Ezekiel 1:1--20:49
thirtieth <07970> [in the thirtieth.]
among <08432> [as I.]
exiles <01473> [captives. Heb. captivity. by the river.]
Kebar <03529> [Chebar.]
Chebar, called now Khabour, is a river of Mesopotamia, which taking its rise in the Mysian mountains, falls into the Euphrates near Carchemish, or Circesioum, now Karkisia, about 35 degrees 20' N. lat. and 40 degrees 25' E. long.
heavens <08064> [the heavens.]
saw <07200> [I saw.]
word <01697> [word.]
Ezekiel <03168> [Ezekiel. Heb. Jehezkel. and the.]
windstorm <07307> [a whirlwind.]
enormous <01419> [a great.]
bright light rimmed <03947 05051> [infolding itself. Heb. catching itself. colour.]
looked like ........... form <01823> [the likeness.]
each ... four faces ... four <0259 0702 06440> [And every one had four faces.]
These living creatures were probably hieroglyphical representations of the holy angels, the attendants on "the King of Glory," and the ministers of his providence. They were four, apparently to denote that they were employed in the four corners of the world; and they had the likeness of a man, to signify that they were intelligent and rational creatures.
each ... four .... four wings <0702 03671 0259> [every one had four wings.]
legs ... straight ....... feet ..... feet <07272 03477> [straight feet. Heb. a straight foot. like the sole.]
gleamed <05869> [the colour.]
touched <02266> [joined.]
turn <05437> [they turned.]
appearance <01823> [for the.]
faces ........... face .... man .... face ......... face ........... face <0120 06440> [the face of a man.]
faces ........... face ....... face .... lion ...... face ........... face <0738 06440> [the face of a lion.]
faces ........... face ....... face ......... face .... ox ........ face <07794 06440> [the face of an ox.]
[Cherub.]
faces ........... face ....... face ......... face ........... face .... eagle <05404 06440> [the face of an eagle.]
wings <03671> [and their.]
spread ... above <04605 06504> [stretched upward. or, divided above. and two.]
Each <03212 0376> [they went every.]
spirit <07307> [whither.]
one <0259> [one.]
four <0702> [with.]
gleaming <05869> [the colour.]
wheels .................... wheel .... wheel <0212> [a wheel.]
turning <05437> [and.]
high <01363> [they were so.]
rims ........ rims <01354> [rings. or, stakes. full.]
spirit ................. spirit <07307> [the spirit.]
spirit ................. spirit <07307> [for the.]
living <02416> [of the living creature. or, of life.]
<03212> [When those went.]
living <02416> [of the living creature. or, of life.]
like <01823> [the likeness.]
ice <07140> [crystal.]
The Hebrew {kerach,} which generally denotes ice, doubtless here signifies crystal, ([krystallos,] from [kryos,] cold, ice, and [stellomai,] to concrete,) as it is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate. It is a very large class of silicious minerals, hard, pellucid, naturally colourless, of regularly angular figures, and of simple plates; not flexible, nor elastic, but giving fire with steel; not fermenting by acid menstrua, but calcinable in a strong fire. There are three orders of pure crystal: the first is perfect columnar crystals, with double pyramids, of eighteen planes, in an hexangular pyramid at each end; the second is that of perfect crystals, without a column, of twelve or sixteen planes, in two hexangular pyramids: and the third is that of imperfect crystals, with single pyramids, of ten or twelve planes, in an hexangular or pentangular column. Terrible crystal seems to denote that which was well cut and polished, vividly refracting the rays of light.
wings <03671> [their wings.]
beings ...... covering <03680> [which.]
sound ......... sound ....... voice <06963> [like.]
sound ......... sound ....... voice <06963> [as the voice.]
sound ......... sound ....... voice <06963> [as the noise.]
still <07503> [and had.]
Above <04605> [And above.]
Abp. Newcome judiciously observes, "We need not allegorize the circumstances of this august vision too minutely. Many of them augment the splendour of the scene, while others, no doubt, have much significance; which should be pointed out rather by a correct judgement, than a luxuriant imagination."
heads <07218> [over.]
like ... throne ...... throne .... form <01823 03678> [the likeness of a.]
like ................. appeared <04758> [as the.]
like ................. appeared ..... man <0120 04758> [the appearance of a man.]
saw <05869> [as the colour.]
like ... fire ............... something that looked like fire <0784 04758> [the appearance of fire.]
[at the appearance of the bow.]
appearance .............. appearance ........ looked <04758> [This.]
threw <05307> [I fell.]
Son <01121> [Son.]
stand <05975> [stand.]
sending <07971> [I send.]
sending ..... house ..... rebellious nations .... rebelled <01471 04775> [a rebellious nation. Heb. rebellious nations.]
sending ..... house ..... rebellious ..... rebelled <04775> [rebelled.]
hard-hearted <07186> [they.]
hard-hearted <07186> [impudent. Heb. hard of face.]
say .......... says <0559> [Thus.]
listen ... not <08085 02308> [whether.]
know <03045> [yet.]
fear ...... fear .................. fear <03372> [be not.]
briers <05621> [briers. or, rebels.]
scorpions <06137> [scorpions.]
rebellious <04805> [though they.]
speak <01696> [thou.]
listen ... not <08085 02308> [whether.]
rebellious <04805> [most rebellious. Heb. rebellion.]
Do <01961> [Be.]
Open <06475> [open.]
hand <03027> [an hand.]
scroll <04039> [a roll.]
[All ancient books were written so as to be rolled up: hence]
{volumen,} a volume, from {volvo,} I roll.
unrolled <06566> [spread.]
before ...... writing .... front .... written <06440 03789> [was written within.]
Contrary to the state of rolls in general, which are written on the inside only.
laments <07015> [lamentations.]
eat <0398> [eat.]
This must have passed in a vision; but the meaning is plain: Receive ny word into thy mind, let it enter into they soul; digest it, let it be they nourishment, they meat and thy drink, to do the will of thy Father who is in heaven.
<03212> [go.]
fill <04390> [and fill.]
feed .................. ate <0398> [Then.]
mouth <06310> [it was.]
sent <07971> [thou.]
unintelligible speech .... language <06012 08193 03515 03956> [of a strange speech and of an hard language. Heb. deep of lip and heavy of tongue: and so.]
unintelligible speech ... difficult language <06012 08193 03515 03956> [of a strange speech and of an hard language. Heb. deep of lip and heavy of language. Surely, etc. or, If I had sent thee to them, would they not have hearkened? etc.]
Israel ... unwilling .......... willing ........... Israel <014 03478> [Israel will.]
house ...................... house <01004> [all the.]
hard-headed ... hard-hearted <07186 02389> [impudent and hard-hearted. Heb. stiff of forehead and hard of heart.]
diamond <08068> [adamant.]
fear <03372> [fear.]
take <03947> [receive.]
<0935> [get.]
countrymen <01121> [the children.]
speak <01696> [speak.]
wind <07307> [spirit.]
sound <06963> [a voice.]
me <01288> [Blessed.]
glory <03519> [glory.]
sound ............. sound .......... sound <06963> [the noise.]
brushing <05401> [touched. Heb. kissed. and the noise.]
wind ............. spirit <07307> [the spirit.]
wind ........... bitterly ... spirit .... fury <04751 02534 07307> [in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit. Heb. bitter in hot anger.]
hand <03027> [but.]
lived ....... sat ......... living <03427> [that dwelt.]
lived ....... sat ......... living <03427> [sat.]
give them <05414> [I have.]
watchman <06822> [a watchman.]
hear <08085> [hear.]
say <0559> [I say.]
live <02421> [to save.]
wicked .................... wicked ......... wicked ......... wicked <07563> [the same.]
accountable <01818> [but.]
warn <02094> [if thou.]
die <04191> [he shall.]
saved <05337> [but thou.]
righteous <06662> [When.]
righteousness ............................ righteous <06664 06666> [righteousness. Heb. righteousnesses.]
