Ezequiel 21:1-27 NVI

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:7

7. Faint Rather, dulled. Weak as water Rather, melt into waters. THE ODE OF THE SWORD, Ezekiel 21:8-22. This is a wild and irregular song of war, and, as Dr. Muller says, is one of the most powerful passages which we possess from the pen of Ezekiel. It is a “cry” rather than a poem (Ezekiel 21:12). Yet it not only shows the parallelism common to Hebrew poetry, but evident traces of meter (D.H. Muller, Die Propheten, 1896). The niceties of grammar are neglected, and to those who... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:10

10. Should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree Literally, shall we make mirth, saying, The scepter of my son contemneth all wood? Dr. Kautzsch and Professor Toy give up the text as hopelessly corrupt and without sensible meaning. The last clause may mean possibly either that the scepter of my son (Israel) defies every other scepter, or that his rod (punishment) exceeds all ordinary punishment. Smend emends the text so as to read, “Woe to the prince! thou... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:12

12. Terrors by reason of the sword Rather, they [the princes of Israel] with my people are delivered unto the sword. Smite therefore upon thy thigh A gesture naturally expressing either antagonism or despair. Perhaps implying here “the sense of a terrible and irreparable evil happening.” (Compare Jeremiah 31:19.) read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:13

13. Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more Perhaps, for the trial hath been made, and what if even the contemning scepter should be no more? (Kliefoth, Schroder, R.V.) This would refer to the destruction of the royal house of Judah. (See Ezekiel 21:10; Ezekiel 21:25-27.) The corruption of the text is seen from the fact that with a few changes Cornill can read, “for by favor what (can I accomplish)? Have they turned from their uncleanness?... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:14

14. Smite thine hands together Ezekiel 21:17; see notes Ezekiel 6:11. Let the sword be doubled the third time Let it fall with a doubled and tripled power. Great men that are slain Rather, “the great one that is slain;” that is, Zedekiah. Entereth into their privy chambers Rather, compasseth them about. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:15

15. Point The word has been supposed to mean “threatening,” “terror,” “shouting,” “waving.” Glitter It literally means whirl. “Almost exactly the same word in Assyrian means slaughter.” W.A.I., 2:23, 9. Their ruins be multiplied Rather, there be many to stumble over (Jeremiah 6:21), or, by a slight change, those overthrown may be multiplied. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:16

16. Go thee one way or other, etc. R.V., “Gather thee together, go to the right; set thyself in array, go to the left; whithersoever thy face is set.” Toy changes text slightly so as to read, “Turn thee, O sword, to the rear, to the right, to the front, to the left, whithersoever thine edge is appointed to turn.” The prophet is commanded to make a mimic representation, perhaps upon a brick (Ezekiel 4:1-3), or on the floor of his house, of the great highway leading out of Babylon, which at a... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:19

19. Appoint thee Rather, make thee. Choose thou a place Rather, engrave thee a signpost (literally, hand). This signpost was placed “at the head of the way to each city.” Such engravings or outline maps were not at all uncommon in Babylon and Egypt in Ezekiel’s day or a thousand years earlier. (See Ezekiel 4:1-3.) read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:20

20. Rabbath (R.V., “Rabbah”) was the capital of the Ammonites (Amos 1:14), later called Philadelphia. (See also Ezekiel 25:5.) The king can hardly decide whether to first carry his arms against this city or Jerusalem, but the magic arrow settles the question. In Jerusalem the defensed LXX., and Jerusalem in her midst. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:21

21. Stood Literally, standeth. The prophet sees what shall come to pass as if it had already happened. Made his arrows bright, etc. Rather, he shaketh with the arrows, he inquireth of the teraphim ( images); he looketh in the liver. His arrows The Babylonians practiced five principal methods of divination: by the flight of arrows, by the flight of birds, by the livers of dogs, by divining cups, by terra cotta images. This practice of belomancy, or presaging the future with arrows,... read more

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:7

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:10

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:12

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:13

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:14

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:15

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:16

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:19

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:20

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 21:21

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