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The Boiling Pot
24:1 The word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month: 24:2 “Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. 24:3 Recite a proverb to this rebellious house and say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘Set on the pot, set it on, pour water in it too; 24:4 add the pieces of meat to it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones. 24:5 Take the choice bone of the flock, heap up bones under it; boil rapidly, and boil its bones in it. 24:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot whose rot is in it, whose rot has not been removed from it! Empty it piece by piece. No lot has fallen on it. 24:7 For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust. 24:8 To arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up. 24:9 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed! I will also make the pile high. 24:10 Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred. 24:11 Set the empty pot on the coals, until it becomes hot and its copper glows, until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot is consumed. 24:12 It has tried my patience; yet its thick rot is not removed from it. Subject its rot to the fire! 24:13 You mix uncleanness with obscene conduct. I tried to cleanse you, but you are not clean. You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness until I have exhausted my anger on you. 24:14 “‘I the Lord have spoken; judgment is coming and I will act! I will not relent, or show pity, or be sorry! I will judge you according to your conduct and your deeds, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel’s Wife Dies
24:15 The word of Lord came to me: 24:16 “Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears. 24:17 Groan in silence for the dead, but do not perform mourning rites. Bind on your turban and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your lip and do not eat food brought by others.” 24:18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning I acted just as I was commanded. 24:19 Then the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?” 24:20 So I said to them: “The word of the Lord came to me: 24:21 Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary– the source of your confident pride, the object in which your eyes delight, and your life’s passion. Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die by the sword. 24:22 Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others. 24:23 Your turbans will be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you will not mourn or weep, but you will rot for your iniquities and groan among yourselves. 24:24 Ezekiel will be an object lesson for you; you will do all that he has done. When it happens, then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.’ 24:25 “And you, son of man, this is what will happen on the day I take from them their stronghold– their beautiful source of joy, the object in which their eyes delight, and the main concern of their lives, as well as their sons and daughters: 24:26 On that day a fugitive will come to you to report the news. 24:27 On that day you will be able to speak again; you will talk with the fugitive and be silent no longer. You will be an object lesson for them, and they will know that I am the Lord.”
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Nama Orang, Nama Tempat, Topik/Tema Kamus

Nama Orang dan Nama Tempat:
 · Babylon a country of Babylon in lower Mesopotamia
 · Ezekiel son of Buzi; a priest and a prophet among the exiles of Babylon
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin


Topik/Tema Kamus: Ezekiel | EZEKIEL, 1 | Babylon | Israel | Instruction | Symbols and Similitudes | Sin | Minister | Tire | SCUM | Ezekiel, Book of | Bereavement | Parables | Prophecy | TIRE, HEADTIRE | Bonnet | SHOE; SHOE-LATCHET | ZEDEKIAH (2) | HEADDRESS | PILE | selebihnya
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Wesley: Eze 24:1 - In the ninth year Of Zedekiah's reign.

Of Zedekiah's reign.

Wesley: Eze 24:1 - Came unto me The prophet was now in Babylon.

The prophet was now in Babylon.

Wesley: Eze 24:2 - Set himself Sat down to besiege.

Sat down to besiege.

Wesley: Eze 24:4 - Every good piece All the chief of the inhabitants of the land, the wealthiest, who will fly from their country - houses to live in safety in Jerusalem: the most war - ...

All the chief of the inhabitants of the land, the wealthiest, who will fly from their country - houses to live in safety in Jerusalem: the most war - like, who will betake themselves to Jerusalem for its defence.

Wesley: Eze 24:4 - Fill it With those pieces that are biggest, fullest of marrow, and which are divided according to the bones; these are the principal members of the state, the...

With those pieces that are biggest, fullest of marrow, and which are divided according to the bones; these are the principal members of the state, the king, princes, priests, magistrates, and the most wealthy citizens.

Wesley: Eze 24:5 - The bones Not of the pieces to be boiled, but of the many innocents murdered in Jerusalem; for their blood crieth for vengeance, and their bones scattered on th...

Not of the pieces to be boiled, but of the many innocents murdered in Jerusalem; for their blood crieth for vengeance, and their bones scattered on the face of the earth, will both make and maintain this fire.

Wesley: Eze 24:6 - The bloody city Jerusalem.

Jerusalem.

Wesley: Eze 24:6 - Whose scum Her wickedness is still within her.

Her wickedness is still within her.

Wesley: Eze 24:6 - Piece by piece One piece after another 'till all be consumed.

One piece after another 'till all be consumed.

Wesley: Eze 24:6 - No lot Lots are for saving some, but here shall be no sparing any.

Lots are for saving some, but here shall be no sparing any.

Wesley: Eze 24:7 - The blood Innocent blood which she hath shed.

Innocent blood which she hath shed.

Wesley: Eze 24:7 - The top of a rock Where it might be long seen.

Where it might be long seen.

Wesley: Eze 24:7 - To cover it These butchers of innocent ones leave their blood uncovered.

These butchers of innocent ones leave their blood uncovered.

Wesley: Eze 24:8 - I have set I will openly punish, and in such a manner as shall not be soon forgotten.

I will openly punish, and in such a manner as shall not be soon forgotten.

Wesley: Eze 24:10 - And spice it well To express this justice, that is acceptable to God and men.

To express this justice, that is acceptable to God and men.

Wesley: Eze 24:10 - The bones The greatest, strongest, and firmest of the Jews shall perish in this fiery indignation.

The greatest, strongest, and firmest of the Jews shall perish in this fiery indignation.

Wesley: Eze 24:11 - The filthiness A type of the unreformed sinfulness of the city.

A type of the unreformed sinfulness of the city.

Wesley: Eze 24:11 - Molten That their wickedness may be taken away with their persons, and city.

That their wickedness may be taken away with their persons, and city.

Wesley: Eze 24:12 - She Jerusalem.

Jerusalem.

Wesley: Eze 24:12 - With lies Her allies, their promises, their forces, and their idols, all prove a lie to the house of Judah.

Her allies, their promises, their forces, and their idols, all prove a lie to the house of Judah.

Wesley: Eze 24:12 - Her scum Her unrepented sins shall be punished in the fire that burns their city.

Her unrepented sins shall be punished in the fire that burns their city.

Wesley: Eze 24:13 - Lewdness Or obstinacy and boldness.

Or obstinacy and boldness.

Wesley: Eze 24:13 - Purged thee Used all means to purge thee.

Used all means to purge thee.

Wesley: Eze 24:16 - With a stroke A sudden stroke, by my own immediate hand. We know not how soon the desire of our eyes may be removed from us. Death is a stroke, which the most pious...

A sudden stroke, by my own immediate hand. We know not how soon the desire of our eyes may be removed from us. Death is a stroke, which the most pious, the most useful, the most amiable are not exempted from.

Wesley: Eze 24:17 - Bind the tire Adorn thy head, as thou wast used to do; go not bare - headed as a mourner.

Adorn thy head, as thou wast used to do; go not bare - headed as a mourner.

Wesley: Eze 24:17 - Thy shoes ln great mournings the Jews went bare - footed.

ln great mournings the Jews went bare - footed.

Wesley: Eze 24:17 - Cover not thy lips It was a custom among them to cover the upper lip.

It was a custom among them to cover the upper lip.

Wesley: Eze 24:17 - Eat not Of thy neighbours and friends, who were wont to visit their mourning friends, and send in choice provision to their houses.

Of thy neighbours and friends, who were wont to visit their mourning friends, and send in choice provision to their houses.

Wesley: Eze 24:18 - I spake Told them what I expected would be.

Told them what I expected would be.

Wesley: Eze 24:21 - Profane Cast off, and put into the hands of Heathens.

Cast off, and put into the hands of Heathens.

Wesley: Eze 24:21 - The excellency of your strength So it was while God's presence was there.

So it was while God's presence was there.

Wesley: Eze 24:21 - The desire As much your desire, as my wife was mine; most dear to you.

As much your desire, as my wife was mine; most dear to you.

Wesley: Eze 24:22 - Ye shall do When you are in captivity, where you may not use your own customs.

When you are in captivity, where you may not use your own customs.

Wesley: Eze 24:23 - Pine away You shall languish with secret sorrow, when you shall not dare to shew it openly.

You shall languish with secret sorrow, when you shall not dare to shew it openly.

Wesley: Eze 24:25 - Their strength Their walls and fortifications.

Their walls and fortifications.

Wesley: Eze 24:25 - The joy All their public and private joys and hopes shall be destroyed in the destruction of the kingdom, and their children.

All their public and private joys and hopes shall be destroyed in the destruction of the kingdom, and their children.

Wesley: Eze 24:26 - To hear it To give thee a narrative of all he had seen.

To give thee a narrative of all he had seen.

Wesley: Eze 24:27 - No more dumb From this prophecy for eighteen months during the siege, he does not prophesy of Israel, but of other nations.

From this prophecy for eighteen months during the siege, he does not prophesy of Israel, but of other nations.

Wesley: Eze 24:27 - Thou shalt be a sign Until the event shall convince the Jews, thou shalt by sign, signify to them, what is coming.

Until the event shall convince the Jews, thou shalt by sign, signify to them, what is coming.

JFB: Eze 24:2 - set himself Laid siege; "lay against."

Laid siege; "lay against."

JFB: Eze 24:3 - pot Caldron. Alluding to the self-confident proverb used among the people, Eze 11:3 (see on Eze 11:3), "This city is the caldron and we be the flesh"; you...

Caldron. Alluding to the self-confident proverb used among the people, Eze 11:3 (see on Eze 11:3), "This city is the caldron and we be the flesh"; your proverb shall prove awfully true, but in a different sense from what you intend. So far from the city proving an iron, caldron-like defense from the fire, it shall be as a caldron set on the fire, and the people as so many pieces of meat subjected to boiling heat. See Jer 1:13.

JFB: Eze 24:4 - pieces thereof Those which properly belong to it, as its own.

Those which properly belong to it, as its own.

JFB: Eze 24:4 - every good piece . . . choice bones That is the most distinguished of the people. The "choice bones" in the pot have flesh adhering to them. The bones under the pot (Eze 24:5) are those ...

That is the most distinguished of the people. The "choice bones" in the pot have flesh adhering to them. The bones under the pot (Eze 24:5) are those having no flesh and used as fuel, answering to the poorest who suffer first, and are put out of pain sooner than the rich who endure what answers to the slower process of boiling.

JFB: Eze 24:5 - burn . . . bones Rather, "pile the bones." Literally, "Let there be a round pile of the bones."

Rather, "pile the bones." Literally, "Let there be a round pile of the bones."

JFB: Eze 24:5 - therein Literally, "in the midst of it."

Literally, "in the midst of it."

JFB: Eze 24:6 - scum Not ordinary, but poisonous scum, that is, the people's all-pervading wickedness.

Not ordinary, but poisonous scum, that is, the people's all-pervading wickedness.

JFB: Eze 24:6 - bring it out piece by piece "it," the contents of the pot; its flesh, that is, "I will destroy the people of the city, not all at the same time, but by a series of successive att...

"it," the contents of the pot; its flesh, that is, "I will destroy the people of the city, not all at the same time, but by a series of successive attacks." Not as FAIRBAIRN, "on its every piece let it (the poisonous scum) go forth."

JFB: Eze 24:6 - let no lot fall upon it That is, no lot, such as is sometimes cast, to decide who are to be destroyed and who saved (2Sa 8:2; Joe 3:3; Oba 1:11; Nah 3:10). In former carrying...

That is, no lot, such as is sometimes cast, to decide who are to be destroyed and who saved (2Sa 8:2; Joe 3:3; Oba 1:11; Nah 3:10). In former carryings away of captives, lots were cast to settle who were to go, and who to stay, but now all alike are to be cast out without distinction of rank, age, or sex.

JFB: Eze 24:7 - upon the top of a rock Or, "the dry, bare, exposed rock," so as to be conspicuous to all. Blood poured on a rock is not so soon absorbed as blood poured on the earth. The la...

Or, "the dry, bare, exposed rock," so as to be conspicuous to all. Blood poured on a rock is not so soon absorbed as blood poured on the earth. The law ordered the blood even of a beast or fowl to be "covered with the dust" (Lev 17:13); but Jerusalem was so shameless as to be at no pains to cover up the blood of innocent men slain in her. Blood, as the consummation of all sin, presupposes every other form of guilt.

JFB: Eze 24:8 - That it might cause God purposely let her so shamelessly pour the blood on the bare rock, "that it might" the more loudly and openly cry for vengeance from on high; and t...

God purposely let her so shamelessly pour the blood on the bare rock, "that it might" the more loudly and openly cry for vengeance from on high; and that the connection between the guilt and the punishment might be the more palpable. The blood of Abel, though the ground received it, still cries to heaven for vengeance (Gen 4:10-11); much more blood shamelessly exposed on the bare rock.

JFB: Eze 24:8 - set her blood She shall be paid back in kind (Mat 7:2). She openly shed blood, and her blood shall openly be shed.

She shall be paid back in kind (Mat 7:2). She openly shed blood, and her blood shall openly be shed.

JFB: Eze 24:9 - the pile for fire The hostile materials for the city's destruction.

The hostile materials for the city's destruction.

JFB: Eze 24:10 - spice it well That the meat may be the more palatable, that is, I will make the foe delight in its destruction as much as one delights in well-seasoned, savory meat...

