Ezekiel 4
1 Under the type of a siege is shewn the time from the defection of Jeroboam to the captivity.9 By the provision of the siege, is shewn the hardness of the famine. take.5:1-17; 12:3-16; 1Sa 15:27,28; 1Ki 11:30,31; Isa 20:2-4Jer 13:1-14; 18:2-12; 19:1-15; 25:15-38; 27:2-22; Ho 1:2-9; 3:1-5Ho 12:10a tile.[Lebêbnâh ,] {levainah,} generally denotes a brick, and Palladius informs us that the bricks in common use among the ancients were "two feet long, one foot broad, and four inches thick;" and on such a surface the whole siege might be easily pourtrayed. Perhaps, however, it may here denote a flat tile, like a Roman brick, which were commonly used for tablets, as we learn from Pliny, Hist. Nat. 1. vii. c. 57. even.Jer 6:6; 32:31; Am 3:2 lay.Jer 39:1,2; 52:4; Lu 19:42-44battering rams. or, chief leaders.21:22 an iron pan. or, a flat plate, or slice.Le 2:5This.12:6,11; 24:24-27; Isa 8:18; 20:3; Lu 2:34; Heb 2:4 upon.5,8and lay.2Ki 17:21-23thou shalt bear.Le 10:17; 16:22; Nu 14:34; 18:1; Isa 53:11,12; Mt 8:17; Heb 9:281Pe 2:24 I have.Isa 53:6three.This number of years will take us back from the year in which Judea was finally desolated by Nebuzar-adan, B.C. 584, to the establishment of idolatry in Israel by Jeroboam, B.C. 975. "Beginning from 1 Ki 12:33. Ending Jer 52:30." forty days.This represented the forty years during which gross idolatry prevailed in Judah, from the reformation of Josiah, B.C. 624, to the same final desolation of the land. Some think that the period of 390 days also predicts the duration of the siege of the Babylonians, (ver. 9,) deducting from it five months and twenty-nine days, when the besiegers went to meet the Egyptians (2 Ki 25:1-4; Jer 37:5;) and that forty days may have been employed in desolating the temple and city. "Beginning from 2 Ki 23:3, 23. Ending Jer 52:30." each day for a year. Heb. a day for a year, a day for ayear. Nu 14:34; Da 9:24-26; 12:11,12; Re 9:15; 11:2,3; 12:14; 13:5 set.3; 6:2and thine.Isa 52:10 I will.3:25from one side to another. Heb. from thy side to thy side. wheat.13,16millet.{Dochan,} in Arabic, {dokhn,} the {holcus dochna} of Forskal, is a kind of millet, of considerable use as a food; the cultivation of which is described by Browne. fitches. or, spelt.{Kussemim} is doubtless [zea,] or spelt, as Aquila and Symmachus render here; and so LXX. and Theodotion, [olyra.] In times of scarcity it is customary to mix several kinds of coarser grains with the finer, to make it last the longer. three.5 16; 14:13; Le 26:26; De 28:51-68; Isa 3:1 shalt drink.16; Isa 5:13; Joh 3:34 cake. a "round" thing.Ge 18:6 Da 1:8; Ho 9:3,4 Ah.9:8; 20:49; Jer 1:6my soul.Ac 10:14have I.Ex 22:31; Le 11:39,40; 17:15abominable.Le 19:7; De 14:3; Isa 65:4; 66:17 cow's dung.Dried cow-dung is a common fuel in the East, as it is in many parts of England, to the present day; but the prophet was ordered to prepare his bread with human ordure, to shew the extreme degree of wretchedness to which the besieged should be exposed, as they would be obliged literally to use it, from not being able to leave the city to collect other fuel. 15 I will.5:16; 14:13; Le 26:26; Ps 105:16; Isa 3:1eat.The prophet was allowed each day only twenty shekels weight, or about ten ounces, of the coarse food he had prepared, and the sixth part of a hin, scarcely a pint and a half, of water; all of which was intended to shew that they should be obliged to eat the meanest and coarsest food, and that by weight, and their water by measure. 10,11; 12:18,19; Ps 60:3; La 1:11; 4:9,10; 5:9 and consume.24:23; Le 26:39 Ezekiel 5
