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
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