That the meat may be the more palatable, that is, I will make the foe delight in its destruction as much as one delights in well-seasoned, savory meat. GROTIUS, needlessly departing from the obvious sense, translates, "Let it be boiled down to a compound."

JFB: Eze 24:11 - set it empty . . . that . . . brass . . . may burn, . . . that . . . scum . . . may be consumed Even the consumption of the contents is not enough; the caldron itself which is infected by the poisonous scum must be destroyed, that is, the city it...

Even the consumption of the contents is not enough; the caldron itself which is infected by the poisonous scum must be destroyed, that is, the city itself must be destroyed, not merely the inhabitants, just as the very house infected with leprosy was to be destroyed (Lev 14:34-45).

JFB: Eze 24:12 - herself Rather, "she hath wearied Me out with lies"; or rather, "with vain labors" on My part to purify her without being obliged to have recourse to judgment...

Rather, "she hath wearied Me out with lies"; or rather, "with vain labors" on My part to purify her without being obliged to have recourse to judgments (compare Isa 43:24; Mal 2:17) [MAURER]. However, English Version gives a good sense (compare Isa 47:13; Isa 57:10).

JFB: Eze 24:13 - lewdness Determined, deliberate wickedness; from a Hebrew root, "to purpose."

Determined, deliberate wickedness; from a Hebrew root, "to purpose."

JFB: Eze 24:13 - I have purged thee That is, I have left nothing untried which would tend towards purging thee, by sending prophets to invite thee to repentance, by giving thee the law w...

That is, I have left nothing untried which would tend towards purging thee, by sending prophets to invite thee to repentance, by giving thee the law with all its promises, privileges, and threats.

JFB: Eze 24:13 - thou shalt not be purged . . . any more That is, by My gracious interpositions; thou shalt be left to thine own course to take its fatal consequences.

That is, by My gracious interpositions; thou shalt be left to thine own course to take its fatal consequences.

JFB: Eze 24:14 - go back Desist; relax [FAIRBAIRN].

Desist; relax [FAIRBAIRN].

JFB: Eze 24:15 - -- Second part of the vision; announcement of the death of Ezekiel's wife, and prohibition of the usual signs of mourning.

Second part of the vision; announcement of the death of Ezekiel's wife, and prohibition of the usual signs of mourning.

JFB: Eze 24:16 - desire of . . . eyes His wife: representing the sanctuary (Eze 24:21) in which the Jews so much gloried. The energy and subordination of Ezekiel's whole life to his prophe...

His wife: representing the sanctuary (Eze 24:21) in which the Jews so much gloried. The energy and subordination of Ezekiel's whole life to his prophetic office is strikingly displayed in this narrative of his wife's death. It is the only memorable event of his personal history which he records, and this only in reference to his soul-absorbing work. His natural tenderness is shown by that graphic touch, "the desire of thine eyes." What amazing subjection, then, of his individual feeling to his prophetic duty is manifested in the simple statement (Eze 24:18), "So I spake . . . in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded."

JFB: Eze 24:16 - stroke A sudden visitation. The suddenness of it enhances the self-control of Ezekiel in so entirely merging individual feeling, which must have been especia...

A sudden visitation. The suddenness of it enhances the self-control of Ezekiel in so entirely merging individual feeling, which must have been especially acute under such trying circumstances, in the higher claims of duty to God.

JFB: Eze 24:17 - Forbear to cry Or, "Lament in silence"; not forbidding sorrow, but the loud expression of it [GROTIUS].

Or, "Lament in silence"; not forbidding sorrow, but the loud expression of it [GROTIUS].

JFB: Eze 24:17 - no mourning Typical of the universality of the ruin of Jerusalem, which would preclude mourning, such as is usual where calamity is but partial. "The dead" is pur...

Typical of the universality of the ruin of Jerusalem, which would preclude mourning, such as is usual where calamity is but partial. "The dead" is purposely put in the plural, as referring ultimately to the dead who should perish at the taking of Jerusalem; though the singular might have been expected, as Ezekiel's wife was the immediate subject referred to: "make no mourning," such as is usual, "for the dead, and such as shall be hereafter in Jerusalem" (Jer 16:5-7).

JFB: Eze 24:17 - tire of thine head Thy headdress [FAIRBAIRN]. JEROME explains, "Thou shalt retain the hair which is usually cut in mourning." The fillet, binding the hair about the temp...

Thy headdress [FAIRBAIRN]. JEROME explains, "Thou shalt retain the hair which is usually cut in mourning." The fillet, binding the hair about the temples like a chaplet, was laid aside at such times. Uncovering the head was an ordinary sign of mourning in priests; whereas others covered their heads in mourning (2Sa 15:30). The reason was, the priests had their headdress of fine twined linen given them for ornament, and as a badge of office. The high priest, as having on his head the holy anointing oil, was forbidden in any case to lay aside his headdress. But the priests might do so in the case of the death of the nearest relatives (Lev 21:2-3, Lev 21:10). They then put on inferior attire, sprinkling also on their heads dust and ashes (compare Lev 10:6-7).

JFB: Eze 24:17 - shoes upon thy feet Whereas mourners went "barefoot" (2Sa 15:30).

Whereas mourners went "barefoot" (2Sa 15:30).

JFB: Eze 24:17 - cover not . . . lips Rather, the "upper lip," with the moustache (Lev 13:45; Mic 3:7).

Rather, the "upper lip," with the moustache (Lev 13:45; Mic 3:7).

JFB: Eze 24:17 - bread of men The bread usually brought to mourners by friends in token of sympathy. So the "cup of consolation" brought (Jer 16:7). "Of men" means such as is usual...

The bread usually brought to mourners by friends in token of sympathy. So the "cup of consolation" brought (Jer 16:7). "Of men" means such as is usually furnished by men. So Isa 8:1, "a man's pen"; Rev 21:17, "the measure of a man."

JFB: Eze 24:19 - what these things are to us The people perceive that Ezekiel's strange conduct has a symbolical meaning as to themselves; they ask, "What is that meaning?"

The people perceive that Ezekiel's strange conduct has a symbolical meaning as to themselves; they ask, "What is that meaning?"

JFB: Eze 24:21 - excellency of your strength (compare Amo 6:8). The object of your pride and confidence (Jer 7:4, Jer 7:10, Jer 7:14).

(compare Amo 6:8). The object of your pride and confidence (Jer 7:4, Jer 7:10, Jer 7:14).

JFB: Eze 24:21 - desire of . . . eyes (Psa 27:4). The antitype to Ezekiel's wife (Eze 24:16).

(Psa 27:4). The antitype to Ezekiel's wife (Eze 24:16).

JFB: Eze 24:21 - pitieth Loveth, as pity is akin to love: "yearned over."

Loveth, as pity is akin to love: "yearned over."

JFB: Eze 24:21 - Profane An appropriate word. They had profaned the temple with idolatry; God, in just retribution, will profane it with the Chaldean sword, that is, lay it in...

An appropriate word. They had profaned the temple with idolatry; God, in just retribution, will profane it with the Chaldean sword, that is, lay it in the dust, as Ezekiel's wife.

JFB: Eze 24:21 - sons . . . daughters . . . left The children left behind in Judea, when the parents were carried away.

The children left behind in Judea, when the parents were carried away.

JFB: Eze 24:22 - -- (Jer 16:6-7). So general shall be the calamity, that all ordinary usages of mourning shall be suspended.

(Jer 16:6-7). So general shall be the calamity, that all ordinary usages of mourning shall be suspended.

JFB: Eze 24:23 - ye shall not mourn . . . but . . . pine away for your iniquities The Jews' not mourning was to be not the result of insensibility, any more than Ezekiel's not mourning for his wife was not from want of feeling. They...

The Jews' not mourning was to be not the result of insensibility, any more than Ezekiel's not mourning for his wife was not from want of feeling. They could not in their exile manifest publicly their lamentation, but they would privately "mourn one to another." Their "iniquities" would then be their chief sorrow ("pining away"), as feeling that these were the cause of their sufferings (compare Lev 26:39; Lam 3:39). The fullest fulfilment is still future (Zec 12:10-14).

JFB: Eze 24:24 - sign A typical representative in his own person of what was to befall them (Isa 20:3).

A typical representative in his own person of what was to befall them (Isa 20:3).

JFB: Eze 24:24 - when this cometh Alluding probably to their taunt, as if God's word spoken by His prophets would never come to pass. "Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come now" (...

Alluding probably to their taunt, as if God's word spoken by His prophets would never come to pass. "Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come now" (Jer 17:15). When the prophecy is fulfilled, "ye shall know (to your cost) that I am the Lord," who thereby show My power and fulfil My word spoken by My prophet (Joh 13:19; Joh 14:29).

JFB: Eze 24:25-26 - -- "The day" referred to in these verses is the day of the overthrow of the temple, when the fugitive "escapes." But "that day," in Eze 24:27, is the day...

"The day" referred to in these verses is the day of the overthrow of the temple, when the fugitive "escapes." But "that day," in Eze 24:27, is the day on which the fugitive brings the sad news to Ezekiel, at the Chebar. In the interval the prophet suspended his prophecies as to the Jews, as was foretold. Afterwards his mouth was "opened," and no more "dumb" (Eze 3:26-27; compare Eze 24:27; Eze 33:21-22).

If Israel was not spared, much less the heathen utterly corrupt, and having no mixture of truth, such as Israel in its worst state possessed (1Pe 4:17-18). Their ruin was to be utter: Israel's but temporary (Jer 46:28). The nations denounced are seven, the perfect number; implying that God's judgments would visit, not merely these, but the whole round of the heathen foes of God. Babylon is excepted, because she is now for the present viewed as the rod of God's retributive justice, a view too much then lost sight of by those who fretted against her universal supremacy.

Clarke: Eze 24:1 - The ninth year The ninth year - This prophecy was given in the ninth year of Zedekiah, about Thursday, the thirtieth of January, A.M. 3414; the very day in which t...

The ninth year - This prophecy was given in the ninth year of Zedekiah, about Thursday, the thirtieth of January, A.M. 3414; the very day in which the king of Babylon commenced the siege of Jerusalem.

Clarke: Eze 24:3 - Set on a pot Set on a pot - The pot was Jerusalem; the flesh, the inhabitants in general; every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, King Zedekiah and his fam...

Set on a pot - The pot was Jerusalem; the flesh, the inhabitants in general; every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, King Zedekiah and his family; the bones, the soldiers; and the setting on the pot, the commencement of the siege. The prophet was then in Mesopotamia; and he was told particularly to mark the day, etc., that it might be seen how precisely the spirit of prophecy had shown the very day in which the siege took place. Under the same image of a boiling pot, Jeremiah had represented the siege of Jerusalem, Jer 1:13. Ezekiel was a priest; the action of boiling pots was familiar to him, as these things were much in use in the temple service.

Clarke: Eze 24:5 - Make it boil well Make it boil well - Let it boil over, that its own scum may augment the fire, that the bones - the soldiers, may be seethed therein. Let its content...

Make it boil well - Let it boil over, that its own scum may augment the fire, that the bones - the soldiers, may be seethed therein. Let its contentions, divided counsels, and disunion be the means of increasing its miseries, רתח רתחיה rattach rethacheyha , let it bubble its bubbling; something like that of the poet: -

"Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble

Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

Very like the noise made by ebullition, when a pot of thick broth, "sleek and slab,"is set over a fierce fire. Such was that here represented in which all the flesh, the fat and the bones were to be boiled, and generally dissolved together.

Clarke: Eze 24:6 - Let no lot fall upon it Let no lot fall upon it - Pull out the flesh indiscriminately; let no piece be chosen for king or priest; thus showing that all should be involved i...

Let no lot fall upon it - Pull out the flesh indiscriminately; let no piece be chosen for king or priest; thus showing that all should be involved in one indiscriminate ruin.

Clarke: Eze 24:7 - For her blood is in the midst of her For her blood is in the midst of her - She gloried in her idol sacrifices; she offered them upon a rock, where the blood should remain evident; and ...

For her blood is in the midst of her - She gloried in her idol sacrifices; she offered them upon a rock, where the blood should remain evident; and she poured none upon the ground to cover it with dust, in horror of that moral evil that required the blood of an innocent creature to be shed, in order to the atonement of the offender’ s guilt. To "cover the blood of the victim,"was a command of the law, Lev 17:13; Deu 12:24.

Clarke: Eze 24:8 - That it might cause fury That it might cause fury - This very blood shall be against them, as the blood of Abel was against Cain.

That it might cause fury - This very blood shall be against them, as the blood of Abel was against Cain.

Clarke: Eze 24:10 - Heap or wood Heap or wood - Let the siege be severe, the carnage great, and the ruin and catastrophe complete.

Heap or wood - Let the siege be severe, the carnage great, and the ruin and catastrophe complete.

Clarke: Eze 24:13 - In thy filthiness is lewdness In thy filthiness is lewdness - זמה zimmah , a word that denominates the worst kinds of impurity; adultery, incest, etc., and the purpose, wish,...

In thy filthiness is lewdness - זמה zimmah , a word that denominates the worst kinds of impurity; adultery, incest, etc., and the purpose, wish, design, and ardent desire to do these things. Hers were not accidental sins, they were abominations by design, and they were the worse in her, because God had cleansed her, had separated the Israelites from idolatry and idolatrous nations, and by his institutions removed from them all idolatrous incentives. But they formed alliances with the heathen, and adopted all their abominations; therefore God would not spare them. See Eze 24:14.

