エゼキエル書 5:5-9 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 5:5-17

We have here the explanation of the foregoing similitude: This is Jerusalem. Thus it is usual in scripture language to give the name of the thing signified to the sign; as when Christ said, This is my body. The prophet's head, which was to be shaved, signified Jerusalem, which by the judgments of God was now to be stripped of all its ornaments, to be emptied of all its inhabitants, and to be set naked and bare, to be shaved with a razor that is hired, Isa. 7:20. The head of one that was a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:5

Thus saith the Lord God, this is Jerusalem ,.... A type or sign of it; it may refer to both the former and latter type. It is the city of Jerusalem that is designed by the city portrayed upon the tile; and the same is signified by the head of the prophet that was to be shaved; that being not only the chief city of Judea, but of the whole world, as follows: I have set it in the midst of the nations ; as the chief of them; and distinguished it from them by peculiar favours and blessings,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:6

And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations ,.... So they changed their glory for that which did not profit; and the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man; and the truth of God into a lie, Jeremiah 2:11 ; or, "for wickedness" F17 לרשעה "ut improbe ageret", Cocceius. ; for judgments and laws that were not good, and which to observe was wickedness. The word rendered "changed" signifies to "rebel against" or to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:7

Therefore thus saith the Lord God ,.... Having observed their sins, and which are still enlarged upon, the Lord proceeds to denounce his judgments against them: because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you ; not in numbers, nor in wealth and riches, or in blessings and privileges, and therefore grew wanton and forgetful; though this was true: but in sins and wickedness, which abounded among them, and in which they exceeded the nations round about them; and so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:8

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, behold, even I, am against thee ,.... Or, "behold, I am against thee, even I" F21 הנני עליך גם אני "ecce ego ad te, etiam ego", Pagninus, Montanus; "ecce ego contra te, etiam ego", Starckius. ; who am the Lord God omnipotent, great King, and a dreadful one; and a terrible thing it is for a people to have the mighty God against them; or for any to fall into the hands of the living God: this is repeated to show that it certainly was so; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:9

And I will do in thee that which I have not done ,.... In any other nation, or to any other people; not in the old world, when the flood was brought upon the world of the ungodly; not in Sodom and Gomorrah, when they were destroyed by fire from heaven; not in Egypt, when he inflicted his plagues on Pharaoh and his people; nor among the Canaanites, when they were drove out of their land for their abominations: and whereunto I will not do any more the like ; at least not of a long time;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 5:5

This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations - I have made this city the most eminent and the most illustrious in the world. Some think that these words refer to its geographical situation, as being equally in the center of the habitable world. But any point on a globe is its center, no matter where laid down; and it would not be difficult to show that even this literal sense is tolerably correct. But the point which is the center of the greatest portion of land that can be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 5:6

She hath changed my judgments - God shows the reason why he deals with Jerusalem in greater severity than with the surrounding nations; because she was more wicked than they. Bad and idolatrous as they were, they had a greater degree of morality among them than the Jews had. Having fallen from the true God, they became more abominable than others in proportion to the height, eminence, and glory from which they had fallen. This is the common case of backsliders; they frequently, in their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 5:9

I will do in thee that which I have not done - The destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar was one of the greatest calamities that ever fell on any nation or place before; and that by the Romans under Titus exceeded all that has taken place since. These two sackages of that city have no parallel in the history of mankind. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 5:5

Verse 5 Now God shows the reason why he determined to act so severely and harshly towards that holy city which he had selected as the royal residence. For the greater the benefits with which he had adorned the city, by so much the baser and grosser was their ingratitude. God recounts, therefore, his benefits towards Jerusalem, and that for the sake of reproving it. For if the Jews had embraced the blessing of God, doubtless he would have enriched them more and more with his gifts: but when he... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 5:5-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 5:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 5:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 5:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 5:5

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