John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:24
Therefore thus saith the Lord God ,.... Because of their vain confidence, added to their perjury and perfidy: because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered ; their old sins, by committing new ones, both against the Lord, and against the king of Babylon: in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear ; both in their religious and civil actions; in the worship of God, and in their covenants and agreements with men; their sins were... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 21:18-27
The prophet, in the verses before, had shown them the sword coming; he here shows them that sword coming against them, that they might not flatter themselves that by some means or other it should be diverted a contrary way. I. He must see and show the Chaldean army coming against Jerusalem and determined by a supreme power so to do. The prophet must appoint him two ways, that is, he must upon a paper draw out two roads (Ezek. 21:19), as sometimes is done in maps; and he must bring the king of... read more