Ezekiel 18

Ezekiel 18:2

The Lord liveth - There shall not any be left alive of the Jews that are in Egypt, to swear The Lord God liveth.

Ezekiel 18:5

This shall be a sign - Signs are usually antecedent to the thing signified, but the word is taken in a larger notion in this place for that which should attend the thing signified by it.

Ezekiel 18:10

I find no rest - Upon Baruch’s reading the prophecies both he and Jeremiah were advised to hide themselves. This probably disturbed Baruch, and made him lament his condition.

Ezekiel 18:12

Seek them not - Dost thou expect what none is like to meet with who feareth God? Upon all flesh - I am bringing calamities upon the whole nation.

Ezekiel 18:14

The word - This verse contains the title of all the ensuing discourses; for, tho’ there be some verses in these chapters that relate to the Jews, yet they are all concerning their restoration. The prophecies of judgments from the beginning of this chapter to the fifty - second, are all against foreign nations, which are called Gentiles.

Ezekiel 18:17

Brigandines - Coats of mail.

Ezekiel 18:19

Let not the swift - It is in vain for the swift to flee away, the mighty men shall not escape, but they shall stumble and fall at Carchemish, which was near the river Euphrates, and northward from Egypt.

Ezekiel 18:22

And the Lydians - They were all auxiliaries to the Egyptians in this expedition.

Ezekiel 18:23

Made drunk - These phrases only metaphorically signify, the great slaughter God would make that day amongst the Egyptians.

Ezekiel 18:25

Stumbled - Stumbling one upon another, so that both those that went before, and those who followed after, should fall together.

Ezekiel 18:27

Declare - Publish this over all the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 18:30

Pharaoh - Hath made a great noise, but it cometh to nothing. Passed - That is, he hath passed the time himself fixed when he would cone, and fight the Chaldeans.

Ezekiel 18:31

Surely - He shall as certainly come and encompass you with his armies, as Tabor is encompassed with mountains, and as Carmel is by the sea.