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E.W. Bullinger

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

E.W. Bullinger

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 21:15

their ruins = the overthrown. So the Septuagint and Syriac. Compare Jeremiah 18:23 . bright = bright as lightning. wrapped up keen, or sharp. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 21:16

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 21:17

I will also smite , &c. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:8

"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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:14

"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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 21:6

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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 21:7

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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 21:10

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

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