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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Ezekiel
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 319,055 words · 620 reading sections
Ezekiel 14:11
Ezekiel 14:11 Ver. 11. That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me,.... Or from his worship, as the Targum; from the law of God, and obedience to it: sin is a going astray from God, a deviation from his commandments; it leads men out of the way of their duty into wrong paths, which issue in ruin, if grace p…
292 wordsSECTION 182Ezekiel 14:12
Ezekiel 14:12 Ver. 12. The word of the Lord came again unto saying. At the same time as before, continuing the prophecy, and a denunciation of judgments; for it does not seem to begin a new prophecy. The Targum renders it, the word of prophecy from the Lord.…
49 wordsSECTION 183Ezekiel 14:13
Ezekiel 14:13 Ver. 13. Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously,.... That is, the inhabitants of the land, when they are in general become sinners against God and his law; and not merely sinners, as all men are, but grievous ones, notorious sinners, guilty of very gross enormities, of gre…
2,905 wordsSECTION 184Ezekiel 15:1
Ezekiel 15:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 15 The destruction of Jerusalem is again prophesied of in this chapter, and is set forth under the simile of a vine tree, which, for its uselessness, is committed to the fire. The simile is in Eze 15:1; the application of it in Eze 15:6. Ver. 1. And the word of the Lord came unto…
118 wordsSECTION 185Ezekiel 15:2
Ezekiel 15:2 Ver. 2. Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree,.... Or, "the wood of the vine than any wood" {b}; it is not better than other wood; it is not so good as any other wood; nay, it is good for nothing. The fruit of the vine tree is good, but its wood is of no use: a vine tree, if it bears fruit,…
429 wordsSECTION 186Ezekiel 15:3
Ezekiel 15:3 Ver. 3. Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work?.... The carpenter and joiner, the house or ship builder, are employed in; as to build houses of, make beams, rafters, floors, &c. build ships with, make masts of, &c. or any vessel or utensil for the use of man? it never is; it is not fit for any such pu…
142 wordsSECTION 187Ezekiel 15:4
Ezekiel 15:4 Ver. 4. Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel, That is; a vine tree when cut down, or a branch when cut off, it is good for nothing else; and that is the use it is generally put to; see Joh 15:6; and this, it is suggested, would be the end of the Jewish nation; who were become by their sins like a wil…
221 wordsSECTION 188Ezekiel 15:5
Ezekiel 15:5 Ver. 5. Behold, when it was whole it was meet for no work,.... Before it was cut into pieces, and east into the fire, it was not fit to make so much as a pin of to hang anything on; so Israel, when all together, before the ten tribes were carried captive, or the Jews before the captivity of Jeconiah, were…
110 wordsSECTION 189Ezekiel 15:6
Ezekiel 15:6 Ver. 6. Therefore thus saith the Lord God,.... Now follows the application of the simile: as the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel; to be burnt, as other trees of the forest are, and along with them: so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem; to be destro…
100 wordsSECTION 190Ezekiel 15:7
Ezekiel 15:7 Ver. 7. And I will set my face against them,.... In wrath to destroy them; see Eze 14:8; and they shall go out from [one] fire, and [another] fire shall devour them: from one calamity to another; those that escaped the famine and pestilence in the city fell by the sword; and those that escaped famine, sw…
197 wordsSECTION 191Ezekiel 15:8
Ezekiel 15:8 Ver. 8. And I will make the land desolate,.... The land of Judea uncultivated, men and beast being cut off; see Eze 14:15; because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord God; acted a treacherous and perfidious part; apostatized from God, having committed idolatry, which was the cause of their rui…
84 wordsSECTION 192Ezekiel 16:1
Ezekiel 16:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 16 In this chapter the Jewish nation is represented under the simile of a female infant, whose birth, breeding, marriage, grandeur, and conduct, are described, in order to show the wickedness and ingratitude of, his people; who, on account thereof, are threatened with judgments; t…