I set <05414> [and I lay.]
warned <02094> [because.]
righteous <06666> [and his.]
accountable <01818> [but his.]
warn .................... warned <02094> [if thou.]
certainly live <02421> [he shall.]
saved <05337> [also.]
hand <03027> [the hand.]
Get <06965> [Arise.]
glory ........... glory <03519> [the glory.]
River <05104> [river.]
threw .... down <05307> [and I fell.]
wind <07307> [the spirit.]
came ................. Go <0935> [Go.]
tongue <03956> [I will.]
<0376> [and shalt.]
<0376> [a reprover. Heb. a man reproving. for.]
loosen <06605> [I will.]
say .......... says <0559> [Thus.]
rebellious <04805> [for they.]
take <03947> [take.]
brick <03843> [a tile.]
[Lebˆbnƒh <\\See definition 03843\\>,] {levainah,} generally denotes a brick, and Palladius informs us that the bricks in common use among the ancients were "two feet long, one foot broad, and four inches thick;" and on such a surface the whole siege might be easily pourtrayed. Perhaps, however, it may here denote a flat tile, like a Roman brick, which were commonly used for tablets, as we learn from Pliny, Hist. Nat. 1. vii. c. 57.
Jerusalem <03389> [even.]
Lay ................ Post <05414> [lay.]
battering rams <03733> [battering rams. or, chief leaders.]
iron frying ......... iron <04227 01270> [an iron pan. or, a flat plate, or slice.]
sign <0226> [This.]
left ................ number ........... bear <08042 04557 05375> [upon.]
place <07760> [and lay.]
bear <05375> [thou shalt bear.]
determined <05414> [I have.]
390 <07969> [three.]
This number of years will take us back from the year in which Judea was finally desolated by Nebuzar-adan, B.C. 584, to the establishment of idolatry in Israel by Jeroboam, B.C. 975. "Beginning from 1 Ki 12:33. Ending Jer 52:30."
40 days ...... day ... each <0705 03117> [forty days.]
This represented the forty years during which gross idolatry prevailed in Judah, from the reformation of Josiah, B.C. 624, to the same final desolation of the land. Some think that the period of 390 days also predicts the duration of the siege of the Babylonians, (ver. 9,) deducting from it five months and twenty-nine days, when the besiegers went to meet the Egyptians (2 Ki 25:1-4; Jer 37:5;) and that forty days may have been employed in desolating the temple and city. "Beginning from 2 Ki 23:3, 23. Ending Jer 52:30."
days ...... day ... each year <08141 03117> [each day for a year. Heb. a day for a year, a day for a year.]
<03559> [set.]
arm <02220> [and thine.]
will <05414> [I will.]
side .... other <06654> [from one side to another. Heb. from thy side to thy side.]
wheat <02406> [wheat.]
millet <01764> [millet.]
{Dochan,} in Arabic, {dokhn,} the {holcus dochna} of Forskal, is a kind of millet, of considerable use as a food; the cultivation of which is described by Browne.
spelt <03698> [fitches. or, spelt.]
{Kussemim} is doubtless [zea,] or spelt, as Aquila and Symmachus render here; and so LXX. and Theodotion, [olyra.] In times of scarcity it is customary to mix several kinds of coarser grains with the finer, to make it last the longer.
390 <07969> [three.]
drink ............ drink <08354> [shalt drink.]
[cake. a "round" thing.]
Ah <0162> [Ah.]
ceremonially <05315> [my soul.]
eaten <0398> [have I.]
unclean <06292> [abominable.]
cow's manure ..... excrement <06832 01561 01241> [cow's dung.]
Dried cow-dung is a common fuel in the East, as it is in many parts of England, to the present day; but the prophet was ordered to prepare his bread with human ordure, to shew the extreme degree of wretchedness to which the besieged should be exposed, as they would be obliged literally to use it, from not being able to leave the city to collect other fuel.
remove <07665> [I will.]
eat <0398> [eat.]
The prophet was allowed each day only twenty shekels weight, or about ten ounces, of the coarse food he had prepared, and the sixth part of a hin, scarcely a pint and a half, of water; all of which was intended to shew that they should be obliged to eat the meanest and coarsest food, and that by weight, and their water by measure.
rot <04743> [and consume.]
son <01121> [son.]
In this expressive emblem, the prophet represents the Jewish nation; his hair, the people; the razor, the Chaldeans; the cutting of the hair, the calamities and disgrace coming upon them; the balances, the exact distribution of the Divine judgments; the third part of the hair burnt, those destroyed in the city; the third part smitten with a knife, those slain in attempting to escape; the third part scattered to the winds, those who escaped to other countries; the few hairs in his skirt, those left with Gedaliah; and the burning of these, their destruction in Egypt.
take ............ Shave off ............. take <03947> [take.]
take ............ Shave off ............. take <03947> [then.]
Burn <01197> [shalt burn.]
city <05892> [the city.]
unleash <07324> [I will draw.]
few <04592> [a few.]
ends of your garment <03671> [skirts. Heb. wings.]
take <03947> [take.]
fire ......... fire <0784> [shall a fire.]
Jerusalem <03389> [This.]
placed <07760> [I have.]
defied <04784> [she hath.]
rejected <03988> [for they.]
carried <06213> [neither have done.]
execute <06213> [even I.]
among ...... watch <08432 05869> [in the.]
do ........ done ...... do <06213> [that which.]
The sentence here passed upon Jerusalem is very dreadful, and the manner of expression makes it yet more so: the judgments are various, the threatenings of them varied, reiterated; so that one may well say, Who is able to stand in God's sight when he is angry?
fathers .............. fathers <01> [the fathers.]
survivors <07611> [the whole.]
live <02416> [as I live.]
defiled <02930> [thou hast.]
detestable idols <08251> [detestable.]
withdraw ........... spare <01639 02550> [will I.]
<05869> [neither shall.]
third ...... die ............. third .............. third <07992 04191> [third part of.]
scatter <02219> [and I will scatter.]
unleash <07324> [and I will draw.]
This was particularly fulfilled in the destruction of those who retired to Egypt; and has been remarkably verified in the many persecutions and miseries which the Jews have suffered at different times, in the various countries into which they are dispersed.
anger <0639> [shall mine.]
rage ............................ rage <02534> [I will cause.]
appeased <05162> [I will be.]
spoken <01696> [spoken.]
make <05414> [I will.]
nations <01471> [the nations.]
example <04148> [an instruction.]
execute <06213> [when.]
deadly <07451> [the evil.]
remove <07665> [and will.]
<07451> [and evil.]
Plague <01698> [and pestilence.]
bring <0935> [and I.]
Lord <03068> [I the.]
word <01697> [And the word.]
This is a new prophecy, and was probably given after the 430 days of his lying on his left and right side were accomplished. By Israel here Judea is simply meant; not the ten tribes, who had long before been carried captive.
turn <07760> [set.]
mountains <02022> [the mountains.]
Mountains .................... mountains <02022> [Ye.]
Mountains .................... mountains <02022> [to the mountains.]
destroy <06> [and I will.]
incense altars <02553> [images. or, sun-images. and so.]
will ... down <05307> [and I.]
