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Text -- Ezekiel 16:40 (NET)

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16:40 They will summon a mob who will stone you and hack you in pieces with their swords.
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JFB: Eze 16:38-40 - -- (Lev 20:10; compare Eze 16:2). In the case of individual adulteresses, stoning was the penalty (Joh 8:4-5). In the case of communities, the sword. Al...

(Lev 20:10; compare Eze 16:2). In the case of individual adulteresses, stoning was the penalty (Joh 8:4-5). In the case of communities, the sword. Also apostasy (Deu 13:10) and sacrificing children to Molech (Lev 20:1-5) incurred stoning. Thus the penalty was doubly due to Israel; so the other which was decreed against an apostate city (Deu 13:15-16) is added, "they shall stone thee with stones and thrust thee through with . . . swords." The Chaldeans hurled stones on Jerusalem at the siege and slew with the sword on its capture.

JFB: Eze 16:38-40 - -- (Gen 9:6).

(Gen 9:6).

JFB: Eze 16:38-40 - -- Image taken from the fury of a husband in jealousy shedding the blood of an unfaithful wife, such as Israel had been towards God, her husband spiritua...

Image taken from the fury of a husband in jealousy shedding the blood of an unfaithful wife, such as Israel had been towards God, her husband spiritually. Literally, "I will make thee (to become) blood of fury and jealousy."

JFB: Eze 16:40 - -- (Eze 23:10, Eze 23:47). Compare as to the destruction under Titus, Luk 19:43-44.

(Eze 23:10, Eze 23:47). Compare as to the destruction under Titus, Luk 19:43-44.

Calvin: Eze 16:40 - -- Since what Ezekiel has hitherto brought forward was incredible, he now explains the manner of its accomplishment — that the Chaldmans and Assyrians...

Since what Ezekiel has hitherto brought forward was incredible, he now explains the manner of its accomplishment — that the Chaldmans and Assyrians should bring a large army and bury the whole of Judea with stones, and pierce it through with swords. By these figures he simply means that there should be such slaughter that the whole region should be made desolate, just as if the enemy should slay all that they met with stones and swords. Some think that he alludes to stones which were thrown by engines of war; but I doubt whether the Prophet thought of this. What I have stated is more simple, that the Jews had no cause to think themselves free from that final slaughter of which the Prophet spoke, since numerous and powerful armies should come and overwhelm them with stones, and pierce them through with swords. It follows —

TSK: Eze 16:40 - -- shall also : Hab 1:6-10; Joh 8:5-7 and thrust : Eze 23:10,Eze 23:47, Eze 24:21; Jer 25:9

shall also : Hab 1:6-10; Joh 8:5-7

and thrust : Eze 23:10,Eze 23:47, Eze 24:21; Jer 25:9

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Barnes: Eze 16:35-43 - -- Judah is now represented as undergoing the punishment adjudged to an adulteress and murderess. Only in her utter destruction shall the wrath of the ...

Judah is now represented as undergoing the punishment adjudged to an adulteress and murderess. Only in her utter destruction shall the wrath of the Lord, the jealous God, cease.

Eze 16:36

Filthiness - Or, brass, i. e., money, is lavished. The Hebrews generally speak of money as gold Isa 46:6, but brass coins were not unknown in the time of the Maccabees. Compare Mat 10:9; Mar 12:41. Ezekiel may here have put brass for gold contemptuously. Compare Isa 1:22-25; Isa 48:10.

Eze 16:38

I will give thee blood in fury - Rather, "I will make thee a bloody sacrifice to fury and jealousy."By the Law of Moses, death was the penalty for murder Exo 21:12, and for adultery (Lev 20:10; e. g., by stoning, Eze 16:40). The circumstances of the siege of Jerusalem corresponded with the punishment of the adulteress; the company gathered around her were the surrounding armies, the fury of the jealous husband was the fury of the attacking army, the stripping off her ornaments was the rapine of the siege, the stoning the battering-rams, the bloody death being the slaughter in the battle.

Eze 16:42

So ... rest - Or, "My fury shall not rest until thou art utterly ruined."

Eze 16:43

Thou shalt not ... abominations - Others render it: "I will not do wickedly because of all thine etc."i. e., by allowing jerusalem to remain unpunished

Poole: Eze 16:40 - -- They the king of Babylon, and his counsellors, and captains. A company an assembled army. You had your assemblies for your idol worship, and I will...

They the king of Babylon, and his counsellors, and captains.

A company an assembled army. You had your assemblies for your idol worship, and I will have also an assembly, but it shall be of Chaldeans, Hab 1:6 , and others, to destroy you for your idolatry.

They shall stone thee: the punishment by stoning was not inflicted on the condemned, but in the sight of the congregation; so here is a congregation of many nations, before whom this just judgment of God shall be executed on this adulteress. It intimates the manner of battering of the walls of Jerusalem, with stones cast out of their engines.

