Ezekiel 10
DOYLYChap. XI. ver. 1.— the east gate] The Divine glory had placed itself there before. See chap. x. 19. — princes of the people] Probably members of the great Sanhedrim. Compare chap. viii. 11. W. Louth. Before CHRIST 594. The presumption of the princes. God sheweth Ezekiel his purpose Before CHRIST 594.
the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
Ezekiel 10:3
- Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: &c.] This image seems first to have been suggested by Jeremiah, chap. i. 13. Jerusalem is there represented as a seething pot, and the fire that should consume its contents was threatened from the north. The fulfilment of this prophecy was then imminent, but the Jews seem to have disregarded it. The twenty-five are represented as teaching the people a false security; as instructing them to build houses in perfect confidence that their generation would at least be safe; that Jerusalem was indeed the caldron, and they the flesh: but that the fire would not consume them, who were only to be prepared and perfected by the process, and would remain in safety to a mature old age. W. Lowth, Abp. Newcomer.
Ezekiel 10:5
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— Thus have ye said, &c.] Ye have advanced the assertion maintained ver. 3. You have rightly said what you say: “The city is the caldron, and we are the flesh,” shall be fulfilled, but not as you understand it; many of you will perish in the city. For those it will be the caldron, and they will be the flesh boiled in it. But yourselves shall not be the flesh in the caldron; but you shall be taken out, and elsewhere cut in pieces. Michaelis, Bp. Hall.
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Ye have multiplied your slain. See chap. xxii. 3, 4.
Ezekiel 10:7
- — but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.]
You shall not die there, but I will reserve you for further punishment. W. Lowth.
Ezekiel 10:9
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- — I will bring you out of the midst thereof, &c.] See Jer. xxxix. 5; 2 Kings xxv. 19—21.
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— the border of Israel; Called “the entering in of Hamath,” 1 Kings viii. 65; 2 Kings xiv. 25, because it was just upon the borders of Judea. W. Lowth.
Ezekiel 10:13
- — Then fell I down upon my face, &c.] The Prophet thought this an earnest of the common destruction which was coming upon the inhabitants of a city, and thereupon he earnestly deprecated so severe a judgment. W. Lowth, Bp. Hall.
Ezekiel 10:15
- — thy brethren.] Thy fellow captives. St. Jerome remarks upon this passage, that we should never insult those whom God appears to have abandoned; and who suffer under his afflicting hand. The sorrowful and humbled sinner is often more acceptable in the sight of God, than those who live in apparent prosperity, and feel no repentance. Calmet.
Ezekiel 10:16
- — a little sanctuary] They could no longer worship God in the holy temple of Jerusalem: but God here promises to serve them as a temple in their exile; to be their refuge and protection; and to give them gracious testimonies of his presence with them. Calmet, Bp. Hall.
Ezekiel 10:17
- — I will even gather you from the people.] This