Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
Ver. 13. Son of man.] See on Ezekiel 2:1 .
When the land sinneth against me,] i.e., The inhabitants of the land; not as if the land itself were alive and indued with reason, as Origen a doated, and as Plato held that the Spirit of God was the soul of the world.
By trespassing grievously.] Praevaricando perfide; by doing evil as men could.
Then will I stretch out my hand.] See Ezekiel 14:9 .
And will break the staff.] See Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 5:16 .
And I will send famine.] Extreme famine, a heavy judgment, as hath eleswhere been shown out of sacred and profane history.
a Hom. 4, in loc.