I will place <05414> [lay. Heb. give.]
dwellings <04186> [all your.]
cities <05892> [the cities.]
high places <01116> [and the.]
altars <04196> [your altars.]
works <04639> [your works.]
slain <02491> [slain.]
know <03045> [and ye.]
remember <02142> [remember.]
will .... I ... crushed <07665> [I am.]
eyes <05869> [their eyes.]
exiled ............................ loathe <07617 06962> [they shall.]
They shall humble themselves on account of their abominations, forsake their idolatry, and worship ME alone: and this they have done from the Babylonish captivity to the present day.
Clap <05221> [Smite.]
Ah <0253> [Alas.]
fall <05307> [fall.]
far <07350> [far off.]
by ...... vent <03615> [thus.]
dead <02491> [when.]
high <07311> [upon.]
stretch out <05186> [will I.]
desolate waste .... wilderness <08077 04057 04923> [more desolate than the wilderness. or, desolate from the wilderness. Diblath.]
[Almon-diblathaim.]
[Beth-diblathaim.]
Diblath was a city of Moab and appears from parallel passages to have been situated between Dibon and Abarim or Nebo.
land <0127> [unto.]
end ... end <07093> [An end.]
Two or three MSS. read {ketz ba, ba hakketz,} "the end cometh, come is the end;" which is supported by all the ancient versions.
release <07971> [and I.]
judge <08199> [will judge.]
I will .... accountable <05414> [recompense. Heb. give.]
<05869> [mine.]
suffer <05414> [but.]
know <03045> [and ye.]
end ............ end <07093> [An end.]
This is similar to the second verse; but there is a paronomasia, or play upon words, here, deserving of notice: {ketz ba, ba hakketz, haikeetz ailayich,} "the end cometh, come is the end: it waketh for thee." {Ketz,} is an end; {haikeetz,} is to wake or watch.
comes .... comes .... awakened against ....... you ..... coming <06974 0935> [watcheth for thee. Heb. awaketh against thee.]
comes .... comes ..... against ........... coming <0935> [behold.]
Doom <06843> [morning.]
time <06256> [the time.]
day <03117> [the day.]
shouts <01906> [sounding again. or, echo.]
pour <08210> [pour.]
vent <03615> [accomplish.]
judge <08199> [and I.]
behavior .................... know <01870 03045> [thee. Heb. upon thee. and ye.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
coming <0935> [behold, it.]
Doom <06843> [the morning.]
staff <04294> [the rod.]
pride <02087> [pride.]
Violence <02555> [Violence.]
crowd <01995> [none.]
crowd <01995> [multitude. or, tumult. theirs. or, their tumultuous persons. neither.]
time <06256> [time.]
customer <07069> [let.]
wrath <02740> [for.]
seller <04376> [the seller.]
both .... alive ....................... life <02416> [they were yet alive. Heb. their life were yet among the living. neither.]
iniquity <05771> [in, etc. or, whose life is in his iniquity. the iniquity of his life. Heb. his iniquity.]
blown <08628> [have.]
anger <02740> [for.]
Their survivors <06403> [they.]
doves <03123> [like.]
moan <01993> [mourning.]
hands <03027> [hands.]
urine <04325 03212> [be weak as water. Heb. go into water.]
<02296> [shall also.]
terror <06427> [and horror.]
discard <07993> [shall cast.]
filth <05079> [removed. Heb. for a separation, or uncleanness. they shall not.]
[it is the stumbling-block of their iniquity. or, their iniquity is their stumbling-block.]
beauty <06643> [the beauty.]
made <06213> [but.]
rendered ....................... render ... filthy <05079 07760 05414> [set it far from them. or, made it unto them an unclean thing.]
face <06440> [face.]
Vandals <06530> [robbers. or, burglars.]
chain <07569> [a chain.]
land <0776> [for.]
bring <0935> [I will bring.]
possession <03423> [they shall.]
That is, "the Chaldeans shall possess the houses of the Jews." The antecedents of pronouns are thus frequently understood in Hebrew poetry.
arrogance <01347> [I will also.]
arrogance <01347> [the pomp.]
That is, the magnificence of their greatest and haughtiest princes.
be desecrated <02490 06942> [their holy places shall be defiled. or, they shall inherit their holy places.]
Terror <07089> [Destruction. Heb. Cutting off. and they.]
Disaster ... disaster ... come <01943 0935> [Mischief shall.]
seek <01245> [then.]
instruction <08451> [but.]
elders <02205> [ancients.]
king <04428> [king.]
deal <06213> [I will.]
justice <04941> [according to their deserts. Heb. with their judgments.]
know <03045> [and they.]
sixth year .... sixth <08141 08345> [in the sixth year.]
elders <02205> [and the.]
hand <03027> [that the.]
I watched <07200> [I beheld.]
glow <02830> [amber.]
Amber is a hard, inflammable, bituminous substance, of a beautiful yellow colour, very transparent, and susceptible of an exquisite polish. When rubbed it is highly endowed with electricity; a name which the moderns have formed from its Greek name [elektron.] But, as amber becomes dim as soon as it feels the fire, and is speedily consumed, it is probable that the original {chashmal,} which Bochart derives from the Chaldee {nechash,} copper, and {melala,} gold, was a mixed metal, similar to that which the Greeks called [elektron,] electrum, as the LXX. and Vulgate render, from its resemblance to amber in colour.
stretched out <07971> [he put.]
wind <07307> [the spirit.]
door <06607> [to the door.]
statue <05566> [the image.]
provokes <07069> [provoketh.]
look up ....... looked up <05375> [lift.]
gate <08179> [at the.]
see ........................... see <07200> [seest.]
great ...................... greater ... than <01419> [even.]
far <07368> [that I.]
great ...................... greater ... than <01419> [greater.]
practicing <06213> [that they.]
figure <08403> [and behold.]
These images portrayed on the wall were no doubt the objects of Egyptian idolatry, the ox, ape, crocodile, ibis, beetle, etc., as we find those idols were painted on the walls of the tombs of kings and nobles.
figure <08403> [every.]
Seventy <07657> [seventy.]
Shaphan <08227> [Shaphan.]
men ........................ each <0376> [every.]
see ................................. see <07200> [hast.]
elders <02205> [ancients.]
dark ..... chamber <02822 02315> [in the.]
see ................................. see <03068 07200> [The Lord seeth.]
greater <01419> [greater.]
north <06828> [toward.]
see ........ see <07200> [Hast.]
greater ... than <01419> [greater.]
inner <06442> [the inner.]
entrance <06607> [at the door.]
twenty-five <02568> [about.]
backs <0268> [with their.]
facing <06440> [their faces.]
worshiping <07812> [and they.]
It seems that the Jews had incorporated every species of idolatry into their worship, Egyptian, Phoenician, and Persian; for this evidently was the Magian worship of the sun.
trivial <07043> [Is it a light, etc. or, Is there any thing lighter than to commit, etc. for.]
putting <07971> [they put.]
So the Vulgate has, {applicant ramum ad nares suas,} "they apply the branch to their nose;" which Jerome explains by "a branch of the palm tree with which they adored the idols;" and it seems plainly to allude to the Magian fire-worshippers, who, Strabo tells us, held a little bunch of twigs in their hand, when praying before the fire.
act <06213> [will I also.]
shouted <07121> [and though.]
shouted <07121> [cried.]
destruction <06486> [Cause.]
six <08337> [six.]
upper <05945> [the higher.]
faces <06437> [lieth. Heb. is turned. slaughter weapon. Heb. weapon of his breaking in pieces. and one.]
kit <07083> [ink-horn.]
