PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Ezekiel
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 319,055 words · 620 reading sections
Ezekiel 10:2
Ezekiel 10:2 Ver. 2. And he spake unto the man clothed with linen,.... That is, the God of Israel, or the glory of the Lord, that sat upon the throne before described; he gave orders to the man clothed in linen, who appears in another character, and represents the Chaldean or Roman army: and said, go in between the w…
304 wordsSECTION 122Ezekiel 10:3
Ezekiel 10:3 Ver. 3. Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house,.... According to the Targum, it was the south side of the house; and so Jarchi interprets it opposite to the north, where the gross idolatries were committed, Eze 8:3; standing at the greatest distance from them, and bearing their testimony ag…
163 wordsSECTION 123Ezekiel 10:4
Ezekiel 10:4 Ver. 4. Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub,.... Or, "cherubim"; those that were upon the mercy seat, between which the Shechinah or glorious majesty of God dwelt, in the most holy place: this is a token and intimation of the Lord's leaving of the temple; and a little before the destruction…
327 wordsSECTION 124Ezekiel 10:5
Ezekiel 10:5 Ver. 5. And the sound of the cherubim's wings was heard [even] to the outer court,.... Or outward court. The sound of the Gospel, which is a joyful sound; a sound of love, grace, and mercy; of life, liberty, peace, pardon, righteousness, and salvation by Christ; the sound of this in the swift ministry of …
274 wordsSECTION 125Ezekiel 10:6
Ezekiel 10:6 Ver. 6. And it came to pass, [that] when he had commanded the man clothed with linen,.... After the orders were given by him that was upon the throne to the man thus described: saying, take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim; as in Eze 10:2; then he went in; immediately, into the pl…
113 wordsSECTION 126Ezekiel 10:7
Ezekiel 10:7 Ver. 7. And [one] cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim,.... One of the four living creatures, or cherubim, put out his hand from among the rest: unto the fire that [was] between the cherubim; so fire is said to go up and down among them, Eze 1:13; to which the reference is here: and…
233 wordsSECTION 127Ezekiel 10:8
Ezekiel 10:8 Ver. 8. And there appeared in the cherubim,.... The Septuagint version is, "I saw the cherubim"; and so the Syriac version, "I saw in the cherubim"; what follows: the form of a man's hand under their wings; one of them put forth his hand, which was seen by the prophet, as declared in Eze 10:7; but this w…
165 wordsSECTION 128Ezekiel 10:9
Ezekiel 10:9 Ver. 9. And when I looked, behold, the four wheels by the cherubim,.... The churches by the ministers: of these "wheels", and why the churches are so called, and of their number "four", and their situation "by" the cherubim, See Gill on "Eze 1:15"; one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another ch…
126 wordsSECTION 129Ezekiel 10:10
Ezekiel 10:10 Ver. 10. And [as for] their appearances, they four had one likeness,.... They were exactly like one another; they were all composed of the same matter, had all the colour of a beryl stone, were all in the same form of a wheel; and in matter, form, and shape, entirely tallied and agreed one with another, …
102 wordsSECTION 130Ezekiel 10:11
Ezekiel 10:11 Ver. 11. When they went, they went upon their four sides,.... Which four sides they had, by being made in the transverse way before mentioned; just as the New Jerusalem church state is said to be foursquare, Re 21:16; and this may denote the uniformity of Gospel churches in every state and condition, pro…
273 wordsSECTION 131Ezekiel 10:12
Ezekiel 10:12 Ver. 12. And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings,.... This is to be understood not of the wheels, to whom body or flesh, backs, hands, and wings, do not belong, but of the cherubim; and the sense is, that as the wheels were alike, and had one and the same form and appearan…
160 wordsSECTION 132Ezekiel 10:13
Ezekiel 10:13 Ver. 13. As for the wheels, it was cried to them in my hearing,.... Or they were called, as the prophet heard in the vision, by the following name: O wheel, or, "the wheel": for though there are several particular churches, yet they make up but one general assembly and Church of the firstborn, written in…
