Ezekiel 24:1-14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 24:1-14

We have here, I. The notice God gives to Ezekiel in Babylon of Nebuchadnezzar's laying siege to Jerusalem, just at the time when he was doing it (Ezek. 24:2): ?Son of man, take notice, the king of Babylon, who is now abroad with his army, thou knowest not where, set himself against Jerusalem this same day.? It was many miles, it was many days? journey, from Jerusalem to Babylon. Perhaps the last intelligence they had from the army was that the design was upon Rabbath of the children of Ammon... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:1

Again, in the ninth year ,.... Of Jehoiachin's captivity, from which the dates of Ezekiel are, and of Zedekiah's reign, which commenced together: in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month ; the month Tebet, which answers to part of our December, and part of January; so that it was at the latter end of December when this prophecy was given out; at which time Jerusalem was besieged by the king of Babylon, even in the winter season: the word of the Lord came unto me, saying ; as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:2

Son of man, write thee the name of the day ,.... That is, what day of the week it was, as well as what day of the month; as whether the first, or second, or third, &c.;: for the Jews had no other names for their days, as we have: even of this same day ; according to Bishop Usher F18 Annales Vet. Test. A. M. 3414. , it was the 30th of January, and the fifth day of the week (Thursday); A.M. 3414, or 590 before Christ. Mr. Whiston F19 Chronological Tables, cent. 10. places... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:3

And utter a parable to the rebellious house ,.... The people of the Jews so called, not so much on account of their rebellion against the king of Babylon, which caused him to come against them, as on account of their rebellion against God, and the breach of his laws; see Ezekiel 2:3 . The prophet is bid to represent to them, in a figurative and emblematic way, the miseries that were coming upon them for their wickedness, namely, under the parable of a boiling pot: and say unto them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:4

Gather the pieces thereof into it ,.... fire being made, and the pot set on, and water poured into it, the next thing is, to put in the pieces that are to be boiled; and these are to be gathered; meaning the people of the land, that were to be gathered from the several parts of it, for their security, as they thought; but the event proved it was for their ruin: even every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder ; the princes and gentry, the great and the mighty, the rich and wealthy of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:5

Take the choice of the flock ,.... King, princes, nobles, magistrates, priests and rulers of the people: and burn also the bones under it : or, "put a pile of bones under it" F21 דור העצמים תחתיה "pyram ossium sub ipsa", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Starckius. דור "rogus, strues materiae combustibililis rotunda", Stockius, p. 223. ; the bones of them that are slain in it; denoting the great slaughter of them; or the bones of the innocent that had been murdered in it;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:6

Wherefore thus saith the Lord God, woe to the bloody city ,.... Here the parable begins to be explained; and shows that by the pot is meant the city of Jerusalem, called the bloody city, because of the blood of the prophets, and of righteous persons, and of innocent babes, that was shed in it; and which was the cause of the judgments of God coming upon her, which would issue in her destruction, and therefore "woe unto her"; see Matthew 23:37 , to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:7

For her blood is in the midst of her ,.... The blood of innocent persons shed in the midst of her, openly and publicly, cried for vengeance: she set it upon the top of a rock ; where it could not soak in, as when spilled upon soft earth: this denotes her openness and impudence in shedding blood, as not being ashamed of it, or afraid of punishment for it, but as rather glorying in it; perhaps there may be some allusion to the tops of hills and mountains, where idolatry was committed,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:8

That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance ,.... Into the heart and mind of God, into his face, speaking after the manner of men; observing such gross and open wickedness, he determined within himself to show his resentment, manifest his wrath and displeasure, and take vengeance on such capital and impudent offenders: I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it might not be covered ; by way of just retaliation; that as her sin was publicly committed, and no repentance... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:9

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, woe to the bloody city ,.... See Gill on Ezekiel 24:6 , I will even make the pile for fire great ; a large pile of wood, a great quantity of fuel to maintain the fire, and keep the pot boiling; meaning the vast army of the Chaldeans, which the Lord would bring against Jerusalem, which should closely besiege it, and vigorously attack it, until it had executed the fury of the wrath of God, comparable to fire, and of his judgments upon it. The Targum is,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 24:1-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:9

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