Clarke: Eze 24:16 - Behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes Behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes - Here is an intimation that the stroke he was to suffer was to be above all grief; that it w...

Behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes - Here is an intimation that the stroke he was to suffer was to be above all grief; that it would be so great as to prevent the relief of tears

Curae leves loquuntur, graviores silent

is a well-accredited maxim in such cases. Superficial griefs affect the more easily moved passions; great ones affect the soul itself, in its powers of reasoning, reflecting, comparing, recollecting, etc., when the sufferer feels all the weight of wo

Clarke: Eze 24:16 - Neither shall thy tears run down Neither shall thy tears run down - Τουτο γαρ ιδιον των οφθαλμων εν τοις μεγαλοις κακοις· εν μεν ...

Neither shall thy tears run down - Τουτο γαρ ιδιον των οφθαλμων εν τοις μεγαλοις κακοις· εν μεν γαρ ταις μετριαις συμφοραις αφθονως τα δακρυα καταρῥει, - εν δε τοις ὑπερβαλλουσι δεινοις φευγει και τα δακρυα και προδιδωσι και τους αφθαλμους· Achill. Tat. lib. 3. c. 11. For this is the case with the eyes in great calamities: in light misfortunes tears flow freely, but in heavy afflictions tears fly away, and betray the eyes.

Clarke: Eze 24:17 - Make no mourning Make no mourning - As a priest, he could make no public mourning, Lev 21:1, etc

Make no mourning - As a priest, he could make no public mourning, Lev 21:1, etc

Clarke: Eze 24:17 - Bind the tire of thine head Bind the tire of thine head - This seems to refer to the high priest’ s bonnet; or perhaps, one worn by the ordinary priests: it might have bee...

Bind the tire of thine head - This seems to refer to the high priest’ s bonnet; or perhaps, one worn by the ordinary priests: it might have been a black veil to cover the head

Clarke: Eze 24:17 - Put on thy shoes upon thy feet Put on thy shoes upon thy feet - Walking barefoot was a sign of grief

Put on thy shoes upon thy feet - Walking barefoot was a sign of grief

Clarke: Eze 24:17 - Cover not thy lips Cover not thy lips - Mourners covered the under part of the face, from the nose to the bottom of the chin

Cover not thy lips - Mourners covered the under part of the face, from the nose to the bottom of the chin

Clarke: Eze 24:17 - Eat not the bread of men Eat not the bread of men - לחם אנשים lechem anashim , "the bread of miserable men,"i.e., mourners; probably, the funeral banquet.

Eat not the bread of men - לחם אנשים lechem anashim , "the bread of miserable men,"i.e., mourners; probably, the funeral banquet.

Clarke: Eze 24:18 - At even my wife died At even my wife died - The prophet’ s wife was a type of the city, which was to him exceedingly dear. The death of his wife represented the des...

At even my wife died - The prophet’ s wife was a type of the city, which was to him exceedingly dear. The death of his wife represented the destruction of the city by the Chaldeans; see Eze 24:21, where the temple is represented to be the desire of his eyes, as his wife was, Eze 24:16.

Clarke: Eze 24:19 - Wilt thou not tell us Wilt thou not tell us - In the following verses he explains and applies the whole of what he had done and said.

Wilt thou not tell us - In the following verses he explains and applies the whole of what he had done and said.

Clarke: Eze 24:27 - In that day shall thy mouth be opened In that day shall thy mouth be opened - What is, When some one who shall have escaped from Jerusalem, having arrived among the captives, shall infor...

In that day shall thy mouth be opened - What is, When some one who shall have escaped from Jerusalem, having arrived among the captives, shall inform them of the destruction of the city, the temple, the royal family, and the people at large; till then he might suppress his tears and lamentations. And we find from Eze 33:21, that one did actually escape from the city, and informed the prophet and his brethren in captivity that the city was smitten

Thus he was not only a prophet to foretell such things, but he was also a sign or portent, shadowing them out by circumstances in his own person and family; and thus the prediction, agreeing so perfectly with the event, proved that the previous information was from the Lord.

Defender: Eze 24:18 - my wife died The sudden death of the one who was "the desire of thine eyes" (Eze 24:16) was no doubt a great grief to Ezekiel; yet God had told him to "make no mou...

The sudden death of the one who was "the desire of thine eyes" (Eze 24:16) was no doubt a great grief to Ezekiel; yet God had told him to "make no mourning for the dead" (Eze 24:17). This would seem cruel, but this instruction had to do primarily with any public show of mourning, not private grief. This was intended as a striking model for the people of Jerusalem, who would likewise very soon be suffering the loss of many loved ones in the impending siege and invasion by Nebuchadnezzar. It was customary in Israel to mourn the dead openly for several days, but this would be dangerous, if not impossible, when under attack by the Babylonians."

TSK: Eze 24:1 - the ninth year am 3414, bc 590 the ninth year : This was the ninth year of Zedekiah, about Thursday, January 30, am 3414, the very day in which Nebuchadnezzar began ...

am 3414, bc 590

the ninth year : This was the ninth year of Zedekiah, about Thursday, January 30, am 3414, the very day in which Nebuchadnezzar began the siege of Jerusalem. Eze 1:2, Eze 8:1, Eze 20:1, Eze 26:1, Eze 29:1, Eze 29:17, Eze 31:1, Eze 32:1, Eze 32:17, Eze 33:21, Eze 40:1; 2Ki 24:12

TSK: Eze 24:2 - write // of this write : Isa 8:1, Isa 30:8, Isa 30:9; Hab 2:2, Hab 2:3 of this : 2Ki 25:1; Jer 39:1, Jer 52:4

TSK: Eze 24:3 - utter // the rebellious // Set utter : Eze 17:2, Eze 19:2-14, Eze 20:49; Psa 78:2; Mic 2:4; Mar 12:12; Luk 8:10 the rebellious : Eze 2:3, Eze 2:6, Eze 2:8, Eze 3:9, Eze 12:2, Eze 12...

TSK: Eze 24:4 - -- Eze 22:18-22; Mic 3:2, Mic 3:3; Mat 7:2

TSK: Eze 24:5 - the choice // burn the choice : Eze 20:47, Eze 34:16, Eze 34:17, Eze 34:20; Jer 39:6, Jer 52:10,Jer 52:24-27; Rev 19:20 burn : or, heap, Eze 24:9, Eze 24:10

TSK: Eze 24:6 - Woe // to the pot // bring // let no Woe : Eze 24:9, Eze 11:6, Eze 11:7, Eze 22:2, Eze 22:6-9, Eze 22:12, Eze 22:27, Eze 23:37-45; 2Ki 21:16, 2Ki 24:4; Mic 7:2; Nah 3:1; Mat 23:35; Rev 11...

TSK: Eze 24:7 - her blood // she poured her blood : 1Ki 21:19; Isa 3:9; Jer 2:34, Jer 6:15 she poured : Lev 17:13; Deu 12:16, Deu 12:24; Job 16:18; Isa 26:21

TSK: Eze 24:8 - it might // I have set it might : Eze 5:13, Eze 8:17, Eze 8:18, Eze 22:30,Eze 22:31; Deu 32:21, Deu 32:22; 2Ki 22:17; 2Ch 34:25; 2Ch 36:16, 2Ch 36:17; Jer 7:18, Jer 7:20, Je...

TSK: Eze 24:9 - Woe // I will Woe : Eze 24:6; Nah 3:1; Hab 2:12; Luk 13:34, Luk 13:35; Rev 14:20, Rev 16:6, Rev 16:19 I will : Eze 22:19-22, Eze 22:31; Isa 30:33, Isa 31:9; 2Th 1:8...

TSK: Eze 24:10 - spice spice : Jer 17:3, Jer 20:5; Lam 1:10, Lam 2:16

TSK: Eze 24:11 - set it // that the filthiness set it : Jer 21:10, Jer 32:29, Jer 37:10, Jer 38:18, Jer 39:8, Jer 52:13 that the filthiness : Eze 20:38, Eze 22:15-23, Eze 23:26, Eze 23:27, Eze 23:4...

set it : Jer 21:10, Jer 32:29, Jer 37:10, Jer 38:18, Jer 39:8, Jer 52:13

that the filthiness : Eze 20:38, Eze 22:15-23, Eze 23:26, Eze 23:27, Eze 23:47, Eze 23:48, Eze 36:25; Isa 1:25, Isa 4:4, Isa 27:9; Mic 5:11-14; Zec 13:1, Zec 13:2, Zec 13:8, Zec 13:9; Mal 4:1; Mat 3:12; 1Co 3:12, 1Co 3:13; The pot was Jerusalem; the flesh, the inhabitants in general: every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, Zedekiah, his family, and princes; the bones, the soldiers; the fire and water, the calamities they were to suffer; and the setting on of the pot, the commencement of the siege.

TSK: Eze 24:12 - wearied // her great // her scum wearied : Isa 47:13, Isa 57:9, Isa 57:10; Jer 2:13, Jer 9:5, Jer 10:14, Jer 10:15, Jer 51:58; Hos 12:1; Hab 2:13, Hab 2:18, Hab 2:19 her great : Eze 2...

wearied : Isa 47:13, Isa 57:9, Isa 57:10; Jer 2:13, Jer 9:5, Jer 10:14, Jer 10:15, Jer 51:58; Hos 12:1; Hab 2:13, Hab 2:18, Hab 2:19

her great : Eze 24:6, Eze 24:13; Gen 6:5-7, Gen 8:21; Isa 1:5; Jer 5:3, Jer 44:16, Jer 44:17; Dan 9:13, Dan 9:14

her scum : The pot being polluted with the scum, must be heated, melted, and even burned with fire till purified; that is, Jerusalem shall be entirely levelled with the ground, as nothing short of this will purify it from the relics of its idolatrous abominations.

TSK: Eze 24:13 - thy filthiness // because // till I thy filthiness : Eze 24:11, Eze 23:36-48; 2Co 7:1 because : Eze 22:24; 2Ch 36:14-16; Isa 5:4-6, Isa 9:13-17; Jer 6:28-30, Jer 25:3-7; Jer 31:18; Hos 7...

TSK: Eze 24:14 - the Lord // neither will I spare // according to thy ways the Lord : Num 23:19; 1Sa 15:29; Psa 33:9; Isa 55:11; Jer 23:20; Mat 24:35 neither will I spare : Eze 5:11, Eze 7:4, Eze 7:9, Eze 8:18, Eze 9:10; Jer ...

TSK: Eze 24:16 - the desire // with a // yet // thy tears // run the desire : Eze 24:18, Eze 24:21, Eze 24:25; Pro 5:19; Son 7:10 with a : Job 36:18 yet : Eze 24:21-24; Lev 10:2, Lev 10:3; Jer 22:10,Jer 22:18; 1Th 4...

TSK: Eze 24:17 - Forbear to cry // make // bind // put // cover // lips // eat // the bread of men Forbear to cry : Heb. Be silent, Psa 37:7 *marg. Psa 39:9, Psa 46:10; Amo 8:3; Hab 2:20 make : Jer 16:4-7 bind : Eze 24:23; Lev 10:6, Lev 21:10 put : ...

Forbear to cry : Heb. Be silent, Psa 37:7 *marg. Psa 39:9, Psa 46:10; Amo 8:3; Hab 2:20

make : Jer 16:4-7

bind : Eze 24:23; Lev 10:6, Lev 21:10

put : 2Sa 15:30

cover : Eze 24:22; Lev 13:45; Mic 3:7

lips : Heb. upper lip, and so Eze 24:22

eat : Hos 9:4

the bread of men : Lechem anoshim not ""the bread of mourners,""as some render, but ""the bread of other men,""i.e., such as was commonly sent to mourners on such occasions by their friends. Jer 16:7

TSK: Eze 24:18 - and at and at : 1Co 7:29, 1Co 7:30

and at : 1Co 7:29, 1Co 7:30

TSK: Eze 24:19 - -- Eze 12:9, Eze 17:12, Eze 20:49, Eze 21:7, Eze 37:18; Mal 3:7, Mal 3:8, Mal 3:13

TSK: Eze 24:21 - I will // the excellency // the desire // that which your soul pitieth I will : Eze 7:20-22, Eze 9:7; Psa 74:7, Psa 79:1; Isa 65:11; Jer 7:14; Lam 1:10, Lam 2:6, Lam 2:7; Dan 11:31; Act 6:13, Act 6:14 the excellency : Psa...

I will : Eze 7:20-22, Eze 9:7; Psa 74:7, Psa 79:1; Isa 65:11; Jer 7:14; Lam 1:10, Lam 2:6, Lam 2:7; Dan 11:31; Act 6:13, Act 6:14

the excellency : Psa 96:6, Psa 105:4, Psa 132:8

the desire : Eze 24:16; Psa 27:4, Psa 84:1

that which your soul pitieth : Heb. the pity of your soul, your sons. Eze 23:25, Eze 23:47; Jer 6:11, Jer 9:21, Jer 16:3, Jer 16:4

TSK: Eze 24:22 - -- Eze 24:16, Eze 24:17; Job 27:15; Psa 78:64; Jer 16:4-7, Jer 47:3; Amo 6:9, Amo 6:10

TSK: Eze 24:23 - but // and mourn but : Eze 4:17, Eze 33:10; Lev 26:39 and mourn : Isa 59:11

but : Eze 4:17, Eze 33:10; Lev 26:39

and mourn : Isa 59:11

TSK: Eze 24:24 - Ezekiel // when // ye shall Ezekiel : Eze 4:3, Eze 12:6, Eze 12:11; Isa 8:18, Isa 20:3; Hos 1:2-9, Hos 3:1-4; Luk 11:29, Luk 11:30 when : 1Sa 10:2-7; Jer 17:15; Luk 21:13; Joh 13...

