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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 7:1-15

We have here fair warning given of the destruction of the land of Israel, which was now hastening on apace. God, by the prophet, not only sends notice of it, but will have it inculcated in the same expressions, to show that the thing is certain, that it is near, that the prophet is himself affected with it and desires they should be so too, but finds them deaf, and stupid, and unaffected. When the town is on fire men do no seek for fine words and quaint expressions in which to give an account... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:15

The sword is without ,.... Without the city, where the enemy was besieging; so that those that went without, in order to make their escapes fell into their hands: and the pestilence and the famine within ; within the city; so that such who thought themselves safe in their own houses died by those judgments: he that is in the field shall die by the sword ; by the hands of the Chaldeans: and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him ; and he shall die by... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 7:15

The sword is without - War through all the country, and pestilence and famine within the city, shall destroy the whole, except a small remnant. He who endeavors to flee from the one shall fall by the other. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 7:15

Verse 15 He inculcates what we have seen before, although this sentence agrees with the last verse. He had said that God’s anger should be on all the people; now he shows that none were safe when God stretched forth his hand for avenging their sins. Now he says, he had in his hand a sword, and pestilence, and famine. If they went out into the field, says he, a sword shall meet them; if they remain at home in the city, pestilence and famine shall consume them there; as if he said, God could... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:1-15

The hand of the dock on the hour of doom. The bulk of men persist in thinking of God as if he were such a One as themselves. Rejecting the revelation of God's nature contained in Scripture, they conceive of him as a man greatly magnified the infirmities of man magnified, as well as his virtues. They know the proneness of man to threaten and not to perform; hence they conclude that the judgments of God, because delayed, will evaporate in empty words. God will not be hastened. Proportionate... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:12-19

The limitation of the power of riches. "The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn," etc. It is not wise to despise riches, or to affect to do so, or to depreciate them. They have many uses; they may be made the means of promoting the physical well being and the mental progress of their possessor, of enabling him to do much good to others, and of furthering the highest and best interests of the human race. When wisely employed, they produce most... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:15

The sword is without (see Ezekiel 5:12 ; Ezekiel 6:12 ). Here there seems a more traceable fitness in assigning the pestilence as well as the famine to those who are shut up in the besieged city. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 7:12-15

Ezekiel 7:12-15. Let not the buyer rejoice, &c. The buyer will have no reason to rejoice, because he will not enjoy what he hath bought; nor the seller have cause to mourn for having been obliged to part with his possessions, of which the approaching desolation of the country and the captivity would otherwise have deprived him. For the seller shall not return to that which was sold, &c. The year of jubilee shall be no advantage to the sellers; for though they should live till it... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:1-27

The end is near (7:1-27)Many Jews thought that Jerusalem would never be conquered. Ezekiel announced with certainty that the city would fall. God had been longsuffering and merciful, and had saved the city many times, but the people stubbornly refused to repent. Now the time for God’s judgment had come (7:1-4). One disaster would follow another, till the wicked city was destroyed (5-9).As a tree blossoms, so Jerusalem’s sin was full-grown. The city was about to fall; rich and poor were about to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 7:15

The sword . Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6 , for war. The sword is without . Reference to Pentateuch, (Deuteronomy 32:25 ). read more

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