Ezekiel 22

Ezekiel 22:2

VVIlt thou judge] Or, plead for. Chap. 20. 4. & 23. 36. Art thou ready to execute thy charge which I commit unto thee against Jerusalem, that murdereth the Prophets, and them that are godly?

bloudie citie] Heb. citie of blouds. Chap. 24. 6, 9. Nahum 3:1.

yea thou shalt shew her] Or, wilt thou shew her. Heb. make her know.

Ezekiel 22:3

her time] The time of her destruction.

against her self] To her own undoing.

Ezekiel 22:4

thou hast shed] 2 Kings 21:16.

reproach] Deuteronomy 28:37.

Ezekiel 22:5

infamous, and much vexed] Heb. polluted of name, much in vexation. Whose very name all men hate.

much vexed] Thou shalt be famous for the greatest desolation that ever befell any Citie.

Ezekiel 22:6

power] Or, arm.

Ezekiel 22:7

have they dealt] He meaneth hereby that there was no kinde of wickednesse which was not committed in Jerusalem, and therefore the plagues of God should speedily come upon her.

oppression] Or, deceit.

Ezekiel 22:9

men that carry tales] Heb. men of slanders. Exodus 23:1. Leviticus 19:16.

they eat upon the mountains] Chap. 18. 6.

Ezekiel 22:10

they discovered] Leviticus 18:8. & Leviticus 20:11.

was set apart] Leviticus 18:19.

Ezekiel 22:11

And one] Or, And every one.

committed abomination with his neighbours wife] Leviticus 18:20. Jeremiah 5:8.

another hath] Or, every one hath.

lewdly] Or, by lewdnesse.

humbled his sister] Leviticus 18:9. & Leviticus 20:17.

Ezekiel 22:12

have they taken gifts] Exodus 23:8. Deuteronomy 16:19. & Deuteronomy 27:25.

thou hast greedily gained] Exodus 22:25. Leviticus 25:36. Deuteronomy 23:19.

Ezekiel 22:13

I have smitten mine hand] Chap. 21. 17. In token of my wrath and vengeance; a sign either of great joy, or of extreme sorrow and anger; as in this place.

Ezekiel 22:14

Can thine heart endure] Wilt thou have courage and strength enough to withstand my judgements, or be able to defend thy self?

Ezekiel 22:15

I will scatter thee among the heathen] Deuteronomy 4:27. & Deuteronomy 28:25. 64.

and will consume] Chap. 23. 27, 48. I will take away the occasion of thy wickednesse: Others, I will cause thee to perish, that thou maist no more provoke me by thine enormities.

Ezekiel 22:16

And, &c.] Thou shalt be no more the inheritance of the Lord, but forsaken; or Heb. And thou shalt be profaned, or defiled; that is to say, filled with blood, desolated, not regarded as a holy Citie, but like a wicked place, which God hath cast off.

Ezekiel 22:18

the house of Israel, &c.] Isaiah 1:22. Jer. 28. 29, 30. It is quite degenerate, like to good silver turned to drosse.

are brasse] They have some appearance of goodnesse and holinesse, but in effect they are wicked, like to a masse of base silver, mixed with all manner of base metals.

in the midst of the furnace] Namely, in Jerusalem, where I will melt and consume them by the fire of my judgements, as in a furnace. See Chap. 24. 10.

drosse] Heb. drosses.

Ezekiel 22:20

As they gather] Heb. According to the gathering.

Ezekiel 22:24

say unto her] Namely, to the Jewish nation, or to Jerusalem.

not cleansed] The fire of my judgements hath not cleansed thee from thy filthinesse, and there is nothing sound nor good in thee; therefore I will lay a most extream burthen upon thee, and use no elemency at all towards thee. See Jerem. 4. 11. & 6. 29. Chap. 24. 6.

Ezekiel 22:25

There is a conspiracie] All this may have relation to the persecutions which the false prophets by plots and conspiracies used against good men. See Jeremiah 20:2. & 26. 8, 20. & 29. 25, 26. Lamentations 4:13.

they have devoured souls] Matthew 23:14.

Ezekiel 22:26

violated] Heb. offered violence to.

they have put no difference] Jeremiah 15:19. Chap. 44. 23.

have hid their eyes, &c.] They have winked at the violation of my sabbaths; or they themselves have framed pretences whereby they might safely violate it. Contemned and dishonoured, without any reverence to my sacred Majestie.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes] Mic. 3. 11. Zeph. 3. 3.

Ezekiel 22:28

And her prophets] Chap. 13. 10. They which should have reproved them, flattered them in their vices, and covered their doings with lies. Chap. 13. 10.

Ezekiel 22:29

oppression] Or, deceit.

wrongfully] Heb. without right.

Ezekiel 22:30

And I sought] Jeremiah 5:1.

that should make up the hedge] Chap. 13. 5. Which should shew himself zealous in my cause by resisting vice, Isaiah 59:16. & Isaiah 63:5. See Jeremiah 5:1. Chap. 13. 5. and also pray unto me to withhold my plagues. Psalms 106:23.

Ezekiel 22:31

their own way] Their evill deeds have I punished, at Chap. 16. 43.