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

**Son of man** . See note on [Ezekiel 2:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/1) .
**children** = sons.
**a** = one.
**man.** Hebrew. *ish,* App-14 .
**coasts** = borders: i.e. one man out from within the border. of their land.

**the sword** = judgment. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of the Effect), App-8 , for that which executes the judgment.

**his own head** = himself: "head" being put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of the Part), App-6 , for the whole person.

**soul.** Hebrew.
**nephesh** . App-13 .

**person** = soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .
**iniquity.** Hebrew ' *avah* . App-44 . Not the same as ise verses: [Ezekiel 33:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/13) , [Ezekiel 33:15](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/15) , [Ezekiel 33:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/18) .

**wicked** = lawless. Hebrew. *rasha* '. App-44 . iniquity. Hebrew 'avah App-44 .

**in:** or, for.

**transgressions.** Hebrew. *pasha* . App-44 .
**sins** . Hebrew. *chata* . App-44 .
**pine away,** &c. Ref: to Pentateuch. See notes on [Ezekiel 4:12](../../../kjv/ezekiel/4/12) with [Ezekiel 24:23](../../../kjv/ezekiel/24/23) .

**As H live,** he. Figure of speech Delete. App-6 .
**saith the Lord GOD** = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle, See note on [Ezekiel 2:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/4) .
**turn ye.** Note the Figure of speech *Epizeuxis* . App-6 .
**evil.** Hebrew. *ra'a.* App-44 .
**why will ye die . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis* . App-6 .

**thereby:** or, therein.
**in the day** = when. See App-18 .
**for his righteousness** = thereby, or therein, in the day, &c.
**sinneth** . Hebrew. *chata* '. App-44 .

**trust** = confide. Hebrew batch App-69 .
**righteousnesses** = righteous deeds. In Hebrew text it is singular. ("righteousness "); but the margin, with four early printed editions, reads "righteousnesses" (plural) for: or, in. Compare [Ezekiel 33:9](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/9) .
**iniquity.** Hebrew ' *aval* App-44 . Not the same word as in [Ezekiel 33:5](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/5) , but same as in verses: [Ezekiel 33:15](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/15) , [Ezekiel 33:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/18) .
**for it** = thereby, or therein, as in [Ezekiel 33:12](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/12) ,

**that which is . . . right =** judgment and righteousness.

**restore the pledge** , he. Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 22:26](../../../kjv/exodus/22/26) . [Leviticus 6:2](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/2) , [Leviticus 6:4](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/4) , [Leviticus 6:5](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/5) .[Deuteronomy 24:6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/24/6) , [Deuteronomy 24:10-13](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/24/10-13) , [Deuteronomy 24:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/24/17) ).
**give again.** Note the Figure of speech *Asyndeton* ( App-6 ), hurrying on to the climax at end of verse.
**he shall surely live.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 18:5](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/5) ).
**he shall not die** . Note the Figure of speech *Pleonasm* ( App-6 ), for emphasis.

**sins.** Hebrew text reads "sin"; but margin, some codices, and four early printed editions, read "sins" (p1.)

**the LORD** . One of the emendations of the *Sopherim* , by which they say they changed Jehovah of the primitive text to Adonai. See App-32 .
**equal.** See note on "pondereth", [Proverbs 21:2](../../../kjv/proverbs/21/2) .

**thereby** : or, in them: i.e. in those deeds.

**the Lord.** Hebrew. *Adonai* . App-4 .

**the twelfth year . . . tenth month . . . fifth day.** This is the date of the taking of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. See [Ezekiel 40:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/40/1) . The event in the twenty-fifth year is said to be the fourteenth year from the twelfth (i.e. from the tenth month of tho twelfth year to the first month of the twenty-fifth). The prophecies of the preceding chapters were given to Ezekiel in the Land before this twelfth year. See the table on p. 1105, and App-50 .). This was the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month and ninth day ([Jeremiah 39:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/39/1) , [Jeremiah 39:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/39/2) ; [2 Kings 25:1-4](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/1-4) ).
**came unto me.** While still in the Land, probably in hiding,

**the evening.** Doubtless, of the same day of his escape. he that was escaped. As foretold in [Ezekiel 24:26](../../../kjv/ezekiel/24/26) .
**my mouth was opened** . Compare [Ezekiel 24:27](../../../kjv/ezekiel/24/27) ; [Ezekiel 29:21](../../../kjv/ezekiel/29/21) , i.e. in prophecy.
**no more dumb** : i. e silent from prophesying, Note the Figure of speech *Pleonasm* ( App-6 ), to emphasise the fact.

**wastes** = ruins.
**the land of Israel** = the soil of Israel. Hebrew ' *admath.* Not the same word as in [Ezekiel 33:28](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/28) , which is *'eretz* . See note on [Ezekiel 11:17](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/17) .
**Ye eat with the blood** = eat over ( *'al* ) the blood: i.e. over or near (as the heathen in their necromancy). Reference to Pentateuch (not to [Deuteronomy 12:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/16) (where it is *lo* = not), but to [Leviticus 19:26](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/26) (where it is ' *al* = over), as here, and where it is connected with the idolatrous practices of the heathen.
**idols** = manufactured gods.
**shall ye. ?** Note the Figure of speech Protests ( App-6 ).

**Ye:** i.e. Ye [men]. The verb is masculine.
**Ye stand upon your sword** = Ye take your stand (first occurrence [Genesis 18:8](../../../kjv/genesis/18/8) , [Genesis 18:22](../../../kjv/genesis/18/22) ), [leaning] upon, &c. The posture assumed by necromancers waiting for the rites, ye work, &c.: i.e. ye [women] work, &c. The verb is feminine.

**the land.** Hebrew ' *eretz.* Not the same word as in [Ezekiel 33:24](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/24) .

**shall they know,** he. See note on [Ezekiel 6:10](../../../kjv/ezekiel/6/10) .

**against** = about.
**doors** = entrances.
**to** = with.

**as the People cometh:** or, according as an assembly cometh together.
**shew much love:** or, counterfeit lovers. Hebrew ' *agabim* . See note on next verse.

**10.** Figure of speech *Asterismos* . App-6 .
**a very lovely song.** Hebrew ' *agabim* = a song for the pipes. Note the Figure of speech *Paronomasia ([Revelation 6](../../../kjv/revelation/6); [Revelation 6](../../../kjv/revelation/6)* ), with "lovers", in [Ezekiel 33:31](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/31) .

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