Psalm 72; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 42:1; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:17). Also from within it came the likeness of four living creatures. What they delivered was not what they had seen or heard, as that is which the ministers of Christ deliver. It is true that Zedekiah was not pierced by the sword either at that time or afterwards, but was simply blinded and led in captivity to Babylon, where he died. It shall be unto them as a false divination— Houbigant renders this; But he [Nebuchadrezzar] seems to them [the Jews] as divining vain things, as boasting empty execrations: Nevertheless he shall call to remembrance the impiety [the falsehood and infidelity of their king Zedekiah], that they may be taken. Study the bible online using commentary on Ezekiel and more! העטרה, the king's crown. They shall laugh at Nebuchadnezzar’s fopperies, and think thee, O Ezekiel, to be little wiser than him; ludificabuntur te, adeoque teipsum, divinationis nefariae, quam de Nebuchadnetzare praedicas, incusabunt; { a} but they shall rue this their madness. … And it shall be to them as a false divination.] They will not believe that Nebuchadnezzar shall succeed against them, while they expect the powerful assistance of the Egyptians. Ezekiel 37 Commentary. Ezekiel 21:28 Commentaries: "And you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach,' and say: 'A sword, a sword is drawn, polished for the slaughter, to cause it to consume, that it may be like lightning--. 21:23 Them - The Jews. Ezekiel 21:23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken. It is constantly to be remembered that Zedekiah was placed upon the throne by him under a solemn oath of fidelity to himself (2Chronicles 36:10; 2Chronicles 36:13; Jeremiah 52:3; Ezekiel 17:15; Ezekiel 17:18, &c). Pride is peculiarly the sin of our fallen nature. The king of Babylon is halting (עמד, to stand still, stop) to consult his oracles, and inquire which of the two roads he is to take. But he will call to remembrance the iniquity - The king of Babylon will by punishment remind them of their perjury 2 Kings 25:6-7; 2 Chronicles 36:17. but he, &c.—Nebuchadnezzar will remember in consulting his idols that he swore to Zedekiah by them, but that Zedekiah broke the league [Grotius]. Referring to Zedekiah"s reacherous breach of faith with the king of Babylon. The infinitives absolute (not imperatives) הסיר and הרים are selected for the purpose of expressing the truth in the most emphatic manner; and the verbs are synonymous. Through the prophet Amos God promised. them: i.e. Ezekiel Commentary Verse by Verse. He then, to whom this right belongs, and to whom God will give it, is the Messiah, of whom the prophets from the time of David onwards have prophesied as the founder and restorer of perfect right on earth (cf. Ezekiel speaking for YHWH. Appoint a road for the sword to go to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah, into fortified Jerusalem. מצנפת does not mean the royal diadem, like צניף in Isaiah 62:3, but the tiara of the high priest, as it does in every instance in the Pentateuch, from which Ezekiel has taken the word. 21 But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came. Into his right hand came the divination, ‘Jerusalem,' to set battering rams, to open the mouth for slaughter, to lift up the voice with a battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a … 21 [] The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. has correctly expressed it, neque haec conditio erit durabilis. (t) That is, Nebuchadnezzar will remember the rebellion of Zedekiah, and so come on them. Click chart to enlarge. And this … Their hopes however would be in vain, because God would call to mind their iniquity with the result that only certain judgment awaited. but he will call to remembrance the iniquity: that is, Nebuchadnezzar would call to mind the perfidy and perjury of the king of Judah, in breaking covenant with him, and violating his oath. Revelation 16:19, "Great Babylon came in remembrance before God"). This long-awaited second volume of the author's Anchor Bible commentary on Ezekiel lives up to the reader's expectations in its insight and scholarship, and in its authoritative treatment of all the important questions and issues raised by the prophet Ezekiel. (Calmet). (Note: Hitzig has given a most preposterous exposition of this verse. Ezekiel 21:23 John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible. In this parable, Samaria and Israel bear the name Aholah, "her own tabernacle;" because the places of worship those kingdoms had, were of their own devising. The... Geneva Study Bible. Unto them; the Jews, who shall either not believe that Nebuchadnezzar did so consult, or else that it is a vain, false, and lying divination, which will delude him that believes it, but never hurt them who deride it. "My people" are the elect remnant of Israel to be saved. He - Nebuchadnezzar. These words contain the sentence of death upon the theocracy, of which the Aaronic priesthood and the Davidic monarchy constituted the foundations. ". to them that have sworn oaths; a description of the Jews, who had with their king Zedekiah sworn allegiance to the king of Babylon; which oaths they had violated, taking others to the king of Egypt; or, "because they were bound by oaths to them" (s); meaning either the Egyptians, who had bound themselves by oaths to protect the Jews; and therefore they feared nothing from this pretended divination and prophecy, as they judged them to be, though they had not kept faith with the Chaldeans themselves; or the Jews, because of the Egyptians who had entered into an alliance with them, confirmed by oaths; and this had made them secure, on this they depended. To them that have sworn oaths - To Zedekiah and his ministers, who had bound themselves by the oath of the Lord to be faithful to the Chaldeans, and to pay them the promised tribute.
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