Ezekiel 16:16
Ezekiel 16:1
Ezekiel 8:1-18
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.]
Ezekiel 19:1-14
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.]
Ezekiel 21:1-32
turn <07760> [set.]
speak <05197> [and drop.]
land <0127> [against.]
draw <03318> [Behold.]
draw <03318> [will draw.]
righteous <06662> [the righteous.]
everyone <01320> [against.]
everyone <01320> [all.]
sheathed <07725> [it shall.]
groan ........ groan <0584> [Sigh.]
aching <07670> [with the.]
eyes <05869> [before.]
groaning <0584> [Wherefore.]
report <08052> [For the.]
heart ............ everyone <03820 07307> [and every.]
hand <03027> [all hands.]
limp <03543> [faint.]
urine <04325 03212> [weak as water. Heb. go into water.]
come ............................. coming <0935> [it cometh.]
sword ... sword <02719> [A sword.]
sharpened <02300> [sharpened.]
<04178> [it is furbished.]
<0176> [should.]
scepter .... son ..... despises ... tree <03988 07626 01121 06086> [it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. or, it is the rod of my son, it despiseth every tree.]
gave ................... giving <05414> [to give.]
moan <03213> [howl.]
delivered up to <04048 0413> [terrors by reason of the shall be upon my. or, they are thrust down to the sword with my. smite.]
This was an expression of deep affliction.
testing <0974> [Because, etc. or, When the trial hath been, what then? shall they not also belong to the despising rod? a trial.]
despises <03988> [contemn.]
declares <05002> [it shall.]
strike <05221> [smite.]
hands ...... strike <05221 03709> [hands together. Heb. hand to hand. let the.]
surrounding <02314> [entereth.]
slaughter <019> [point. or, glittering, or fear. against.]
hearts <03820> [that their.]
made <06213> [it is made.]
drawn <04593> [wrapped up. or, sharpened.]
Cut sharply <0258> [Go.]
Swing <07760> [either.]
left <08041> [or on the left. Heb. set thyself, take the left hand.]
<05221> [smite.]
rage <02534> [and I.]
Rabbah <07237> [Rabbath.]
[Rabbah. the defenced.]
king <04428> [the king.]
fork <0517> [parting. Heb. mother. to use.]
arrows <02671> [he made.]
Or, as the Vulgate, "he mingled his arrows:" "They wrote on several arrows," says Jerome, "the names of the cities they intended to assault; and then putting them altogether promiscuously in a quiver, they drew then out thence as lots are drawn; and that city whose name was written on the arrow first drawn, was the city they first made war on."
arrows <02671> [arrows. or, knives. images. Heb. teraphim.]
battering rams ................. battering rams <03733> [captains. or battering rams. Heb. rams.]
shout out <07311> [to lift.]
set up ................. set up <07760> [to appoint.]
<07723> [as a.]
sworn solemn <07650 07621> [to them that have sworn oaths. or, for the oaths made unto them.]
accuse <02142> [but.]
accuse <02142> [call.]
transgressions <06588> [your transgressions.]
taken <08610> [ye shall.]
profane <02491> [profane.]
day <03117> [whose.]
off <05493> [Remove.]
<01361> [exalt.]
total ruin <05754> [I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it. Heb. Perverted, perverted, perverted, will I make it.]
arrives <0935> [until.]
son ................ Ammonites <01121> [concerning the.]
sword ... sword <02719> [The sword.]
seeing <02372> [they see.]
place <05414> [to bring.]
day <03117> [whose.]
Return <07725> [Shall I cause it to return. or, Cause it to return.]
judge <08199> [I will.]
place ......... land <04725 0776> [in the.]
pour <08210> [pour.]
blow <06315> [I will blow.]
<01197> [brutish. or, burning. and skilful.]
fuel <0402> [for fuel.]
blood <01818> [thy blood.]
remembered <02142> [thou shalt be no.]
This prophecy against the Ammonites was fulfilled about five years after the taking of Jerusalem; and their name has utterly perished from the face of the earth.
Lord <03068> [for I.]
