geneva - Ezekiel:21-22

geneva@Ezekiel:21:1 @ The word of ye Lord came to me againe, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:21:2 @ Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, (note:)Speak sensibly, that all may understand.(:note) and drop [thy word] toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

geneva@Ezekiel:21:3 @ And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I [am] against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the (note:)That is such which seem to have an outward show of righteousness by observation of the ceremonies of the law.(:note) righteous and the wicked.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:4 @ Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth from its sheath against all flesh from the south to the (note:)Meaning, through all the land.(:note) north:

geneva@Ezekiel:21:5 @ That all flesh may knowe that I the Lorde haue drawen my sworde out of his sheath, and it shall not returne any more.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:6 @ Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with breaking (note:)As though you were in extreme anguish.(:note) heart; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:7 @ And it shall be, when they say to thee, Why sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, (note:)Because of the great noise of the army of the Chaldeans.(:note) For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak [as] water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:8 @ Againe, the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:21:9 @ Sonne of man, prophecie, and say, Thus saith the Lorde God, say, A sworde, a sworde both sharpe, and fourbished.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:10 @ It is sharpened to make a grievous slaughter; it is polished that it may (note:)And so cause fear.(:note) glitter: should we then make mirth? it despiseth the Meaning, the sceptre showing that it will not spare the king, who would be as the son of God, and in his place. rod of my son, That is, the rest of the people. [as] every tree.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:11 @ And he hath given it to be polished, that it may be handled: the sword is sharpened, and it is polished, to give it into the hand of the (note:)That is, to the army of the Chaldeans.(:note) slayer.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:12 @ Cry and wail, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it [shall be] upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: (note:)Read (Eze_6:11).(:note) smite therefore upon [thy] thigh.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:13 @ Because [it is] a trial, (note:)Ezekiel moved with compassion thus complains fearing the destruction of the kingdom which God had confirmed to David and his posterity by promise, which promise God performed although here it seemed to man's eye that it would utterly perish.(:note) and what if [the sword] despise even the rod? it shall be no [more], saith the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:14 @ Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite (note:)That is, encourage the sword.(:note) [thy] hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it [is] the sword of the great [men that are] slain, which entereth into their private chambers.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:15 @ I haue brought the feare of the sword into all their gates to make their heart to faint, and to multiplie their ruines. Ah it is made bright, and it is dressed for the slaughter.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:16 @ Go thee (note:)Provide for yourself: for you will see God's plague of all parts on this country.(:note) one way or other, [either] on the right hand, [or] on the left, wherever thy face [is] set.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:17 @ I wil also smite mine hands together, & wil cause my wrath to cease. I the Lord haue said it.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:18 @ The worde of the Lorde came vnto mee againe, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:21:19 @ Also, thou son of man, mark (note:)This was spoken because when Nebuchadnezzar came against Judah his purpose was also to go against the Ammonites, but doubting in the way which enterprise to undertake first he consulted with his soothsayers and so went against Judah.(:note) two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both [ways] shall come forth from one land: and choose thou a place, choose [it] at the head of the way to the city.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:20 @ Mark a way, that the sword may come to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and (note:)That is, to the tribe of Judah that kept themselves in Jerusalem.(:note) to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:21 @ For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made [his] arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in (note:)He used conjuring and sorcery.(:note) the liver.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:22 @ At his right hand was the diuination for Ierusalem to appoint captaines, to open their mouth in the slaughter, and to lift vp their voyce with shouting, to laye engines of warre against the gates, to cast a mount, and to builde a fortresse.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:23 @ And it shall be to them (note:)Because there was a league between the Jews and the Babylonians, they of Jerusalem will think nothing less than that this thing would come to pass.(:note) as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: That is, Nebuchadnezzar will remember the rebellion of Zedekiah, and so come on them. but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:24 @ Therefore thus sayeth the Lorde God, Because ye haue made your iniquitie to bee remembred, in discouering your rebellion, that in al your workes your sinnes might appeare: because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:25 @ And thou, profane wicked (note:)Meaning, Zedekiah who practised with the Egyptians to make himself high and able to resist the Babylonians.(:note) prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity [shall have] an end,

geneva@Ezekiel:21:26 @ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the (note:)Some refer this to the priest's attire: for Jehozadak the priest went into captivity with the king.(:note) diadem, and take off the crown: this [shall] not [be] the same: exalt [him that is] low, and abase [him that is] high.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:27 @ I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no [more], until he (note:)That is, to the coming of Messiah: for though the Jews had some sign of government later under the Persians, Greeks and Romans, yet this restitution was not till Christ's coming and at length would be accomplished as was promised, (Gen_49:10).(:note) cometh whose right it is; and I will give it [him].