1,436 wordsSECTION 133Ezekiel 11:1
Ezekiel 11:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 11 This chapter contains an account of the sins of the princes of Judah; a prophecy of their destruction; some comfortable, promises respecting those of the captivity; and the chapter is closed with the finishing of the vision of the Lord's removing from Jerusalem; and the whole b…
781 wordsSECTION 134Ezekiel 11:2
Ezekiel 11:2 Ver. 2. Then said he unto me, son of man,.... That is, the Lord, or, the Spirit of the Lord, that lifted him up: these [are] the men that devise mischief; or "vanity" {d}; this is to be understood not of the two only that are named, though it may of them chiefly; but of all the twenty five, who formed sc…
131 wordsSECTION 135Ezekiel 11:3
Ezekiel 11:3 Ver. 3. Which say [it is] not near, let us build houses,.... Meaning that the destruction of the city was not near, as the prophet had foretold, Eze 7:3; and therefore encourage the people to build houses, and rest themselves secure, as being safe from all danger, and having nothing to fear from the Chald…
445 wordsSECTION 136Ezekiel 11:4
Ezekiel 11:4 Ver. 4. Therefore prophesy against them,.... Evil things against them, things that are disagreeable to them; since they flatter themselves with good things, and cry peace and safety, let them know that destruction is coming upon them: or, "concerning them" {f}; what will befall them, and that it will be o…
124 wordsSECTION 137Ezekiel 11:5
Ezekiel 11:5 Ver. 5. And the spirit of the Lord fell upon me,.... In an extraordinary manner, and afresh, and enlightened his mind, and showed him things that should come to pass; and filled him with boldness and courage to declare them. The Targum interprets it of the spirit of prophecy: and said unto me, speak; wha…
206 wordsSECTION 138Ezekiel 11:6
Ezekiel 11:6 Ver. 6. Ye have multiplied your slain in this city,.... Had killed many of the prophets of the Lord that had been sent unto them, and had shed much innocent blood; and not only had unjustly condemned many to die, and had put them to death without a cause; but also the death of all those that were slain wh…
170 wordsSECTION 139Ezekiel 11:7
Ezekiel 11:7 Ver. 7. Therefore thus saith the Lord God,.... Applying the parabolical expressions they had derided, and explaining them, in a different sense from what they had put upon them: your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they [are] the flesh; the prophets they had killed; the persons, who had died …
164 wordsSECTION 140Ezekiel 11:8
Ezekiel 11:8 Ver. 8. Ye have feared the sword,.... Of the Chaldeans; and therefore they sent to the Egyptians for help. The Targum is, "ye have been afraid of them that kill with the sword;'' and not afraid of the Lord; see Mt 10:28; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God; or those that kill with the…
94 wordsSECTION 141Ezekiel 11:9
Ezekiel 11:9 Ver. 9. And I will bring you out of the midst thereof,.... Jerusalem, the cauldron, as they said it was, and where they thought they should be safe; this is repeated, to express the certainty of it, and to excite their attention to it, and remove their vain confidence: and deliver you into the hands of s…
78 wordsSECTION 142Ezekiel 11:10
Ezekiel 11:10 Ver. 10. Ye shall fall by the sword,.... Of the Chaldeans; not in the city of Jerusalem, but out of it, when it was broken up, and they fled: I will judge you in the border of Israel; that is, inflict punishment on them, particularly by the sword; which was done at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where th…
139 wordsSECTION 143Ezekiel 11:11
Ezekiel 11:11 Ver. 11. This [city] shall not be your cauldron,.... It was one, as in Eze 11:7; but not theirs; it was the cauldron for the slain, for the dead, but not the living: neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst of it; or, "and ye shall be" {g} or, "but ye shall be"; the negative is understood, and rightly…
132 wordsSECTION 144Ezekiel 11:12
Ezekiel 11:12 Ver. 12. And ye shall know that I [am] the Lord,.... See Gill on "Eze 11:10"; for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments; which is the reason why the Lord would judge them on the border of Israel, and deliver them up into the hands of strangers; nor can he be thought to act the…