1 Under the type of hair,5 is shewn the judgment of Jerusalem for their rebellion;12 by famine, sword, and dispersion. son.In this expressive emblem, the prophet represents the Jewish nation; his hair, the people; the razor, the Chaldeans; the cutting of the hair, the calamities and disgrace coming upon them; the balances, the exact distribution of the Divine judgments; the third part of the hair burnt, those destroyed in the city; the third part smitten with a knife, those slain in attempting to escape; the third part scattered to the winds, those who escaped to other countries; the few hairs in his skirt, those left with Gedaliah; and the burning of these, their destruction in Egypt. take.44:20; Le 21:5; Isa 7:20then.Da 5:27 shalt burn.12; Jer 9:21,22; 15:2; 24:10; 38:2the city.4:1-8I will draw.12; 12:14; Le 26:33; Jer 9:16; Am 9:2,3 a few.2Ki 25:12; Jer 39:10; 40:6; 52:16; Mt 7:14; Lu 13:23,24; 1Pe 4:18skirts. Heb. wings. take.2Ki 25:25; Jer 41:1-44:30; 52:30shall a fire.Jer 4:4; 48:45 This.4:1; Jer 6:6; Lu 22:19,20; 1Co 10:4I have.16:14; De 4:6; Mic 5:7; Mt 5:14 she hath.16:47; De 32:15-21; 2Ki 17:8-20; Ps 106:20; Ro 1:23-25; 1Co 5:1Jude 1:4for they.Ne 9:16,17; Ps 78:10; Jer 5:3; 8:5; 9:6; 11:10; Zec 7:11 neither have done.11; 16:47,48,54; 2Ki 21:9-11; 2Ch 33:9; Jer 2:10,11 even I.15:7; 21:3; 26:3; 28:22; 35:3; 39:1; Le 26:17-46; De 29:20Jer 21:5,13; La 2:5; 3:3; Zec 14:2,3; Mt 22:7in the.25:2-6; 26:2; 29:6,7; 35:10-15; De 29:23-28; 1Ki 9:8,9; Jer 22:8,9Jer 24:9; 50:7; La 2:15-17 that which.La 4:6,9; Da 9:12; Am 3:2; Mt 24:21The sentence here passed upon Jerusalem is very dreadful, and the manner of expression makes it yet more so: the judgments are various, the threatenings of them varied, reiterated; so that one may well say, Who is able to stand in God's sight when he is angry? the fathers.Le 26:29; De 28:53-57,64; 2Ki 6:29; Isa 9:20; 49:26; Jer 19:9La 2:20; 4:10the whole.2,12; 6:8; 12:14; 20:23; 22:15; 36:19; Le 26:33; De 4:27; 28:64De 32:26; Ne 1:8; Ps 44:11; Jer 9:16; 44:12; 50:17; Am 9:9; Zec 2:6Zec 7:14; Lu 21:24 as I live.Nu 14:28-35; Ps 95:11; Am 8:7; Heb 6:13thou hast.8:5,6,16; 23:28; 44:7; 2Ki 21:4,7; 23:12; 2Ch 33:4,7; 36:14Jer 7:9-11; 32:34detestable.7:20; 11:18,21; De 7:25,26; Jer 16:18; 44:4will I.29:15; Ps 107:39; Jer 10:24; *marg:Ro 11:12neither shall.7:4,9; 8:18; 9:5,10; 24:14; De 29:20; La 2:21; Zec 11:6; Mal 3:17Ro 8:32; 11:21; 2Pe 2:4,5 third part of.2; 6:12; Jer 15:2; 21:9; Zec 13:7-9and I will scatter.2,10; 6:8; Jer 9:16; Zec 7:14and I will draw.This was particularly fulfilled in the destruction of those who retired to Egypt; and has been remarkably verified in the many persecutions and miseries which the Jews have suffered at different times, in the various countries into which they are dispersed. 2; 12:14; Le 26:33; De 28:65; Jer 42:16,17,22; 43:10,11; 44:27Am 9:4 shall mine.6:12; 7:8; 13:15; 20:8,21; Jer 25:12; La 4:11,22; Da 9:2; 11:36I will cause.16:42,63; 21:17; 23:25; 24:13; Isa 1:21I will be.De 32:36; Isa 1:24; Zec 6:8spoken.6:10; 36:5,6; 38:18,19; Isa 9:7; 59:17 I will.22:4; Le 26:31,32; De 28:37; 2Ch 7:20,21; Ne 2:17; Ps 74:3-10Ps 79:1-4; Isa 64:10,11; Jer 19:8; 24:9,10; 42:18; La 1:4,8La 2:15-17; 5:18; Mic 3:12the nations.8 an instruction.De 29:24-28; 1Ki 9:7; Ps 79:4; Isa 26:9; Jer 22:8,9; 1Co 10:11when.25:17; Isa 66:15,16; Na 1:2 the evil.De 32:23,24; Ps 7:13; 91:5-7; La 3:12and will.4:16; 14:13; Le 26:26; 2Ki 6:25; Isa 3:1 and evil.14:15,21; 33:27; 34:25-28; Ex 23:29; Le 26:22; De 32:24; 2Ki 17:25Jer 15:3and pestilence.12; 14:19; 38:22and I.6:12; 21:3; 23:47I the.13,15; 17:21,24; 21:32; 22:14; 26:14; 30:12; 37:14; Mt 24:35 Ezekiel 12:3-16
