Ezekiel 21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

Son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.

holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.

the land of Israel. the soil of Israel, Hebrew. 'admath Israel. See note on Ezekiel 11:17.

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

draw forth My sword, See note on Ezekiel 5:2; Ezekiel 5:17, and Ezekiel 12:14.

the righteous, &c. Therefore Ezekiel 18:2; Ezekiel 18:3, is not yet ful filled, but corresponds with the green tree and the dry of Ezekiel 20:47.

the righteous. a righteous one.

the wicked. a lawless one. Heb, rasha'. App-44.

it shall not return, &c.: i.e. until it has executed its mission.

spirit. Hebrew. ruach, App-9.

saith the Lord GOD. [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.

the LORD. Jehovah. App-4. Some codices, with three early printed editions (one Rabbinic in margin), read Adonai. App-4.

A sword,. sword. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6), for emphasis. a great or sharp sword.

make. sore slaughter. Figure of speech Polyptbton (App-6), for emphasis. Hebrew to slay. slaughter.

glitter. flash as lightning.

should we then make mirth? or, "should we flourish [the sceptre of My son (i.e. of Judah? "

it, &c. i.e. "Jehovah's sword despiseth the [wooden] sceptre of My son (i.e. Judah), as [it despiseth] every tree". The Ellipsis is to be thus supplied.

rod. sceptre.

the slayer: i.e. the king of Babylon.

it: i.e. the sword of Jehovah, the king of Babylon.

princes. leaders.

be. come.

terrors by, &c.. who shall be delivered to the sword with My People.

smite therefore, &c. This was the symbol of grief in man, as beating the breast was in woman.

it is. trial. sit (Jehovah's sword) has been tried (or proved).

and what, &c.. and what [will happen or be the result] if [Jehovah's sword shall not despise] the [wooden] sceptre?

it shall be no more. it will not [despise it.

saith the Lord GOD. [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.

smite thine hands together, &c.. sign of disappointment or grief in men. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 24:10).

their ruins. the overthrown. So the Septuagint and Syriac. Compare Jeremiah 18:23.

bright. bright as lightning.

wrapped up keen, or sharp.

Go thee. Figure of speech Apostrophe. App-6. Addressedto the sword.

thee: i.e. the sword. Not Ezekiel. It is feminine, not masculine:. Go to the right, turn to the left: or, One stroke to the right, another to the left, &c.

thy face. thine edge.

I will also smite, &c. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.

that the sword... may come. for the sword to come.

both twain. the two ways.

choose thou. place. grave. hand: i.e. set up a

sign. post.

stood. bath come to. stand.

to use divination. to divine. divination.

made his arrows bright. hath shaken his arrows. This was one of the modes of divination by which the arrow (marked like. lot), gave the decision.

images. teraphim.

looked in, &c.. inspected the liver; another mode of divination. It healthy or double and the lobes inclined inward, the omen was favourable; but if diseased or too dry, or without. lobe or. band between the parts, the omen was unfavourable.

appoint captains. set up battering-rams. Compare Ezekiel 4:2.

the mouth in the slaughter. a hole by. breach.

shouting. a war shout.

and. Some codices, with four early printed editions (one Rabbinic in margin), Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read this "and" in the text.

a fort. a siege wall.

them: i.e. Zedekiah and the rulers in Jerusalem. sworn oaths. Referring to Zedekiah's reacherous breach of faith with the king of Babylon. See Ezekiel 17:11-21.

iniquity. treachery. Hebrew. 'avdh. App-44.

transgressions. rebellion (plural of Majesty). great rebellion. Hebrew. pasha'. App-44.

sins. Hebrew. chata '. App-44. plural of Majesty. great sin.

with the hand. captured, or made captives.

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. Figure of speech Hypallage. App-8, Hebrew "iniquity of the end". an end

of the iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah, as in Ezekiel 21:23.

be the same: or, endure. They might exalt and abase. but Jehovah would not recognise it.

overturn, &c. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6), for great emphasis.

until He come: i.e. the promised Messiah Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:10). App-92. See Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 42:1.Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:17; Zechariah 6:12; Zechariah 6:13, &c.

their reproach. Brought against Jerusalem. See Jeremiah 49:1.Zephaniah 2:8.

to consume. that when it beginneth it may flash like lightning.

the wicked. wicked ones (plural) their. Refers to "them" (Ezekiel 21:23).

men. Hebrew, plural of 'enosh. App-14.