TSK: Eze 24:25 - their strength // that whereupon they set their minds // their sons their strength : Eze 24:21; Psa 48:2, Psa 50:2, Psa 122:1-9; Jer 7:4 that whereupon they set their minds : Heb. the lifting up of their soul their son...

their strength : Eze 24:21; Psa 48:2, Psa 50:2, Psa 122:1-9; Jer 7:4

that whereupon they set their minds : Heb. the lifting up of their soul

their sons : Deu 28:32; Jer 11:22, Jer 52:10

TSK: Eze 24:26 - -- Eze 33:21, Eze 33:22; 1Sa 4:12-18; Job 1:15-19

TSK: Eze 24:27 - thy // shalt be thy : Eze 3:26, Eze 3:27, Eze 29:21, Eze 33:22; Exo 6:11, Exo 6:12; Psa 51:15; Luk 21:15; Eph 6:19 shalt be : Eze 24:24

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Poole: Eze 24:1 - In the ninth year of the captivity of Jeconiah // The tenth month // The tenth day // Came unto me In the ninth year of the captivity of Jeconiah and those that were carried away with him; it falls in also with the year of Zedekiah’ s reign, ...

In the ninth year of the captivity of Jeconiah and those that were carried away with him; it falls in also with the year of Zedekiah’ s reign, though the prophet, and the captives now in Babylon, reckon not by this, but by the former.

The tenth month which answers to part of December and January.

The tenth day about our 29th of December, when the winter was well over with them.

Came unto me the prophet was now in Babylon many leagues from Jerusalem.

Poole: Eze 24:2 - Write // The king of Babylon // Set himself against Write set it down, and in such manner, with such witness, that it may be proved. The name of the day , most punctually, set it down. The king of Ba...

Write set it down, and in such manner, with such witness, that it may be proved. The name of the day , most punctually, set it down.

The king of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar, who in person it is like was there at first to encourage, direct, and settle the siege, though he withdrew from it for his delights when he perceived it would be a long siege, as on Eze 11:11 , the issue whereof he expected at Antioch on the banks of Orontes.

Set himself against sat down to besiege.

Poole: Eze 24:3 - Utter a parable // Rebellious house // Set it on // Pour water into it Utter a parable in somewhat a dark, yet apt similitude, or in an allegory, declare what they should know and consider. Rebellious house : see Eze 2:...

Utter a parable in somewhat a dark, yet apt similitude, or in an allegory, declare what they should know and consider.

Rebellious house : see Eze 2:3,6 . Set on a pot; set upon the fire a pot, or caldron.

Set it on do it quickly, be sure to do it: this pot is Jerusalem.

Pour water into it fill it with water; for as the pot full of water on the fire till the water be thoroughly heated, so shall Jerusalem be filled with the judgments of God.

Poole: Eze 24:4 - The pieces // Every good piece // The thigh, and the shoulder // Fill it // With the choice bones The pieces which are to put into this pot. Every good piece i.e. all the chief of the inhabitants of the land, the wealthiest, who in the time of t...

The pieces which are to put into this pot.

Every good piece i.e. all the chief of the inhabitants of the land, the wealthiest, who in the time of this invasion will flee from their country-houses to live in safety in Jerusalem. The most warlike, who will betake themselves to Jerusalem for its defence.

The thigh, and the shoulder as these are the principal parts for support, motion, defence, and strength; so those citizens, soldiers, rulers, that are the strength, defence, and glory of this people, are here signified by those parts.

Fill it fill the pot, Jerusalem, let no place be empty.

With the choice bones with those pieces that are biggest, fattest, fullest of marrow, and which are divided according to the bones; these are the principal members of this Jewish state, king, princes, priests, magistrates, and wealthy citizens.

Poole: Eze 24:5 - Take the choice // Burn // The bones // Make it boil well Take the choice pick out the very best in the flock, that is, the greatest, richest, most powerful for authority and interest in the nation and city....

Take the choice pick out the very best in the flock, that is, the greatest, richest, most powerful for authority and interest in the nation and city.

Burn or, heap together in order to burn, to make a fire with.

The bones not of the pieces to be boiled, but the bones of the many innocents murdered in Jerusalem and in the land; for their blood crieth for vengeance, and their bones, scattered on the face of the earth, will both make and maintain this fire.

Make it boil well let the fire be so great, and the pot so long over, till all within it be boiled thoroughly, till all the strength and marrow be wasted, and the very flesh drop to pieces; so shall this people be wasted by this judgment. Seethe the bones: see Eze 24:4 : this is doubled to assure us, however the meaner sort did, the more considerable part of the Jews should not escape. In this allegory there may lie couched an exact correspondence between the sins and punishments of this people; their sin was the slaying the best, or by oppressing them broke their bones, boiled out the marrow, sucked them dry; and now God will retaliate to these men.

Poole: Eze 24:6 - The bloody city // Whose scum is therein // Whose scum is not gone out of it // Bring it out piece by piece // Let no lot fall upon it All this allegory contains woeful and heavy tidings, misery and desolation to them that are represented by it. The bloody city see Eze 22:2,3 ; Je...

All this allegory contains woeful and heavy tidings, misery and desolation to them that are represented by it.

The bloody city see Eze 22:2,3 ; Jerusalem, which is this pot.

Whose scum is therein filthiness, her abominations, all her lewdness, are still within. her; they have not been punished, restrained, or cast out by the execution of just and good laws; but the citizens have with obstinacy, impenitence, and with impudence continued in them.

Whose scum is not gone out of it the same thing repeated for confirming what was said.

Bring it out piece by piece let them know it shall be a lingering destruction to them, yet a total, one piece after another, till all be consumed.

Let no lot fall upon it lots are for saving some, and determining who they shall be; but here shall no such discrimination be made, no sparing any and slaying others by lot, who do not die shall go into captivity.

Poole: Eze 24:7 - Her blood // is in the midst of her // Set it upon the top of a rock // Poured it not upon the ground Her blood innocent blood which she hath shed, is in the midst of her openly and publicly, without fear, or shame, or reluctance. Set it upon the t...

Her blood innocent blood which she hath shed,

is in the midst of her openly and publicly, without fear, or shame, or reluctance.

Set it upon the top of a rock where it might be long seen, cared not to hide her murders, as the next words clear it.

Poured it not upon the ground to cover it with dust: with cruelty and inhumanity they did murder, for when the law directed that the blood of beast or fowl killed should be poured on the earth, and covered with dust, Lev 17:13 , these butchers of innocent ones leave their blood uncovered, whether in a boasting manner, or for terror, I will not say, but this aggravates the sin.

Poole: Eze 24:8 - To come up // To take vengeance // I have set her blood upon the top of a rock // That it should not be covered This provoked the anger of the Lord, and raised his fury against them. To come up into the face of God, (after the manner of man,) as Eze 38:18 . ...

This provoked the anger of the Lord, and raised his fury against them.

To come up into the face of God, (after the manner of man,) as Eze 38:18 .

To take vengeance to God it appertains to take vengeance, to punish such sinners according to the nature of their sin.

I have set her blood upon the top of a rock God will openly punish, and in such manner as shall not be soon forgotten; they set it on a rock when they shed it with cruelty, God will set it on a rock when he punisheth it with severity.

That it should not be covered that it be not forgotten, or go unpunished; nor yet punished in a corner; all this inquisition and execution shall be public in the sight of many nations.

Poole: Eze 24:9 - Woe to the bloody city! // I will even make the pile for fire great Woe to the bloody city! see Eze 24:6 . I will even make the pile for fire great God’ s hand shall be seen inflicting all those sore affliction...

Woe to the bloody city! see Eze 24:6 .

I will even make the pile for fire great God’ s hand shall be seen inflicting all those sore afflictions on them. Judgments are a fire, the fuel whereof is to be great; for it is a fire to consume the wicked, and God will make it sufficiently great to do this. I will bring the mighty army of the Chaldeans, which, as a pile of wood set on fire, shall burn them up.

Poole: Eze 24:10 - Kindle the fire // Compare the flesh // Spice it well // Let the bones be burned This is God’ s word, either what he will do pursuant of the 8th verse; or his word to the prophet, to typify to the people what should be done,...

This is God’ s word, either what he will do pursuant of the 8th verse; or his word to the prophet, to typify to the people what should be done, or to the Chaldean army, to hasten what they were to do in destroying the city. Heap on wood; make full preparations.

Kindle the fire begin the execution of judgment.

Compare the flesh: it is a fire, not gently to dress or prepare meat, but to destroy, and burn up.

Spice it well either to take away the noisome smell, or to express the pleasing savour of this justice to God, and men whom he appointed to this work.

Let the bones be burned: in such fires the bones hold out longest, but this fire shall at last consume these also, that the destruction may be universal the greatest, strongest, and firmest of these Jews shall perish in this fiery indignation.

Poole: Eze 24:11 - Set it // Upon the coals thereof // That the brass of it // May be hot // And may burn // That the filthiness // The scum Set it the hieroglyphic pot, empty ; the water, flesh, bones, all consumed, i.e. the citizens all wasted with sword, famine, or pestilence, the city...

Set it the hieroglyphic pot, empty ; the water, flesh, bones, all consumed, i.e. the citizens all wasted with sword, famine, or pestilence, the city left as an empty, overboiled pot.

Upon the coals thereof signifying the burning of the city itself, after the emptying of its inhabitants.

That the brass of it perhaps he alludes to the impudence of their sins, in that the city is likened to a pot of brass.

May be hot God’ s judgments would increase upon them, as heat doth in a pot set on coals.

And may burn which is the highest degree; so should these miseries increase.

That the filthiness type of the sinfulness, the unreformed sinfulness of the city, may be molten in it; that their wickedness may be taken away with their persons and city: they should have been purged by gentler meltings which God used; since they were not, nor would be purified, now they shall be melted to the utter destruction of them.

The scum: see Eze 24:6 .

Poole: Eze 24:12 - She // Hath wearied // With lies // Her great scum went not forth // Her scum She the nation of the Jews, and the city Jerusalem. Hath wearied either her God, (so the French translation,) by her repeated sins, and pertinacy i...

She the nation of the Jews, and the city Jerusalem.

Hath wearied either her God, (so the French translation,) by her repeated sins, and pertinacy in them, as elsewhere, Isa 1:14 7:13 43:24 ; or wearied others, by injuries done against them; or, as we read it, herself, spent much time and taken great pains, laid out much treasure in making alliances for her security.

With lies: her allies, their promises, their forces, and their idols, on which these unhappy Jews relied, all prove a lie to the house of Judah.

Her great scum went not forth she repented not, nor did she reform her ways.

Her scum her unrepented sins, shall be in the fire, shall be punished in the fire that burns their city.

Poole: Eze 24:13 - In thy filthiness // I have purged thee // Thou wast not purged // Thou shalt not be purged // Till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee In thy filthiness in thy sinning, is lewdness; deliberate resolution grown up to obstinacy and boldness, with impudence that will not be corrected. ...

In thy filthiness in thy sinning, is lewdness; deliberate resolution grown up to obstinacy and boldness, with impudence that will not be corrected.

I have purged thee used all sorts of proper means to purge, advice, reproof, chastisements, threats of sorer sufferings, by prophets, by the rod, sometimes gentler, sometimes rougher, 2Ch 36:15 Jer 18:11,12 .

Thou wast not purged wouldst not part from thy sins, and purify thy heart and ways, Jer 25:3-7 .

Thou shalt not be purged all further use of means shall be forborne; I will preach no more by prophets to call thee to repentance, but to condemn thee for pot repenting; God will from henceforth refer them to his sore destroying judgments, which are his fury, and which shall cease when this sinful kingdom, destroyed, can no longer provoke God as they had done formerly.

Till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee: see Eze 5:13 6:12 16:42 21:17 .

Poole: Eze 24:14 - I the Lord have spoken it // It shall come to pass // I will not go back // Neither will I spare // Neither will I repent // they This verse scarce hath its like I think in the book of God, so fully doth it ratify and confirm all, and prevents all their evasions. I the Lord ha...

This verse scarce hath its like I think in the book of God, so fully doth it ratify and confirm all, and prevents all their evasions.

I the Lord have spoken it: this is Ezekiel’ s saying, Nay, it is the Lord that hath spoken it.

It shall come to pass But perhaps it may not be. Yea, but it shall; for I will do it, who have spoken it.

I will not go back But God hath relaxed, as in Nineveh’ s case. But he will not go back from this word.

Neither will I spare But he will be merciful in the midst of judgment. Nay, but God will not spare, or mitigate his wrath.

Neither will I repent Yet, ere all are consumed will he not, as Amo 7:3 ? No, he will not repent, your burnt flesh and city shall be a spiced sacrifice pleasing to his justice. Finally, as thou deservest, God will use thee. But then we shall be in his hand. Nay,

they thy inveterate enemies, shall judge thee.

