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Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 7:13

Ezekiel 7:13. Although they were yet alive— Nor shall their agreements stand among them while living; for their agreements shall not cause their riches to return: whoever maketh an agreement in his iniquity, it shall not be confirmed. Houbigant; who renders the last clause in the next verse like that in the 12th. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 7:12

12. let not . . . buyer rejoice—because he has bought an estate at a bargain price. nor . . . seller mourn—because he has had to sell his land at a sacrifice through poverty. The Chaldeans will be masters of the land, so that neither shall the buyer have any good of his purchase, nor the seller any loss; nor shall the latter ( :-) return to his inheritance at the jubilee year (see :-). Spiritually this holds good now, seeing that "the time is short"; "they that rejoice should be as though they... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 7:13

13. although they were yet alive—although they should live to the year of jubilee. multitude thereof—namely, of the Jews. which shall not return—answering to "the seller shall not return"; not only he, but the whole multitude, shall not return. CALVIN omits "is" and "which": "the vision touching the whole multitude shall not return" void ( :-). neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life—No hardening of one's self in iniquity will avail against God's threat of punishment.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 7:10-13

The Lord announced that the day of Israel’s doom was coming. Judgment was about to break forth as buds on a branch (cf. Numbers 17:8; Jeremiah 1:11-12). The people’s violence had grown from a small shoot into a stout branch of wickedness. Nebuchadnezzar would prove to be the rod of God’s judgment. No eminent individuals and nothing of much value would remain. The time of judgment was so near that both buyers and sellers should refrain from their usual pursuits."The buyer who normally rejoiced... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 7:1-27

The Desolation of the Land of IsraelThis is a final message of doom upon the whole land (Ezekiel 7:2). God’s wrath against Israel’s sin is relentless, and the judgment is inevitable and close at hand. Social relations will be broken up (Ezekiel 7:12); preparations for defence will be unavailing (Ezekiel 7:14); wealth, which has been an occasion of sin and an instrument of idolatry, will not avert calamity, but will become the spoil of the heathen (Ezekiel 7:19-21); priests and prophets, king... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 7:13

(13) The seller shall not return.—The previous verse described the general cessation of all the business of life in the utter desolation of the land. Among the Israelites the most important buying and selling was that of land, and it was provided in the law (Leviticus 25:14-16) that this should in no case extend beyond the year of jubilee, when all land must revert to its possessor by inheritance. The seller in that year should return to his possession. Now it is foretold that the desolation... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:1-27

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 7:1-27

Ezekiel 7:1-27 . This chapter closes the first great message of Ezekiel. This great judgment message is written in beautiful language, which, in the Authorized Version, is marred by numerous incorrect renderings. The reader will find a reliable metrical translation in our larger commentary on Ezekiel. First, the end is announced to come upon the entire land; it could no longer be averted. There is another day coming in which the Lord will deal in fearful judgments with this earth. Now is the... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Ezekiel 7:12

7:12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer {i} rejoice, nor the seller {k} mourn: for wrath [is] upon all its multitude.(i) For the present profit.(k) For he will lose nothing. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Ezekiel 7:13

7:13 For the seller shall not {l} return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the {m} vision [is] concerning its whole multitude, [which] shall not return; {n} neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.(l) In the year of the Jubile, meaning that none would enjoy the privilege of the law, Leviticus 25:13 for they would all be carried away captives.(m) This vision signified that all would be carried away, and none would return for the Jubile.(n) No man... read more

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