Ezekiel 24:3-11 KJV

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 24:3

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:10

Heap on wood, kindle the fire ,.... This is said either to the prophet, to do this in an emblematic way; or to the Chaldean army, to prepare for the siege, encompass the city, begin their attacks, and throw in their stones out of their slings and engines, and arrows from their bows: consume the flesh ; not entirely, since it is afterwards to be spiced; but thoroughly boil it; denoting the severe sufferings the inhabitants should undergo before their utter ruin: spice it well ; pepper... 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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:10

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

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