Ezekiel 7:3-27 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 7:1-15

We have here fair warning given of the destruction of the land of Israel, which was now hastening on apace. God, by the prophet, not only sends notice of it, but will have it inculcated in the same expressions, to show that the thing is certain, that it is near, that the prophet is himself affected with it and desires they should be so too, but finds them deaf, and stupid, and unaffected. When the town is on fire men do no seek for fine words and quaint expressions in which to give an account... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 7:16-22

We have attended the fate of those that are cut off, and are now to attend the flight of those that have an opportunity of escaping the danger; some of them shall escape (Ezek. 7:16), but what the better? As good die once as, in a miserable life, die a thousand deaths, and escape only like Cain to be fugitives and vagabonds, and afraid of being slain by every one they meet; so shall these be. I. They shall have no comfort or satisfaction in their own minds, but be in continual anguish and... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 7:23-27

Here is, I. The prisoner arraigned: Make a chain, in which to drag the criminal to the bar, and set him before the tribunal of divine justice; let him stand in fetters (as a notorious malefactor), stand pinioned to receive his doom. Note, Those that break the bands of God's law asunder, and cast away those cords from them, will find themselves bound and held by the chains of his judgments, which they cannot break nor cast from them. The chain signified the siege of Jerusalem, or the slavery of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:3

Now is the end come upon thee ,.... This is repeated for the confirmation of it, and for the sake of application of it to the people of Israel, of whom he had before spoken in the third person; but now in the second, in order to arouse them, and excite attention: and I will send mine anger upon thee ; the token of it, the punishment of their sins: and I will judge thee according to thy ways ; pass sentence, and execute it, as their evil ways and practices deserved: and I will... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:4

And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity ,.... Though the punishment will be heavy, and the lamentation will be great; see Ezekiel 5:11 ; but I will recompense thy ways upon thee ; the evil of punishment for the evil of sin, the righteous demerit of their actions: and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee ; not taken away, unatoned for, and indeed not repented of. The Targum is, "and the punishment of thine abominations shall be in the midst of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:5

Thus saith the Lord God ,.... Here should be a stop, a colon, requiring attention to what follows, it being something awful and terrible: an evil, an only evil, behold, it cometh ; meaning the destruction of the city and temple; which, though but one, was such an one as was never known before nor was there any like it. The Targum is, "evil after evil, lo, it cometh;' one evil after another; when one evil is gone, another comes, as in Ezekiel 7:26 . The Syriac version is, "behold,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:6

An end is come, the end is come ,.... These words, so often repeated, show the eagerness and concern of the prophet's mind; the speed and haste destruction was making; and the great stupidity of the people, which required such a frequent repetition: it watcheth for thee ; that is, their damnation slumbered not, but was awake, and waited till the time was up, which was just at hand, for it to take place; see 2 Peter 2:3 ; behold, it is come ; either the end, or rather the evil... read more

John Gill

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

The morning is come upon thee, O thou that dwellest in the land ,.... That is, early ruin was come, or was coming, upon the inhabitants of Judea, which before is said to be awake, and to watch for them; and now the day being broke, the morning come, it hastened to them. Some, because this word F7 הצפירה "corona", Tigurine version, so some is Vatablus; "cidaris matutina", Montanus. is used in Isaiah 18:5 ; for a crown or diadem, think a crowned head, a king, is here meant;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:8

Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee ,.... It might be very well said to be shortly, or near at hand, that the Lord would bring down his judgments upon this people; since it was some time in the sixth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity that this prophecy was delivered; and it was in the ninth year that Nebuchadnezzar came up against Jerusalem; so that it was but about three years before God would begin to pour out his fury on them: and accomplish mine anger upon thee ; not only... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:9

And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity ,.... This verse is the same with Ezekiel 7:4 ; only instead of "I will recompense thy ways upon thee", here it is, I will recompense thee according to thy ways upon thee and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee ; which have both the same sense, showing the equity and justice of the divine proceedings: and to the clause, it is added, and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth ; with the rod of his anger,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 7:1-15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 7:16-22

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 7:23-27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:6

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:9

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