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Text -- Ezekiel 7:23 (NET)

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7:23 (Make the chain, because the land is full of murder and the city is full of violence.)
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: Sin | JERUSALEM, 1 | Israel | Chains | CRIME; CRIMES | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Eze 7:23 - -- To bind the captives.

To bind the captives.

JFB: Eze 7:23 - -- Symbol of the captivity (compare Jer 27:2). As they enchained the land with violence, so shall they be chained themselves. It was customary to lead aw...

Symbol of the captivity (compare Jer 27:2). As they enchained the land with violence, so shall they be chained themselves. It was customary to lead away captives in a row with a chain passed from the neck of one to the other. Therefore translate as the Hebrew requires, "the chain," namely, that usually employed on such occasions. CALVIN explains it, that the Jews should be dragged, whether they would or no, before God's tribunal to be tried as culprits in chains. The next words favor this: "bloody crimes," rather, "judgment of bloods," that is, with blood sheddings deserving the extreme judicial penalty. Compare Jer 51:9 : "Her judgment reacheth unto heaven."

Clarke: Eze 7:23 - -- Make a chain - Point out the captivity; show them that it shall come, and show them the reason: "Because the land is full of bloody crimes,"etc.

Make a chain - Point out the captivity; show them that it shall come, and show them the reason: "Because the land is full of bloody crimes,"etc.

Calvin: Eze 7:23 - -- Interpreters refer the Prophet’s being ordered to make a chain to the captivity; for we know that captives are accustomed to be bound with chains a...

Interpreters refer the Prophet’s being ordered to make a chain to the captivity; for we know that captives are accustomed to be bound with chains and fetters, or manacles. Hence they explain it that God threatens the people with exile. But the Spirit seems rather to allude to criminals, who plead their cause in chains. For the Jews had long reveled in their vices, and the absence of punishment had rendered them very audacious. Now the Prophet says, the time had come in which they were to be brought to the tribunal of God, and there to be dealt with most justly as criminals. Since, therefore, they bound criminals with chains, that they might plead their cause ignominiously — criminals, I say, who were already, as it were, half condemned; hence the Prophet is ordered to make a chain, so that not only the people should be called upon to render all account of their wickedness, but should also be drawn, whether they wished it or not, to God’s judgment-seat. And he explains himself when he says, since the land is full of the judgment of bloods The Hebrews call judgment of bloods the material of death, when the cause is capital, and the criminal is so convicted that he cannot escape final punishment; so any capital conviction is called a judgment of blood. He says, therefore, the earth is full of a judgment of bloods, that is, is guilty of so many crimes, that it cannot escape the final vengeance. And afterwards he adds the city, which, in the general corruption of the land, ought to retain something of its purity; but he says, the city also is so full of violence, under which word are doubtless embraced all unjust oppressions — rapines, pillage, unlawful gains, robberies, and whatever opposes justice and equity. The result is, that the people’s impiety and wickedness had come to such a pitch, that they were no longer endurable by God; and hence God ascends his tribunal to exact punishment from them; and this is the chain of which he speaks. It follows —

TSK: Eze 7:23 - -- a chain : Eze 19:3-6; Jer 27:2, Jer 40:1; Lam 3:7; Nah 3:10 for : Eze 9:9, Eze 11:6, Eze 22:3-6, Eze 22:9, Eze 22:13, Eze 22:27; 2Ki 21:16, 2Ki 24:4; ...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Eze 7:23 - -- Make a chain - Forge the chain, the chain of imprisonment determined for them.

Make a chain - Forge the chain, the chain of imprisonment determined for them.

Poole: Eze 7:23 - -- A chain either to signify that like criminals they should be brought in chains before God their Judge; or, as guilty and condemned, should be led awa...

A chain either to signify that like criminals they should be brought in chains before God their Judge; or, as guilty and condemned, should be led away in chains; or else, as captives in chains, carried away in triumph, because murders and oppressions abounded in them, or because the

crimes which deserved death abounded among them.

Haydock: Eze 7:23 - -- Shutting up. Hebrew, "chain," for imprisonment and captivity. (Challoner) --- Pronounce sentence upon all.

Shutting up. Hebrew, "chain," for imprisonment and captivity. (Challoner) ---

Pronounce sentence upon all.

Gill: Eze 7:23 - -- Make a chain,.... To bind them; not the robbers, the Chaldeans, but the Jews; in order either to bring them to the bar to be tried for capital crimes ...

Make a chain,.... To bind them; not the robbers, the Chaldeans, but the Jews; in order either to bring them to the bar to be tried for capital crimes hereafter mentioned, or to be led bound in chains into captivity; see Neh 3:10;

for the land is full of bloody crimes; or, "judgment of bloods" m; capital crimes, such as are deserving of death, particularly murder, or shedding of innocent blood; so the Targum interprets it of sins of murder:

and the city is full of violence; rapine, oppression, and injury done to the poor, the widow, and the fatherless; meaning the city of Jerusalem, where was the great court of judicature, and where justice ought to have been administered.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 7:23 Heb “judgment for blood,” i.e., indictment or accountability for bloodshed. The word for “judgment” does not appear in the sim...

Geneva Bible: Eze 7:23 Make a ( s ) chain: for the land is full of ( t ) bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. ( s ) Signifying that they would be bound and led ...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Eze 7:1-27 - --1 The final desolation of Israel.16 The mournful repentance of them that escape.20 The enemies defile the sanctuary because of the Israelites' abomina...

MHCC: Eze 7:23-27 - --Whoever break the bands of God's law, will find themselves bound and held by the chains of his judgments. Since they encouraged one another to sin, Go...

Matthew Henry: Eze 7:23-27 - -- Here is, I. The prisoner arraigned: Make a chain, in which to drag the criminal to the bar, and set him before the tribunal of divine justice; let...

Keil-Delitzsch: Eze 7:23-27 - -- Fourth Strophe Still worse is coming, namely, the captivity of the people, and overthrow of the kingdom. - Eze 7:23. Make the chain, for the lan...

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 4:1--7:27 - --A. Ezekiel's initial warnings chs. 4-7 In this section, Ezekiel grouped several symbolic acts that pictu...

Constable: Eze 6:1--7:27 - --2. The judgment coming on Judah chs. 6-7 The Lord commanded Ezekiel to announce prophetic messag...

Constable: Eze 7:1-27 - --The destruction of the whole land ch. 7 This chapter, like the previous one, probably contains several separate oracles. Together they make up a lamen...

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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 7 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Eze 7:1, The final desolation of Israel; Eze 7:16, The mournful repentance of them that escape; Eze 7:20, The enemies defile the sanctuar...

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 7 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 7 The final desolation of Israel, Eze 7:1-15 . The mournful repentance of them that escape, Eze 7:16-19 . The enemies are permitted to defi...

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 7 (Chapter Introduction) (Eze 7:1-15) The desolation of the land. (Eze 7:16-22) The distress of the few who should escape. (Eze 7:23-27) The captivity.

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 7 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter the approaching ruin of the land of Israel is most particularly foretold in affecting expressions often repeated, that if possible ...

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 7 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 7 This chapter contains a prophecy of the speedy destruction of the Jews, as being just at hand; of the particular judgment...

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