PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Ezekiel
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 319,055 words · 620 reading sections
Ezekiel 37:7
Ezekiel 37:7 Ver. 7. So I prophesied as I was commanded,.... The prophet was not disobedient to the heavenly vision; he was right to observe the orders and instructions given, whatever were the issue and success of them; that he was to leave with the Lord, and did. So Gospel ministers prophesy or preach according to t…
503 wordsSECTION 482Ezekiel 37:8
Ezekiel 37:8 Ver. 8. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them,.... And they began to look like men, in the shape of men, and were a body of them, as the Jews did when gathered together: and the skin covered them above; and so looked comely and beautiful, as in the proper form of men; as did t…
199 wordsSECTION 483Ezekiel 37:9
Ezekiel 37:9 Ver. 9. Then said he unto me, prophesy unto the wind,.... Before he had been prophesying to the bones, and over them; and something was done, but not to purpose, breath being wanting; wherefore he is bid to prophesy a second time, and that not to bones, but to the "wind", afterwards rendered "breath"; and…
409 wordsSECTION 484Ezekiel 37:10
Ezekiel 37:10 Ver. 10. So I prophesied as he commanded me,.... The second time he prophesied to the wind, as he had done to the bones, as he was ordered: and the issue of it was, and breath came into them; or, "the spirit"; a spirit of courage in the Jews, to go up to their own land; the Spirit of life from Christ, w…
347 wordsSECTION 485Ezekiel 37:11
Ezekiel 37:11 Ver. 11. Then he said unto me, son of man,.... Here follow the explication and application of the above vision: these bones are the whole house of Israel; an emblem of them, of their state and condition in the Babylonish captivity, and of them in their present state; and of the whole Israel of God, whil…
239 wordsSECTION 486Ezekiel 37:12
Ezekiel 37:12 Ver. 12. Therefore prophesy, and say unto them,.... For their comfort, in order to revive their hope, and encourage their faith, in these distressed circumstances: thus saith the Lord, behold, O my people: they were his people still, and he had a covenant interest in them, and they in him, though in suc…
277 wordsSECTION 487Ezekiel 37:13
Ezekiel 37:13 Ver. 13. And ye shall know that I am the Lord,.... See Gill on "Eze 37:6": when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves; which is doing that for them which none but the omnipotent God could do; and they seeing his hand and power, his grace and mercy in it, will know…
70 wordsSECTION 488Ezekiel 37:14
Ezekiel 37:14 Ver. 14. And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live,.... Not only a spirit of courage to go up into their own land, and live a civil and comfortable life there; but the Spirit of God, as a spirit of grace and supplication, of truth and holiness, of faith and adoption; and as a spirit of life, havi…
170 wordsSECTION 489Ezekiel 37:15
Ezekiel 37:15 Ver. 15. The word of the Lord came unto me again,.... Immediately or quickly after he had the above vision of the dry bones, and the explanation of it: saying: as follows:…
35 wordsSECTION 490Ezekiel 37:16
Ezekiel 37:16 Ver. 16. Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick,.... Or "wood" {a}; a stick of wood; or table, as the Targum; a board or plank. The Septuagint version renders it a "rod"; and so the Arabic; an emblem of a kingdom or government, as this was:and write upon it; the following words:for Judah, and the…
2,726 wordsSECTION 491Ezekiel 38:1
Ezekiel 38:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 38 This chapter gives an account of an enemy of the Jews, under the name of Gog, that shall invade their land, and disturb their peace, after they are settled in it; who is described by the countries over which he rules; and against whom the prophet is bid to set his face, and pro…
323 wordsSECTION 492Ezekiel 38:2
Ezekiel 38:2 Ver. 2. Son of man, set thy face against Gog,.... Of the phrase, "setting the face towards", or "against", See Gill on "Eze 6:2" See Gill on "Eze 21:2" See Gill on "Eze 25:2" but who this Gog is the prophet is bid boldly to face, and intrepidly declare the wrath of God against, interpreters are divided ab…
1,567 wordsSECTION 493Ezekiel 38:3
Ezekiel 38:3 Ver. 3. And say, thus saith the Lord God, behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Which is repeated for the confirmation of it, that so it would certainly be; that the Lord, the mighty God, and King of kings, would in his providence frown upon him, and appear against him; …
85 wordsSECTION 494Ezekiel 38:4
Ezekiel 38:4 Ver. 4. And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,.... Or, I will put hooks in thy jaws, and with them turn thee back; or rather, "turn thee about" {f}; and lead thee where and as I please; for this is not to be understood of God's putting hooks into his jaws, and leading him back from his en…
357 wordsSECTION 495Ezekiel 38:5
Ezekiel 38:5 Ver. 5. Persia, Ethiopia, and Lybia with them,.... These are the confederates or auxiliaries of the Turks, which shall join with them in this expedition. Persia is a neighbouring kingdom to the Turks, and may fall into their hands before this comes to pass; and is in a fair way for it at this time, throug…
250 wordsSECTION 496Ezekiel 38:6