Poole: Eze 24:16 - Behold // I take away from thee // The desire of thine eyes // With a stroke // Neither shalt thou mourn // Nor weep // Neither shall thy tears run down Behold consider what I tell, and will do. I take away from thee by death I take from thee, but it is I the Lord, and I take her to myself, though f...

Behold consider what I tell, and will do.

I take away from thee by death I take from thee, but it is I the Lord, and I take her to myself, though from thee.

The desire of thine eyes: whether it refer to the beauty of her person or no, it certainly refers to the amiableness of her disposition, and the agreeableness of her to the prophet.

With a stroke a sudden stroke, whether pestilence or what else is not so much as hinted at; I think it was God’ s own immediate hand.

Neither shalt thou mourn make no solemn mourning for her, though it will look only in the sight of thy people.

Nor weep let no lamenting voice be heard from thee, cry not out in bewailing thy loss.

Neither shall thy tears run down neither let thy eyes pay any tribute to her, forbear even tears also, at least, let them not run down; if one chance to drop, check the rest.

Poole: Eze 24:17 - Forbear to cry // Make no mourning for the dead // Bind the tire of thine head // Put on thy shoes upon thy feet // Cover not thy lips // Eat not the bread of men Forbear to cry restrain and curb thy sorrows, neither sigh nor lament. Make no mourning for the dead when thou carriest her out to burial, make no ...

Forbear to cry restrain and curb thy sorrows, neither sigh nor lament.

Make no mourning for the dead when thou carriest her out to burial, make no mourning for her.

Bind the tire of thine head adorn and trim up thy head, as thou wast used to do; go not bare-headed, as Lev 10:6 21:10 , a mourner.

Put on thy shoes upon thy feet: in great mournings the Jews went bare-looted, 2Sa 15:30 Isa 47:2 , but do not thou so, put on thy shoes.

Cover not thy lips: it was a custom among them to cover either the upper lip, or mustaches, as the leper did, Lev 13:45 , and as Mic 3:7 ; and this also is forbidden the prophet.

Eat not the bread of men either of mourners, or rather of thy neighbours and friends, who were wont to visit and feast their mourning friends, and sent in both choice and abundance of provision to their houses, Jer 16:7 ; and this was a custom with Scythians, Grecians, Athenians, and Romans. Eat thou thine own, as if no mourning occasion in thy family.

Poole: Eze 24:18 - I spake unto the people // In the morning I spake unto the people told them what God had told me, and which I expected would be. In the morning it is likely he had this revelation in the ni...

I spake unto the people told them what God had told me, and which I expected would be.

In the morning it is likely he had this revelation in the night, or evening before, and he tells them betimes in the morning, what God would do in taking away his wife, and what he must not do when she is dead, and to be buried. The next morning after her death he observed God’ s command, and without any sign of sorrow or mourning for his great loss.

Poole: Eze 24:19 - The people said // Tell us The people said some of the ordinary sort, the people, not rulers or priests. Tell us explain, and declare whether there be not, and what it is tha...

The people said some of the ordinary sort, the people, not rulers or priests.

Tell us explain, and declare whether there be not, and what it is that we are to learn by this. These are types, but what do they mean?

Poole: Eze 24:21 - Speak unto the house of Israel // Profane my sanctuary // The excellency of your strength // The desire of your eyes // Your sons and your daughters Now he is commissioned to declare the meaning of that he did. Speak unto the house of Israel to them at Babylon by word of mouth, but to them at J...

Now he is commissioned to declare the meaning of that he did.

Speak unto the house of Israel to them at Babylon by word of mouth, but to them at Jerusalem by letter, or messenger.

Profane my sanctuary cast off, and put into the hands of heathens, who will regard it no more than any other common building, though it is and hath been long my sanctuary; but you, O Jews, first profaned it with your sins, and now, in my just displeasure against you, I will suffer it to be profaned by the Chaldeans.

The excellency of your strength so it was whilst God’ s presence was there, and whilst the Jews kept it undefiled; it was their confidence, and they trusted in it, though they were fallen from God, Jer 7 .

The desire of your eyes as much your desire as my wife was mine, saith the prophet, most dear to you, as she to me, but this shall be burnt.

Your sons and your daughters the children which survive to you after these grievous calamities, and in whom you hoped for comfort and posterity, shall die by the conqueror’ s sword too, Eze 23:47 .

Poole: Eze 24:22 - Ye shall do as I have done // Ye shall not cover your lips // Nor eat the bread of men Ye shall do as I have done when you are in captivity, where you cannot, may not use your own customs and rites on these or any other occasions. Ye s...

Ye shall do as I have done when you are in captivity, where you cannot, may not use your own customs and rites on these or any other occasions.

Ye shall not cover your lips: Eze 24:17 .

Nor eat the bread of men: see Eze 24:17 .

Poole: Eze 24:23 - Ye shall pine away // For your iniquities // And mourn one toward another See Eze 24:16,17 . Ye shall pine away you shall languish with grief and secret sorrow, when you shall not dare to show it openly, lest you irritat...

See Eze 24:16,17 .

Ye shall pine away you shall languish with grief and secret sorrow, when you shall not dare to show it openly, lest you irritate your tyrannical masters, who will expect that nothing grieve you that rejoiceth them.

For your iniquities the punishment of your iniquities, which have made your land, city, temple, and families desolate and miserable.

And mourn one toward another in secret, Jew with Jew, you shall bewail what you durst not openly.

Poole: Eze 24:24 - Ezekiel is unto you a sign // When this cometh // Ye shall know that I am the Lord Ezekiel is unto you a sign in what he doth you may see what you shall do; so Eze 4:3 12:6 . And so was Isaiah, Isa 8:18 . When this cometh when you...

Ezekiel is unto you a sign in what he doth you may see what you shall do; so Eze 4:3 12:6 . And so was Isaiah, Isa 8:18 .

When this cometh when your necessities and enemies shall force you to do as I have done, make you write after this copy.

Ye shall know that I am the Lord confess the justice, power, wisdom, and truth of God in all threatened and executed against you.

Poole: Eze 24:25 - Shall it not be? // In the day // When I take from them // Their strength Shall it not be? the question is to be resolved affirmatively, it shall be. In the day in the day of the taking the city of Jerusalem. When I take...

Shall it not be? the question is to be resolved affirmatively, it shall be.

In the day in the day of the taking the city of Jerusalem.

When I take from them though Nebuchadnezzar was the means or instrument, God did act by him, who did God’ s work more than his own.

Their strength & c.; the kingdom dissolved, the king taken, city sacked, the temple burnt, which is by the following characters described, as the only thing they valued; though those particulars may be applied to soils and daughters in the close of the verse: however, it amounts to this, In that day, wherein all their public and private joys and hopes shall be destroyed in the destruction of the kingdom and their children, one that escapeth shall bring the news to the prophet.

Poole: Eze 24:26 - He // That escapeth // Shall come unto thee // To cause thee to hear it He so few escape, that the prophet seems to confine it to one. That escapeth the common destruction when Jerusalem was sacked. Shall come unto the...

He so few escape, that the prophet seems to confine it to one.

That escapeth the common destruction when Jerusalem was sacked.

Shall come unto thee purposely to declare how God hath made good his threats.

To cause thee to hear it to give thee a narrative of all he had seen and observed: and this particular prediction, which I doubt not Ezekiel imparted to many who might see it fulfilled, was accomplished in the twelfth year, tenth month, and fifth day of the month, Eze 33:21 , with Jer 52:6 , after the city was taken (which happened in the eleventh year, fourth month, and ninth day of Zedekiah’ s reign, and Jeconiah’ s captivity) one whole year, five months, and twenty-four days.

Poole: Eze 24:27 - Shall thy mouth be opened // And thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb // Thou shalt be a sign Shall thy mouth be opened to speak freely to him that brings the news, and to the Jews afterward. And thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb from th...

Shall thy mouth be opened to speak freely to him that brings the news, and to the Jews afterward.

And thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb from this prophecy for eighteen months during the siege he doth not prophesy of Israel, but of other nations.

Thou shalt be a sign until the event, confirmed by eye-witness, shall convince the Jews, thou shalt by sign signify to them what is coming; and when it is come to pass according to thy word, they shall confess thou wert a true prophet sent of me, and they shall see that I am the Lord.

Haydock: Eze 24:1 - Month Month; January 30, the year of the world 3414. (Usher) --- Ezechiel was then in Mesopotamia, when the news of the siege commencing on that very day...

Month; January 30, the year of the world 3414. (Usher) ---

Ezechiel was then in Mesopotamia, when the news of the siege commencing on that very day, should arrive; it would make a great impression upon the people, so that they would have confidence in him, (Calmet) as the certainty of the prediction would appear, 4 Kings xxv. 1. (Worthington)

Haydock: Eze 24:2 - Pot Pot, to denote Jerusalem: the flesh boiled and consumed in the fire with the bones, would shew the future dismal condition of its chiefs and inha...

Pot, to denote Jerusalem: the flesh boiled and consumed in the fire with the bones, would shew the future dismal condition of its chiefs and inhabitants. (Haydock) ---

The hardened Jews turned such things to ridicule, chap. xi. 3.

Haydock: Eze 24:4 - Choice Choice. Hebrew, "the choice of the bones," or the finest pieces separated from the bones, as the Septuagint and the sequel seem to require. (Calmet...

Choice. Hebrew, "the choice of the bones," or the finest pieces separated from the bones, as the Septuagint and the sequel seem to require. (Calmet) ---

The bones might serve to burn, ver. 5. (Haydock) See St. Jerome. (Vatable, &c.) (Calmet)

Haydock: Eze 24:5 - The // Bones The, &c. Literally, "its boiling has grown hot;" the citizens suffer terribly. --- Bones. Hebrew hatsamim, (Haydock) may denote the more solid ...

The, &c. Literally, "its boiling has grown hot;" the citizens suffer terribly. ---

Bones. Hebrew hatsamim, (Haydock) may denote the more solid meat.

Haydock: Eze 24:6 - Rust // Upon it Rust: the inveterate malice of the city, ver. 12. --- Upon it. Hurl the pieces of meat out of the pot, without any choice. (Calmet) --- All the ...

Rust: the inveterate malice of the city, ver. 12. ---

Upon it. Hurl the pieces of meat out of the pot, without any choice. (Calmet) ---

All the people shall feel my indignation, the rich as well as the poor, ver. 13. (Haydock)

Haydock: Eze 24:7 - She hath She hath. Septuagint, "I have let it corrupt upon. I have not," &c., (ver. 8.; Haydock) as if God spoke. The Jews had committed murder without fea...

She hath. Septuagint, "I have let it corrupt upon. I have not," &c., (ver. 8.; Haydock) as if God spoke. The Jews had committed murder without fear. They had naturally a horror for blood, and the law ordered even that of beasts to be covered, Leviticus xvii. 13. Now innocent blood cries for vengeance, Genesis iv. 10. The punishment shall be as visible as the crime, ver. 8.

Haydock: Eze 24:10 - And the And the. Hebrew, "put in the seasoning and the bones," &c.

And the. Hebrew, "put in the seasoning and the bones," &c.

Haydock: Eze 24:13 - Thy Thy. Hebrew, "In thy crime there is design," or malice. This rendered the Jews so hateful (Calmet) and irreclaimable. (Haydock) --- God had given...

Thy. Hebrew, "In thy crime there is design," or malice. This rendered the Jews so hateful (Calmet) and irreclaimable. (Haydock) ---

God had given them abundant instructions (Calmet) and graces; but all was contemned. (Haydock) ---

When the fire of tribulation does not amend sinners, they are sentenced to hell fire. (Worthington)

Haydock: Eze 24:16 - Stroke // Curז leves loquuntur, graviores silent Stroke; pestilence, or sudden death. This would make the loss of a dear wife still more afflicting. Yet such distress will fall upon the whole nati...

Stroke; pestilence, or sudden death. This would make the loss of a dear wife still more afflicting. Yet such distress will fall upon the whole nation, (Calmet) and misery shall increase so much, that a private loss will be almost forgotten. (Haydock) ---

Curז leves loquuntur, graviores silent. (Seneca, Troad.) ---

When a loss is foreseen, it is more easily borne. Private calamities sink in public ones. (Worthington)

Haydock: Eze 24:17 - Silence // Dead // Tire // Feet // Face // Mourners Silence, for such manifold calamities, if thou canst screen thyself from the enemy, who will otherwise take offence, as he has brought them on. (Hay...

Silence, for such manifold calamities, if thou canst screen thyself from the enemy, who will otherwise take offence, as he has brought them on. (Haydock) ---

Dead. Priests were allowed to mourn only for father or mother, and their unmarried brothers and sisters, Leviticus xxi. 1. Ezechiel (xliv. 25.) adds, Son and daughter. Many think the wife must also be understood, as she is nearer than a brother. The reasons for these prohibitions did not then subsist, as no sacrifice could be offered in Chaldea; and therefore God here specifies what the prophet was not to do, (Calmet) though lawful on other occasions. (Sanctius) ---

Tire. Literally, "crown," bandage, (Calmet) or parchment, on which parts of the law were written. Septuagint, "Let (Roman edition adds, not) the hair of thy head be curled (or ruffed; Greek: sumpeplegmenon ) upon thee." (Haydock) ---

It was usually cut in mourning. (St. Jerome) ---

Feet. They were bare, at funerals, and in times of sorrow, 2 Kings xv. 30. ---

Face, like David. Hebrew, "the upper lip," which mourners and lepers covered, Leviticus xiii. 45. (Calmet) ---

Mourners. Feasts were prepared by the relations, (Josephus, Jewish Wars ii. 1.) and friends sent some food, but no delicacies, to those who mourned, Leviticus v. 9.

