Ezekiel 21:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, ”

• Ezekiel 21:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The third word of judgment. The king of Babylon’s march upon Judaea and upon the Ammonites. Destruction is to go forth not on Judah only, but also on such neighboring tribes as the Ammonites (compa...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And thou, profane wicked (u) prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity [shall have] an end, (u) Meaning, Zedekiah who practised with the Egyptians to make himself high and able to resist th...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Ezekiel 20:45 to Ezekiel 21:32 . The Terrible Sword of Nebuchadrezzar. Here again, as shortly before (chs. 18f.), a piece of theological oratory is followed by a poem this time a wild irregular...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  profane . pierced through: i.e. deadly wounded one . Zedekiah. type of the future Antichrist. Compare Revelation 13:3 . wicked . lawless. Hebrew. rasha. App-44. x, iniquity... an end. Figu...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, And thou profane wicked prince of Israel - Zedekiah, called here profane, because he had broken his oa...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And thou, profane wicked prince— Thou therefore, pierce that wicked prince of Israel, &c. The address is made to the sword to destroy Zedekiah, whom the prophet calls wicked chiefly with re...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, And thou, profane wicked prince - as having desecrated by idolatry and perjury his office as the...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  3, 4. The righteous and the wicked ] corresponding to the green tree and the dry in the parable ( Ezekiel 20:47 ). In spite of his strict theory of retribution in Ezekiel 18 , Ezekiel recognised th...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Profane. — The prophet now turns from the people as a whole to the individual prince at their head. The word for “ profane” is the same as is translated “slain” in Ezekiel 21:14 ; it would be bet...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE SWORD UNSHEATHED Ezekiel 21:1-32 THE date at the beginning of chapter 20 introduces the fourth and last section of the prophecies delivered before the destruction of Jerusalem. It also divi...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The commission was then repeated in terms of explanation. Ezekiel was to set his face against Jerusalem, and prophesy against the land of Israel, declaring that Jehovah would draw His sword out of it...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Here the Lord speaks personally to the King of Israel, and a very awful address it is. But, what I beg the Reader more immediately to observe is, the promise of One coming, whose right the crown and...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel ,.... Meaning Zedekiah, the then reigning prince; who is so called, because he had profaned or violated the oath and covenant he made with the king of Babyl...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity [shall have] an end, Ver. 25. And thou profane. ] Or, Worthy to be wounded to death. Wicked prince. ] Zedekiah, who n...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel The words are directed to Zedekiah, whom the prophet calls profane and wicked , chiefly with respect to his breaking that solemn oath, uttered in the na...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Judgments Predicted. B. C. 592.       18 The word of the L ORD came unto me again, saying,...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Then; Zedekiah. Profane; tainted with secret deep irreligious opinions, whence he despised God and his oath, and profaned the name of God. Prince: so much was his royal dignity lessened, that indee...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “And you, Oh wicked one marked for death (literally ‘Oh slain wicked one'), the prince of Israel whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end, thus says the Lord Yahweh, ‘Remove the turb...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 21:23-27 . Though this announcement of God’s judgments will appear to the people of Judea as a deceptive divination, yet it will surely come to pass. The prophet, however,...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Ezekiel 21:2 . Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places. In the Latin bibles, this chapter begins at 21:45 of the preseding, which preserves unity in the...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Ezekiel 21:2 , Ezekiel 21:3 The opening words, reproducing those of Ezekiel 20:46 , indicate that the interpretation of that parable is coming. So the three variants of "so...

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Sword of Babylon upon Judah and upon Ammon

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Chronicles 36:13 ; Ezekiel 17:19 ; Ezekiel 21:29 ; Ezekiel 30:3 ; Ezekiel 35:5 ; Ezekiel 7:6 ; Jeremiah 24:8 ; Jeremiah 51:13 ; Jeremiah 52:2 ; Psalms 7:9 ; Psalms 9:5 ; Psalms 9:6

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• Ezekiel 21:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And thou — Zedekiah. Whose day — The day of sorrows, and sufferings, and punishment is at hand. Shall have an end — Shall bring the ruin of king and kingdom, and with the overthrow of your state, t...

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