564 wordsSECTION 193Ezekiel 16:2
Ezekiel 16:2 Ver. 2. Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations. That is, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as the Targum; these are mentioned instead of the whole body of the people, because that Jerusalem was the metropolis of the nation, whose sins were very many and heinous: called "abominations", because ab…
155 wordsSECTION 194Ezekiel 16:3
Ezekiel 16:3 Ver. 3. And say, thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem,.... To the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as the Targum: thy birth and thy nativity [is] of the land of Canaan; here the Jewish ancestors for a time dwelt and sojourned, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and so the Targum, Jarchi, Kimchi, and Ben Melech, inter…
475 wordsSECTION 195Ezekiel 16:4
Ezekiel 16:4 Ver. 4. And [as for] thy nativity, in the day thou wast born,.... Which refers either to the time when Abraham was called out of Ur of the Chaldeans, who had before been an idolater; or rather to the time when the children of Israel were in Egypt, and there grew and multiplied, and became a numerous body …
365 wordsSECTION 196Ezekiel 16:5
Ezekiel 16:5 Ver. 5. None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee,.... Or, "one of these" {k}; not so much as one of them: sad must be the case of an infant, when it meets with no tender heart or kind hand from midwife, nurse, or mother, to do these things for it: this is expressive…
414 wordsSECTION 197Ezekiel 16:6
Ezekiel 16:6 Ver. 6. And when I passed by thee,.... Alluding to a traveller passing by where an infant lies, exposed, and looks upon it, and takes it up; or it may be to Pharaoh's daughter walking by the river side, when she spied the ark in which Moses was, and ordered it to be taken up, and so saved his life: and s…
649 wordsSECTION 198Ezekiel 16:7
Ezekiel 16:7 Ver. 7. I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field,.... Or, "made thee millions" {m}; like the spires of grass in the field. This refers to the multiplication of the children of Israel in Egypt, especially after the death of Joseph, and even while they were sorely afflicted, and likewise in la…
363 wordsSECTION 199Ezekiel 16:8
Ezekiel 16:8 Ver. 8. Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee,.... Which the Targum refers to the Lord's appearance to Moses in the bush; See Gill on "Eze 16:6"; behold, thy time [was] the time of love; which the Targum explains of the time of redemption of the people of Israel out of Egypt, which was an insta…
707 wordsSECTION 200Ezekiel 16:9
Ezekiel 16:9 Ver. 9. Then washed I thee with water,.... Brought the Israelites out of the mean, abject, servile, and sordid state in which they were, when among the mortar, bricks, and pots, into a state of liberty; so the Targum, "and I redeemed you from the servitude of the Egyptians; and I removed the strength of …
14,457 wordsSECTION 201Ezekiel 17:1
Ezekiel 17:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 17 Under the simile of two eagles and a vine are represented the kings of Babylon and Egypt, and the condition of the Jews, who are threatened with ruin for their perfidy; and yet a promise is made of the raising up of the house of Judah, and family of David, in the Messiah. The p…
213 wordsSECTION 202Ezekiel 17:2
Ezekiel 17:2 Ver. 2. Son of man, put forth a riddle,.... A dark saying, but a smart one: "whet a whetting" {k}, as in the Hebrew; something at first sight difficult to be understood, yet amusing and entertaining; and, when solved, very useful and instructive: and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; or, "concern…
170 wordsSECTION 203Ezekiel 17:3
Ezekiel 17:3 Ver. 3. And say, thus saith the Lord God,.... The riddle is not the prophet's, nor the parable his, but the Lord God's; and exceeding beautiful and apt it is, to signify the things designed by it; the wisdom of God is greatly displayed in it: a great eagle; which is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, as it …
466 wordsSECTION 204Ezekiel 17:4
