the Lord GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.
rivers: or, ravines. Compare Ezekiel 36:4, s. Hebrew aphikim. See note on "channels", 2 Samuel 22:16.
Behold, Figure of speech Asteriemos. App-6.
bring. sword. See note on Ezekiel 5:17.
destroy your high places. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:30).