{Keseth,} (in Chaldee, {kista,} Syriac, {kesto,} Ethiopic, {kasut,}) denotes a bottle, or vessel to hold any fluid; and being here united to {sophair,} a writer, is not improperly rendered as an ink-horn: so one of the editions of Aquila, [melandocheion,] and Vulgate, {atramentarium.} Dr. Shaw informs us, that among the Moors, "the {Hojas,} i.e., writers or secretaries, suspend their ink-horns in their girdles."
side <04975> [by his side. Heb. upon his loins. beside.]
[set a mark. Heb. mark a mark.]
moan <0584> [that sigh.]
listened <0241> [hearing. Heb. ears.]
through <05674> [Go.]
wipe ... out <04889> [utterly. Heb. to destruction. old.]
touch <05066> [but.]
Begin ....... began <02490> [and begin.]
Old men ............................... elders <02205> [at the.]
threw <05307> [that I.]
Ah <0162> [Ah.]
sin <05771> [The iniquity.]
land ..................... land <0776> [and the land.]
[full of. Heb. filled with. perverseness. or, wresting of judgment.]
Lord ... abandoned ...... Lord <03068 05800> [The Lord hath.]
eye <05869> [mine.]
repay <05414> [but.]
back word <07725 01697> [reported the matter. Heb. returned the word. I have.]
watched ....................... appearing <07200> [I looked.]
platform <07549> [in the.]
top <07218> [above.]
resembling <04758> [as the.]
man <0376> [unto.]
Go ......................... went <0935> [Go.]
hands <02651> [thine hand. Heb. the hollow of thine hand. coals.]
scatter <02236> [scatter.]
cloud <06051> [and the.]
glory ................................... glory <03519> [the glory.]
Then <07311> [went up. Heb. was lifted up. and the house.]
sound ................. sound <06963> [the sound.]
outer <02435> [outer.]
sound ................. sound <06963> [the voice.]
stretched out <07971> [stretched forth. Heb. sent forth. unto the.]
left <03318> [and went.]
four <0702> [behold.]
gleamed <05869> [as the.]
jasper <08658> [a beryl.]
{Tarshish} is generally rendered by the LXX. and the Vulgate the chrysolite, so called by the ancients (from [chrusos (chrysos) <\\See definition 5557\\>,] gold, and [lithos <\\See definition 3037\\>,] a stone,) because of its fine gold yellow colour. It is now called by the moderns the topaz; is a very beautiful and valuable gem in its pure and perfect state, though very rarely found so; and the finer pieces of it are in hardness second only to the diamond. The Vulgate, however, in ch. 1:16, renders, {quasi visio maris,} "as the appearance of the seas," i.e., azure; and Dr. Geddes (on Ex 28:10) says, that, with {Abarbanel,} he believes the beryl to be intended. It is a pellucid gem, called by our lapidaries, {aqua marina,} of a sea or bluish green colour, found in the East Indies and about the gold mines of Peru. The genuine beryl never receives any other mixture of colour; and in its perfect state approaches the hardness of garnet.
four <03212 0702> [they went upon.]
head <07218> [whither.]
bodies <01320> [body. Heb. flesh. were.]
called <07121> [it was cried, etc. or, they were called in my hearing,]
Wheel, or Galgal.
first ...... a <0259> [every.]
faces ...... face .... cherub <06440 03742> [the face of a cherub.]
In ch. 1:10, instead of "the face of a cherub," it is "the face of an ox:" hence a cherub was in the likeness of an ox, at least as to its head. The extraordinary shape of these angelic beings, which appeared to the prophet in vision, is manifestly symbolical; for it is not to be supposed that these heavenly beings are really thus formed. The four faces, wings, and the arms of a man, denote the sublime qualities of these immediate ministers of the Deity; qualities entirely essential to fill up the extent of their duty. The face of a man denotes their intelligence; of a lion, their intrepid courage; of an ox, their patience and perseverance in labour; and of an eagle, their great penetration, their sublime sight into heavenly things, and their readiness to rise up into all that is great and divine. The wings being stretched out, signifies their readiness and rapidity in obeying the commands of their Master; the wings bent down, denotes their profound respect before the Lord of the Universe; and the man's arms under the wings, shew that zeal produces application and labour.
rose <07426> [lifted.]
living <02416> [This.]
spirit <07307> [for.]
living <02416> [of the living creature. or, of life.]
glory <03519> [the glory.]
stopped <05975> [and stood.]
cherubim <03742> [the cherubims.]
east <06931> [of the east.]
glory <03519> [and the glory.]
living <02416> [the living.]
River <05104> [the river.]
knew <03045> [and I.]
Each ... four ..... four <0702> [had four.]
form <01823> [and the.]
form <01823> [the likeness.]
<03212> [they went.]
wind <07307> [the spirit.]
east <06931> [the east.]
entrance <06607> [behold.]
Jaazaniah <02970> [Jaazaniah.]
Pelatiah <06410> [Pelatiah.]
[It is not, etc. or, It is not for us to build houses near.]
cooking pot <05518> [this city.]
Spirit ................................... minds <07307> [the Spirit.]
said .... Say ....... says ....... thinking <0559> [Speak.]
said .... Say ....... says ....... thinking <0559> [Thus have.]
know <03045> [for.]
corpses <02491> [Your.]
take ... out <03318> [but.]
will <05414> [and deliver.]
execute <06213> [and will.]
die ...... will <05307> [fall.]
border <01366> [in.]
know <03045> [and ye.]
[for we have not walked. or, which have not walked.]
behaved .......... you <06213> [but.]
prophesying <05012> [And it.]
Whilst the prophet, in vision, was delivering this message to the princes, Pelatiah suddenly died; and it is highly probable the he was actually struck dead at this very time, in so remarkable a manner as to render the vision much noticed. The prophet, alarmed and distressed for the welfare of his people, anxiously enquired whether the Lord meant to destroy the remnant of Israel.
prophesying <05012> [when.]
Then ... threw .... down <05307> [Then.]
Alas <0162> [Ah.]
brothers <0251> [thy brethren.]
gone far away <07368> [Get.]
inhabitants ................. land <03427 0776> [unto.]
say ........ says <0559> [Thus saith.]
little <04592> [as a.]
give ........ put .................... give <05414> [I will give.]
give ........ put .................... give <05414> [I will put.]
remove <05493> [I will take.]
<03212> [they may.]
people <05971> [and they.]
hearts <03820> [whose.]
detestable things <08251> [their detestable.]
repay <05414> [I will.]
glory <03519> [the glory.]
east <06924> [which.]
wind ..................... Spirit <07307> [the spirit.]
Babylonia <03778> [into.]
vision ............ vision <04758> [So.]
living <03427> [thou.]
eyes <05869> [which.]
rebellious ........................ rebellious <04805> [for.]
pack <06213> [prepare.]
belongings <03627> [stuff. or, instruments.]
By stuff our translators meant furniture or goods, as the word frequently denotes in our early writers; but the original, {keley,} has not only this sense (as in ver. 4,) but is also used for any kind of utensils or instruments whatever; and here probably denotes carriages, or other means for removing goods. This was intended to signify that the captivity was at hand.
although <07200> [it may.]
evening <06153> [at even.]
exile ..................... exile <04161 01473> [they that go forth into. Heb. the goings forth of.]
hole .... wall <02864 07023> [Dig thou. Heb. Dig for thee.]
This was to shew that Zedekiah should escape from the city through a breach in the wall.
cover <03680> [thou shalt.]
