Ezekiel 6:4-14 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:11

Thus saith the Lord God, smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot ,.... These are gestures of persons in distress and agony, who, to show their trouble and grief, smite one hand against the other; or smite with the hand upon the thigh, as in Jeremiah 31:19 ; and "stretch out", or "make a distension with the foot" F4 רקע ברגלך "extende pede tuo", Pagninus, Montanus, Polanus; "fac distensionem cum pede tuo", Munster; "divarica pedes tuos": Calvin. ; as it is in the Hebrew... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:12

He that is far off shall die of the pestilence ,.... That flies from the enemy into the wilderness, or into other countries, thinking himself safe there, the plague shall seize him, and he shall die of that; there is no fleeing from God, and escaping his hand; when he resolves to punish for sin, he has various ways to execute his wrath: and he that is near shall fall by the sword ; that is out of the city, and near it, attempting to get away; but within the reach of the enemy, shall be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:13

Then shall ye know that I am the Lord ,.... Whom they had denied, by serving other gods; but now by those punishments their eyes would be opened to see, and be obliged to acknowledge, that there was no God but the Lord: when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars ; as is threatened, Ezekiel 6:5 ; by which it will appear that the idols whom they worshipped could not save them; since they should fall just by them, round about the altars on which they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:14

So will I stretch out mine hand upon them ,.... Not unto them, in a way of mercy; but upon, or against them, in a way of judgment. The Targum paraphrases it, "and I will lift up the stroke of my power upon them;' his mighty hand of vengeance: and make the land desolate ; by destroying the inhabitants of it: yea, more desolate than the wilderness towards Diblath, in all their habitations ; so the Syriac version renders it, "and I will make this land more desolate than the land of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:4

Your images shall be broken - Literally, your sun images; representations of the sun, which they worshipped. See the margin. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:5

Will scatter your bones round about your altars - This was literally fulfilled by the Chaldeans. According to Baruch, 2:24, 25, they opened the sepulchres of the principal people, and threw the bones about on every side. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:9

They that escape of you shall remember me - Those that escape the sword, the pestilence, and the famine, and shall be led into captivity, shall plainly see that it is God who has done this, and shall humble themselves on account of their abominations, leave their idolatry, and worship me alone. And this they have done from the Babylonish captivity to the present day. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:11

Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot - Show the utmost marks of thy astonishment and indignation, and dread of the evils that are coming upon them. Some have contended for the propriety of clapping and stamping in public worship from these words! It is scarcely a breach of charity to think that such persons are themselves incapable either of attending on or conducting the worship of God. To be consistent, they should copy the prophet in his other typical actions as well as these;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:14

And make the land - more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath - Diblath or Diblathayim is situated in the land of Moab. It is mentioned Numbers 33:46 , Almon-Diblathaim; and in Jeremiah 48:22 , Beth-Diblathaim. It was a part of that horrible wilderness mentioned by Moses, Deuteronomy 8:15 , "wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought." The precise reason why it is mentioned here is not very evident. Some think it is the same as Riblah, where Nebuchadnezzar slew the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:4

Verse 4 Hence it appears how greatly obedience pleases God, and how true it is that it is better than sacrifices. (1 Samuel 15:22; 1 Kings 12:0.) For it is certain that the Israelites extolled their own fictions exorbitantly, as if they were worshipping God correctly In the beginning, indeed, Jeroboam cunningly devised those new rites, that he might alienate the ten tribes from the family of David, and at length the error spread, so that they thought that God approved that impious worship. But... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:4

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