Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:1-27
The end is near (7:1-27)Many Jews thought that Jerusalem would never be conquered. Ezekiel announced with certainty that the city would fall. God had been longsuffering and merciful, and had saved the city many times, but the people stubbornly refused to repent. Now the time for God’s judgment had come (7:1-4). One disaster would follow another, till the wicked city was destroyed (5-9).As a tree blossoms, so Jerusalem’s sin was full-grown. The city was about to fall; rich and poor were about to... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 7:16-19
Ezekiel 7:16-19. They that escape of them shall escape This might be more intelligibly rendered, There are of them who shall escape; that is, “Some few shall have the favour of escaping the common calamity, called elsewhere the escaped, or the remnant, from whence is derived the phrase οι Σωζομενοι , in the New Testament, such as are, or should be, saved.” And shall be on the mountains like doves Fearful and trembling, and bemoaning themselves on account of the calamities their... read more