Ezekiel 17:4 Ver. 4. He cropped off the top of his young twigs,.... By which are meant the princes of the land, or the several branches of the royal family; the top of which was King Jeconiah, who was but young and tender, being but eighteen years of age when he began his reign, and this was within three months after;…
310 wordsSECTION 205Ezekiel 17:5
Ezekiel 17:5 Ver. 5. He took also of the seed of the land,.... Of the land of Judea, a native of it, not a stranger; not one of another country, a Babylonian; not one of his own nobles or princes, did Nebuchadnezzar, the eagle, take and set upon the throne of Judea, but one of their own, even one of the king's seed, o…
362 wordsSECTION 206Ezekiel 17:6
Ezekiel 17:6 Ver. 6. And it grew,.... King Zedekiah reigned and prospered, and the kingdom flourished under him: and became a spreading vine of low stature; not so flourishing as it had been heretofore, in former reigns; it did not rise up to a cedar, as it had been, but was like a vine, which, though flourishing, do…
206 wordsSECTION 207Ezekiel 17:7
Ezekiel 17:7 Ver. 7. There was also another great eagle,.... Hophra king of Egypt, a very powerful prince, whom Herodotus {u} calls Apries; and says he was the most happy and fortunate, after Psammitichus, of all the kings that were before; though not so mighty as the king of Babylon; therefore all the same things are…
374 wordsSECTION 208Ezekiel 17:8
Ezekiel 17:8 Ver. 8. It was planted in, a good soil, by great waters,.... As is expressed in Eze 17:5; this was done by the king of Babylon, who had raised Zedekiah from a low estate to a high one, and set him on the throne of Judah, over many people; and put him in such a condition, and in such circumstances, that he…
155 wordsSECTION 209Ezekiel 17:9
Ezekiel 17:9 Ver. 9. Say thou, thus saith the Lord God,.... Tell Zedekiah and his people, in the name of the Lord, what will be the issue of his ingratitude and treachery to the king of Babylon, and his vain confidence in the king of Egypt: shall it prosper? the vine, the kingdom of Judah, and Zedekiah the king of it…
352 wordsSECTION 210Ezekiel 17:10
Ezekiel 17:10 Ver. 10. Yea, behold, [being] planted,.... Supposing it ever so well planted, as first by Nebuchadnezzar; and still put into a better condition by the assistance of the king of Egypt, as was imagined:shall it prosper? it shall not; their own strength, with the help of the king of Egypt, will not be able …
4,056 wordsSECTION 211Ezekiel 18:1
Ezekiel 18:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 18 This chapter contains an answer to an objection of the Jews to the dealings of God with them in a providential way. The objection is expressed in a proverb of common use among them, and complained of as being without cause, Eze 18:1; however, for the future, no occasion should …
477 wordsSECTION 212Ezekiel 18:2
Ezekiel 18:2 Ver. 2. What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel,.... This is spoken to the Jews in Babylon, who used the following proverb concerning the land of Israel; not the ten tribes, but the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, concerning the desolation of the land, and the hardships the …
286 wordsSECTION 213Ezekiel 18:3
Ezekiel 18:3 Ver. 3. [As] I live, saith the Lord God,.... This is a form of an oath; the Lord here swears by his life, by himself, because he could swear by no greater, Heb 6:13; and it expresses how displeased he was with the above proverb, and how much he resented it, as well as the certainty of what follows; which,…
183 wordsSECTION 214Ezekiel 18:4
Ezekiel 18:4 Ver. 4. Behold, all souls are mine,.... By creation; they being the immediate produce of his power; hence he is called "the Father of spirits", Heb 12:9, or the souls of men; these he has an apparent right unto; a property in; a dominion over; they are accountable to him, and will be judged impartially by…
238 wordsSECTION 215Ezekiel 18:5
Ezekiel 18:5 Ver. 5. But if a man be just,.... Not legally, as to be wholly free from sin, for there is no such just man, Ec 7:20; but evangelically, through the imputation of the righteousness of Christ unto him; and who has a principle of grace and holiness wrought in him; a man of a just principle and good conscien…
156 wordsSECTION 216Ezekiel 18:6
