Ezekiel 5:7

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 5:7

Ezekiel 5:7. Ye multiplied—neither have done according to the judgments of the nations— Ye have sinned—but have done after the manners of the heathen. Houbigant. See ch. Ezekiel 11:12. God here calls the law of conscience and of nations his statutes and judgments; which the Jews had more infamously transgressed than the Gentiles, who had not the written law of God. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 5:7

7. multiplied—rather, "have been more abundantly outrageous"; literally, "to tumultuate"; to have an extravagant rage for idols. neither have done according to the judgments of the nations—have not been as tenacious of the true religion as the nations have been of the false. The heathen "changed" not their gods, but the Jews changed Jehovah for idols (see Ezekiel 5:6, "changed My judgments into wickedness," that is, idolatry, Ezekiel 5:6- :). The Chaldean version and the Masora support the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 5:5-17

The interpretation of these Acts 5:5-17Evidently Ezekiel’s verbal explanation of this drama came at the very end of the drama, at the time of the real destruction of Jerusalem. Ezekiel was no longer silent then. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 5:7-8

The Lord promised to judge Jerusalem in the sight of the other nations because she had been so unfaithful and rebellious. She had not even observed the common laws that her neighbors obeyed. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 5:1-17

Symbolic Actions Representing Jerusalem's Siege and CaptivityEzekiel is commanded to perform four remarkable actions setting forth the coming siege withits hardships, and the approaching captivity with its evils. It is uncertain whether these actions were literally performed or not. Symbolic methods of this-kind were certainly used by various prophets, but some of those in Ezekiel 4:0 are so extraordinary that many suppose that they were not actually carried out, but only imagined and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 5:7

(7) Because ye multiplied.—Rather, Because ye have raged, as the same word is translated in Psalms 2:1, and as its meaning is given in the lexicons. The meaning is, because they had shown more self-will and opposition to God.Neither have done according to the judgments of the nations.—These words admit of either of two senses: “neither have kept those natural laws observed by the heathen,” and in this case the Israelites would have been represented as worse in their actual conduct than the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:1-17

THE END FORETOLDEzekiel 4:1-17 - Ezekiel 7:1-27WITH the fourth chapter we enter on the exposition of the first great division of Ezekiel’s prophecies. The chaps, 4-24, cover a period of about four and a half years, extending from the time of the prophet’s call to the commencement of the siege of Jerusalem. During this time Ezekiel’s thoughts revolved round one great theme-the approaching judgment on the city and the nation. Through contemplation of this fact there was disclosed to him the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ezekiel 5:1-17

Ezekiel 5:1-4 . The sharp knife is the symbol of the king of Babylon. (See Isaiah 7:20 .) He was God’s instrument in the execution of His wrath; the people are represented by the hair. The third part of the hair burned with fire pictures the fate of a part of the people during the siege. The pestilence and the famine were also to consume them. Only a few in number, a small remnant, were to be preserved, as indicated when Ezekiel took a few hairs and bound them in his skirt. Ezekiel 5:5-17 .... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Ezekiel 5:7

5:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye {f} multiplied more than the nations that [are] around you, [and] have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that [are] around you;(f) Because your idols are in greater number, and your superstitions more than among the professed idolaters, read Isaiah 65:11 or he condemns their ingratitude in respect to his benefits. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:1-17

SECOND VISION OF GLORY Remember that in the first part of this book, chapters 1-24, we are dealing with prophecies before the siege of Jerusalem and foretelling its overthrow. The present lesson begins at Ezekiel 3:22 . (Compare v. 23 with Ezekiel 1:1 ; Ezekiel 1:24 with Ezekiel 2:2 ; and Acts 2:4 ; Acts 4:31 .) Verse 25 is to be taken figuratively. (Compare 2 Corinthians 6:11-12 .) The same is true of verse 26, which means that as Israel had rejected the words of the prophets hitherto, the... read more

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