エゼキエル書 21:6-17 JCB

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 21:12-13

Ezekiel was therefore to cry out and slap his thigh in great despair because this judgment was coming on the people and officials of Judah (cf. Jeremiah 31:19). The leaders would die with the rest of the people. This cutting off of Israel’s leadership was a cause for even greater sorrow than the destruction of the ordinary Israelites. This would really test the nation. The Judahites should not despise the rod that the Lord would use to judge them; they should not think that Nebuchadnezzar... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 21:14-15

Ezekiel was to clap his hands together as he continued to prophesy symbolizing his approval of God’s will (cf. Ezekiel 6:11; Ezekiel 22:13; Ezekiel 25:6; Numbers 24:10; 2 Kings 11:12; Job 27:23; Psalms 47:1; Isaiah 55:12). But he was also to announce the awfulness of the coming sword-like judgment.Some translators interpreted the description of the invasion as coming three times and doing double damage the third time (e.g. NKJV). This may be a reference to Nebuchadnezzar’s three invasions of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 21:15

The sword would cause the people to lose heart and die in the gates of the city, the place where the leaders did business. The Lord had an instrument of judgment (sword) that He had prepared and kept ready that would slaughter His people suddenly (like lightning), namely, Nebuchadnezzar. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 21:16-17

The Lord spoke to His instrument of judgment urging it to show itself sharp by slaying His people on every side, as the Lord directed. Yahweh would also give His approval by clapping His hands and appeasing His wrath against His sinful people."At least some of the problem that Ezekiel’s audience had in accepting such a gloomy picture of the future can be traced to the natural religious tendency to think of God as kindly and thus not really capable of punishing people decisively. Why would God... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:1-32

3, 4. The righteous and the wicked] corresponding to the green tree and the dry in the parable (Ezekiel 20:47). In spite of his strict theory of retribution in Ezekiel 18, Ezekiel recognised the fact that good men as well as bad would perish in the siege of Jerusalem.10. It contemneth, etc.] RV ’The rod of my son, it contemneth every tree’ These words are almost hopelessly obscure, and the text is probably corrupt. As it stands, the meaning may be (a) that the rod (the sword) with which God... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 21:6

(6) With the breaking of thy loins.—The loins were regarded as the seat of strength (Job 40:16); and the breaking of these, therefore, expresses entire prostration. Comp. Psalms 66:11; Psalms 69:23; Isaiah 21:3; Nahum 2:10. The prophet was to do this “before their eyes,” i.e., was in some way to express before them a sense of extreme dejection and prostration, such as should call forth the question and reply of the following verse. With the expression “Every heart shall melt” comp. Luke 21:26. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 21:8-17

(8-17) This second prophecy is an expansion of the last, Ezekiel 21:8-13 corresponding to 2-5, and Ezekiel 21:14-17 to Ezekiel 21:6-7. In several of its clauses modern criticism has been able to improve the translation, and make it clearer. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 21:10

(10) Make mirth.—The answer to this question has already been given in Ezekiel 21:6, and is repeated in Ezekiel 21:12.Contemneth the rod of my son.—This refers to Genesis 49:9-10, in which Jacob addresses Judah as “my son,” and foretells that “the sceptre shall not depart from” him until Shiloh come. There is another allusion to the same passage in Ezekiel 21:27. Comp, also Ezekiel 17:22-23. There is, however, serious difficulty as to the construction and meaning of the clause. The ancient... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 21:11

(11) The slayer is here mentioned indefinitely, but in the next and more circumstantial prophecy (Ezekiel 21:19) is declared to be the king of Babylon. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 21:12

(12) Smite therefore upon thy thigh.—A mark of extreme grief, see Jeremiah 31:19. The connection of Ezekiel 21:11-12 with the objection in Ezekiel 21:10 is this: you think there is security for you in the promise to Judah; do not deceive yourselves, but prepare for sorrow and desolation. read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 21:12-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 21:14-15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 21:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 21:16-17

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:1-32

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 21:6

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 21:8-17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 21:10

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 21:11

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 21:12

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