Ezekiel 7:8-27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:15

The sword is without ,.... Without the city, where the enemy was besieging; so that those that went without, in order to make their escapes fell into their hands: and the pestilence and the famine within ; within the city; so that such who thought themselves safe in their own houses died by those judgments: he that is in the field shall die by the sword ; by the hands of the Chaldeans: and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him ; and he shall die by... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:16

But they that escape of them shall escape ,.... Some few should escape the pestilence, famine, and sword, and flee to the mountains, where they should live a very miserable and uncomfortable life; so that this is no contradiction to the wrath of God being upon the whole multitude, Ezekiel 7:12 ; as it follows: and shall be on the mountains ; whither they shall flee, when the city is broken up and taken; and so the Syriac version reads it, in connection with the preceding words, "and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:17

All hands shall be feeble ,.... No strength in them, to lay hold on weapons of war to defend themselves, or fight the enemy; no heart nor courage in them, to go forth and meet him; and even afraid to lift up their voice in mourning, lest they should be heard, and pursued, and taken: and all knees shall be weak as water ; tremble and beat one against another, for fear of the enemy; or, "shall flow with water,' as the Targum; either with sweat or urine, which are sometimes both... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:18

They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth ,.... As a token of mourning, Genesis 37:34 ; and horror shall cover them : either the horror of a guilty conscience, or the perpetual dread and terror of the enemy: and shame shall be upon all faces ; because of their sins and transgressions, which they shall now be convinced of; or because of their desolate condition, their sins had brought them into: and baldness upon all their heads ; through the plucking off of the hair of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:19

They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed ,.... As being of no use unto them to preserve them from famine and pestilence, and as being an hinderance to them in their flight from the enemy. Kimchi observes that this may be interpreted of their idols of gold and silver, which shall now be had in contempt by them, and cast away, when they shall find they cannot save them from ruin; see Isaiah 2:20 ; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:20

As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty ,.... Or, "for pride" F9 לגאון "in superbiam", V. L. Calvin, Starckius. . The gold, silver, jewels, riches, and treasure, which the Lord gave to this people, they made a bad use of; and instead of contributing to the support of his worship and interest, and of giving liberally to the poor, they converted it to their own pride and luxury: or rather the temple, as Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it, is meant; which was a beautiful... read more

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

And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey ,.... The Babylonians, who lived in a foreign country, and were strangers to the commonwealth of Israel; the temple was suffered of the Lord to fall into their hands as a prey; who spoiled it of all its riches and glory, and carried away the vessels of gold, of silver, and of brass, and other valuable things; see Jeremiah 52:17 ; and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil ; meaning the same persons, and the same thing, and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:22

My face will one turn also from them ,.... Deny them his presence, and withdraw his protection from them; show them no favour, nor afford them any help and succour in their distress, when they cry unto him; so the Targum, "I will cause my Shechinah to remove from them:' unless the Chaldeans are meant, as some think, whose robberies and ravages the Lord would wink at, and not restrain, but suffer them to plunder and spoil at pleasure: since it follows, and they shall pollute my secret ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:23

Make a chain ,.... To bind them; not the robbers, the Chaldeans, but the Jews; in order either to bring them to the bar to be tried for capital crimes hereafter mentioned, or to be led bound in chains into captivity; see Nehemiah 3:10 ; for the land is full of bloody crimes ; or, "judgment of bloods" F13 משפט דמים "judicio sanguiuum", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin, Polanus, Starckius; "criminibus capitalibus", Piscator; "sanguianariis judiciis", Castalio. ; capital crimes,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:24

Wherefore I will bring the worst of the Heathen ,.... The Chaldeans, notorious for their cruelty, savageness, and barbarity: and they shall possess their houses ; which they have built, and thought to have lived and died in, and left them to their children for an inheritance; but the Chaldeans, and not their children, became their heirs, and inherited their houses and lands: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease ; or, "the pride of the mighty ones" F14 גאון עזים ... read more

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