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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 7:2

Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel ,.... The inhabitants of it; not the ten tribes, who were already carried captive; but the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and those that were with them, who dwelt in the land. The mountains, hills, rivers, and valleys, were before addressed; now the land itself: what the Lord by the prophet said unto the land, or the people of it, follows: an end : for here a colon is to be placed; that is, the end of God's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:3

Now is the end come upon thee ,.... This is repeated for the confirmation of it, and for the sake of application of it to the people of Israel, of whom he had before spoken in the third person; but now in the second, in order to arouse them, and excite attention: and I will send mine anger upon thee ; the token of it, the punishment of their sins: and I will judge thee according to thy ways ; pass sentence, and execute it, as their evil ways and practices deserved: and I will... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 7:2

An end, the end is come - Instead of הקץ בא קץ kets ba hakkets , one MS. of Kennicott's, one of De Rossi's, and one of my own, read הקץ בא בא קץ kets ba , ba hakkets ,"The end cometh, come is the end." This reading is supported by all the ancient Versions, and is undoubtedly genuine. The end Cometh: the termination of the Jewish state is coming, and while I am speaking, it is come. The destruction is at the door. The later hand, who put the vowel points to the ancient MS. that has... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 7:3

Verse 3 He puts the wordend a third time, and repeats it even a fourth and a fifth time. Whence we collect, that those miserable ones, although admonished more than enough both by teaching and experience, were yet like brute animals, so that they always promised themselves something to fly to, and were not impressed with the fear with which the Prophet would strike them. They did not think that an end was really coming, but said, Oh! something will remain, some will escape; and this therefore... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:1-4

The punishment of the wicked. "Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come," etc. "This chapter," says Dr. Currey, "is a dirge rather than a prophecy. The prophet laments over the near approach of the day wherein the final blow shall be struck, and the city be made the prey of the Chaldean invader. Supposing the date of the prophecy to be the same as that of the preceding, there were... 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 7:2

An end, etc. The iteration of the word once more gives emphasis. The words read like an echo of Amos 8:2 . The four corners (Hebrew, "wings") were probably, as with us, the north, east, south, and west. The phrase had been used before in Isaiah 11:12 , and the thought meets us again, in the form of the "four winds," in Daniel 11:4 ; Zechariah 2:6 ; Matthew 24:31 ; Mark 13:27 . The "end" in this case is either that of the siege of Jerusalem, or that of the existence of Israel as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:2

The end is come. I. THE END THAT SURELY COMES . Time is broken into periods; and every period, long or short, has its certain end. The tale of life is written in many chapters, each with its own appropriate conclusion; in some cases the conclusion is violent, abrupt, and startling. We are surprised out of an old settled course. The mill stops suddenly, and then the silence is alarming. There are the greater epochs of life, when a whole volume of experience is closed, and another... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:3

Now is the end upon thee, etc. We note the repetition of this and Ezekiel 7:4 in Ezekiel 7:8 , Ezekiel 7:9 , as a kind of refrain in the lamentation. Stress is laid, and for the time laid exclusively, on the unpitying character of the Divine judgments. And this is followed as before, in Ezekiel 6:14 , by "Ye shall know that I am the Lord." Fear must teach men the lesson which love had failed to teach. read more

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