Thrust thee through with their swords when the enemy shall assault and take the battered city, he will in his fury slay and destroy with the sword. It is called

their sword because it might mind the Israelites that the destruction would be with the sword of a cruel one, of either an old professed enemy, or a new revolted friend.

Gill: Eze 16:40 - -- They shall also bring up a company against thee,.... An army, so the Targum; the Chaldean army: and they shall stone thee with stones: cast out of ...

They shall also bring up a company against thee,.... An army, so the Targum; the Chaldean army:

and they shall stone thee with stones: cast out of their engines and slings, by which they battered the walls, as well as killed the inhabitants; and so the Targum renders it, with sling stones; the allusion is to the stoning of adulterous persons, Deu 22:24;

and thrust thee through with their swords; such as attempted to escape out of the city, or fell into the hands of the enemy when it was taken, were slain with the sword.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Eze 16:1-63 - --1 Under the similitude of a wretched infant is shewn the natural state of Jerusalem.6 God's extraordinary love towards her.15 Her monstrous whoredom.3...

MHCC: Eze 16:1-58 - --In this chapter God's dealings with the Jewish nation, and their conduct towards him, are described, and their punishment through the surrounding nati...

Matthew Henry: Eze 16:35-43 - -- Adultery was by the law of Moses made a capital crime. This notorious adulteress, the criminal at the bar, being in the foregoing verses found guilt...

Keil-Delitzsch: Eze 16:35-52 - -- As Israel has been worse than all the heathen, Jehovah will punish it notwithstanding its election, so that its shame shall be uncovered before all ...

Constable: Eze 4:1--24:27 - --II. Oracles of judgment on Judah and Jerusalem for sin chs. 4-24 This section of the book contains prophecies th...

Constable: Eze 12:1--19:14 - --C. Yahweh's reply to the invalid hopes of the Israelites chs. 12-19 "The exiles had not grasped the seri...

Constable: Eze 16:1-63 - --7. Jerusalem's history as a prostitute ch. 16 This chapter is the longest prophetic message in t...

Constable: Eze 16:35-43 - --The judgment of Jerusalem 16:35-43 16:35-37 Yahweh announced the judgment that He would mete out to Jerusalem because of all her unnatural and rebelli...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) The name Ezekiel means "(whom) God will strengthen" [GESENIUS]; or, "God will prevail" [ROSENMULLER]. His father was Buzi (Eze 1:3), a priest, and he ...

JFB: Ezekiel (Outline) EZEKIEL'S VISION BY THE CHEBAR. FOUR CHERUBIM AND WHEELS. (Eze. 1:1-28) EZEKIEL'S COMMISSION. (Eze 2:1-10) EZEKIEL EATS THE ROLL. IS COMMISSIONED TO ...

TSK: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) The character of Ezekiel, as a Writer and Poet, is thus admirably drawn by the masterly hand of Bishop Lowth: " Ezekiel is much inferior to Jeremiah ...

TSK: Ezekiel 16 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Eze 16:1, Under the similitude of a wretched infant is shewn the natural state of Jerusalem; Eze 16:6, God’s extraordinary love towards...

Poole: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) BOOK OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL THE ARGUMENT EZEKIEL was by descent a priest, and by commission a prophet, and received it from heaven, as will appea...

Poole: Ezekiel 16 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 16 Under the similitude of a helpless exposed infant is represented the original state of Jerusalem, Eze 16:1-5 ; whom God is described to ...

MHCC: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) Ezekiel was one of the priests; he was carried captive to Chaldea with Jehoiachin. All his prophecies appear to have been delivered in that country, a...

MHCC: Ezekiel 16 (Chapter Introduction) A parable showing the first low estate of the Jewish nation, its prosperity, idolatries, and punishment.

Matthew Henry: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel When we entered upon the writings of the prophets, which speak of the ...

Matthew Henry: Ezekiel 16 (Chapter Introduction) Still God is justifying himself in the desolations he is about to bring upon Jerusalem; and very largely, in this chapter, he shows the prophet, an...

Constable: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) Introduction Title and Writer The title of this book comes from its writer, Ezekiel, t...

Constable: Ezekiel (Outline) Outline I. Ezekiel's calling and commission chs. 1-3 A. The vision of God's glory ch. 1 ...

Constable: Ezekiel Ezekiel Bibliography Ackroyd, Peter R. Exile and Restoration. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1968. ...

Haydock: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF EZECHIEL. INTRODUCTION. Ezechiel, whose name signifies the strength of God, was of the priestly race, and of the number of t...

Gill: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL This book is rightly placed after Jeremiah; since Ezekiel was among the captives in Chaldea, when prophesied; whereas Jerem...

Gill: Ezekiel 16 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 16 In this chapter the Jewish nation is represented under the simile of a female infant, whose birth, breeding, marriage, g...

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