Ezekiel 38:6 Ver. 6. Gomer, and all his bands,.... Or all his army, as the Targum. Gomer was the eldest son of Japheth, Ge 10:2, from whom descended the people called by the Greeks Galatians, or Galio-Grecians, as Josephus {i} says, who before were from him called Gomarians: others think that Phrygia, and the inhabita…
274 wordsSECTION 497Ezekiel 38:7
Ezekiel 38:7 Ver. 7. Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself,.... All warlike stores and provisions: this is ironically said; and suggests that he would do so, and yet all would be in vain, and to no purpose: thou and all thy company, that are assembled unto thee; or all thine armies, as the Targum, gathered out of…
171 wordsSECTION 498Ezekiel 38:8
Ezekiel 38:8 Ver. 8. After many days thou shalt be visited,.... After the Ottoman empire has stood a long time, as it has already; when the many days will be ended that Israel should be without a king and a prince, &c. Ho 3:4, then shall Gog or the Turk be visited of God, not in a way of grace, but vengeance; he shall…
485 wordsSECTION 499Ezekiel 38:9
Ezekiel 38:9 Ver. 9. Thou shall ascend and come like a storm,.... That comes suddenly, looks black and terrible, and causes darkness and horror; makes a great noise, and is very threatening of danger; signifying, that the Turks will come into the land of Judea suddenly to surprise it, and with great wrath and fury, an…
149 wordsSECTION 500Ezekiel 38:10
Ezekiel 38:10 Ver. 10. Thus saith the Lord, it shall also come to pass,.... Who is the Lord God omniscient, and knows the thoughts of men's hearts afar off; which, though they are contingent and voluntary, yet certain to the foreknowledge of God; who knows them before they are conceived, and can foretell what they wil…
173 wordsSECTION 501Ezekiel 38:11
Ezekiel 38:11 Ver. 11. And thou shall say,.... What came into his mind, and what he thought of; this he shall say to his privy counsellors and ministers of state; or to the generals and officers of his army; or to his confederates and allies, and even to them all, to have their opinion and approbation of it; and to en…
3,153 wordsSECTION 502Ezekiel 39:1
Ezekiel 39:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 39 This chapter is a continuation of the prophecy of the destruction of Gog, which is both repeated, and more largely described, Eze 39:1, then follows an account of the burning of his weapons of war, which will last seven years in burning, during which time there will be no need …
305 wordsSECTION 503Ezekiel 39:2
Ezekiel 39:2 Ver. 2. And I will turn thee back,.... Not from the land of Israel; for thither it is said in the latter part of the text he would bring him; but the meaning is, that he would "turn him about", as the word {w} signifies, in his own land, and lead him about at his pleasure, and bring him out of it, unto th…
449 wordsSECTION 504Ezekiel 39:3
Ezekiel 39:3 Ver. 3. And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand,.... In which it is usually held, to have the arrow fitted to it: and I will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand; where they are commonly held when put into the bow, and then the bow is drawn with it; signifying hereby, that though he sho…
117 wordsSECTION 505Ezekiel 39:4
Ezekiel 39:4 Ver. 4. Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel,.... Be slain, and his carcass lie there; so the Targum, "upon the mountains of the land of Israel thy carcass shall be cast:'' thou and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee; Gog and his army, auxiliaries and allies: I will give thee to th…
307 wordsSECTION 506Ezekiel 39:5
Ezekiel 39:5 Ver. 5. Thou shalt fall upon the open field,.... Some part of his army should fall upon the mountains, and others upon the plain; wherever they will be found, they will be destroyed, either by the sword of the Jews and Christian princes, or by God's judgments from heaven: for I have spoken it, saith the …
100 wordsSECTION 507Ezekiel 39:6
Ezekiel 39:6 Ver. 6. And I will send a fire on Magog,.... On the land of Magog; see Eze 38:2, while Gog is in the land of Israel, and he and his army perish there, his country shall be destroyed by fire, or by some judgment or judgments of God, which shall consume like fire. The Septuagint version renders it, "I will …
179 wordsSECTION 508Ezekiel 39:7
Ezekiel 39:7 Ver. 7. So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel,.... That is, his perfections; his holiness and justice in punishing their enemies; his truth and faithfulness in fulfilling his promises to them; his power in inflicting judgments on Gog and his army; and his goodness in their pre…
231 wordsSECTION 509Ezekiel 39:8
Ezekiel 39:8 Ver. 8. Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord God,.... That is, the salvation of his people, and the destruction of their enemies; the prophecy concerning all this is come to pass, and the whole is accomplished; thus, because of the certainty thereof, it is represented as if the time was actu…
98 wordsSECTION 510Ezekiel 39:9
Ezekiel 39:9 Ver. 9. And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth,.... Out of their houses into the streets, where Gog's soldiers will lie dead, and their armour by them; or rather out of their cities, where they dwelt safely, and where they kept themselves, and were secure from the enemy: these seem to …
