Ezekiel 24
1 Under the parable of a boiling pot,
6 is shewn the irrevocable destruction of Jerusalem.
15 By the sign of Ezekiel not mourning for the death of his wife,
19 is shewn the calamity of the Jews to be beyond all sorrow.
ninth year <08141 08671> [A.M. 3414. B.C. 590. the ninth year.]
This was the ninth year of Zedekiah, about Thursday, January 30, A.M. 3414, the very day in which Nebuchadnezzar began the siege of Jerusalem.
write <03789> [write.]
very ............. very <06106> [of this.]
Recite <04911> [utter.]
rebellious <04805> [the rebellious.]
Set on .... set ... on <08239> [Set.]
choice <04005> [the choice.]
heap up <01754> [burn. or, heap.]
Woe <0188> [Woe.]
pot <05518> [to the pot.]
removed <03318> [bring.]
lot <01486> [let no.]
blood <01818> [her blood.]
pour <08210> [she poured.]
anger <02534> [it might.]
placed <05414> [I have set.]
Woe <0188> [Woe.]
pile <04071> [I will.]
spices <07543> [spice.]
Set ... empty <05975 07386> [set it.]
uncleanness <02932> [that the filthiness.]
The pot was Jerusalem; the flesh, the inhabitants in general: every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, Zedekiah, his family, and princes; the bones, the soldiers; the fire and water, the calamities they were to suffer; and the setting on of the pot, the commencement of the siege.
tried ... patience <03811> [wearied.]
thick <07227> [her great.]
rot ......... rot <02457> [her scum.]
The pot being polluted with the scum, must be heated, melted, and even burned with fire till purified; that is, Jerusalem shall be entirely levelled with the ground, as nothing short of this will purify it from the relics of its idolatrous abominations.
uncleanness ...................... uncleanness <02932> [thy filthiness.]
cleanse ............ cleansed <02891> [because.]
anger <02534> [till I.]
Lord .................................. sovereign <03068 0136> [the Lord.]
pity <02347> [neither will I spare.]
conduct <01870> [according to thy ways.]
delight <04261> [the desire.]
jolt <04046> [with a.]
mourn <05594> [yet.]
tears <01832> [thy tears.]
shed <0935> [run. Heb. go.]
Groan ... silence <01826 0602> [Forbear to cry. Heb. Be silent.]
perform <06213> [make.]
rites <02280> [bind.]
put <07760> [put.]
cover <05844> [cover.]
lip <08222> [lips. Heb. upper lip, and so ver.]
eat <0398> [eat.]
food <0582 03899> [the bread of men.]
{Lechem anoshim,} not "the bread of mourners," as some render, but "the bread of other men," i.e., such as was commonly sent to mourners on such occasions by their friends.
evening <06153> [and at.]
desecrate <02490> [I will.]
pride <01347> [the excellency.]
delight <04261> [the desire.]
in which ....... life's passion <04263 05315> [that which your soul pitieth. Heb. the pity of your soul. your sons.]
rot <04743> [but.]
groan <05098> [and mourn.]
Ezekiel <03168> [Ezekiel.]
happens <0935> [when.]
know <03045> [ye shall.]
stronghold <04581> [their strength.]
concern .... lives <05315 04853> [that whereupon they set their minds. Heb. the lifting up of their soul. their sons.]
speak <06310> [thy.]
object lesson <04159> [shalt be.]
