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**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**Son of man.** See note on [Ezekiel 2:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/1) .
**rebellious** = perverse. See note on [Ezekiel 2:3](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/3) .

**stuff** = vessels, or baggage.
**removing:** i.e. for captivity.

**at even.** The sign ([Ezekiel 12:11](../../../kjv/ezekiel/12/11) ) that the prince (Zedekiah) would try to escape by night ([2 Kings 25:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/4) .[Jeremiah 39:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/39/4); [Jeremiah 39:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/39/4) ).

**Dig thou through the wall** . The sign ([Ezekiel 12:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/12/2) ) that Zedekiah would do this "betwixt the walls" ([2 Kings 25:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/4) .[Jeremiah 39:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/39/4); [Jeremiah 39:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/39/4) ).

**cover thy face** . The sign ([Ezekiel 12:11](../../../kjv/ezekiel/12/11) ) that Zedekiah would disguise himself.
**the ground** = the land: i.e. the land Zedekish was going forth from and would never see again. Hebrew. *eth haerez.*
**a sign.** Hebrew. *'oth.* Compare [Genesis 1:14](../../../kjv/genesis/1/14) . Divine portents as to things that were to come.

**as** = according as,
**captivity** . See notes on [Ezekiel 12:3](../../../kjv/ezekiel/12/3) .

**the Lord God** . Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See note on [Ezekiel 2:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/4) ,
**burden coneerneth the prince** (i.e. Zedekiah). Note the Figure of speech *Paronomasia* ( App-6 ), for emphasis. Hebrew. *hannasi hammassa.* Eng. "this grief [concerneth] the chief

**My net** , &c.: i.e. the Chaldean army which overtook Zedekish.
**not see it.** The Figure of speech *Amphibologia,* or *AEnigma (* *App-6* *),* as in [Jeremiah 34:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/34/3) . The explanation is given in [2 Kings 25:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/7) , and [Jeremiah 39:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/39/7) ; Jer 39:52 , [Jeremiah 39:11](../../../kjv/jeremiah/39/11) . Zedekish was taken to Babylon, but he never saw it, though he died there,

**wind.** Hebrew. *ruach,* App-9 . draw out the sword, &c. See note on [Ezekiel 5:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/5/2) , [Ezekiel 5:17](../../../kjv/ezekiel/5/17) .

**they shall know.** See note on [Ezekiel 6:10](../../../kjv/ezekiel/6/10) .
**I shall scatter them.** Ref to Pent, ([Leviticus 26:33](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/33) .[Deuteronomy 4:27](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/27) ; [Deuteronomy 28:64](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/64) ). App-92 .

**I will leave** , &c. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 4:27](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/27) ).
**men.** Hebrew, plural of enosh. App-14 .
**from** . Some codices, with four early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and from", which em phasises the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* ( App-6 ), to enhance the completeness of the enumeration.
**heathen** = nations.

**of the inhabitants** = to the inhabitants.
**the land,** &c. = concerning the land, &c. Hebrew admath. See note on [Ezekiel 11:17](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/17) .
**her** . Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "their".
**all** . The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version omitted this "all".

**the cities . . . shall be laid waste.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:31](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/31) ). App-92 .
**ye shall know,** &c. See note on [Ezekiel 6:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/6/7) .

**what . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .
**proverb** . See the Structure, "i", on p. 1119.
**prolonged** : i.e. protracted, or postponed.

**are at hand.** The fulfilment took place five years later.
**effect** = word: i.e. the [fulfilled] word, meaning, or purpose.

**vain vision.** Compare [Lamentations 2:14](../../../kjv/lamentations/2/14) .
**house.** Some codices, with one early printed edition (Rabbinic in margin), Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "sons".

**prolonged** : i.e. delayed, or deferred.
**with the LORD** = [isj Adonai Jehovah's oracle.

**behold.** Figure of speech *Asterisnaos.* App-6 ,

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