prepare.10-12; 4:1-17; Jer 13:1-11; 18:2-12; 19:1-15; 27:2stuff. or, instruments.By stuff our translators meant furniture or goods, as the word frequently denotes in our early writers; but the original, {keley,} has not only this sense (as in ver. 4,) but is also used for any kind of utensils or instruments whatever; and here probably denotes carriages, or other means for removing goods. This was intended to signify that the captivity was at hand. it may.33:11; De 5:29; 32:29; Ps 81:13; Jer 18:11; 25:4-7; 26:3; 36:3,7Lu 13:8,9,34; 20:13; 2Ti 2:25 at even.12; 2Ki 25:4; Jer 39:4; 52:7they that go forth into. Heb. the goings forth of. Dig thou. Heb. Dig for thee.This was to shew that Zedekiah should escape from the city through a breach in the wall. 2Ki 25:4; Jer 39:2-4 thou shalt.This intimated that Zedekiah should steal out of the city in the twilight, carrying on his shoulders some of his property, with his head covered, not only as in distress but to escape detection. These prophecies, which were accurately fulfilled, are supposed to have been delivered in the sixth year of Zedekiah, five years before the taking of Jerusalem. cover.1Sa 28:8; 2Sa 15:30; Job 24:17for I.11; 4:3; 24:24; Isa 8:18; 20:2-4 I did so.2:8; 24:18; 37:7,10; Jer 32:8-12; Mt 21:6,7; Mr 14:16; Joh 2:5-8Joh 15:14; Ac 26:19I brought.3-6digged. Heb. digged for me. 8 the rebellious.1-3; 2:5-8What.17:12; 20:49; 24:19 This.2Ki 9:25; Isa 13:1; 14:28; Mal 1:1prince.That is, Zedekiah king of Judah. 7:27; 17:13-21; 21:25-27; Jer 21:7; 24:8; 38:18 I am.6remove and go. Heb. by removing go.Jer 15:2; 52:15,28-30 6; 2Ki 25:4; Jer 39:4; 42:7 My net.This was to intimate, that though he escaped out of the city, the Chaldeans should overtake him, and carry him to Babylon. Jeremiah had predicted that his "eyes should see the eyes of the king of Babylon," and here Ezekiel foretold that he should not see Babylon, though he should die there; and Josephus says that he thought the two prophecies so inconsistent with each other, that he believed neither; yet both were exactly fulfilled, and the enigma of Ezekiel explained, when Zedekiah was brought to Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, where he had his eyes put out, and was then carried to Babylon, and there died. 17:16,20; 19:8,9; 32:3; Job 19:6; Ps 11:6; Isa 24:17,18; Jer 50:24La 1:13; 3:47; 4:19,20; Ho 7:12; Lu 21:35and I.2Ki 25:5-7; Jer 34:3; 39:7; 52:8-11 I will scatter.5:10-12; 17:21; 2Ki 25:4,5I will draw.5:2,12; 14:17,21; Le 26:33; Jer 42:16,22 16,20; 5:13; 6:7,14; 7:4; 11:10; 24:27; 25:11; 26:6; 28:26; 33:3339:28; Eze 14:18; Ps 9:16 I will.6:8-10; 14:22,23; Isa 1:9; 6:13; 10:22; 24:13; Jer 4:27; 30:11Am 9:8,9; Mt 7:14; 24:22; Ro 11:4,5a few men. Heb. men of number.Ge 13:16; Isa 10:19; Ro 9:27that they.14:22,23; 36:31; Le 26:40,41; Jer 3:24,25; Da 9:5-12and they.De 29:24-28; 1Ki 9:6-9; Jer 22:8,9 Hosea 12:10
have also.1Ki 13:1; 14:7-16; 17:1; 18:21-40; 19:10; 2Ki 17:13; Ne 9:30Jer 25:4; Am 7:14multiplied.Nu 12:6; Joe 2:28; Ac 2:17; 2Co 12:1,7used.1:2-5; 3:1; Isa 5:1-7; 20:2-5; Jer 13:1-14; 19:1,10; Eze 4:1-5:17Eze 15:1-8; 20:49ministry. Heb. hand. Acts 21:11
he took.1Sa 15:27,28; 1Ki 11:29-31; 2Ki 13:15-19; Jer 13:1-11; 19:10,11Eze 24:19-25; Ho 12:10Thus.13:2; 16:6; 20:23; 28:25; Heb 3:7; 1Pe 1:12So shall.33; 22:25; 24:27; 26:29; 28:20; Eph 3:1; 4:1; 6:20; 2Ti 2:9; Heb 10:34and shall.28:17; Mt 20:18,19; 27:1,2 Revelation of John 18:21
a mighty.This was to represent the violence of her fall, and that she should never rise again; which is further illustrated by varied emphatic expressions taken from the ancient prophets. But Rome is still standing and flourishing, and honoured by many nations as the metropolis of the Christian world; she still resounds with singers and musicians; she still excels in arts, which serve for pomp and luxury; she still abounds with candles, and lamps, and torches, burning even by day, as well as by night; and consequently this prophecy has not been, but remains to fulfilled. Thus.Ex 15:5; Ne 9:11; Jer 51:63,64and shall.22; 12:8; 16:20; 20:11; Job 20:8; Ps 37:36; Eze 26:21; Da 11:19
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