223 wordsSECTION 145Ezekiel 11:13
Ezekiel 11:13 Ver. 13. And it came to pass when I prophesied,.... Or, "as I prophesied" {i}; that is, while he was prophesying, or declaring the above things from the mouth of the Lord, concerning the slaughter of the Jews by the sword, and the captivity of the rest: that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died; one of the …
3,436 wordsSECTION 146Ezekiel 12:1
Ezekiel 12:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 12 In this chapter, under the sign of the prophet's removing household goods, is represented the removal of the king of Judah and his people from their own land into captivity; and under another sign, of the prophet's eating and drinking with quaking, and trembling, and carefulnes…
464 wordsSECTION 147Ezekiel 12:2
Ezekiel 12:2 Ver. 2. Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house,.... The captives in Babylon, who murmured at their present condition and circumstances, and looked upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem to be in happy ones, and believed they would continue in them, as the false prophets persuaded them; no…
195 wordsSECTION 148Ezekiel 12:3
Ezekiel 12:3 Ver. 3. Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing,.... Or, "vessels of captivity" {s}, such as persons take along with them when they go a journey, or into a far country; such as a staff, scrip, purse, shoes, &c. or household goods; such as tables, chairs, and the like, which are removed…
291 wordsSECTION 149Ezekiel 12:4
Ezekiel 12:4 Ver. 4. Then shall thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight,.... Bring it forth, that they may be spectators of it; and "by day", that it might be manifest to them what was carried out; and this day by day, till all was removed: as stuff for removing; that is intended to be removed from one place…
153 wordsSECTION 150Ezekiel 12:5
Ezekiel 12:5 Ver. 5. Dig thou through the wall in their sight,.... The wall of the house where he was, as an emblem of the city of Jerusalem closely besieged, from whence there was no escape but by digging through the wall this showed the manner in which Zedekiah made his escape, by the way of the gate, between the tw…
100 wordsSECTION 151Ezekiel 12:6
Ezekiel 12:6 Ver. 6. In their sight shall thou bear [it] upon [thy] shoulders,.... The bundle, packed up for his use and service, carried out through the wall dug by him. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it, as if he himself was to be carried out upon the shoulders of another, thus: "in their sight, up…
196 wordsSECTION 152Ezekiel 12:7
Ezekiel 12:7 Ver. 7. And I did so as I was commanded,.... Though it might seem ridiculous in the sight of men, and he be bantered and despised for it; yet, it being the will of God, he was obedient to it; as it becomes the servants of the Lord to be with all readiness and cheerfulness; even in things for which they ma…
242 wordsSECTION 153Ezekiel 12:8
Ezekiel 12:8 Ver. 8. And in the morning came the word of the Lord unto me, saying. That is, in the morning after he had done all the above things commanded him; explaining the meaning of them, and showing to whom they belonged.…
44 wordsSECTION 154Ezekiel 12:9
Ezekiel 12:9 Ver. 9. Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee,.... The Jews that were in captivity; for with these the prophet was, and before their eyes he had done the above things; and they only could put the following question to him, who were "the rebellious house"; Eze 12:2;…
175 wordsSECTION 155Ezekiel 12:10
Ezekiel 12:10 Ver. 10. Say thou unto them, thus saith the Lord God,.... In answer to their sneering question; or notwithstanding their stupidity and indolence, and in order to awaken them out of it: this burden [concerneth] the prince in Jerusalem; the present reigning prince in Jerusalem, King Zedekiah. The sense is…
157 wordsSECTION 156Ezekiel 12:11
Ezekiel 12:11 Ver. 11. Say, I [am] your sign,.... Which represents you, and shows what will befall you: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them; as he had carried out his stuff, and had removed it from one place to another, so they should be carried away out of their own land into a foreign country, as fol…
74 wordsSECTION 157Ezekiel 12:12
