E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 21:14
smite thine hands together , &c. A sign of disappointment or grief in men. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 24:10 ). read more
smite thine hands together , &c. A sign of disappointment or grief in men. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 24:10 ). read more
their ruins = the overthrown. So the Septuagint and Syriac. Compare Jeremiah 18:23 . bright = bright as lightning. wrapped up keen, or sharp. read more
Go thee . Figure of speech Apostrophe. App-6 . Addressedto the sword. thee : i.e. the sword. Not Ezekiel. It is feminine, not masculine: = Go to the right, turn to the left: or, One stroke to the right, another to the left, &c. thy face = thine edge. read more
I will also smite , &c. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 . read more
"And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Say, A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished; it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it contemneth every tree. And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. Cry and wail, son of man; for it... read more
"Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the deadly wounded: it is the sword of the great one that is deadly wounded, which entereth into their chambers. I have set the threatening sword against all of their gates, that their hearts may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter. Gather thee together, go to the right, set thyself in array, go to the left,... read more
Ezekiel 21:6. With the breaking of thy loins— With trembling or shivering of loins. The allusion seems to be to the pangs of a woman in child-birth. See Isaiah 21:3.Jeremiah 30:6; Jeremiah 30:6. read more
Ezekiel 21:7. For the tidings— Because tidings shall come, at which every heart, &c. Behold, they draw near, and it shall come to pass, &c. Houbigant. read more
Ezekiel 21:10. Should we then make mirth— Houbigant reads, That it may cast down the sceptre of my son, sparing no wood: that is, "The sword of Nebuchadnezzar shall overthrow, the power of the king of Judah, and shall neither pity nor spare." See Ezekiel 21:19, &c. read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 21:13
it is a trial = sit (Jehovah's sword) has been tried (or proved). and what , &c. = and what [will happen or be the result] if [Jehovah's sword shall not despise] the [wooden] sceptre? it shall be no more = it will not [despise it. saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle. read more