Ezekiel 23:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.

Shall come against thee with chariots, wagons - х hotsen (H2021) rekeb (H7393)] 'with chariots;' or, 'with armaments;' so Septuagint: 'axes' (Maurer); or, better, joining it with "wagons," translate, 'with scythe-armed wagons,' or "chariots" (Grotius).

And wheels. The unusual height of these increased their formidable appearance (Ezekiel 1:16-20).

They shall judge thee according to their judgments - which awarded barbarously severe punishments, as roasting in the fire, putting out the eyes, etc. The latter was the Babylonian judgment on Zedekiah (Jeremiah 52:9; Jeremiah 52:11; Jeremiah 29:22).

Ezekiel 23:24

24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.