John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 22:27
Eze 22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. Ver. 27. Her princes in the midst thereof. ] Lupis ferociores et voraciores erant. There was in this state, as physicians say there is in some diseases, corruptio totius substantiae, a general defection: and here they are particularly told of it; so, as Isocrates saith in his oration to Philip King of Macedonia, That which is spoken to all is spoken... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 22:26
Eze 22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed [difference] between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Ver. 26. Her priests have violated my law. ] a By infringing, and enforcing it to speak what it never meant; to go two miles when it would go but one, &c. They have put no difference. ] They have not taken out... read more