geneva@Ezekiel:21:28 @ And thou, sonne of man, prophecie, and say, Thus saith the Lorde God to the children of Ammon, and to their blasphemie: say thou, I say, The sword, the sword is drawen foorth, and fourbished to the slaughter, to consume, because of the glittering:

geneva@Ezekiel:21:29 @ While they see (note:)Though the Jews and Ammonites would not believe that you, that is the sword, would come upon them, and said that the prophets who threatened spoke lies, yet you will as surely come as though you were already on their necks.(:note) vanity to thee, while they divine a lie to thee, to bring thee upon the necks of [them that are] slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity [shall have] an end.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:30 @ Shall I cause it to returne into his sheath? I will iudge thee in the place where thou wast created, euen in the land of thine habitation.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:31 @ And I wil powre out mine indignation vpon thee, and will blowe against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliuer thee into the hand of beastly men, and skilfull to destroy.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:32 @ Thou shalt bee in the fire to be deuoured: thy blood shall be in the middes of the lande, and thou shalt be no more remembred: for I the Lord haue spoken it.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:1 @ Moreouer, the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:22:2 @ Now, thou son of man, wilt thou (note:)Are you ready to execute your charge, which I commit to you against Jerusalem that murders the prophets and them that are godly?(:note) judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt show her all her abominations.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:3 @ Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her (note:)That is, the time of her destruction.(:note) time may come, and maketh idols against To her own undoing. herself to defile herself.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:4 @ Thou hast offended in thy blood, that thou hast shed, & hast polluted thy selfe in thine idols, which thou hast made, and thou hast caused thy dayes to draw neere, & art come vnto thy terme: therefore haue I made thee a reproch to the heathen, and a mocking to all countreys.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:5 @ [Those that are] near, and [those that are] far from thee, shall mock thee, [who art] (note:)Whose very name all men hate.(:note) infamous [and] much troubled.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:6 @ Beholde, the princes of Israel euery one in thee was ready to his power, to shed blood.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:7 @ In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee (note:)He means by this that there was no kind of wickedness which was not committed in Jerusalem and therefore the plagues of God would speedily come on her.(:note) have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they oppressed the fatherless and the widow.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:8 @ Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast polluted my Sabbaths.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:9 @ In thee are men that cary tales to shed blood: in thee are they that eate vpon the mountaines: in ye mids of thee they comit abomination.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:10 @ In thee haue they discouered their fathers shame: in thee haue they vexed her that was polluted in her floures.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:11 @ And euery one hath committed abomination with his neighbours wife, and euery one hath wickedly defiled his daughter in lawe, and in thee hath euery man forced his owne sister, euen his fathers daughter.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:12 @ In thee haue they taken giftes to shed blood: thou hast taken vsurie and the encrease, and thou hast defrauded thy neighbours by extortion, & hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:13 @ Behold, therefore I have (note:)In token of my wrath and vengeance.(:note) smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:14 @ Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands (note:)That is, able to defend yourself.(:note) be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken [it], and will do [it].

geneva@Ezekiel:22:15 @ And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy (note:)I will thus take away the occasion of your wickedness.(:note) filthiness out of thee.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:16 @ And thou shalt take thy (note:)You will be no more the inheritance of the Lord, but forsaken.(:note) inheritance in thyself in the sight of the nations, and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:17 @ And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:22:18 @ Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become (note:)Which before was most precious.(:note) dross: all they [are] brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are [even] the dross of silver.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:19 @ Therefore, thus sayth the Lorde God, Because ye are all as drosse, beholde, therefore I will gather you in the middes of Ierusalem.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:20 @ [As] they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt [it]; so will I gather [you] in my anger and in my fury, and I will leave [you there], (note:)Meaning by this that the godly would be tried and the wicked destroyed.(:note) and melt you.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:21 @ I wil gather you, I say, and blowe the fire of my wrath vpon you, and you shalbe melted in the mids thereof.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:22 @ As siluer is melted in the mids of the fornace, so shal ye be melted in the mids thereof, and ye shall knowe, that I the Lord haue powred out my wrath vpon you.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:23 @ And the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:22:24 @ Son of man, say to her, Thou [art] the land that is not cleansed, (note:)You are like a barren land which the Lord plagues with drought.(:note) nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:25 @ [There is] a conspiracy (note:)The false prophets have conspired together to make their doctrine more probable.(:note) of her prophets in the midst of her, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst of her.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:26 @ Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shown [difference] between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their (note:)They have neglected my service.(:note) eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:27 @ Her princes in the mids thereof are like wolues, rauening the praye to shed blood, and to destroy soules for their owne couetous lucre.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:28 @ And her (note:)They who would have reproved them, flattered them in their vices and covered their doings with lies. {{See Eze_13:10}}(:note) prophets have daubed them with untempered [mortar], seeing vanity, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:29 @ The people of the land haue violently oppressed by spoyling and robbing, and haue vexed the poore and the needy: yea, they haue oppressed the stranger against right.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:30 @ And I sought for a man among them, that should (note:)Who would show himself zealous in my cause by resisting vice, (Isa_59:16) also pray to me to withhold my plagues, (Psa_106:23).(:note) make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:31 @ Therefore haue I powred out mine indignation vpon them, and consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their owne wayes haue I rendred vpon their heads, sayth the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:1 @ The worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,