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Verse 2. Israel, or Judea, in all its parts. Worthington.—In five or six years’ time all shall be destroyed.
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Ezekiel 7
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Verse 3. Set, as accusers, to increase thy confusion.
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Verse 5. One. A second shall not be necessary. Nahum 1:9. Calmet.
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Verse 6. Awaked. Justice seems to have slept. Bible. See verse 10. Jeremiah 1:12.
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Verse 7. Destruction, (contritio.) S. Jerom reads “contraction,” as also verse 10. Prot. “the morning.” Bible.—Chal. “the reign.” Calmet.—Hebrew tsephira, is variously rendered. Bible.—Joy. Hebrew “echo or cry” of people in the vintage.
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Verse 10. Budded; figurative expressions, denoting a speedy vengeance. Calmet.—Chal. “the reign is open, the ruler has flourished, the wicked hath appeared.” In this reign of Nabuchodonosor ye shall be chastised. Bible.—Septuagint or rather Theodotion, from whom many things have bee supplied according to S. Jerom, ( Calmet.) have, “The deceit (or thick foliage; πλοκη) has gone forth, the rod,” and so forth Bible.
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Verse 11. Iniquity. What other fruit could be expected from wickedness? It draws on chastisement.—Noise, or grandees. None will repent, and therefore none shall escape, from the highest to the lowest.
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Verse 13. Sold, as in the year of jubilee. Leviticus 25:25. Calmet.—Now there shall be no recovery. Worthington.—They shall be driven from the land.—Although. By supplying the former negation, ( Calmet.) we may render “Nor,” and so forth ( Bible.) which seems better. Calmet.—It may also mean, “those who are now alive” shall witness these things. Bible. Back. It is not a mere threat.
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Verse 14. Ready. He describes the vain attempts of the Jews to make resistance.
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Verse 16. Doves, not daring to vent their complaints. Calmet.
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Verse 17. Water; urine, (Saint Jerome) sweat, and so forth the usual effects of fear.
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Verse 18. Heads. They cut their hair in times of penance and of mourning.
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Verse 19. Iniquity. Riches have fostered their passions: they will not now procure food or liberty. Zephaniah 1:18. Calmet.—The riches of the idols invited the enemy to plunder. Worthington.
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Verse 20. And. Prot. “As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the,” and so forth The sacred ornaments of the temple, appointed by God, ( Bible.) have been converted into idols, and shall be carried to Babylon. verse 21. Calmet.
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Verse 22. Secret: the inward sanctuary, the holy of holies. Challoner.—God would guard it no longer. Calmet.
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Verse 23. Shutting up. Hebrew “chain,” for imprisonment and captivity. Challoner.—Pronounce sentence upon all.
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Verse 24. Sanctuary; the temple of God, or of idols. Calmet. 6:3.
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Verse 25. Distress. When the enemy is before the city, they will see their error; but it will be too late. They shall not obtain peace. Jeremiah 38:1.
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Verse 26. Ancients. Priests shall afford no consolation, nor counsellors any advice. They shall be all confounded. Calmet.—During the captivity a few only were found to give instruction. Malachi 2. Worthington.