Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 21:14
14. smite . . . hands together— (Numbers 24:10), indicative of the indignant fury with which God will "smite" the people. sword . . . doubled the third time—referring to the threefold calamity:—(1) The taking of Zedekiah (to whom the "rod," or scepter, may refer); (2) the taking of the city; (3) the removal of all those who remained with Gedaliah. "Doubled" means "multiplied" or "repeated." The stroke shall be doubled and even trebled. of the slain—that is, by which many are slain. As the... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 21:13
13. it is a trial—rather, "There is a trial" being made: the sword of the Lord will subject all to the ordeal. "What, then, if it contemn even the rod" (scepter of Judah)? Compare as to a similar scourge of unsparing trial, Job 9:23. it shall be no more—the scepter, that is, the state, must necessarily then come to an end. Fulfilled in part at the overthrow of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar, but fully at the time of "Shiloh's" (Messiah's) coming (Job 9:23- :), when Judea became a Roman province. read more