Haydock: Eze 24:21 - Profane // Feareth Profane, or esteem it no more, (Haydock) but abandon it to the Gentiles. (Calmet) --- Feareth to lose; or on which it rests, ver. 25. (Haydock)

Profane, or esteem it no more, (Haydock) but abandon it to the Gentiles. (Calmet) ---

Feareth to lose; or on which it rests, ver. 25. (Haydock)

Haydock: Eze 24:27 - No more No more, if thou darest to speak before the Chaldeans, ver. 17. Reserve thy tears and lamentations for that time. (Calmet)

No more, if thou darest to speak before the Chaldeans, ver. 17. Reserve thy tears and lamentations for that time. (Calmet)

Gill: Eze 24:1 - Again, in the ninth year // in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month // the word of the Lord came unto me, saying Again, in the ninth year,.... Of Jehoiachin's captivity, from which the dates of Ezekiel are, and of Zedekiah's reign, which commenced together: in...

Again, in the ninth year,.... Of Jehoiachin's captivity, from which the dates of Ezekiel are, and of Zedekiah's reign, which commenced together:

in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month; the month Tebet, which answers to part of our December, and part of January; so that it was at the latter end of December when this prophecy was given out; at which time Jerusalem was besieged by the king of Babylon, even in the winter season:

the word of the Lord came unto me, saying; as follows:

Gill: Eze 24:2 - Son of man, write thee the name of the day // even of this same day // the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day Son of man, write thee the name of the day,.... That is, what day of the week it was, as well as what day of the month; as whether the first, or secon...

Son of man, write thee the name of the day,.... That is, what day of the week it was, as well as what day of the month; as whether the first, or second, or third, &c.: for the Jews had no other names for their days, as we have:

even of this same day; according to Bishop Usher r, it was the 30th of January, and the fifth day of the week (Thursday); A.M. 3414, or 590 before Christ. Mr. Whiston s places it at 3413 A.M. or 591 before Christ. The prophet is bid to observe it punctually, and write it exactly, that there might be no mistake; to set it down in his pocket book; or it may be in some public register, that it might not only be remembered by him, but known by the people; that so when they should hear the fact afterwards related, and exactly agreeing with this prediction, they would acknowledge him to be a true prophet; since this would be a confirmation of the word of the Lord coming to him:

the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day; or "drew nigh" t; brought up his army to it, and laid siege against it, and prepared everything to carry it on; which he very probably did in person, though he afterwards retired, and left the command of his army with his generals; and this was exactly the day before mentioned; see 2Ki 25:1. The Prophet Ezekiel was now in Chaldea, many miles from Judea, and yet had this account the very selfsame day, even from the Lord himself, who is omniscient and omnipresent.

Gill: Eze 24:3 - And utter a parable to the rebellious house // and say unto them, thus saith the Lord God // and also pour water into it And utter a parable to the rebellious house,.... The people of the Jews so called, not so much on account of their rebellion against the king of Babyl...

And utter a parable to the rebellious house,.... The people of the Jews so called, not so much on account of their rebellion against the king of Babylon, which caused him to come against them, as on account of their rebellion against God, and the breach of his laws; see Eze 2:3. The prophet is bid to represent to them, in a figurative and emblematic way, the miseries that were coming upon them for their wickedness, namely, under the parable of a boiling pot:

and say unto them, thus saith the Lord God; speaking in his name, and as coming from him, and clothed with his authority; that the following parable might not be thought to be a fancy and chimera of his own: "set on a pot, set it on"; set a pot on the fire, and do it quickly. This "pot" is the city of Jerusalem, which was to be brought into great distress and ruin; not a cauldron of brass, wherein the inhabitants should be as safe as if they had walls of brass about them, as they vainly boasted, Eze 11:3, but a seething pot, such an one as Jeremiah saw, to which, it may be, reference is here had, Jer 1:13, in which the people should be destroyed:

and also pour water into it; which, as it is some time a boiling, may denote the length of the siege of the city, which held two years; and of the troubles and miseries attending it; and of the greatness of them, which were as intolerable as boiling water. The Targum is,

"prophesy that armies shall come against this city; and also there shall be given unto it length of time to receive the siege.''

Gill: Eze 24:4 - Gather the pieces thereof into it // every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder // fill it with the choice bones Gather the pieces thereof into it,.... fire being made, and the pot set on, and water poured into it, the next thing is, to put in the pieces that are...

Gather the pieces thereof into it,.... fire being made, and the pot set on, and water poured into it, the next thing is, to put in the pieces that are to be boiled; and these are to be gathered; meaning the people of the land, that were to be gathered from the several parts of it, for their security, as they thought; but the event proved it was for their ruin: even

every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; the princes and gentry, the great and the mighty, the rich and wealthy of the people; who, upon the invasion, got together in Jerusalem, to secure their persons and substance:

fill it with the choice bones; or with those pieces that have the choice bones, that are full of marrow; the strongest among the people; the soldiers, or such as were fit for war; the best of their militia, brought hither to defend the city; but, in fact, to be slain, as they were. The Targum is,

"gather the princes thereof into the midst of her, every terrible man and warrior; fill her with the army of the people.''

Gill: Eze 24:5 - Take the choice of the flock // and burn also the bones under it // and make it boil well // and let them seethe the bones of it therein Take the choice of the flock,.... King, princes, nobles, magistrates, priests and rulers of the people: and burn also the bones under it: or, "put ...

Take the choice of the flock,.... King, princes, nobles, magistrates, priests and rulers of the people:

and burn also the bones under it: or, "put a pile of bones under it" u; the bones of them that are slain in it; denoting the great slaughter of them; or the bones of the innocent that had been murdered in it; which were the cause of these judgments coming upon them; and caused the wrath of God to burn the more hotly against them; or the bones of the wicked:

and make it boil well; the pot; that the water may be very hot and boiling; denoting the severity of the judgments of God in the city, to the destruction of many by sword, famine, and pestilence:

and let them seethe the bones of it therein; that the strongest among them may be weakened and destroyed by the length and severity of the siege, and the judgments attending it. The Targum is,

"bring near the kings of the people, and even join auxiliaries with them; hasten the time of it yea, let her slain be cast in the midst of her.''

Gill: Eze 24:6 - Wherefore thus saith the Lord God, woe to the bloody city // to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it // bring it out piece by piece // let no lot fall upon it Wherefore thus saith the Lord God, woe to the bloody city,.... Here the parable begins to be explained; and shows that by the pot is meant the city of...

Wherefore thus saith the Lord God, woe to the bloody city,.... Here the parable begins to be explained; and shows that by the pot is meant the city of Jerusalem, called the bloody city, because of the blood of the prophets, and of righteous persons, and of innocent babes, that was shed in it; and which was the cause of the judgments of God coming upon her, which would issue in her destruction, and therefore "woe unto her"; see Mat 23:37,

to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it; when a pot boils, a scum arises, and appears upon the top of the water, which the cook usually takes off: this denotes the filthiness and wickedness of the people of the Jews, which would work up and be seen by the judgments of God upon them; yet should not be removed, but continue on them, unrepented of, and unpardoned. It signifies that they would remain hardened in their sins; and that the judgments of God would have no effect upon them to bring them to repentance; and that God would have no mercy on them, or pardon their sins:

bring it out piece by piece: the people that were in Jerusalem, of every class and rank, of every age and sex; suggesting that they should not be all destroyed at once, but some at one time, and some at another; some in one way, and some in another; some by famine, others by the pestilence, and others by the sword; some by sallying out upon the enemy; others by endeavouring to make their escape privately, and fall into their hands:

let no lot fall upon it; to save some, and destroy others, as is often done in war; signifying that all were destined to destruction, some way or another; and none should be spared; they that escaped the pestilence should die by famine; and they that escaped them both should die by the sword; and they that escaped all three should be carried into captivity. The Targum is,

"captivity upon captivity shall go out with her, because repentance was not in her.''

Gill: Eze 24:7 - For her blood is in the midst of her // she set it upon the top of a rock // she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust For her blood is in the midst of her,.... The blood of innocent persons shed in the midst of her, openly and publicly, cried for vengeance: she set...

For her blood is in the midst of her,.... The blood of innocent persons shed in the midst of her, openly and publicly, cried for vengeance:

she set it upon the top of a rock; where it could not soak in, as when spilled upon soft earth: this denotes her openness and impudence in shedding blood, as not being ashamed of it, or afraid of punishment for it, but as rather glorying in it; perhaps there may be some allusion to the tops of hills and mountains, where idolatry was committed, attended with shedding human blood:

she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; she did not take any methods to hide her sin; having no sense of the heinousness of it, nor any consciousness of guilt, or any remorse or repentance; respect is had to a law which obliged to cover blood shed with dust, Lev 17:13. The Targum of the whole is,

"because innocent blood which is shed in the midst of her; with pride and with a high arm she shed it; she shed it not through ignorance, that she might repent of it.''

Gill: Eze 24:8 - That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance // I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it might not be covered That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance,.... Into the heart and mind of God, into his face, speaking after the manner of men; observing ...

That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance,.... Into the heart and mind of God, into his face, speaking after the manner of men; observing such gross and open wickedness, he determined within himself to show his resentment, manifest his wrath and displeasure, and take vengeance on such capital and impudent offenders:

I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it might not be covered; by way of just retaliation; that as her sin was publicly committed, and no repentance shown for it, so her punishment should be open and manifest to all the world, and no forgiveness should be granted her. The Targum is,

"I have revealed their sins, because they have shed innocent blood openly, that it might not be forgiven.''

Gill: Eze 24:9 - Therefore thus saith the Lord God, woe to the bloody city // I will even make the pile for fire great Therefore thus saith the Lord God, woe to the bloody city,.... See Gill on Eze 24:6, I will even make the pile for fire great; a large pile of wood...

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, woe to the bloody city,.... See Gill on Eze 24:6,

I will even make the pile for fire great; a large pile of wood, a great quantity of fuel to maintain the fire, and keep the pot boiling; meaning the vast army of the Chaldeans, which the Lord would bring against Jerusalem, which should closely besiege it, and vigorously attack it, until it had executed the fury of the wrath of God, comparable to fire, and of his judgments upon it. The Targum is,

"even I will multiply her destruction.''

Gill: Eze 24:10 - Heap on wood, kindle the fire // consume the flesh // spice it well // and let the bones be burnt Heap on wood, kindle the fire,.... This is said either to the prophet, to do this in an emblematic way; or to the Chaldean army, to prepare for the si...

Heap on wood, kindle the fire,.... This is said either to the prophet, to do this in an emblematic way; or to the Chaldean army, to prepare for the siege, encompass the city, begin their attacks, and throw in their stones out of their slings and engines, and arrows from their bows:

consume the flesh; not entirely, since it is afterwards to be spiced; but thoroughly boil it; denoting the severe sufferings the inhabitants should undergo before their utter ruin:

spice it well; pepper them off; batter their walls, beat down their houses, distress them by all manner of ways and means; signifying that this would be grateful to the Lord, as his justice would be glorified in the destruction of this people; and as the plunder of them would be like a spiced and sweet morsel to the enemy; whose appetites would hereby be sharpened and become keen, and to whom the sacking and plundering the city would be as agreeable as well seasoned meat to a hungry man:

and let the bones be burnt; either under it, or rather in it; even the strongest and most powerful among the people destroyed, who should hold out the longest in the siege. The Targum of the whole is,

"multiply kings; gather an army; order the auxiliaries, and prepare against her warriors, and let her mighty ones be confounded.''

Gill: Eze 24:11 - Then set it empty upon the coals thereof // that the brass of it may be hot, and burn // and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed Then set it empty upon the coals thereof,.... The city, when emptied of its inhabitants and substance, like a pot that is boiled over, and all in it b...

Then set it empty upon the coals thereof,.... The city, when emptied of its inhabitants and substance, like a pot that is boiled over, and all in it boiled away, or taken out; burn it with fire, as the city of Jerusalem when taken and plundered was:

that the brass of it may be hot, and burn; as brass will when set on coals: or, "the bottom of it" w; so Ben Melech observes, from the Misnah, that the lower part or bottom of a pot, cauldron, or furnace, is called the brass of it; and so the sense is, make the fire burn so fierce as to burn the bottom of the pot; or the canker and rust of it, which the following words explain:

and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed; the abominable wickedness of this people; since they were not reformed and brought to repentance for it by the admonitions and instructions given them, and by the chastisements and corrections laid upon them, they with their sins should be consumed in this terrible manner. The Targum is,

"I will leave the land desolate, that they may become desolate; and that the gates of her city may be consumed; and that those that work uncleanness in the midst of her may melt away, and her sins be consumed.''

Gill: Eze 24:12 - She hath wearied herself with lies // and her great scum went not forth out of her // her scum shall be in the fire She hath wearied herself with lies,.... With serving idols, which were lying vanities; by trusting to the alliances of neighbouring nations, which dec...