Ezekiel 12:12 Ver. 12. And the prince that [is] among them,.... Zedekiah their king that reigned over them, in whom they trusted, and under whose government they thought themselves safe and secure: shall bear upon [his] shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth; out of Jerusalem, where his palace and throne were, …
371 wordsSECTION 158Ezekiel 12:13
Ezekiel 12:13 Ver. 13. My net also will I spread upon him,.... Meaning the Chaldean army, which the Lord raised up, and brought against him, and gave success unto: and he shall be taken in my snare; as a bird is taken in the snare of the fowler; or a wild beast by the hunter. The Jews have a tradition, which is menti…
2,525 wordsSECTION 159Ezekiel 13:1
Ezekiel 13:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 13 It being said in Eze 12:24; that there should be no more a vain vision, nor a flattering divination; the prophet is ordered to prophesy against the false prophets and prophetesses, Eze 13:1; the former are described as prophesying out of their own hearts, Eze 13:2; as foolish o…
450 wordsSECTION 160Ezekiel 13:2
Ezekiel 13:2 Ver. 2. Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel,.... Who called themselves so, and were accounted such by others; though they were not true, but false prophets; and so the Targum calls them: that prophesy; that is, smooth things to the people; promising a speedy return from the captivity; or …
204 wordsSECTION 161Ezekiel 13:3
Ezekiel 13:3 Ver. 3. Thus saith the Lord God, woe unto the foolish prophets,.... The false prophets, as the Targum; who are foolish, as all are who are not sent of God, and furnished by him with wisdom and knowledge, and who prophesy out of their own hearts; for what else but folly can proceed from thence? this must b…
261 wordsSECTION 162Ezekiel 13:4
Ezekiel 13:4 Ver. 4. O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes of the deserts. The false prophets, as the Targum; these are called Israel's prophets, because received, embraced, and encouraged by them; not the Lord's, for they were not sent by him, nor had any messages from him; and such are comparable to foxes, for t…
243 wordsSECTION 163Ezekiel 13:5
Ezekiel 13:5 Ver. 5. Ye have not gone up into the gaps,.... Or "breaches" {d}; so the Targum. The allusion is to breaches made in the walls of a city when besieged; at which time those within gather together in great numbers to meet the enemy, and prevent his entrance by the breaches. These words are either spoken to …
301 wordsSECTION 164Ezekiel 13:6
Ezekiel 13:6 Ver. 6. They have seen vanity, and lying divination,.... The visions the false prophets pretended to see were nothing but the fruit of their own fancies and imaginations, and had nothing real in them; and what they divined or foretold should be were all lies, and never came to pass, and never would: sayi…
244 wordsSECTION 165Ezekiel 13:7
Ezekiel 13:7 Ver. 7. Have ye not seen a vain vision,.... A vision only in pretence, and not in reality; the effect of their own fancy, and not anything shown them by the Lord: and have ye not spoken a lying divination; delivered out a known lie, saying they had it from the Lord, when they had it not; or a prophecy th…
129 wordsSECTION 166Ezekiel 13:8
Ezekiel 13:8 Ver. 8. Therefore thus saith the Lord God,.... This is what he says, and it may be depended on will come to pass; though the other he said not, they said he did, but was a lying divination: because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies; which will in the issue prove so, lying and deceitful; what never cam…
190 wordsSECTION 167Ezekiel 13:9
Ezekiel 13:9 Ver. 9. And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies,.... Meaning, by his hand, not the true spirit of prophecy, attended with a divine power and energy, as in Eze 1:3; but the wrath and power of God seizing on them and punishing them. So the Targum, "and the stroke of m…
485 wordsSECTION 168Ezekiel 13:10
Ezekiel 13:10 Ver. 10. Because, even because they have seduced my people,.... Who were so by profession; otherwise such who are truly the people of God, though they may be deceived in civil things, yet not in religious matters, at least not totally and finally; in this sense it is impossible to deceive the elect of Go…
594 wordsSECTION 169Ezekiel 13:11