Ezekiel 18:6 Ver. 6. [And] hath not eaten upon the mountains,.... Where temples and altars were built for idols, and sacrifices offered up to them; and where feasts were kept to the honour of them, and the sacrifices to them eaten; see Eze 6:13; for otherwise it was not unlawful to eat common food on mountains, as wel…
266 wordsSECTION 217Ezekiel 18:7
Ezekiel 18:7 Ver. 7. And hath not oppressed any,.... By fraud or force, particularly the poor, to the great grief and hurt of them: [but] hath restored to the debtor his pledge; which was pawned; not embezzling it, or keeping it beyond the time fixed by the law of God, De 24:12; hath spoiled none by violence; has no…
150 wordsSECTION 218Ezekiel 18:8
Ezekiel 18:8 Ver. 8. He [that] hath not given forth upon usury,.... Money, victuals, or any other thing, which was forbidden the Jews to take of their brethren, though they might of strangers, De 23:19; neither hath taken any increase: or interest; or rather something over and above the interest money or use, as a gr…
159 wordsSECTION 219Ezekiel 18:9
Ezekiel 18:9 Ver. 9. Hath walked in my statutes,.... Respecting the worship of God and true religion; being observant of all laws and ordinances relating thereunto: and hath kept my judgments to deal truly; in things moral and civil among men; regarding all such laws of God as oblige to such things: he [is] just; su…
177 wordsSECTION 220Ezekiel 18:10
Ezekiel 18:10 Ver. 10. If he beget a son [that is] a robber, a shedder of blood,.... But if this just man beget a son that is a thief and a murderer, as he may; for grace is not conveyed by natural generation, though sin is: a good man has often bad children, even such as are guilty of capital crimes, as a "robber", a…
168 wordsSECTION 221Ezekiel 18:11
Ezekiel 18:11 Ver. 11. And that doeth not any of those [duties],.... Before mentioned, which his father did, but the reverse of them; and so the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "and in the way of his righteous father does not walk"; does not tread in his steps, and work righteousness as he did: but even hat…
81 wordsSECTION 222Ezekiel 18:12
Ezekiel 18:12 Ver. 12. Hath oppressed the poor and needy,.... Who are weak, and have none to help them, and stand by them, and so are oppressed by such a man. This serves to explain the clause, in Eze 18:7; hath spoiled by violence; his neighbour's goods; taken them away from him by force: hath not restored the pled…
178 wordsSECTION 223Ezekiel 18:13
Ezekiel 18:13 Ver. 13. Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase,.... Contrary to the law of God; See Gill on "Eze 18:8"; shall he then live? by virtue of his father's righteousness and goodness, free from calamities, and in the quiet possession of the land of Israel, and the good things of it:he shall not …
4,519 wordsSECTION 224Ezekiel 19:1
Ezekiel 19:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 19 The subject matter of this chapter is a lamentation for the princes and people of the Jews, on account of what had already befallen them, and what was yet to come, Eze 19:1. The mother of the princes is compared to a lioness, and they to lions; who, one after another, were take…
227 wordsSECTION 225Ezekiel 19:2
Ezekiel 19:2 Ver. 2. And say, what [is] thy mother?.... That is, say so to the then reigning prince, Zedekiah, what is thy mother like? to what is she to be compared? by whom is meant, not the royal family of David only, or Jerusalem the metropolis of the nation, but the whole body of the people; and so the Targum int…
250 wordsSECTION 226Ezekiel 19:3
Ezekiel 19:3 Ver. 3. And she brought up one of her whelps,.... Or sons, as the Targum: or, "made him to ascend" {t}, as the word signifies; to mount the throne; this was Jehoahaz, whom the people of the land took and anointed him, and made him king in the stead of Josiah his father, 2Ki 23:30; it become a young lion;…
159 wordsSECTION 227Ezekiel 19:4
Ezekiel 19:4 Ver. 4. The nations also heard of him,.... The neighbouring nations, particularly the Egyptians; the fame of his behaviour reached them; they were informed how he used his own subjects, and what designs he had formed, and what preparations he was making against his neighbours; wherefore they thought it pr…
255 wordsSECTION 228Ezekiel 19:5
Ezekiel 19:5 Ver. 5. Now when she saw,.... That is, his mother, as the Syriac version expresses it; not his natural mother; as the mother of Sisera looked out and waited for him; but the congregation of Israel, as Jarchi interprets it, the body of the Jewish people: that she had waited; for the return of Jehoahaz out…