This intimated that Zedekiah should steal out of the city in the twilight, carrying on his shoulders some of his property, with his head covered, not only as in distress but to escape detection. These prophecies, which were accurately fulfilled, are supposed to have been delivered in the sixth year of Zedekiah, five years before the taking of Jerusalem.
cover <03680> [cover.]
made <05414> [for I.]
did ...... commanded <06213 06680> [I did so.]
carried out .......................... out <03318> [I brought.]
dug <02864> [digged. Heb. digged for me.]
rebellious <04805> [the rebellious.]
doing <06213> [What.]
burden <04853> [This.]
prince <05387> [prince.]
That is, Zedekiah king of Judah.
object lesson <04159> [I am.]
exile <03212 01473> [remove and go. Heb. by removing go.]
net <07568> [My net.]
This was to intimate, that though he escaped out of the city, the Chaldeans should overtake him, and carry him to Babylon. Jeremiah had predicted that his "eyes should see the eyes of the king of Babylon," and here Ezekiel foretold that he should not see Babylon, though he should die there; and Josephus says that he thought the two prophecies so inconsistent with each other, that he believed neither; yet both were exactly fulfilled, and the enigma of Ezekiel explained, when Zedekiah was brought to Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, where he had his eyes put out, and was then carried to Babylon, and there died.
bring <0935> [and I.]
scatter <02219> [I will scatter.]
unleash <07324> [I will draw.]
But .......... survive <03498> [I will.]
number <04557 0582> [a few men. Heb. men of number.]
confess <05608> [that they.]
know <03045> [and they.]
anxiety <01674> [with carefulness.]
land ................... land <0776> [that her.]
contains <04393> [all that is therein. Heb. the fulness thereof.]
violence <02555> [because.]
proverb <04912> [what.]
days <03117> [The days.]
proverb <04912> [I will.]
days <03117> [The days.]
speak ..... speak ..................... speak <01696> [I will.]
days <03117> [in your.]
rebellious <04805> [O rebellious.]
<07227> [for.]
words ........ word <01697> [There shall.]
prophesy .... prophets ....... prophesying ..... prophets <05012 05030> [prophesy against.]
prophesy .... prophets ....... prophesying ..... prophets ...... imagination <05012 05030 03820> [prophesy out of. Heb. are prophets out of.]
Hear <08085> [Hear.]
Woe <01945> [Woe.]
foolish <05036> [foolish.]
follow <01980> [follow. Heb. walk after. have seen nothing. or, things which they have not seen.]
prophets <05030> [prophets.]
Crafty, mischievous, and ravenous; always scheming something for their own interest; while they would not risk their persons to avert the mischief which they had caused.
jackals <07776> [like.]
up <05927> [have not.]
breaks <06556> [gaps. or, breaches.]
repaired ... wall <01447 01443> [made up the hedge. Heb. hedged the hedge. to stand.]
day <03117> [the day.]
see <02372> [have seen.]
lie <03577> [lying.]
say <0559> [saying.]
expect <03176> [made.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
declares <05002> [behold.]
hand <03027> [mine.]
council <05475> [assembly. or, secret, or council. neither shall they be.]
enter <0935> [neither shall they enter.]
know <03045> [and ye.]
led <02937> [seduced.]
well ...... well <07965> [Peace.]
builds <01129> [and one.]
These false prophets pretend to be a wall of defence; but their wall is bad, and their morter is worse. One gives a lying vision; another pledges himself that it is true; and the people believe what they say, and trust not in God, nor turn from their sins.
wall <02434> [a wall. or, a slight wall. others.]
deluge <07857> [there shall.]
It shall wash off this bad morter, sweep away the wall, and level it with the earth. In the East, where the walls are often built with unbaked bricks, desolations of this kind are frequently occasioned by tempestuous rains.
whitewash <02915> [Where.]
violent <05591> [a stormy.]
hailstones <0417> [and great.]
foundation <03247> [the foundation.]
destroyed <03615> [ye shall be.]
know <03045> [and ye shall know.]
wall ................. wall <07023> [The wall.]
see visions <02377 02374> [see visions.]
peace ........ peace <07965> [and there.]
turn toward <07760 06440> [set thy.]
daughters <01323> [the daughters.]
who ... prophesying ..... Prophesy <05012> [prophesy.]
imagination <03820> [out of.]
Woe <01945> [Woe.]
sew <08609> [that sew.]
Rather,"that fasten cushions;" by which they intimated that they might indulge and repose themselves in security, for no enemy would disturb them. The apartments of the easterns are well supplied with cushions, on which they sit, lean, rest their heads, and prop up their arms.
wrists <0679> [armholes. or, elbows. hunt souls.]
lives ...... lives <02421> [will ye save.]
profaned <02490> [pollute.]
handfuls <08168> [for handfuls.]
death ...... die <04191> [to slay.]
alive ...... live <02421> [to save.]
wristbands <03704> [I am.]
like birds ... will ................ like birds <06524> [to make them fly. or, into gardens. and will.]
know <03045> [and ye shall.]
lies <08267> [with lies.]
encouraged <02388> [and strengthened.]
preserve <02421> [by promising him life. or, that I should save his life.]
Heb. by quickening him.
see ... visions <02372> [ye shall see.]
rescue <05337> [for I.]
know <03045> [and ye.]
men <0582> [certain.]
sat down <03427> [and sat.]
<0582> [these men.]
placed <05414> [and put.]
allow .... seek <01875> [should.]
speak <01696> [speak.]
Lord <03068> [I the Lord.]
capture <08610> [I may.]
alienated <02114> [estranged.]
Return Turn ...... turn <07725> [Repent.]
idols <01544> [yourselves. or, others. turn.]
foreigner <01616> [of the stranger.]
separates <05144> [separateth.]
erects <05927> [and setteth.]
consults <0935> [and cometh.]
[by.]
set <05414> [I will set.]
object lesson <0226> [a sign.]
cut ... off <03772> [I will cut.]
know <03045> [and ye.]
prophet ......................... prophet <05030> [if the.]
Lord <03068> [I the.]
That is, I have suffered him to be deceived; I have given him up to "strong delusions to believe a lie," as a just judgment upon him for going after idols, and setting up false pretensions to inspiration. God, according to the genius of the Hebrew language, is often said to do a thing, which he only suffers, or permits.
stretch <05186> [and I will.]
bear <05375> [they shall.]
punishment ... punishment ............... punishment <05771> [the punishment.]
house <01004> [the house.]
defile <02930> [neither.]
people <05971> [that they.]
country <0776> [when.]
cut off <07665> [break.]
kill <03772> [and will cut.]
three <07969> [these.]
Noah <05146> [Noah.]
Daniel <01840> [Daniel.]
Job <0347> [Job.]
save <05337> [deliver.]
<07451> [noisome.]
leaving <07921> [spoil. or, bereave.]
three <07969> [these.]
in it <08432> [in it. Heb. in the midst of it. as I live.]
could ........... save ..... lives <05337> [they shall.]
bring <0935> [I bring.]
I .... kill <03772> [so that.]
send <07971> [if I.]
pour <08210> [and pour.]
Noah <05146> [Noah.]
Daniel <01840> [Daniel.]
Daniel, says Abp. Newcombe, was "taken captive in the third year of Jehoiakim, (Da 1:1.) After this, Jehoiakam reigned eight years, (2 Ki 23:36.) And this prophecy, as appears from ch. 8:1, was uttered in the sixth year of Jehoiachin's captivity, who succeeded Jehoiakim, and reigned only three months, (2 Ki 24:6, 8.) Therefore, at this time, Daniel had been fourteen years in captivity;" and was, as is generally supposed, about thirty years of age.
righteousness <06666> [by.]
send <07971> [How much more when. or, Also when. my four.]