Ezekiel 13:11 Ver. 11. Say unto them which daub [it] with untempered [mortar],.... The false prophets, that flattered the people with peace, prosperity, and safety: that it shall fall; the wall they have built and daubed over; the city of Jerusalem shall be taken and destroyed; the predictions of the prophets shall p…
322 wordsSECTION 170Ezekiel 13:12
Ezekiel 13:12 Ver. 12. Lo, when the wall is fallen,.... Jerusalem is taken:shall it not be said unto you; the false prophets, by the people who had been deceived by them:where [is] the daubing wherewith ye have daubed [it]? what is become of all your promises of peace, and assurance of safety and prosperity; your smoo…
2,753 wordsSECTION 171Ezekiel 14:1
Ezekiel 14:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 14 In this chapter are contained the displeasure of God at hypocritical idolaters that sought unto him, and at the false prophets; the judgments that should come upon them, and which should not be averted by the intercession of the best of men; and yet a promise that a remnant sho…
413 wordsSECTION 172Ezekiel 14:2
Ezekiel 14:2 Ver. 2. And the word of the Lord came unto me,.... While the elders were sitting before him, and whispered secretly and powerfully the following things in his ears: saying; as follows:…
35 wordsSECTION 173Ezekiel 14:3
Ezekiel 14:3 Ver. 3. Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart,.... Though they look so grave and demure, seem so devout and religious, and hear with so much attention and reverence, and express such a desire of consulting me by thee, they are no other than idolaters; and though they are at such a d…
502 wordsSECTION 174Ezekiel 14:4
Ezekiel 14:4 Ver. 4. Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them,.... That is, speak unto them as a prophet, and as from the Lord, and say what follows; so the Targum, "prophesy unto them and say unto them;'' thus saith the Lord God, every man of the house of Israel, that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putt…
453 wordsSECTION 175Ezekiel 14:5
Ezekiel 14:5 Ver. 5. That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart,.... By which they are ensnared, and drawn aside to their ruin; being given up to strong delusions, to believe a lie, and worship idols; God threatening to answer them by righteous judgments, and thereby take the wickedness, the hypocrisy, and…
226 wordsSECTION 176Ezekiel 14:6
Ezekiel 14:6 Ver. 6. Therefore say unto the house of Israel,.... Deliver out the following exhortation to repentance unto them; for God's end, in all his threatenings and judgments, is to bring men to repentance: thus saith the Lord God, repent, and turn [yourselves] from your idols; or, "turn, and cause to be turned…
189 wordsSECTION 177Ezekiel 14:7
Ezekiel 14:7 Ver. 7. For everyone of the house of Israel,.... King and subjects, princes and people, high and low, rich and poor, of every rank, sex, and age: or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel; the proselytes; whether of righteousness, such as were circumcised, and embraced the Jewish religion; or of the g…
278 wordsSECTION 178Ezekiel 14:8
Ezekiel 14:8 Ver. 8. And I will set my face against that man,.... And look him out of countenance, notwithstanding all his daring impudence and presumption in coming to a prophet of the Lord, and inquiring of him by him, when guilty of gross idolatry; which mast needs be the case, when the face of God is set against a…
311 wordsSECTION 179Ezekiel 14:9
Ezekiel 14:9 Ver. 9. And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing,.... That is pleasing to men, and is not true, in hope of reward and applause, but it never comes to pass, and his expectations are not answered: I the Lord have deceived that prophet; by sending a lying spirit to him, as to Ahab's prophe…
325 wordsSECTION 180Ezekiel 14:10
Ezekiel 14:10 Ver. 10. And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity,.... Both the false prophet, and those that sought unto him, and were deceived by him; and which being laid according to the strictness of divine justice, is intolerable: sad is the case when a man is obliged to bear his own sins, and the puni…
218 wordsSource & rights
Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.
Project Gutenberg source record →
Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.