She hath wearied herself with lies,.... With serving idols, which were lying vanities; by trusting to the alliances of neighbouring nations, which deceived her; or by committing sin, in which there was no satisfaction; or it may be understood of wearying of God with their sins, and particularly with her lying promises of repentance and reformation:

and her great scum went not forth out of her; notwithstanding her promises; or notwithstanding the admonitions given, and the chastisements inflicted on her, yet she continued hardened in her sins, impenitent and unreformed:

her scum shall be in the fire; like a pot that boils over, its scum falls into the fire, and is consumed there; and in no other way, but by the fire of divine judgments, or the burning of the city, could the wickedness thereof be consumed. The Targum is,

"and they shall not go out of her that work iniquity; in the fire shall she be burnt, because of the multitude of her sins.''

Gill: Eze 24:13 - In thy filthiness is lewdness // because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged // thou shall not be purged from thy filthiness any more till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee In thy filthiness is lewdness,.... Consummate wickedness joined with impudence, and an obstinate persisting in it; though her sins were so abominable ...

In thy filthiness is lewdness,.... Consummate wickedness joined with impudence, and an obstinate persisting in it; though her sins were so abominable and filthy, yet she was not ashamed of them, nor could be reclaimed from them; but, like a lewd woman, or an old harlot, was bold and impudent:

because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged; made use of means for the purgation of them, by his prophets, and by exhortations and instructions given by them, and by various corrections and chastisements; but all in vain, and to no purpose, they were all without effect:

thou shall not be purged from thy filthiness any more till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee; there was no other way left to purge her from her sins, but by the fire of his wrath, and the fury of his anger, in her utter destruction.

Gill: Eze 24:14 - I the Lord have spoken it; it shall come to pass // and I will do it // I will not go back // neither will I spare // neither will I repent // according to thy ways and according to thy doings shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God I the Lord have spoken it; it shall come to pass,.... What God has said shall be accomplished; his word shall not return void and empty, or be without...

I the Lord have spoken it; it shall come to pass,.... What God has said shall be accomplished; his word shall not return void and empty, or be without effect:

and I will do it; being God omnipotent and unchangeable:

I will not go back; from his word, or the thing threatened and denounced; nothing should prevail upon him to act such a part:

neither will I spare; show any mercy or compassion, or abate of the punishment due:

neither will I repent; or change the course and method of Providence; but abide by the decree gone forth, and the sentence pronounced, and thoroughly execute it; a heap of words ascertaining the truth of what is predicted:

according to thy ways and according to thy doings shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God; that is, the Chaldeans shall judge and condemn thee, and execute my judgments on thee in a just and righteous manner, as thy evil ways and works deserve.

Gill: Eze 24:15 - Also the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. Also the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. Next follows the other sign, by which the Lord shows the destruction of the temple.

Also the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. Next follows the other sign, by which the Lord shows the destruction of the temple.

Gill: Eze 24:16 - Son of man, behold // I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke // yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep // neither shall thy tears run down Son of man, behold,.... This is said to raise the attention of the prophet, something strange and unusual, interesting and affecting, being about to b...

Son of man, behold,.... This is said to raise the attention of the prophet, something strange and unusual, interesting and affecting, being about to be delivered:

I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke; meaning his wife; who very probably was of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to; however, of an amiable disposition, and in her conjugal relation very agreeable to the prophet; and, no doubt, a truly religious woman, and upon all account's desirable to him. This lovely object of his affection the Lord, who is the sovereign disposer of all persons, signifies he would take away from him by death unto himself; that is, suddenly and at once; and so the Syriac and Arabic versions render it, "with a sudden stroke"; as sometimes persons are struck with death at once with an apoplexy or palsy. The Targum renders it, with the pestilence; it was what the Jews call death by the hand of heaven, by the immediate hand of God; and, it may be, without any intervening disease; or, however, without any train of disorders which lead on to death:

yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep; on account of the dead; neither privately nor publicly, inwardly or outwardly, though so near and dear a relation; and though it would seem strange, and be charged with want of natural affection, and with a brutish insensibility:

neither shall thy tears run down; his cheeks, by which vent would be given to his grief, and his mind somewhat eased; but all care was to be taken to prevent any gushing of them out of his eyes, and especially that they did not run down in any quantity on his cheeks, and to be seen; though they might seem to be but a proper tribute to the dead.

Gill: Eze 24:17 - Forbear to cry // make no mourning for the dead // bind the tire of thine head upon thee // and put on thy shoes upon thy feet // and cover not thy lips // and eat not the bread of men Forbear to cry,.... Groan or howl, or make any doleful noise: or, "be silent" x: which the Talmudists y interpret of not greeting any person: make ...

Forbear to cry,.... Groan or howl, or make any doleful noise: or, "be silent" x: which the Talmudists y interpret of not greeting any person:

make no mourning for the dead; use none of those rites and ceremonies commonly observed for deceased relations and friends, particularly and especially for a wife; who is one of the seven persons for whom mourning is to be made, according to the Jewish canons z; and which the ties of nature, nearness of relation, and especially mutual and cordial affection, where that has taken place, require; and though a wife is not expressly mentioned among those, for whom a priest might defile himself by attending their funerals, yet must be included among those akin to him, if not solely designed, as Jarchi thinks; whose note on Lev 21:2, is, there are none his kin but his wife; so that Ezekiel, though a priest, was not exempted from the observation of funeral rites, but obliged to them, had he not been forbid by a special order from the Lord: the particulars of which follow:

bind the tire of thine head upon thee; cap or turban, wore on the head, as a covering of it, and ornament to it, as the word used signifies; and the priests' bonnets were for glory and beauty, Exo 28:40, and such was the tire about the prophet's head, since he was a priest; and which, in time of mourning, was taken off, and it was customary for mourners to be bare headed; and though the high priest might not uncover his head and rend his clothes for the dead, Lev 21:10, yet other priests might, unless they had a particular and special prohibition, as Ezekiel here; see Lev 10:6 and yet it seems, by some instances, particularly that of David's mourning for Absalom, that the head was covered at such a time, 2Sa 19:5 and Kimchi on the place expressly says, that it was the way and custom of mourners to cover themselves; and certain it is, that in later times, however, it has been the usage of the Jews to cover their heads in mourning; for this is one of the things expressly forbid in the Jewish canons, as Maimonides a says, to be used in mourning for the dead, namely, making bare the head; and covering the head is what mourners are obliged to b; this Gejerus c reconciles, by observing, that at the first of the mourning they used to take off of their heads what they wore for the sake of ornament, such as the tire, or bonnet here; but after a while covered themselves with veils when they went abroad, or others came to them. Jarchi interprets this of the "tephillim", or phylacteries the Jews wore about their heads; and so the Talmud d; and the Targum is,

"let thy "totaphot" or frontlets be upon thee;''

of which interpretation Jerom makes mention; but these things do not appear to be in use in Ezekiel's time:

and put on thy shoes upon thy feet: which used to be taken off, and persons walked barefoot in times of mourning, 2Sa 15:30, and this custom continues with the Jews to this day; and which they say is confirmed by this passage. One of their canons e runs thus,

"they do not rend garments, nor pluck off the shoe for any, until he is dead;''

which supposes they do, and should do, when he is dead: and this is one of the things, their writers f say, is forbidden a mourner for the dead, namely, to put on his shoes; and they ask, from whence it appears that a mourner is forbid to put on his shoes? the answer is, from what is said to Ezekiel, "put on thy shoes upon thy feet": which shows that in common it was not right nor usual to do it; and it is their custom now for mourners, when they return from the grave, to sit seven days on the ground with their feet naked g:

and cover not thy lips; as the leper did in the time of his separation and distress, who put a covering upon his upper lip, Lev 13:45 and as mourners did, who put a veil upon their faces:

and eat not the bread of men: of other men; or "of mourners" h, as the Targum; such as used to be sent to mourners by their friends, in order to refresh and revive their spirits; and who, they supposed, through their great grief, were not careful to provide food for themselves; and this they did to comfort them, and let them know that, though they had lost a relation, there were others left, who had a cordial respect for them, and heartily sympathized with them: and, according to the traditions of the Jews i, a mourner might not eat of his own bread; but was obliged to eat the bread of others, at least his first meal, and on the first day of his mourning; though he might on the second, and on the following days; and this they endeavour to establish from this place of Scripture. What their friends used to send them at such a time were usually hard eggs and wine. Eggs, because round and spherical, and so a proper emblem of death, and might serve to put in mind of it, which goes round, is with one today, and with another tomorrow; and wine, to cheer their spirits, that they might forget their sorrow k. They also used to eat at such times a sort of pulse, called lentiles, to show by what sort of food they lost their birthright, or firstborn l And such like things were used by the Romans in their funeral feasts, as beans, parsley, lettuce, lentiles, eggs, &c. m, and as the Romans had their "parentalia", and the Greeks their παραδειπνα, so the Jews had also very sumptuous feasts on such occasions: not only great personages, as kings and nobles, made them; so Archelaus, made a magnificent one for the people, on the death of his father Herod n, after the custom of the country; but even the common people were very profuse and lavish in them; and which, as Josephus o observes, was the cause of great poverty among them; for so prevalent was the custom, that there was a necessity of doing it, or otherwise a man would not have been reckoned a holy man; see Jer 16:7.

Gill: Eze 24:18 - So I spake unto the people in the morning // and at even my wife died // and I did in the morning as I was commanded So I spake unto the people in the morning,.... Did the duty of his office as a prophet; exhorted and instructed the people, particularly informed them...

So I spake unto the people in the morning,.... Did the duty of his office as a prophet; exhorted and instructed the people, particularly informed them of what had been said to him by the Lord, the evening or night before, concerning the death of his wife, and how he was to behave under such a providence; which he told them of before hand, that, when it came to pass, they might have a further proof of his being a true prophet of the Lord:

and at even my wife died; suddenly, as it was said she should; this shows who is meant by the desire of his eyes, and what by the taking it away;

and I did in the morning as I was commanded; neither moaned, nor sighed, nor wept, nor shed a tear, nor used any of the common ceremonies of mourning, but dressed and ate as at other times, as he was ordered to do; this was the next morning after his wife died. So the Syriac version,

"in the morning of the other day;''

and the Arabic version,

"in the morning of the following day.''

Thus whatever the Lord commands is to be done, though ever so contrary to the customs of men, or to natural inclinations and affections.

Gill: Eze 24:19 - And the people said unto me // wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so And the people said unto me,.... Either seriously, as being desirous of knowing what was meant by all this; since they had reason to believe that it w...

And the people said unto me,.... Either seriously, as being desirous of knowing what was meant by all this; since they had reason to believe that it was not out of want of affection in Ezekiel to his wife that he so behaved; and therefore there must be some hidden meaning in it, which they should be glad to be informed of: or in a ludicrous manner, deriding the prophet for his conduct, and despising what he meant to instruct them in hereby:

wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? for they suspected it vas not on his own account, but to signify something to them, that these things were done; and laughing at him, they say, to what purpose are these things done? if you do not tell us for what reason they are done, instruct us by words, and not by actions; these were his fellow captives in Babylon.

Gill: Eze 24:20 - Then I answered them // the word of the Lord came unto me, saying Then I answered them,.... And gave them an account of the design of the whole, and what was signified hereby: the word of the Lord came unto me, sa...

Then I answered them,.... And gave them an account of the design of the whole, and what was signified hereby:

the word of the Lord came unto me, saying; ordering him to do all he did; for he did nothing of himself, but all according to the divine will; and who also directed him to say the following things to the people, by way of explanation.

Gill: Eze 24:21 - Speak unto the house of Israel // thus saith the Lord of hosts, behold, I will profane my sanctuary // the excellency of your strength, desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth // and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword Speak unto the house of Israel,.... By word of mouth, to those who were upon the spot with him in Chaldea: and by a messenger, or a letter, to them th...

Speak unto the house of Israel,.... By word of mouth, to those who were upon the spot with him in Chaldea: and by a messenger, or a letter, to them that were in Judea:

thus saith the Lord of hosts, behold, I will profane my sanctuary; the temple, built for him, and where he dwelt, and was worshipped; where duties performed and holy sacrifices offered up formerly; this he now says he would profane, that is, would bring the Chaldeans against Jerusalem, who should take it, and enter into the temple, and so profane it, and make it common, yea, utterly destroy it:

the excellency of your strength, desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; all which is said of the temple; it was the pride and glory of the Jews, what they boasted of, and put their confidence in, and reckoned their strength and security; it was as dear and as desirable to them as Ezekiel's wife was to him, the emblem of it; the destruction and desolation of which would be pitied by them, and would sensibly affect them upon hearing of it, even in prophecy:

and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword; whom they had left behind them in Judea, when they were carried captive with Jehoiakim, and to whom they hoped to return, as their false prophets had assured them; but so it should not be, for these should die by the sword of the Chaldeans, when the city of Jerusalem should be taken, and the temple profaned; and this should be the case of the sons and daughters of those who then should be carried captive, that should be left in the land; as was the case of Gedaliah, and those that were with him.

Gill: Eze 24:22 - And ye shall do as I have done // ye shall not cover your lips // nor eat the bread of men And ye shall do as I have done,.... When his wife died, and as he was ordered by the Lord; the meaning of Which they were now inquiring: ye shall n...

And ye shall do as I have done,.... When his wife died, and as he was ordered by the Lord; the meaning of Which they were now inquiring:

ye shall not cover your lips; as a token of mourning; nor use any other of their country rites and ceremonies, for fear of provoking their enemies, in whose hands they shall be:

nor eat the bread of men; or "of mourners", as the Targum; there shall be none to comfort them, or send bread to them; they shall all be alike mourners.

