Ezekiel 5:1
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.]
Ezekiel 1:1
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.]
Ezekiel 17:1-24
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.]
