Ezekiel 19:7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 19:1-9

Here are, I. Orders given to the prophet to bewail the fall of the royal family, which had long made so great a figure by virtue of a covenant of royalty made with David and his seed, so that the eclipsing and extinguishing of it are justly lamented by all who know what value to put upon the covenant of our God, as we find, after a very large account of that covenant with David (Ps. 89:3, 20), a sad lamentation for the decays and desolations of his family (v. 38, 39): But thou hast cast off... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 19:7

And he knew their desolate palaces ,.... He took notice of the palaces or seats of the richest men of the nation, and pillaged them of their treasure and wealth, and so they became desolate: it may be rendered, he "knew their widows" F24 וידע אלמנותיו "et cognovit viduas ejus", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius; "viduas eorum", Vatablus, Starckius; so R. Joseph Kimchi. Which sense is approved by Gussetius, Ebr. Comment. p. 312. R. Jonah interprets it, "he broke their palaces"; so Calvin,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 19:7

Verse 7 He again confirms what he said of the cruelty of King Jehoiakim: but the phrase is mixed, since he retains but a part of the simile, and then speaks without a figure of palaces and cities. Although interpreters incline to a different opinion, and translate — and took notice of his widows: and if the remaining words had suited, this reading would have been better; but I do not see how things so different can be united, as destroying cities and noticing widows. First, those who adopt this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:1-9

The parable of the lion's whelps. I. THE LION - LIKE CHARACTER OF ISRAEL . This character was especially given to the tribe of Judah, from which the royal family came ( Genesis 49:9 ). There should be something of the better nature of the lion in the people of God. 1 . Strength . With one blow of his paw the lion can break the neck of a bull. The nation of Israel was strong. The Church of God is strong with the might of God. God does not only save his children as weak... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:1-9

The downfall of the princes. For the interpretation of this figurative and poetical portion of Ezekiel's prophecies, reference must be made to the close of the Second Books of Kings and of Chronicles, where the obscure and humiliating history of the last days of the monarchy of Judah is briefly recorded. Ezekiel's dirge concerns partly what had already taken place, and partly what was immediately about to happen. The lessons to be learnt from the history and the lamentation are of a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:1-9

Kingly power abused. Without doubt, the main cause of Israel's fall was the waywardness and vice of her kings. With few exceptions, they gave themselves up to evil ways. Corruption at the fountainhead became corruption in all the streams of national and domestic life. Idolatry was the root; and tyranny, anarchy, violence, and cruelly were the branches. This soon became intolerable to the surrounding nations. I. KINGLY POWER WAS INTENDED AS A BENEFIT . What the shepherd is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:1-9

A lamentation for fallen princes. "Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, and say, What was thy mother?" etc. Here are three preliminary inquiries. 1 . Who is addressed by the prophet? Or, whom are we to understand by the pronoun "thy"? "What was thy mother?" "Jehoiachin is addressed," says the 'Speaker's Commentary.' Hengstenberg says, "The address is to the man Judah, the people of the present." And Schroder, "The address is directed to the people." But,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 19:7

He knew their desolate palaces; literally, widows ; but the word is used figuratively in Isaiah 13:22 , in the sense of "desolate houses" (comp. Isaiah 47:8 ). So the Vulgate gives didicit viduas facere ; and Keil adopts that meaning here, "he knew, i . e . outraged, the widows of Israel." The Revised Version admits it in the margin. The two words for "widows" and "palaces" differ in a single letter only, and there may have been an error in transcription. On the whole, I... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 19:4-9

Chains - See the marginal rendering to Ezekiel 19:9 and Isaiah 27:9, note.Ezekiel 19:5Another - Jehoiachin who soon showed himself no less unworthy than Jehoahaz. The “waiting” of the people was during the absence of their rightful lord Jehoahaz, a captive in Egypt while Jehoiakim, whom they deemed an usurper, was on the throne. It was not until Jehoiachin succeeded, that they seemed to themselves to have a monarch of their own 2 Kings 24:6.Ezekiel 19:7Their desolate palaces - Rather, his... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 19:5-9

Ezekiel 19:5-9. When she saw that she had waited This seems to signify that the Jews waited some time before they thought of setting another king over them, hoping, probably, that the king of Egypt would restore unto them Jehoahaz, whom he had taken prisoner; but when they saw their hopes disappointed in this, and that there was no longer any room to expect it, then they, by the consent, and probably, direction of the king of Egypt, elected Jehoahaz’s brother, Eliakim, king in his stead,... read more

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