Gill: Eze 24:23 - And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet // ye shall not mourn nor weep // but ye shall pine away for your iniquities // and mourn one towards another And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet..... As will be necessary while travelling, and when carrying captive to a fore...

And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet..... As will be necessary while travelling, and when carrying captive to a foreign country, as now will be their case:

ye shall not mourn nor weep; shall not dare to do it, because of their enemies; and, moreover, so great should be their miseries and calamities, that they should be struck dumb, and quite astonished and stupefied with them; that they should not be able to vent their sorrow by an outward act of mourning:

but ye shall pine away for your iniquities; without any true sense of them, or godly sorrow for them, but in wretched hardness of heart, and black despair:

and mourn one towards another; not to God, confessing their sins, being contrite and penitent; but to one another, fretting, murmuring, and complaining at the hand of God upon them: this seems to denote the private way of mourning they should use for fear of the enemy, when they could get together by themselves, as well as their disregard to God, against whom they had sinned.

Gill: Eze 24:24 - Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign // and according to all that he hath done shall ye do // and when this cometh // ye shall know that I am the Lord God Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign,.... These are the words of the prophet concerning himself; observing that in all the above things he was a sign to th...

Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign,.... These are the words of the prophet concerning himself; observing that in all the above things he was a sign to the Jews of what should befall them, and what should be their case:

and according to all that he hath done shall ye do; however it might be then a matter of scorn and derision:

and when this cometh: when this prophecy comes to pass, and all these calamities come upon the city and temple:

ye shall know that I am the Lord God; omniscient, omnipotent, true, and faithful.

Gill: Eze 24:25 - Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day // when I take from them their strength // the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their mind, their sons and their daughters Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day,.... This question is to be answered in the affirmative: when I take from them their strength; th...

Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day,.... This question is to be answered in the affirmative:

when I take from them their strength; their king and kingdom, their princes and nobles, their soldiers and men of might and war, their wealth and substance, their city and the inhabitants of it; or rather their temple, in which they placed their strong confidence: so the Targum,

"in the day when I shall take from them the house of their sanctuary;''

and which is called "the joy of their glory"; what they rejoiced and gloried in:

the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their mind, their sons and their daughters; for to these may those phrases be applied; as well as to the temple; they being desirable to them, to be spared and continued, and on whom the affections of their hearts were set, and for whose welfare they were very solicitous. So some render it "the burden or care of their souls" p; though the Targum applies this, as the other to the temple, paraphrasing it,

"and the delight of their eyes shall be taken from them, and the beloved of their souls, which is better to them than their sons and their daughters.''

Gill: Eze 24:26 - That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee // to cause thee to hear it with thine ears That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee,.... That is, that one that should escape the hands of the Chaldeans, when the city should be t...

That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee,.... That is, that one that should escape the hands of the Chaldeans, when the city should be taken, should directly make the best of his way to the prophet:

to cause thee to hear it with thine ears; all the particulars of the destruction of the city and temple, as it had been represented to him in vision; when he would see the exact agreement between prophecy and facts; see Eze 33:21.

Gill: Eze 24:27 - In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped // and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb // and thou shalt be a sign unto them // and they shall own that I am the Lord In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped,.... And shall freely converse with him about the several facts and circumstances of tak...

In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped,.... And shall freely converse with him about the several facts and circumstances of taking and burning the city and temple, and of the usage of the inhabitants:

and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb; for from this time to the taking of Jerusalem, which was about eighteen months, the prophet had nothing to say to the people of the Jews, and so was dumb with respect to them; but was employed in prophesying against other nations, as the following chapters show, unto chapter thirty three, in which we have an account of the messenger that escaped to him; but after that his mouth was opened, and he prophesied to them again:

and thou shalt be a sign unto them; as they will then own and acknowledge:

and they shall own that I am the Lord; who have foretold these things, and accomplished them.

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NET Notes: Eze 24:1 The date of this oracle was January 15, 588 b.c.

NET Notes: Eze 24:2 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

NET Notes: Eze 24:3 See Ezek 11:3-12.

NET Notes: Eze 24:6 Here “lot” may refer to the decision made by casting lots; it is not chosen at all.

NET Notes: Eze 24:11 Or “rust” (so also in v. 12).

NET Notes: Eze 24:12 Heb “in fire its rust.” The meaning of the expression is unclear. The translation understands the statement as a command to burn the rust ...

NET Notes: Eze 24:13 The Hebrew text adds the word “again.”

NET Notes: Eze 24:14 Heb “ways.”

NET Notes: Eze 24:16 Heb “a strike.”

NET Notes: Eze 24:17 Heb “the bread of men.” The translation follows the suggestion accepted by M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 2:509) that this refers to a meal b...

NET Notes: Eze 24:18 This may refer to the following morning. For a discussion of various interpretive options in understanding the chronology reflected in verse 18, see D...

NET Notes: Eze 24:21 Heb “fall.”

NET Notes: Eze 24:22 See v. 17.

NET Notes: Eze 24:23 Or “in your punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here; 3:...

NET Notes: Eze 24:25 In the Hebrew text there is no conjunction before “their sons and daughters.” For this reason one might assume that the preceding descript...

NET Notes: Eze 24:26 Heb “to make the ears hear.”

NET Notes: Eze 24:27 Heb “your mouth will open.”

Geneva Bible: Eze 24:1 Again in the ( a ) ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the ( b ) month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ( a ) Of Jeconiah'...

Geneva Bible: Eze 24:3 And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a ( c ) pot, set [it] on, and also pour water into it: ...

Geneva Bible: Eze 24:4 Gather its ( d ) pieces into it, [even] every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill [it] with the choice bones. ( d ) That is the citizens an...

Geneva Bible: Eze 24:5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the ( e ) bones under it, [and] make it boil well, and let them boil its bones in it. ( e ) Meaning, of t...

Geneva Bible: Eze 24:6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot ( f ) whose scum [is] in it, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out ...

Geneva Bible: Eze 24:7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a ( i ) rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; ( i ) The ci...

Geneva Bible: Eze 24:10 Heap on wood, ( k ) kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. ( k ) Meaning that the city would be utterly ...

Geneva Bible: Eze 24:12 ( l ) She hath wearied [herself] with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum [shall be] in the fire. ( l ) The city has flatter...

Geneva Bible: Eze 24:13 In thy filthiness [is] lewdness: because I ( m ) have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, ti...

Geneva Bible: Eze 24:14 I the LORD have spoken [it]: it shall come to pass, and I will do [it]; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to ...

Geneva Bible: Eze 24:16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the ( o ) desire of thy eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears r...

Geneva Bible: Eze 24:17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind thy turban upon thee, ( p ) and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not [thy] lips, and eat ...

Geneva Bible: Eze 24:18 So I spoke to the people in the morning: and at evening my wife died; and I did ( r ) in the morning as I was commanded. ( r ) Meaning the morning fo...

Geneva Bible: Eze 24:21 Speak to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will ( s ) profane my sanctuary, the ( t ) excellence of your strength, the desire of...

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MHCC: Eze 24:1-14 - --The pot on the fire represented Jerusalem besieged by the Chaldeans: all orders and ranks were within the walls, prepared as a prey for the enemy. The...

MHCC: Eze 24:15-27 - --Though mourning for the dead is a duty, yet it must be kept under by religion and right reason: we must not sorrow as men that have no hope. Believers...

Matthew Henry: Eze 24:1-14 - -- We have here, I. The notice God gives to Ezekiel in Babylon of Nebuchadnezzar's laying siege to Jerusalem, just at the time when he was doing it (Ez...

Matthew Henry: Eze 24:15-27 - -- These verses conclude what we have been upon all along from the beginning of this book, to wit, Ezekiel's prophecies of the destruction of Jerusalem...

Keil-Delitzsch: Eze 24:1-2 - -- On the day on which the king of Babylon commenced the siege and blockade of Jerusalem, this event was revealed by God to Ezekiel on the Chaboras (Ez...

Keil-Delitzsch: Eze 24:3-14 - -- Parable of the Pot with the Boiling Pieces Eze 24:3. And relate a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, S...

Keil-Delitzsch: Eze 24:15-24 - -- The Sign of Silent Sorrow Concerning the Destruction of Jerusalem Eze 24:14. And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Eze 24:16. Son of man, b...

Keil-Delitzsch: Eze 24:25-27 - -- Sequel of the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Prophet Himself Eze 24:25. And thou, son of man, behold, in the day when I take from them their migh...

Constable: Eze 4:1--24:27 - --II. Oracles of judgment on Judah and Jerusalem for sin chs. 4-24 This section of the book contains prophecies th...

Constable: Eze 24:1-27 - --E. The execution of Jerusalem's judgment ch. 24 Until now Ezekiel had predicted that judgment would fall...

Constable: Eze 24:1-14 - --1. The parable of the cooking pot 24:1-14 This parable represented the siege of Jerusalem, which...

Constable: Eze 24:1-3 - --The background to the parable 24:1-3a The Lord instructed Ezekiel to note permanently th...

Constable: Eze 24:3-5 - --The parable itself 24:3b-5 In this parable, the people were to put a bronze (v. 11) cook...

Constable: Eze 24:6-8 - --The reasons for Jerusalem's present judgment 24:6-8 24:6 Ezekiel was then to announce woe on the bloody city (no longer the holy city) of Jerusalem (c...

Constable: Eze 24:9-13 - --The results of Jerusalem's present judgment 24:9-13 This second oracle stresses not the boiling of meat in the pot but the cleansing of the pot by sup...

Constable: Eze 24:14 - --The guarantee of Jerusalem's present judgment 24:14 In conclusion, the Lord promised tha...

Constable: Eze 24:15-27 - --2. Signs to the exiles 24:15-27 The preceding parable pictured the siege of Jerusalem itself. Th...

Constable: Eze 24:15-24 - --The sign of the death of Ezekiel's wife 24:15-24 24:15-16 The Lord told Ezekiel that He was about to take the life of his beloved wife. The English wo...

Constable: Eze 24:25-27 - --The sign of Ezekiel's silence 24:25-27 24:25-26 Evidently Ezekiel was not to deliver any more prophetic messages to his fellow exiles after he made th...

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JFB: Ezekiel (Pendahuluan Kitab) The name Ezekiel means "(whom) God will strengthen" [GESENIUS]; or, "God will prevail" [ROSENMULLER]. His father was Buzi (Eze 1:3), a priest, and he ...

JFB: Ezekiel (Garis Besar) EZEKIEL'S VISION BY THE CHEBAR. FOUR CHERUBIM AND WHEELS. (Eze. 1:1-28) EZEKIEL'S COMMISSION. (Eze 2:1-10) EZEKIEL EATS THE ROLL. IS COMMISSIONED TO ...

TSK: Ezekiel (Pendahuluan Kitab) The character of Ezekiel, as a Writer and Poet, is thus admirably drawn by the masterly hand of Bishop Lowth: " Ezekiel is much inferior to Jeremiah ...

TSK: Ezekiel 24 (Pendahuluan Pasal) Overview Eze 24:1, Under the parable of a boiling pot, Eze 24:6, is shewn the irrevocable destruction of Jerusalem; Eze 24:15, By the sign of Ezek...

Poole: Ezekiel (Pendahuluan Kitab) BOOK OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL THE ARGUMENT EZEKIEL was by descent a priest, and by commission a prophet, and received it from heaven, as will appea...

Poole: Ezekiel 24 (Pendahuluan Pasal) CHAPTER 24 By the parable of a boiling pot is showed the destruction of Jerusalem, the bloody city, Eze 24:1-14 . Ezekiel is forbidden to mourn for...

MHCC: Ezekiel (Pendahuluan Kitab) Ezekiel was one of the priests; he was carried captive to Chaldea with Jehoiachin. All his prophecies appear to have been delivered in that country, a...

MHCC: Ezekiel 24 (Pendahuluan Pasal) (Eze 24:1-14) The fate of Jerusalem. (Eze 24:15-27) The extent of the sufferings of the Jews.

Matthew Henry: Ezekiel (Pendahuluan Kitab) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel When we entered upon the writings of the prophets, which speak of the ...

Matthew Henry: Ezekiel 24 (Pendahuluan Pasal) Here are two sermons in this chapter, preached on a particular occasion, and they are both from Mount Sinai, the mount of terror, both from Mount E...

Constable: Ezekiel (Pendahuluan Kitab) Introduction Title and Writer The title of this book comes from its writer, Ezekiel, t...

Constable: Ezekiel (Garis Besar) Outline I. Ezekiel's calling and commission chs. 1-3 A. The vision of God's glory ch. 1 ...

Constable: Ezekiel Ezekiel Bibliography Ackroyd, Peter R. Exile and Restoration. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1968. ...

Haydock: Ezekiel (Pendahuluan Kitab) THE PROPHECY OF EZECHIEL. INTRODUCTION. Ezechiel, whose name signifies the strength of God, was of the priestly race, and of the number of t...

Gill: Ezekiel (Pendahuluan Kitab) INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL This book is rightly placed after Jeremiah; since Ezekiel was among the captives in Chaldea, when prophesied; whereas Jerem...

Gill: Ezekiel 24 (Pendahuluan Pasal) INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 24 Is this chapter the destruction of the city and temple of Jerusalem is prophesied of; the former under the parable of a ...

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