Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ver. 1. Again the word of the Lord came unto me.] For the better setting on of what had been said in the foregoing chapter, for cutting the combs of the self-conceited Jews, and convincing them of their wickedness and wretchedness thereby. The chapter consisteth of law and gospel, Eze 16:60 and is a lively type, animae peccatricis et poenitentis, of an offending and repenting soul.