231 wordsSECTION 229Ezekiel 19:6
Ezekiel 19:6 Ver. 6. And he went up and down among the lions,.... The kings, as the Targum; kings of neighbouring nations, as Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and sometimes he was subject to the one, and sometimes to the offer: and his going up and down among them may denote his continuance a…
128 wordsSECTION 230Ezekiel 19:7
Ezekiel 19:7 Ver. 7. And he knew their desolate palaces,.... He took notice of the palaces or seats of the richest men of the nation, and pillaged them of their treasure and wealth, and so they became desolate: it may be rendered, he "knew their widows" {x}: or, "his own widows"; whom he made so; he slew the men to ge…
271 wordsSECTION 231Ezekiel 19:8
Ezekiel 19:8 Ver. 8. Then the nations set against him,.... Or, "gave against him" {y}; that is, their voice, as Kimchi; they called to one another, to gather together against him; they gave their counsel against him; they, joined together, agreed, and combined against him, and disposed their armies, and set them in ar…
255 wordsSECTION 232Ezekiel 19:9
Ezekiel 19:9 Ver. 9. And they put him in ward in chains,.... Or "in an enclosure"; or "in a collar with hooks" {b}; put a collar of iron, as is said, about his neck, which had hooks in it, and to those hooks chains were put, in which he was led a prisoner; and it is certain that he was bound in fetters, in order to be…
278 wordsSECTION 233Ezekiel 19:10
Ezekiel 19:10 Ver. 10. Thy mother [is] like a vine in thy blood,.... Another simile is here made use of, relating to the same persons; the same that were compared to a lioness are here compared to a vine, as the people of the Jews frequently are, Ps 80:8; the same person is here addressed, the then reigning prince, Ze…
263 wordsSECTION 234Ezekiel 19:11
Ezekiel 19:11 Ver. 11. And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bear rule,.... That is, many sprung from her, and rose up in that nation who were fit to hold sceptres to be kings, rulers and governors, and were such. So the Targum. "and there were in her strong rulers, kings that were, highly to subdue k…
1,382 wordsSECTION 235Ezekiel 20:1
Ezekiel 20:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 20 The prophecy in this chapter is occasioned by some of the elders of Israel coming to inquire of the Lord; when the prophet is bid to tell them that he would not be inquired of by them. The reason of which were their abominations he is ordered to make known unto them, Eze 20:1; …
800 wordsSECTION 236Ezekiel 20:2
Ezekiel 20:2 Ver. 2. Then came the word of the Lord unto me,.... While the elders were sitting before him, by an impulse upon his mind, dictating things unto him: saying: as follows:…
34 wordsSECTION 237Ezekiel 20:3
Ezekiel 20:3 Ver. 3. Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them,.... Give them this for an answer from me: thus saith the Lord God, are ye come to inquire of me? no; not seriously, heartily, and in good earnest, determining to abide by the advice and counsel that might be given; or how can you hav…
195 wordsSECTION 238Ezekiel 20:4
Ezekiel 20:4 Ver. 4. Wilt thou judge them, son of man?.... Excuse them, patronise them, defend their cause, and plead for them? surely thou wilt not; or rather, wilt thou not reprove and correct them, judge and condemn them, for their sins and wickedness? this thou oughtest to do: wilt thou judge [them]? this is repe…
137 wordsSECTION 239Ezekiel 20:5
Ezekiel 20:5 Ver. 5. And say unto them, thus saith the Lord God,.... Here begins the account of their fathers; of God's unmerited goodness to them, and of their sins and transgressions against him, and how it fared with them: in the day when I chose Israel; to be his peculiar people, above all people on the face of t…
221 wordsSECTION 240Ezekiel 20:6
Ezekiel 20:6 Ver. 6. In the day [that] I lifted up my hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt,.... Not only promised and swore to it, but exerted his power in the miracles he wrought, by bringing plagues upon the Egyptians, to oblige them to let them go forth from thence: into a land that I had espie…
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