Yet some <03498> [behold, therein.]
see <07200> [ye shall see.]
consoled <05162> [ye shall be.]
done ...... done <06213> [that I have not.]
vine <01612> [What.]
The vine is only noble and useful while producing fruit: for, when cut down, its wood is fit only for fuel. So Israel, having ceased to be fruitful, they are good for nothing, but, like a withered branch of a vine, to be burnt.
woody ..... trees ......... wood <06086> [among.]
thrown <05414> [it is cast.]
fire ...... fire <0784> [the fire.]
useful <06743> [Is it meet. Heb. Will it prosper.]
made ............... made <06213> [meet. Heb. made fit.]
I will set <05414> [I will set.]
from <03318> [they shall.]
know <03045> [and ye shall.]
make <05414> [I will.]
unfaithfully <04604 04603> [committed a trespass. Heb. trespassed a trespass.]
Jerusalem <03389> [cause.]
abominable practices <08441> [abominations.]
origin <04351> [Thy birth. Heb. Thy cutting out, or habitation.]
Amorite <0567> [Amorite.]
Hittite <02850> [Hittite.]
birth <04138> [for.]
rubbed down ... salt <04935 04414> [to supple thee. or, when I looked upon thee. nor.]
eye <05869> [eye.]
thrown out <07993> [but thou.]
saw <07200> [and saw.]
kicking around helplessly <0947> [polluted. or, trodden under foot.]
Live ............. Live <02421> [Live.]
made <05414> [caused, etc. Heb. made thee a million.]
jewelry <05716> [excellent ornaments. Heb. ornament of ornaments.]
naked <05903> [whereas.]
noticing that <06256> [thy time.]
spread <06566> [and I.]
solemn <07650> [I sware.]
bathed ..... washed <07364 07857> [washed.]
blood <01818> [blood. Heb. bloods.]
fragrant <05480> [anointed.]
dressed <03847> [clothed.]
embroidered clothing <07553> [broidered.]
fine leather <08476> [badgers' skin.]
wrapped <02280> [I girded.]
covered <03680> [covered.]
put <05414> [I put.]
necklace <07242> [a chain.]
[forehead. Heb. nose.]
[ear-rings.]
necklace <07242> [and a.]
ate .............. attained the position <0398 06743> [thou didst.]
extremely <03966> [and thou wast.]
attained the position <06743> [and thou didst.]
fame <08034> [thy renown.]
splendor <01926> [through.]
trusted <0982> [thou didst.]
prostitute <02181> [and playedst.]
fame <08034> [because.]
Raised from the most abject state to dignity and splendour by Jehovah, Israel became proud of her numbers, riches, strength, and reputation, forgetting that it was "through his comeliness which he had put upon them;" and thus departing from God, made alliances with heathen nations, and worshipped their idols.
capitalized <08210> [and pouredst.]
took <03947> [hast also.]
male <02145> [men. Heb. a male. and didst.]
This seems to intimate that the Israelites not only spent their own wealth and abundance in building and decorating idol temples, and in maintaining their worship, but that they made use of the holy vestments, and the various kinds of offerings which belonged to Jehovah, in order to honour and serve the idols of the heathen.
food <03899> [meat.]
soothing aroma <07381 05207> [a sweet savour. Heb. a savour of rest.]
sons <01121> [thy sons.]
sacrificed <02076> [and these.]
eat <0398> [be devoured. Heb. devour. Is this.]
children <01121> [my children.]
sacrificed <05674> [to pass.]
Woe Woe <0188> [woe.]
built <01129> [thou hast.]
chamber <01354> [eminent place. or, brothel house. and hast.]
head <07218> [at every.]
beauty <03308> [and hast made.]
Egyptians <01121> [with the.]
stretched <05186> [I have.]
cut off <01639> [and have.]
rations <02706> [thine.]
{Chukkach,} "thy portion;" the household provision of a wife--food, clothes, and money.
delivered <05414> [delivered.]
The Jews, under Manasseh, and the succeeding kings of Judah, made the temple itself the scene of their open and abominable idolatries, in addition to all their idol temples! which appears to be meant by "the eminent place," and "highplaces in every street," ver. 24. Allured by the prosperity of the Egyptians, they also connected themselves with them, and joined in their multiplied and abominable idolatries. And when Jehovah punished them by wars and famines, and by the Philistines, whose daughters are represented as ashamed of their enormous idolatries, instead of being amended, they formed alliances with the Assyrians, and worshipped their gods: and they even followed every idol which was worshipped between Canaan and Chaldea.
daughters <01323> [daughters. or, cities.]
ashamed <03637> [which.]
land <0776> [in the land.]
Babylonia <03778> [unto.]
sick <0535> [weak.]
deeds <04639> [the work.]
built ... chamber <01129 01354> [In that thou buildest thine. or, In thy daughters is thine, etc.]
<06213> [makest.]
scoffed <07046> [in that thou scornest.]
receive ...... give <05414> [give.]
receive ...... give <05414> [but thou.]
bribe <07809> [hirest. Heb. bribest.]
prostitute <02181> [O harlot.]
hear <08085> [hear.]
lust <05178> [Because.]
nakedness <06172> [and thy.]
blood <01818> [and by.]
adulteress <05003> [as women. Heb. with judgments of women, etc.]
murderer <08210> [shed.]
give <05414> [And I.]
For the enormous idolatries and cruelties of Judah and Jerusalem, Jehovah determined to gather together the surrounding nations, both those with whom they had formed alliances, as the Egyptians and Assyrians, and such as had always been inimical to them, as Edom, Ammon, Moab, and Philistia, to inflict, or to witness, his judgments upon them. Having exposed their enormous crimes to view, He would pass sentence upon them: He would give Jerusalem into the hands of the Chaldeans, who would destroy the city and temple which they had polluted; level their cities and high places with the ground; slay, plunder, and enslave the people.
destroy <02040> [they shall throw.]
strip <06584> [shall strip.]
beautiful jewelry <08597 03627> [thy fair jewels. Heb. instruments of thine ornament.]
summon <05927> [shall also.]
hack .... pieces <01333> [and thrust.]
burn down <08313> [burn.]
execute <06213> [and execute.]
Thus I will put ... stop <07673> [and I.]
rage <02534> [will I.]
angry <03707> [and will.]
remember <02142> [thou hast.]
enraged <07264> [but hast.]
repay <05414> [I also.]
proverbs ... quote ...... Like <04911> [every.]
mother <0517> [As is.]
[that loatheth.]
mother ......................... mother <0517> [your mother.]
older <01419> [elder.]
sister .............. younger sister <0269 06996> [thy younger sister. Heb. thy sister lesser than thou.]
daughters ............... daughters <01323> [her daughters.]
short ...... more <04592 06985> [as if that were a very little thing. or, that was loathed as a small thing.]
depraved <07843> [thou wast.]
majesty <01347> [pride.]
abundance <07653> [fulness.]
ease <02388> [neither.]
practiced <06213> [and committed.]
removed <05493> [therefore.]
Samaria <08111> [Samaria.]
righteous <06663> [justified.]
<06419> [which hast.]
bear ... disgrace .................................. So ...... bear ... disgrace <05375 03639> [bear thine.]
justify ............. than .......................... righteous <06663> [they are more.]
restore ... fortunes ... fortunes ......... fortunes .......... fortunes <07725 07622> [bring.]
among <08432> [in the midst.]
bear <05375> [thou mayest.]
consoling <05162> [in that.]
daughters ............ daughters ............. daughters <01323> [then.]
byword <08052> [was not.]
byword <08052> [mentioned. Heb. for a report, or a hearing. pride. Heb. prides, or excellencies.]
evil <07451> [thy wickedness.]
scorn <02781> [reproach.]
