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**the sixth year** , &c. See table on p. 1105.
**fifth.** Some codices read "first".
**the elders of Judah:** i.e. of' the Jewish colony at Tel = Abib ([Ezekiel 3:15](../../../kjv/ezekiel/3/15) ).
**the hand.** Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.* App-6 .
**the Lord GOD** . Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See note on [Ezekiel 2:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/4) .

**lo.** *Figure of speech Asteriemos.* App-6 .
**Fire** = a man. So the Septuagint, reading "ish ( App-14 ) instead of ' *esh* = fire.

**the spirit** . Probably an angel. See below. Heb, *ruach* . App-9 .
**me.** Emph.: i.e. Ezekiel himself, as Philip. Compare [1 Kings 18:12](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/12) . [2 Kings 2:16](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/16) . [Acts 8:39](../../../kjv/acts/8/39) . [2 Corinthians 12:2](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/12/2) , [2 Corinthians 12:4](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/12/4) .[Revelation 1:10](../../../kjv/revelation/1/10) ; [Revelation 4:2](../../../kjv/revelation/4/2) ; [Revelation 17:3](../../../kjv/revelation/17/3) ; Rev 17:21 , [Revelation 17:10](../../../kjv/revelation/17/10) . Compare [Ezekiel 11:24](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/24) , [Ezekiel 11:25](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/25) ; [Ezekiel 40:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/40/2) , [Ezekiel 40:3](../../../kjv/ezekiel/40/3) .
**the visions of God:** i, e. the visions given him by God. The Genitive of Origin ( App-17 .)
**God** . Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .
**to Jerusalem:** i.e. to the actual city itself, not a vision of it.
**door** . entrance.
**jealousy** . Pat by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Effect), App-6 , for the effect produced by it, as explained in the next clause. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 4:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/16) ). App-92 . Elsewhere only in [2 Chronicles 33:7](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/33/7) , [2 Chronicles 33:15](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/33/15) .
**provoketh to jealousy** . Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 20:5](../../../kjv/exodus/20/5) [Deuteronomy 32:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/16) ), App-92 .

**behold** . Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 .
**the glory** , &c. See note on [Ezekiel 1:28](../../../kjv/ezekiel/1/28) .
**the God of Israel** . See note on [Isaiah 29:23](../../../kjv/isaiah/29/23) ,
**plain** = valley.
**Son of man** . See note on [Ezekiel 2:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/1) .

**seeest thou . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .
**abominations.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for the idols and the sin of idolatry which Jehovah abominated.
**the house of Israel** . See note on [Exodus 16:31](../../../kjv/exodus/16/31) .
**I should go far off.** Literally to a removal far away: i.e. that they (or I) should remove, &c.

**a** = one: i.e. a single, or certain; as *though* it were mysterious or remarkable.

**abominable.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 7](../../../kjv/leviticus/7) and [Leviticus 11](../../../kjv/leviticus/11) ). Elsewhere only in [Isaiah 66:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/17) . App-92 .
**beasts.** This animal = worship was part of Egyptian idolatry.
**idols** = manufactured gods.

**seventy.** The number of the elders. See [Numbers 11:18](../../../kjv/numbers/11/18) . [2 Chronicles 19:8](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/19/8) . [Jeremiah 26:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26/17) ,
**men** . Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .
**ancients** = elders. Contrast [Exodus 24:1](../../../kjv/exodus/24/1) , &c.
**Jaazaniah.** His father, Shaphan, had taken part in Josiah's reformation ([2 Kings 22:8](../../../kjv/2-kings/22/8) , &c.) Two of his sons were friendly to Jeremiah ( *Ahikam,* [Jeremiah 26:24](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26/24) ; and *Gemariah,* [Ezekiel 36:10](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/10) , [Ezekiel 36:25](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/25) ). Another Jaazaniah is mentioned in [Ezekiel 11:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/1) .

**in the dark.** This was a special feature of this animal idolatry.
**The LORD seeth us not** : or, there is no Jehovah seeing us. Compare [Ezekiel 9:9](../../../kjv/ezekiel/9/9) .
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**Tammuz.** With Art. An idol personifying vegetable and animal life, worshipped in Phoenicia and Babylonia.

**between the porch and the altar** . The place appointed for the priests.
**five and twenty.** The number of the heads of the twenty-four courses of the priests.
**their backs toward the temple** . Because their faces were toward the sun-rising.
**worshipped the sun** . This form of idolatry seen as early as [Job 31:26](../../../kjv/job/31/26) , [Job 31:27](../../../kjv/job/31/27) ; and foreseen in [Deuteronomy 4:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/19) ; adopted as early as Asa ([2 Chronicles 14:5](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/14/5) ); abolished by Josiah ([2 Kings 23:5](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/5) , [2 Kings 23:11](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/11) ).

**the** . Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "all the".
**Lo** . Figure of speech *Asterismce.* App-6 .
**the branch** = the Asherah ( App-42 ), represented by a branch out to a certain shape.
**their** . This is one of the eighteen emendations of the Sepherim ( App-33 ), by which they record their change *of'aphphi* (My nostrils) *of* the primitive text, to' *aphpham* (their nostrils), in order to remove what was thought to be an indelicate and derogatory *Anthropomorphism.*

**Mine eye. Mine ears** . Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 13:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/13/8) ). App-92 . See [Ezekiel 5:11](../../../kjv/ezekiel/5/11) ; [Ezekiel 7:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/7/4) , [Ezekiel 7:9](../../../kjv/ezekiel/7/9) ; [Ezekiel 9:5](../../../kjv/ezekiel/9/5) ; and compare [Jeremiah 21:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/21/7) . Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.* App-6 .

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