Ezekiel 24:1-2

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 24:1

The ninth year - This prophecy was given in the ninth year of Zedekiah, about Thursday, the thirtieth of January, A.M. 3414; the very day in which the king of Babylon commenced the siege of Jerusalem. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 24:1

In the ninth year . We pass from the date of Ezekiel 20:1 to B.C. 590, and the very day is identified with that on which the army of Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem ( Jeremiah 39:1 ; 2 Kings 25:1-12 ). To the prophet's vision all that was passing there was as plain as though he saw it with his own eyes. The siege lasted for about two years. The punishments threatened in Ezekiel 23:1-49 , had at last come near. We may probably infer that a considerable interval of silence had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 24:1-5

The seething-pot. I. THE VESSEL . Jerusalem is compared to a seething-pot. The character of the city had certain points of resemblance. 1. Unity . All the parts are thrown into one vessel. There was a common life in the one city. All classes shared a common fortune. They who are united in sin will be united in doom. 2. Vain protection . The heat of the fire came through the vessel. The wails of Jerusalem did not save the doomed city. No earthly shelter will protect... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 24:1-14

The consuming cauldron. The threatened judgment has at last descended upon the guilty city; and Ezekiel, far away in the land of the Captivity, sees in vision, and declares to his fellow-captives by a parable, the siege of Jerusalem now actually taking place. As in so many parts of his prophecies, Ezekiel reveals by symbol that which he has to communicate. Opinions differ as to whether the cauldron was actually filled with the joints of animals and was actually heated by a fire. But the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 24:1-14

The interior mechanism of war. The prophet is commissioned to employ another homely metaphor. The patience and ingenuity of God's love are inexhaustible. The homeliest imagery is employed with a view to vivid and abiding impression. Here it is shown that behind all the machinery and circumstance of war, a hand Divine directs and overrules. A moral force resides within the material and human agency. I. THE NECESSITY FOR THE SCOURGE . The necessity arose from the excessive... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 24:1-14

The parable of the cauldron; or, the judgment upon Jerusalem. "Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me," etc. The interpretation of the chief features of this parable is not difficult. "The cauldron is Jerusalem. The flesh and the bones that are put therein are the Jews, the ordinary inhabitants of the city and the fugitives from the country. The fire is the fire of war. Water is poured into the cauldron, because in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 24:2

Memorable days. Ezekiel was to take note of the day on which he received a message concerning the approaching ruin of Jerusalem, as it was to be on the anniversary of that day that the King of Babylon would besiege Jerusalem. Thus it would be seen that the prediction was strikingly fulfilled. This is one instance of the marking of memorable days. I. THE OCCURRENCE OF MEMORABLE DAYS . In themselves all days may be equally sacred ( Romans 14:5 ). Nevertheless, a difference of... read more

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