エゼキエル書 21:6-17 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 21:1-7

The prophet had faithfully delivered the message he was entrusted with, in the close of the foregoing chapter, in the terms wherein he received it, not daring to add his own comment upon it; but, when he complained that the people found fault with him for speaking parables, the word of the Lord came to him again, and gave him a key to that figurative discourse, that with it he might let the people into the meaning of it and so silence that objection. For all men shall be rendered inexcusable... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 21:8-17

Here is another prophecy of the sword, which is delivered in a very affecting manner; the expressions here used are somewhat intricate, and perplex interpreters. The sword was unsheathed in the Ezek. 21:1-7; here it is fitted up to do execution, which the prophet is commanded to lament. Observe, I. How the sword is here described. 1. It is sharpened, that it may cut and wound, and make a sore slaughter. The wrath of God will put an edge upon it; and, whatever instruments God shall please to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:6

Sigh, therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins ,.... As if thy loins were broke, and go as if they were, and sigh as thou goest; or as a woman in travail, having her hands upon her loins as ready to break, and in the utmost distress; or heave, and groan, and sigh, till the girdle of the loins is broke, and by these motions and gesture show the miserable state of this people, and how much thou art affected with it: and with bitterness sigh before their eyes ; in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:7

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, wherefore sighest thou ?.... Which he was to do that purpose, that they might be put upon asking him the reason of it; whether it was on his own personal amount, or on account of his family or particular friends; or whether on a public account, either because of what should befall the captives there, or their countrymen in Judea and Jerusalem: that thou shalt answer, for the tidings , or, the "report" F16 אל שמועה , επι τη αγγελια ,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:8

Again, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. Either this is a new prophecy of another sword, distinct and different from that of the Chaldeans, even of the sword of the Romans, as Cocceius thinks or it is a further explanation of the former, and an enlargement upon it. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:9

Son of man, prophesy and say, thus saith the Lord ,.... Deliver out the following prophecy in the name of the Lord: say, a sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished ; it is not only drawn out of its sheath, as before, but is made sharp and bright, and ready for use. It is repeated, either to show the certainty of it, or to express the terror and anguish of mind on account of it; persons in distress generally repeating that which is the occasion of it. The Targum interprets it of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:10

It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter ,.... To cut easily, and wound deeply, and make a slaughter of men, like beasts for sacrifice; a sacrifice to the justice of God for their sins, and so acceptable to him; and it is he indeed that sharpens it, or prepares the instruments of his vengeance, whether Chaldeans, or Romans, or both; and gives them might and courage to execute his will with great keenness of wrath and fury: it is furbished that it may glitter ; and so strike terror on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:11

And he hath given it to be furbished, that it might be handled ,.... Either Nebuchadnezzar, or rather God, or the Son of God, prepared and brightened the sword, that it might be handled and made use of, either by the Chaldeans or Romans, to the destruction of the Jews. The Targum is, "he gave their vengeance to be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.' The sword is sharpened and furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer ; either the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar; or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:12

Cry, howl, son of man ,.... Not only sigh, but cry; and not cry only, but howl; signifying hereby that this would be the case of the Jews when these calamities should come upon them; and, in order to affect them with them before hand, the prophet is ordered to act such a part, as well as to express his sympathy with them: for it shall be upon my people ; that is, the sword, or the calamity signified by it; this should be not upon other nations, but upon the Lord's own people; such who... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:13

Because it is a trial ,.... As all afflictions and calamities are, especially to the people of God they try their faith and patience, and every other grace; and also to wicked men, they try them, whether they will repent or not: and what if the sword contemn even the rod ? the sceptre: the king of Judah, and his family; not only come upon and cut off the people and the princes, but the royal family also; and even overturn the tribe of Judah, as the word also signifies; and subvert the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 21:1-7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 21:8-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:13

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