Ezekiel 7:10 - Exposition

It is come . Read, as before, it cometh; and for morning , doom (see note on Ezekiel 7:7 ). The rod hath blossomed , etc. The three verbs imply a climax. The "doom" springs out of the earth; the rod of vengeance blossoms (the word is the same as that which describes the blooming of Aaron's rod ( Numbers 17:8 ), and the phrase was probably suggested by the history); pride (either that of the Chaldean ministers of vengeance, or of Israel as working out its own punishment; I incline to the latter) buds and bears fruit. In Isaiah 27:6 the word follows on "blossom," and therefore seems applicable to the formation of the fruit rather than the flower. (For the image of the rod, comp. Psalms 110:2 ; Isaiah 10:26 ; Micah 6:9 .)