Aram <0758> [Syria. Heb. Aram.]
daughters ............ daughters <01323> [the daughters.]
despise <07590> [despise. or, spoil.]
bear <05375> [hast.]
bear <05375> [borne. Heb. borne them.]
deal ......... done <06213> [I will.]
despised <0959> [which.]
remember <02142> [I will remember.]
establish <06965> [I will establish.]
remember <02142> [remember.]
receive <03947> [when.]
give <05414> [I will.]
covenant <01285> [but not.]
establish <06965> [I will.]
know <03045> [and thou.]
remember <02142> [remember.]
silent <06610> [and never.]
atonement <03722> [when.]
great .... broad <01419> [A great.]
Nebuchadnezzar, so called from his towering ambition and rapaciousness.
great .... broad wings <03671 01419> [great wings.]
Extensive empire, both in length and breadth.
full <04392> [full.]
Numerous subjects, of various nations, and of different languages and manners.
multi-hued <07553> [divers colours. Heb. embroidering. came.]
Came against Judah and Jerusalem.
top <06788> [the highest.]
Jeconiah, whom he took captive to Babylon.
cedar <0730> [the cedar.]
The royal and ancient family of David.
topmost <07218> [the top.]
The princes of Judah.
land <0776> [into.]
land <0776> [a land. Chaldea. a city.]
Babylon, which by means of the Euphrates and Tigris, had communications with the richest and most distant nations.
seedlings ......... cultivated <02233> [the seed.]
Zedekiah, brother to Jeconiah.
seedlings ..... placed ..... cultivated plot <02233 07704 05414> [planted it in a fruitful field. Heb. put it in a field of seed.]
Made him king of Judea.
took <03947> [he placed.]
Made him dependent on Babylon, the city of great waters, as the willow is on humidity.
sprouted <06779> [it grew.]
branches <01808> [whose.]
The Jewish state had then no height of dominion; and Zedekiah was wholly dependent on Nebuchadnezzar.
another <0259> [another.]
Pharaoh-hophra, or Apries, king of Egypt.
twisted <03719> [did bend.]
Looked to him for support, in his intended rebellion.
field <07704> [soil. Heb. field.]
bear <05375> [and that.]
Though he was dependent on Babylon, yet he was in such a situation as would have enabled him to reign in credit, and be useful to his people.
prosper <06743> [Shall it.]
Shall he succeed in casting off the yoke of the king of Babylon, to whom he had sworn fealty?
rip out <05423> [shall he.]
He shall come and dethrone him, and carry him captive.
fruit <06529> [the fruit.]
The children of Zedekiah.
strong <01419> [even.]
prosper ..... wither completely ............ wither <06743 03001> [shall it.]
rebellious <04805> [to the.]
know <03045> [Know.]
king .......... king <04428> [Behold.]
came ............. brought <0935> [and led.]
took ............. put ....... took <03947 0935> [hath taken.]
took ............. put .... oath .... took <0423 03947 0935> [taken an oath of him. Heb. brought him to an oath.]
took ................... took <03947> [he hath also.]
kingdom <04467> [the kingdom.]
lowly <08217> [base.]
Or, low; a tributary kingdom, dependent on the king of Babylon.
keep ... treaty ....... stand <08104 01285 05975> [but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. Heb. to keep his covenant, to stand to it.]
rebelled <04775> [he rebelled.]
sending <07971> [in.]
prosper <06743> [Shall he prosper.]
one ..... escape ........ escape <04422> [shall he escape.]
break <06565> [or shall.]
oath <0423> [whose oath.]
middle <08432> [even.]
Pharaoh <06547> [shall.]
when siege <08210> [by.]
despised <0959> [Seeing.]
Though Zedekiah's oath had been given to a heathen, a conqueror, and a tyrant, yet God considered the violation of it a most aggravated sin against Him, and determined to punish him for it.
gave <05414> [lo, he.]
escape <04422> [he shall.]
oath <0423> [surely.]
I ... throw <06566> [I will spread.]
judge <08199> [plead.]
choice men <04015> [all his fugitives.]
know <03045> [shall know.]
top <06788> [highest.]
tender <07390> [a tender.]
high <01364> [upon.]
raise <05375> [and it.]
live ........ live <07931> [under.]
trees ................ tree ........ tree ...... tree ........ tree <06086> [all the trees.]
low <08213> [have brought.]
Lord ............................. Lord ... spoken <03068 01696> [I the Lord have spoken.]
quoting <04911> [mean.]
land <0127> [the land.]
fathers <01> [The fathers.]
lives ..... life ......... life ......... who <05315> [all souls.]
lives ..... life ......... life ......... who sins <05315 02398> [the soul that.]
man <0376> [if.]
practices .... just <04941> [that, etc. Heb. judgment and justice.]
eat <0398> [not.]
pray <05375> [neither hath lifted.]
defile <02930> [neither hath defiled.]
oppress <03238> [hath not.]
back <07725> [hath restored.]
commit <01497> [hath spoiled.]
gives <05414> [hath given.]
engage <05414> [hath not.]
<07725> [hath withdrawn.]
<06213> [hath executed.]
follows <01980> [walked.]
righteous <06662> [is just.]
certainly live <02421> [he shall.]
violent <06530> [that is.]
violent <06530> [a robber. or, a breaker up of an house.]
sheds <08210> [a shedder.]
things <0251 0259> [the like to any one of these things. or, to his brother besides any of these.]
do <06213> [that.]
eats <0398> [eaten.]
oppresses <03238> [oppressed.]
acts <06213> [hath committed.]
engages <05414> [given.]
live <02425> [shall he.]
responsibility <01818> [blood. Heb. bloods.]
suppose <03205> [if he.]
notices ........ considers <07200> [that seeth.]
notices ........ considers <07200> [considereth.]
given in pledge <02258 02254> [withholden the pledge. Heb. pledged the pledge, or taken to pledge.]
gives <05414> [but hath.]
<07725> [hath taken.]
engage <03947> [that hath not.]
die <04191> [he shall not.]
surely live <02421> [he shall surely.]
die <04191> [even.]
son .......... son <01121> [Why.]
son .......... son <01121> [When.]
person ... sins <05315 02398> [soul that.]
suffer ........... suffer <05375> [bear.]
righteousness <06666> [righteousness.]
wicked <07563> [if the.]
observes <08104> [and keep.]
committed ........ does <06213> [and do.]
surely live <02421> [he shall surely.]
sins <06588> [his transgressions.]
righteousness <06666> [in his.]
actually delight <02654> [I any.]
turn <07725> [not that.]
righteous <06662> [when.]
practices ........ practices .... carry out ........ acts <06213> [and doeth.]
righteousness .................... righteous <06666> [All his.]
done .... sin <04603 02403> [in his.]
conduct ........... conduct ....... conduct <01870> [way.]
conduct ........... conduct ....... conduct <01870> [my.]
conduct ........... conduct ....... conduct <01870> [are.]
wicked <07563> [when.]
preserve <02421> [he shall.]
considered <07200> [he considereth.]
turned <07725> [turneth.]
judge <08199> [I will.]
each <0376> [every.]
Repent ... turn <07725> [Repent.]
wickedness <06588> [yourselves. or, others.]
iniquity <05771> [so.]
Throw <07993> [Cast.]
<06213> [make.]
die <04191> [for why.]
delight <02654> [I have.]
live <02421> [yourselves. or, others.]
sing <05375> [take.]
princes <05387> [the princes.]
lioness <03833> [A lioness.]
Judea, which possessed strength, courage, and sovereignty.
lay <07257> [she lay.]
