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Ezekiel 24:1 open_in_new
the ninth year. Of Jehoiachin's captivity. See the table, p. 1105. Compare Ezekiel 1:2.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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Ezekiel 24:2 open_in_new
Son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.
this same day. Compare 2Ki 26:1.Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 52:4. The captives of Israel thus knew what was going on in Jerusalem.
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Ezekiel 24:3 open_in_new
the Lord GOD. Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.
pot: or, caldron, using the words of the scoffers in Ezekiel 11:3, and compare Jeremiah 1:13.
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Ezekiel 24:5 open_in_new
burn. pile up.
bones. Ginsburg thinks we should read "wood". them. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "him".
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Ezekiel 24:6 open_in_new
the bloody city. See note on Ezekiel 22:2.
scum. verdigris. Occurs only in this chapter.
let no lot fall, &c. Signifying that the city was to be destroyed, not lotted out to or by the conquerors.
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Ezekiel 24:7 open_in_new
not. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version omitted this "not". to cover it with duet. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 17:13).
10 spice it well, &c.: or, boil it down till only the bones are left.
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Ezekiel 24:11 open_in_new
brass. copper.
hot. scorched.
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Ezekiel 24:12 open_in_new
shall be in the fire. Ginsburg thinks it should read "with. stench".
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Ezekiel 24:14 open_in_new
saith the Lord GOD. [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.
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Ezekiel 24:16 open_in_new
the desire of thine eyes. Put by the Figure of speech Periphrasis (App-6): for Ezekiel's wife.. symbol of Jerusalem, See Ezekiel 24:21.
stroke: or plague.
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Ezekiel 24:17 open_in_new
bind, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 10:6; Leviticus 13:45; Leviticus 21:10). cover not thy lips. Compare Micah 3:7.
the bread of men: i.e. the bread or food brought to the house of mourners. Compare Jeremiah 16:5-7; Hosea 9:4,
men. Hebrew, plural of 'enosh. App-14.
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Ezekiel 24:18 open_in_new
as. according as.
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Ezekiel 24:21 open_in_new
desire... pitieth. Note the Figure of speech Paronomaeia (App-6), to call attention to the emphasis. Hebrew. mahmad... mahmal.
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
left. left behind.
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Ezekiel 24:23 open_in_new
ye shall not. Some codices read "yet shall ye neither". mourn moan. iniquities. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44,
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Ezekiel 24:25 open_in_new
in the day See App-18.
desire. delight.
minds. souls. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Ezekiel 24:26 open_in_new
he that escapeth. This we find exactly fulfilled in eh. Ezekiel 33:21, by the flight, on the fifth day of the tenth month, in the twelfth year.
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Ezekiel 24:27 open_in_new
no more dumb: i.e. as regards his nation and his testimony to it. In the interval his prophecies are concerning other nations (Ezekiel Chapter s 25-32).
they shall know, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:10.