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**the ninth year.** Of Jehoiachin's captivity. See the table, p. 1105. Compare [Ezekiel 1:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/1/2) .
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah* . App-4 .

**Son of man.** See note on [Ezekiel 2:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/1) .
**this same day.** Compare 2Ki 26:1 .[Jeremiah 39:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/39/1) ; [Jeremiah 52:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/4) . The captives of Israel thus knew what was going on in Jerusalem.

**the Lord GOD.** Hebrew. *Adonai Jehovah* . See note on [Ezekiel 2:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/4) .
**pot** : or, caldron, using the words of the scoffers in [Ezekiel 11:3](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/3) , and compare [Jeremiah 1:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/1/13) .

**burn** = pile up.
**bones.** Ginsburg thinks we should read "wood". them. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "him".

**the bloody city** . See note on [Ezekiel 22:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/22/2) .
**scum** = verdigris. Occurs only in this chapter.
**let no lot fall,** &c. Signifying that the city was to be destroyed, not lotted out to or by the conquerors.

**not.** The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version omitted this "not". to cover it with duet. Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 17:13](../../../kjv/leviticus/17/13) ).
**10 spice it well** , &c.: or, boil it down till only the bones are left.

**brass** = copper.
**hot** = scorched.

**shall be in the fire.** Ginsburg thinks it should read "with a stench".

**saith the Lord GOD** = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.

**the desire of thine eyes.** Put by the Figure of speech *Periphrasis* ( App-6 ): for Ezekiel's wife. A symbol of Jerusalem, See [Ezekiel 24:21](../../../kjv/ezekiel/24/21) .
**stroke** : or plague.

**bind,** &c. Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 10:6](../../../kjv/leviticus/10/6) ; [Leviticus 13:45](../../../kjv/leviticus/13/45) ; [Leviticus 21:10](../../../kjv/leviticus/21/10) ). cover not thy lips. Compare [Micah 3:7](../../../kjv/micah/3/7) .
**the bread of men** : i.e. the bread or food brought to the house of mourners. Compare [Jeremiah 16:5-7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/16/5-7) . [Hosea 9:4](../../../kjv/hosea/9/4) ,
**men.** Hebrew, plural of *'enosh* . App-14 .

**as** = according as.

**desire . . . pitieth** . Note the Figure of speech *Paronomaeia* ( App-6 ), to call attention to the emphasis. Hebrew. *mahmad. . . mahmal.*
**soul.** Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .
**left** = left behind.

**ye shall not.** Some codices read "yet shall ye neither". mourn moan. iniquities. Hebrew. *'avah* . App-44 ,

**in the day** See App-18 .
**desire** = delight.
**minds** = souls. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**he that escapeth.** This we find exactly fulfilled in eh. [Ezekiel 33:21](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/21) , by the flight, on the fifth day of the tenth month, in the twelfth year.

**no more dumb** : i.e. as regards his nation and his testimony to it. In the interval his prophecies are concerning other nations (Ezekiel chapters 25-32).
**they shall know** , &c. See note on [Ezekiel 6:10](../../../kjv/ezekiel/6/10) .

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