so shall her own blood be poured out (Eze 24:8<\/span>).<\/p>\n “For her blood is in the midst of her. She set it on the bare rock. She did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust. That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance I have set her blood on the bare rock that it should not be covered.”<\/p>\n The people of Jerusalem were totally unashamed of their sins. The blood they had spilled was not hidden but displayed for all to see, both the blood of violence and the blood of child sacrifice. Like the blood of Abel it cried to God for vengeance (Gen 4:10<\/span> compare Job 16:18<\/span>). Had it been blood which was rightly shed they would have covered it with dust (Lev 17:13<\/span>), although in fact had they done so it would not have remained covered, for it was unrighteously shed and would still not have been hidden (Isa 26:21<\/span>).<\/p>\n Ezekiel’s priestly way of thinking comes out here. The blood displayed on the rock was against all the tenets of the Law, it was wrongly dealt with and therefore brought further defilement, which brought out the guiltiness of those involved. It doubly proved that they were not righteous men, but were men of blood.<\/p>\n With a sudden turn in thought we then learn that this was Yahweh’s doing. He would not let the blood be covered up, for it was His purpose to exact vengeance for it.<\/p>\n But it was not enough just to deal with the inhabitants, Jerusalem itself must be destroyed, all the filth along with the flesh.<\/p>\n Eze 24:7<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>She poured it not upon the ground<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> The words allude to the command of the law, that they should cover the blood of any beast or other living creature with dust: a precept intended not only to prevent their eating blood, but also to give them a kind of horror at seeing it shed. See Lowth. <\/p>\n Eze 24:7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;<\/p>\n Ver. 7. For her blood is in the midst of her.<\/strong> ] She careth not who knows of her murders and oppressions. He seemeth to allude to that law, that blood being let out of a beast should be covered in the ground. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n She set it upon the top of a rock.<\/strong> ] Super limpidissimam petram,<\/em> saith the Vulgate, as glorying in it. So Abimelech slew all his brethren upon one stone; Jdg 9:5 the Jews crucified our Saviour on Mount Calvary. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n She poured it not.<\/strong> ] Pudet et non esse impudentem.<\/em> It is shameful not to be shameless.<\/p>\n not. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version omitted this “not”. to cover it with duet. Reference to Pentateuch (Lev 17:13). <\/p>\n 10 spice it well, &c.: or, boil it down till only the bones are left. <\/p>\n her blood: 1Ki 21:19, Isa 3:9, Jer 2:34, Jer 6:15 <\/p>\n she poured: Lev 17:13, Deu 12:16, Deu 12:24, Job 16:18, Isa 26:21 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 37:26 – conceal 2Sa 16:22 – went in 1Ki 2:5 – put Isa 4:4 – have purged Jer 6:7 – violence Eze 3:7 – all the Eze 21:24 – your transgressions Eze 26:4 – make Hos 12:14 – therefore Mat 27:25 – His<\/p>\n Eze 24:7. The law of Moses (Lev 17:13) required that the blood of animals killed lawfully should be poured upon the ground and covered with dust. This was evidently as an act of respect, on the same principle chat a dead body is buried honorably, since the blood is the life (Gen 9:4; Lev 17:11). But these murderous adulteresses were even defiant, in their disrespect for the innocent blood they had shed. They did not give it the courtesy of being covered out of sight by being absorbed in the ground, but poured it on a rock where every drop would be visible as a glaring proclamation of their arrogance.<\/p>\n 24:7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a {i} rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;<\/p>\n (i) The city showed her cruelty to all the world, and was not ashamed of it, neither yet hid it.<\/p>\n Blood was in Jerusalem’s midst like the blood of a sacrifice that had not been drained out on the ground and covered up (atoned for) as the Law prescribed (Lev 17:13). Israel’s sins were open for all to see, like blood on a bare rock (cf. Isa 3:9). Not only was Jerusalem a city that had shed much innocent blood, but it was an unacceptable sacrifice to God because of the blood that was in it.<\/p>\n For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; 7. top of a rock ] a bare rock. Job 16:18, “O earth cover not my blood.” Blood uncovered cries for vengeance. Cf. 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