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the sixth year, &c. See table on p. 1105.
fifth. Some codices read "first".
the elders of Judah: i.e. of' the Jewish colony at Tel. Abib (Ezekiel 3:15).
the hand. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
the Lord GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.
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lo. Figure of speech Asteriemos. App-6.
Fire. a man. So the Septuagint, reading "ish (App-14) instead of. esh. fire.
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the spirit. Probably an angel. See below. Heb, ruach. App-9.
me. Emph.: i.e. Ezekiel himself, as Philip. Compare 1 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 2:16; Acts 8:39; 2 Corinthians 12:2; 2 Corinthians 12:4.Revelation 1:10; Revelation 4:2; Revelation 17:3. Rev 17:21, Revelation 17:10. Compare Ezekiel 11:24; Ezekiel 11:25; Ezekiel 40:2; Ezekiel 40:3.
the visions of God: i, e. the visions given him by God. The Genitive of Origin (App-17.)
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
to Jerusalem: i.e. to the actual city itself, not. vision of it.
door. entrance.
jealousy. Pat by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6, for the effect produced by it, as explained in the next clause. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:16). App-92. Elsewhere only in 2 Chronicles 33:7; 2 Chronicles 33:15.
provoketh to jealousy. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:5 Deuteronomy 32:16), App-92.
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behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
the glory, &c. See note on Ezekiel 1:28.
the God of Israel. See note on Isaiah 29:23,
plain. valley.
Son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.
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seeest thou... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
abominations. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the idols and the sin of idolatry which Jehovah abominated.
the house of Israel. See note on Exodus 16:31.
I should go far off. Literally to. removal far away: i.e. that they (or I) should remove, &c.
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a. one: i.e.. single, or certain; as though it were mysterious or remarkable.
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abominable. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 7 and Leviticus 11). Elsewhere only in Isaiah 66:17. App-92.
beasts. This animal. worship was part of Egyptian idolatry.
idols. manufactured gods.
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seventy. The number of the elders. See Numbers 11:18; 2 Chronicles 19:8; Jeremiah 26:17,
men. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
ancients. elders. Contrast Exodus 24:1, &c.
Jaazaniah. His father, Shaphan, had taken part in Josiah's reformation (2 Kings 22:8, &c.) Two of his sons were friendly to Jeremiah (Ahikam, Jeremiah 26:24. and Gemariah, Ezekiel 36:10; Ezekiel 36:25). Another Jaazaniah is mentioned in Ezekiel 11:1.
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in the dark. This was. special feature of this animal idolatry.
The LORD seeth us not: or, there is no Jehovah seeing us. Compare Ezekiel 9:9.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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Tammuz. With Art. An idol personifying vegetable and animal life, worshipped in Phoenicia and Babylonia.
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between the porch and the altar. The place appointed for the priests.
five and twenty. The number of the heads of the twenty-four courses of the priests.
their backs toward the temple. Because their faces were toward the sun-rising.
worshipped the sun. This form of idolatry seen as early as Job 31:26; Job 31:27. and foreseen in Deuteronomy 4:19. adopted as early as Asa (2 Chronicles 14:5); abolished by Josiah (2 Kings 23:5; 2 Kings 23:11).
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the. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "all the".
Lo. Figure of speech Asterismce. App-6.
the branch. the Asherah (App-42), represented by. branch out to. certain shape.
their. This is one of the eighteen emendations of the Sepherim (App-33), by which they record their change of'aphphi (My nostrils) of the primitive text, to' aphpham (their nostrils), in order to remove what was thought to be an indelicate and derogatory Anthropomorphism.
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Mine eye. Mine ears. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 13:8). App-92. See Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 7:4; Ezekiel 7:9; Ezekiel 9:5. and compare Jeremiah 21:7. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.