Ezekiel 7:16-18 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:16

They that escape, etc. The sentence is virtually conditional. They that escape shall, it is true, in one sense, escape the immediate doom; but if so, it shall only be to the mountains. These were, in all times, the natural refuge for those who fled from danger, but even this should fail those of whom the prophet speaks. They should be like the doves of the mountain gorges, that are fluttered at the appearance of the eagle or the fowler, and seem by note ( Isaiah 38:14 ; Isaiah 59:11 )... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:16

Mourning as doves. The fugitives from Jerusalem flee to the mountains and hide themselves there, like the doves in the valleys below, whose melancholy notes seem to be a suitable echo to their own sad feelings. I. NATURE INTERPRETS MAN TO HIMSELF . There is an interpretation of nature by man; there is also an interpretation of man by nature. The glad sights and sounds of spring are commentaries on the fresh joyousness of youth. We should not know the hope and beauty of life... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:16

Mourning. This chapter has justly been termed rather a dirge than a prophecy. Whilst its language is in some respects special to the experience of the children of Israel, such representations as this may well be applied to all those who have forsaken God, and have turned every man to his own way. I. THERE IS ABUNDANT OCCASION FOR MOURNING ON THE PART OF THOSE WHO HAVE SINNED AND WHO ENDURE THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN . II. IT IS ONLY A ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:16-22

Fallacious deliverance. Flight is not deliverance. If the invading army is God's army, no escape is possible, save in submission. We cannot elude God's detectives. Lonely mountains, no more than crowded cities, serve as an asylum, if God be our Foe. As we cannot get beyond the limits of his world, neither can we get beyond the reach of his sword. I. THEIR MISERY . They may escape, for a moment, sword wounds and bodily captivity; yet they have not escaped from inward distress and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:17

All knees shall be weak as water ; literally, shall flow with water. So the Vulgate. The LXX . is yet stronger, shall be defiled, etc. The words may point to the cold sweat of terror which paralyzes men's power to act. The phrase is peculiar to Ezekiel, and meets us again in Ezekiel 21:7 . The thought finds a parallel in Isaiah 13:7 ; Jeremiah 6:24 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:18

They shall also gird, etc. The words become more general, and include those who should remain in the city as well as the fugitives. For both there should be the inward feelings of horror and shame, and their outward symbols of sackcloth ( Genesis 37:34 ; 2 Samuel 3:31 , 2 Samuel 3:32 ; 2 Kings 6:30 ; Isaiah 15:3 ; Jeremiah 4:8 , et al. ) and baldness ( Isaiah 3:24 ; Isaiah 15:2 ; Isaiah 22:12 ; Amos 8:10 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 7:16

As doves whose natural abode is the valleys moan lamentably when driven by fear into the mountains, so shall the remnant, who have escaped actual death, moan in the land of their exile. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 7:18

Various signs of mourning common in eastern countries. Baldness was forbidden to the Israelites Deuteronomy 14:1. They seem, however, in later times to have adopted the custom of foreign nations in this matter, not without permission. Compare Isaiah 22:12. read more

Joseph Benson

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

Donald C. Fleming

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:16-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 7:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 7:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 7:16-19

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:1-27

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