Ezekiel 6:14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 6:11-14

The same threatenings which we had before in the foregoing chapter, and in the former part of this, are here repeated, with a direction to the prophet to lament them, that those he prophesied to might be the more affected with the foresight of them. I. He must by his gestures in preaching express the deep sense he had both of the iniquities and of the calamities of the house of Israel (Ezek. 6:11): Smite with thy hand and stamp with thy foot. Thus he must make it to appear that he was in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:14

So will I stretch out mine hand upon them ,.... Not unto them, in a way of mercy; but upon, or against them, in a way of judgment. The Targum paraphrases it, "and I will lift up the stroke of my power upon them;' his mighty hand of vengeance: and make the land desolate ; by destroying the inhabitants of it: yea, more desolate than the wilderness towards Diblath, in all their habitations ; so the Syriac version renders it, "and I will make this land more desolate than the land of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:14

And make the land - more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath - Diblath or Diblathayim is situated in the land of Moab. It is mentioned Numbers 33:46 , Almon-Diblathaim; and in Jeremiah 48:22 , Beth-Diblathaim. It was a part of that horrible wilderness mentioned by Moses, Deuteronomy 8:15 , "wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought." The precise reason why it is mentioned here is not very evident. Some think it is the same as Riblah, where Nebuchadnezzar slew the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:14

Verse 14 Ezekiel pursues the same sentiment, but it is necessary to persist with more words in confirmation of his prophecy, because it was somewhat difficult of belief, especially among men so secure, and who had been hardened against God by long habit. This is the reason, then, why he uses so many words about a thing in itself by no means obscure. Now he speaks concerning the extension of God’s hand, which is a Scriptural form of speech sufficiently familiar; for it is said that God extends... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 6:11-14

Ministerial earnestness. Earnestness is simply a fitting sense of duty. Earnestness is the outcome of reality. If a man has real conviction of his duty, and real compassion for others, he must be in earnest. Genuine earnestness is not equivalent to noise, display, hysterical excitement. It is wise and appropriate expression of feeling, and suitable to the occasion. I. EARNESTNESS IS MANIFEST IN GESTURE AND ACT , AS WELL AS IN SPEECH . The man who has a due sense... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 6:14

More desolate than the wilderness towards Diblath ; better, with the Authorized Version, from the wilderness. The name does not appear elsewhere, and has not been identified. Assuming the Authorized Version rendering, we must think of Ezekiel as naming, as Dante haines the Valdichiana ('Inf.,' 29.47), some specially horrible and desolate region. For such a region the name of Diblah (a cake of figs) does not seem appropriate. Taking the Revised Version translation ("from the wilderness... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 6:14

The outstretched hand. We usually picture to ourselves God's hand stretched out to help and heal. Here, however, we see a prediction of the same exertion of Divine energy for a contrary purpose—to smite and make desolate. The prediction suggests certain features of Divine chastisement. I. IT IS OCCASIONAL . "I will stretch out my hand." This refers to one definite act, not to a perpetual treatment. "He will not always chide." "The mercy of the Lord endureth forever. " But... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 6:11-14

The gleam of hope is but transitory. Darkness again gathers round, for as yet the prophet is predicting judgment.Ezekiel 6:11Smite ... stamp - Well-known modes of expressing grief.Ezekiel 6:13Sweet savor - Compare Genesis 8:21. Words, applied to the smell of sacrifices accepted by God, applied here to idol-sacrifices in irony.Ezekiel 6:14Toward Diblath - Or, “Diblathaim,” the “Diblathan” of the Moabite stone, one of the double cities of Moab (see Ezekiel 25:9) to the east of which lay the great... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 6:11-14

Ezekiel 6:11-14. Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot Join to thy words the gestures which are proper to express grief and concern at the wickedness of thy people, and for their calamities that will ensue. For they shall fall by the sword, &c. See note on Ezekiel 5:12. He that is far off And thinks himself out of danger, because he is out of the reach of the enemy; shall die of the pestilence The arrow that I will shoot at him. And he that is near Who stays in his own... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:1-14

The idolatry of Israel (6:1-14)From the time of the judges (the period that followed Israel’s settlement of Canaan) the people of Israel had copied Canaanite religious practices. Canaanite gods, collectively known as Baalim (plural of Baal) were gods of nature, and Israelites used the Canaanite shrines throughout the countryside as places to offer worship to Yahweh. These shrines were called ‘high places’ because they were usually built on the tops of hills and mountains. Israel’s false worship... read more

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