366 wordsSECTION 511Ezekiel 39:10
Ezekiel 39:10 Ver. 10. So that they shall take no wood out of the field,.... During that seven years; or they shall have no need to do so, as the Syriac version; having a sufficiency of armour: neither cut down any out of the forest: out of the forest of Lebanon, or any other, where they used to fetch wood for their …
240 wordsSECTION 512Ezekiel 39:11
Ezekiel 39:11 Ver. 11. And it shall come to pass in that day,.... When this destruction of the army of Gog shall be made: that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel; or, "a place there, a grave in Israel" {b}; he that thought to have subdued the whole land, and taken possession of it, shall have no m…
594 wordsSECTION 513Ezekiel 39:12
Ezekiel 39:12 Ver. 12. And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them,.... So long time will the burial of Gog's army take up, because of the multitude of it, and by reason their bones will be scattered here and there; which will require time to gather them together, and bring them to one place: the rea…
198 wordsSECTION 514Ezekiel 39:13
Ezekiel 39:13 Ver. 13. Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them,.... That is, a great number of the common people of the land of Israel, especially of those that dwell near the field of battle, shall be employed in burying the slain; and which they will be very ready to do, for the reasons above mentioned: and…
3,456 wordsSECTION 515Ezekiel 40:1
Ezekiel 40:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 40 This and the eight following chapters contain a vision of a city and temple herein described, and are thought to be the most difficult part of the whole Bible. The Jews forbid the reading of it till a man is arrived to thirty years of age; and then he must expect to meet with t…
1,675 wordsSECTION 516Ezekiel 40:2
Ezekiel 40:2 Ver. 2. In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel,.... Or by the spirit of prophecy, as the Targum again; that is, being under the impressions of the Spirit of God, it appeared to him, in a visionary way, as if he was really brought out of Chaldea, and set in the land of Israel; see Eze …
367 wordsSECTION 517Ezekiel 40:3
Ezekiel 40:3 Ver. 3. And he brought me thither,.... Being brought into the land of Israel in vision, and to a high mountain in it, by which were as the frame of a city; he was from thence brought to the city or temple itself, which looked like one: and, behold, a note of attention and admiration: there was a man; on…
715 wordsSECTION 518Ezekiel 40:4
Ezekiel 40:4 Ver. 4. And the man said unto me, Son of man,.... The glorious and illustrious Person before described, who appeared in a human form, spoke to the prophet, calling him "the Son of man", a title often bestowed upon him in this prophecy; and here used to put him in mind of his original and decent, and of hi…
563 wordsSECTION 519Ezekiel 40:5
Ezekiel 40:5 Ver. 5. And behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about,.... The first thing that presents itself to the view of the prophet, after the sight of the architect or chief builder, is a wall encompassing this strange and wondrous building; which was like the frame of a city, as before observed: thi…
1,056 wordsSECTION 520Ezekiel 40:6
Ezekiel 40:6 Ver. 6. Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east,.... Or, "whose face is the way to the east" {r}; to the east of the house or temple; not to the eastern gate of the wall about the house; but to the eastern gate of the outward court; see Eze 40:20, for the man came from the wall he had mea…
878 wordsSECTION 521Ezekiel 40:7
Ezekiel 40:7 Ver. 7. And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad,.... The length and breadth were equal, three yards and a half long and broad; a perfect square. There were several of these little chambers or apartments in this building, at each of the gates, and in other places after mentioned; of …
10,028 wordsSECTION 522Ezekiel 41:1
Ezekiel 41:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 41 In this chapter the divine and illustrious Person, the prophet's guide, brings him to the temple itself, and gives the dimensions of the posts and doors, both of the holy and the most holy place, Eze 41:1, then of the wall of the house, its side chambers, the winding about to t…
564 wordsSECTION 523Ezekiel 41:2
Ezekiel 41:2 Ver. 2. And the breadth of the door was ten cubits,.... The temple door: great care is taken to observe and give the dimensions of the doors and gates of various places; to put us in mind of Christ the door and gate into the church, and into fellowship with God: this was as broad again as the door of Solo…
200 wordsSECTION 524Ezekiel 41:3
Ezekiel 41:3 Ver. 3. Then went he inward,.... Through the temple or holy place he had measured, to the holy of holies: and measured the post of the door two cubits; this was the door into the most holy place; there was one in Solomon's temple; but in the second temple there was none; but two rails instead of it, whic…
183 wordsSECTION 525Ezekiel 41:4
Ezekiel 41:4 Ver. 4. So he measured the length thereof twenty cubits,.... That is, of the most holy place, from east to west; which was the measure of it in Solomon's temple, 1Ki 6:20: and the breadth twenty cubits before the temple: that is answerable or according to the breadth of the temple or holy place; which wa…
