Ezekiel 7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 7

In this chapter the approaching ruin of the land of Israel is most particularly foretold in affecting expressions often repeated, that if possible they might be awakened by repentance to prevent it. The prophet must tell them, I. That it will be a final ruin, a complete utter destruction, which would make an end of them, a miserable end, Ezek. 7:1-6. II. That it is an approaching ruin, just at the door, Ezek. 7:7-10. III. That it is an unavoidable ruin, because they had by sin brought it upon... read more

Matthew Henry

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

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 7 This chapter contains a prophecy of the speedy destruction of the Jews, as being just at hand; of the particular judgments that should come upon them; of the horror that should seize them, and the distress that all ranks of men among them should be in, a few only escaping, who are described as in mournful circumstances. The destruction in general is denounced as being very near; the end being come, which is often repeated; and as it is represented as sudden, so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:1

Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. Or again, as the Arabic version; for this is a distinct prophecy from the former; though of the same kind with it; and was delivered out, either immediately upon the former; or, however, some time between that and the following in the next chapter, which has a date to it. The Targum calls it the word of prophecy from the Lord. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:2

Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel ,.... The inhabitants of it; not the ten tribes, who were already carried captive; but the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and those that were with them, who dwelt in the land. The mountains, hills, rivers, and valleys, were before addressed; now the land itself: what the Lord by the prophet said unto the land, or the people of it, follows: an end : for here a colon is to be placed; that is, the end of God's... 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

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