Ezekiel 24:11-12 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 24:11

Then set it empty upon the coals thereof ,.... The city, when emptied of its inhabitants and substance, like a pot that is boiled over, and all in it boiled away, or taken out; burn it with fire, as the city of Jerusalem when taken and plundered was: that the brass of it may be hot, and burn ; as brass will when set on coals: or, "the bottom of it" F23 נחשתה "fundum ejus", Pagninus, Vatablus. ; so Ben Melech observes, from the Misnah, that the lower part or bottom of a pot,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:12

She hath wearied herself with lies ,.... With serving idols, which were lying vanities; by trusting to the alliances of neighbouring nations, which deceived her; or by committing sin, in which there was no satisfaction; or it may be understood of wearying of God with their sins, and particularly with her lying promises of repentance and reformation: and her great scum went not forth out of her ; notwithstanding her promises; or notwithstanding the admonitions given, and the chastisements... 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 24:11

Then set it empty upon the coals , etc. The empty cauldron is, of course, the city bereaved of its inhabitants. The fire must go on till the rust is consumed. There is, however, in spite of the seemingly terrible hopelessness of the sentence, a gleam of hope, as there had been in Ezekiel 16:42 . When the punishment had done its full work, then Jehovah might cause his fury to rest ( Ezekiel 16:13 ). Till then he declares, through the prophet, there will be no mitigation of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 24:12

She hath wearied herself with lies , etc.; better, it (keeping to the image of the cauldron) is worn out with labors ; sc . with the pains taken to cleanse it, and yet the rust remains. The fire must burn, the retributive judgment must continue, till the work is done. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 24:12

A weary task. Jerusalem is represented as endeavoring to remove her own evil, but as growing weary in the fruitless task. The rust cannot be cleansed from the vessel. I. IT ACTS LIKE RUST . 1. It comes from a corroding agent . Temptation bites into the yielding soul like an acid. 2. It reveals an inferior character . Brass and iron become rusty under circumstances which leave gold and silver untarnished. Readiness to yield to temptation is a sign that there is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 24:9-11

Ezekiel 24:9-11. Thus saith the Lord, &c. In this and the two following verses is still more fully explained the meaning of the symbol of the boiling pot, and what the fire is that made it boil. By making the pile for the fire great, is signified the destruction being very great and general. And spice it well Or, season it well, so as to make it desirable. The expression imports, that the Babylonians should be as much set on destroying the city and inhabitants, as hungry people... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 24:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 24:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 24:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 24:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 24:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 24:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 24:9-11

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