Had confederacy with the neighbouring kings, and learned their manners.
cubs <01482> [her whelps.]
The sons of Josiah, who learned to be oppressive tyrants from the surrounding princes.
young lions <03715> [young lions.]
one <0259> [one.]
Jehoahaz, made king of Israel instead of Josiah, who became cruel and oppressive.
young lion <03715> [it became.]
trapped ....... him <08610> [he was.]
Taken prisoner by Pharaoh-necho, and brought into Egypt.
another <0259> [another.]
Jehoiakim.
young lion <03715> [a young lion.]
King of Judah.
walked <01980> [he went.]
Became a perfect heathen: he reigned eleven years, a monster of iniquity.
young lion <03715> [he became.]
strongholds <0490> [desolate palaces. or, widows. and the land.]
everything <04393> [the fulness.]
nations <01471> [the nations.]
<06566> [and spread.]
hooks <02397> [chains. or, hooks. and brought.]
voice <06963> [that his.]
mother <0517> [mother.]
vine <01612> [like.]
vineyard <01818> [blood. or, quietness, or, likeness. she was.]
branches <06058> [full. Many princes.]
strong <05797> [she had.]
Many powerful sovereigns, who rendered Judah very considerable among the nations.
<06967> [her stature.]
plucked up ...... thrown down <05428 07993> [she was.]
The kingdom was entirely ruined, and her princes cut off.
east <06921> [the east.]
strong <05797> [strong.]
fire <0784> [the fire.]
planted <08362> [she is.]
wilderness <04057> [in the wilderness.]
In Chaldea, whither they were carried captive.
dry <06723> [in a dry.]
fire <0784> [fire.]
The treachery of Zedekiah hath caused her utter ruin.
strong <05797> [she hath.]
lament ....... lament <07015> [This is.]
seventh <07637> [A.M. 3411. B.C. 593. in the seventh.]
The seventh year of the captivity of Jeconiah, and according to Usher, Monday, Aug. 27, 3411.
some <0582> [that certain.]
sat <03427> [and sat.]
coming <0935> [Are.]
surely <02416> [As I.]
pronounce ....... pronounce judgment son ..... confront <08199 01121 03045> [judge them. or, plead for them.]
confront <03045> [cause.]
day ....................... land <03117 0776> [In the.]
swore ...................... swore <03027 05375> [lifted up mine hand. or, sware. (and so ver. 6, etc.]
Ex 6:8, 9.)
known <03045> [and made.]
Lord <03068> [I am.]
swore <05375> [lifted.]
out <03318> [to bring.]
land ...... land ..................... lands <0776> [into.]
flowing <02100> [flowing.]
beautiful <06643> [which is.]
get rid of <07993> [Cast.]
detestable idols <08251> [the abominations.]
defile <02930> [defile.]
Lord <03068> [I am.]
rebelled <04784> [they rebelled.]
one <0376> [they did.]
<0559> [then I.]
acted <06213> [I wrought.]
before .............. bringing <05869> [in whose.]
gave <05414> [I gave.]
revealed ... regulations <03045 04941> [shewed them. Heb. made them to know. which.]
gave <05414> [I gave.]
reminder <0226> [to be.]
Lord <03068> [I am.]
rebelled <04784> [rebelled.]
rejected <03988> [and they.]
one <0120> [which.]
Sabbaths <07676> [and my.]
decided <0559> [I said.]
swore <05375> [I lifted.]
flowing <02100> [flowing.]
rejected <03988> [they.]
hearts <03820> [for their.]
They still had a hankering after the idolatries they had learned in Egypt, to which they added new idols, which they had seen in countries through which they had travelled, as those of the Midianites, Amorites, etc.
<05869> [mine.]
make <06213> [neither.]
said <0559> [I said.]
practices <02706> [the statutes.]
defile <02930> [defile.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
<03212> [walk.]
children <01121> [the children.]
one <0120> [if a man.]
pour out <08210> [I would.]
vent <03615> [accomplish.]
refrained from <07725> [I withdrew.]
acted <06213> [wrought.]
swore <05375> [lifted.]
scatter <06327> [that I.]
The predictions of the dispersion of Israel, delivered by Moses just before his death, are evidently here referred to: they received a partial accomplishment at the Babylonian captivity, but are more exactly fulfilling at this day.
observe <06213> [they had.]
eyes <05869> [their eyes.]
gave <05414> [I gave.]
The simple meaning of this place is, that when the Israelites had rebelled against God, despised his statutes, and polluted his sabbaths, in effect cast him off, and given themselves up wholly to their idols, then He, in a just judgment for their disobedience, abandoned them, "gave them up to a reprobate mind," (Ro 1:28,) and suffered them to walk after the idolatrous, cruel, and impious customs and ordinances of the heathen; by which they were ripened for the destruction which he intended to bring upon them, that they might learn to know God by his judgments, seeing they had despised his mercies. In the same sense God is said judicially to "send a strong delusion, that they should believe a lie," to those who "received not the love of the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
defiled <02930> [polluted.]
pass through <05674> [in that.]
first born <06363> [all that.]
know <03045> [to the end.]
speak <01696> [speak.]
fathers <01> [Yet.]
unfaithful <04603> [committed. Heb. trespassed.]
brought <0935> [when I.]
swore <05375> [the which.]
saw <07200> [they saw.]
aroma <05207> [their sweet.]
said <0559> [I said, etc. or, I told them what the high place was, or,]
Bamah. And the.
defile <02930> [Are ye.]
present <05375> [ye offer.]
seek ...................... seek <01875> [and shall.]
plan <05927> [that which.]
happen ...... be <01961> [We will.]
serve <08334> [to serve.]
powerful ..... outstretched <02389> [surely.]
bring <0935> [I will.]
judgment <08199> [and there.]
pass <05674> [pass.]
pass ......... bring <05674 0935> [I will.]
bond <04562> [the bond. or, a delivering.]
eliminate <01305> [I will purge.]
come <0935> [they shall.]
know <03045> [and ye.]
profaned <02490> [but.]
holy ............................................. holy things <06944> [in mine.]
These predictions received a partial accomplishment by the restoration of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity; but they seem chiefly to relate to the establishment of the Christian church, and more especially to the future conversion of the Jews, and their restoration to their own land.
house <01004> [there shall.]
choice <07225> [first-fruits. or, chief.]
aroma <05207> [with your.]
soothing aroma <07381 05207> [sweet savour. Heb. savour of rest. I bring.]
holiness among <06942> [and I will.]
know <03045> [ye shall.]
bring <0935> [when I.]
swore <05375> [for the which.]
remember <02142> [shall ye.]
despise <06962> [and ye shall.]
know <03045> [And ye shall.]
deal <06213> [when I.]
word <01697> [Moreover.]
This is the beginning of another prophecy, and properly belongs to the following chapter.
turn <07760> [set.]
south ....... south <01870 01864> [toward.]
Towards Judea, which lay south of Mesopotamia, where the prophet now dwelt.
speak out <05197> [and drop.]
open scrub <03293> [the forest.]
The city of Jerusalem, as full of inhabitants as the forest is of trees.
start a fire <03341> [I will kindle.]
I will send war; and it shall destroy all ranks and characters of the people.
green <03892> [green.]
flaming <03852> [the flaming.]
Negev ....................................................... Negev <05045> [from the south.]
speak <04911> [Doth.]
Is it not his usual custom to deal in enigmas? His figures are not to be understood; we should not trouble ourselves with them. God therefore commands the prophet to declare, in the next chapter, the same things in the plainest terms, so that they should not complain of his parables.