236 wordsSECTION 526Ezekiel 41:5
Ezekiel 41:5 Ver. 5. After he measured the wall of the house six cubits,.... Or a reed, three yards and a half thick: this was the wall of the holy of holies, or which divided that from the holy place, and was not in the second temple; or rather the wall of the temple, the whole house or building, both of the holy pla…
324 wordsSECTION 527Ezekiel 41:6
Ezekiel 41:6 Ver. 6. And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order,.... There were three stories of them, and thirty in every storey, in all ninety; there were such chambers round about Solomon's temple, and so many stories of them, though their number is not expressed, 1Ki 6:5, but Josephus …
477 wordsSECTION 528Ezekiel 41:7
Ezekiel 41:7 Ver. 7. And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers,.... These chambers, as they rose up in stories one above another, were larger and larger; those in the middlemost storey were larger than those in the lower storey by a cubit; so much being taken out of the thicknes…
473 wordsSECTION 529Ezekiel 41:8
Ezekiel 41:8 Ver. 8. I saw also the height of the house round about,.... Not of the temple itself, but of the chambers, and the three stories of them, which went round about it; and particularly the height of the highest storey, which yet is not given: it could not be so high as the temple itself; for then there would…
201 wordsSECTION 530Ezekiel 41:9
Ezekiel 41:9 Ver. 9. The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chambers without, was five cubits,.... This is the outward wall of the chambers, north and south, which was five cubits thick, made of stone; See Gill on "Eze 41:5", and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within; this…
127 wordsSECTION 531Ezekiel 41:10
Ezekiel 41:10 Ver. 10. And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits,.... Not the side chambers before mentioned, as if there was the space of twenty cubits between each chamber; for another word is used; more probably the meaning is, that between the side chambers, or the void space before them of five c…
96 wordsSECTION 532Ezekiel 41:11
Ezekiel 41:11 Ver. 11. And the doors of the side chambers were towards the place that was left,.... These opened to the void space before them; that is, those of the lower storey; the others must open to the winding staircase that led down to it: one door toward the north, and another door toward the south; which is …
308 wordsSECTION 533Ezekiel 41:12
Ezekiel 41:12 Ver. 12. Now the building that was before the separate place,.... The "separate place" is the holy of holies, which was separated by a vail under the second temple, and by a wall as in this, and the first from the holy place: "before or over against" which was a building, as it is rendered, Eze 41:15, a …
352 wordsSECTION 534Ezekiel 41:13
Ezekiel 41:13 Ver. 13. So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long,.... The whole temple, the parts of which he had measured; and this is the sum total: and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long; these are the several parts of the house or temple: the "separate place…
4,037 wordsSECTION 535Ezekiel 42:1
Ezekiel 42:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 42 In this chapter are a description of some chambers in the northern part of the outward court, Eze 42:1, an account of the use made of them by the priests, Eze 42:13, the measuring of the area, or whole compass of ground, on which the whole building before measured stood, with t…
399 wordsSECTION 536Ezekiel 42:2
Ezekiel 42:2 Ver. 2. Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door,.... That is, the north door of the house opened to a space that lay between that and the chambers, which was a hundred cubits long: and the breadth was fifty cubits; or the sense is, that the prophet was brought, as Noldius renders the wo…
176 wordsSECTION 537Ezekiel 42:3
Ezekiel 42:3 Ver. 3. Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court,.... Starckius thinks that the breadth of the chambers being fifty cubits, is here parted, and disposed of, and accounted for. The chambers were in two rows over against each other; that row which looked to the south, and so to the temp…
231 wordsSECTION 538Ezekiel 42:4
Ezekiel 42:4 Ver. 4. And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits' breadth inward,.... That is, within side, or between the two rows of chambers, there was a walk of this breadth, for those that lodged in the chambers to walk in for their pleasure and profit, and to converse with one another. Such who by these "ch…
451 wordsSECTION 539Ezekiel 42:5
Ezekiel 42:5 Ver. 5. Now the upper chambers were shorter,.... The chambers were in three stories, as in the following verse, one above another; the middlemost were shorter than the lowermost, and the upper shorter than either; just the reverse of the chambers in Eze 41:7, they were not so high from the floor to the ce…
234 wordsSECTION 540Ezekiel 42:6
Ezekiel 42:6 Ver. 6. For they were in three stories,.... Not only the galleries or posts, but the chambers; they were one over another; there were the lowermost, middlemost, and uppermost; which, as before, may denote the difference in churches, and the different states, conditions, and characters of those that are in…
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