Ezekiel 8:1--19:14
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.]
