Ezekiel 22

Ezekiel 22:5

MVch vexed] the Italian, Great in ruine] thou shalt be famous for the greatest desolation that ever fell upon any City.

Ezekiel 22:13

I have] A signe either of great joy, or of extreme sorrow and anger: as in this place, See Ezek. 21. 14. 17.

Ezekiel 22:14

Can thine heart] Wilt thou have courage and strength enough to withstand my judgments?

Ezekiel 22:15

Will consume] I will cause thee to perish, that thou mayst no more provoke me by thine enormities.

Ezekiel 22:16

And thou shalt take] &c. the Italian, and thou shalt be defiled] That is to say, filled with blood, desolated, not regarded as a holy City, but like a wicked place, which God hath cast of.

Ezekiel 22:18

Is to me] It is quite degenerate, like to good silver turned to drosse, 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 metalls, In the middest] namely, in Jerusalem, where I will melt and consume them by the fire of my judgement as in a furnace, See Ezekiel 24:10.

Ezekiel 22:24

Say unto her] namely, to the Jewish nation, or to Jerusalem, that is 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 extreme burthen upon thee, and use no clemencie at all towards thee, see Jer. 4. 11. and 29. Ezekiel 24:6.

Ezekiel 22:25

There is a conspiracie] All this may have a relation to the persecutions which the false Prophets by plots and conspiracies raised against good men, see Jer. 20. 20 & 26. 8. 20 & 29. 25, 26, Lamentations 4 13.

Ezekiel 22:26

Hid their eyes] They have winked at the violation of the Sabbath, or they themselves have framed pretences whereby they might safely violate it, Prophaned] contemned and dishonoured without any reverence to any sacred Majestie.