and say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate, [and despoiled] of all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
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The people of the land – Chaldea.
Of the inhabitants – In respect to “the inhabitants.”
Desola…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
To the people of the land, — that is, of the land of Chaldea: Ezekiel’s fellow-captives. All these prophecies, though concerning J…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
The Prophet is now ordered to represent the famine that awaited the Jews in both the siege and exile. But this prophecy ought to be especially refe…
John Gill
JohnGill
And say unto the people of the land
Of Chaldea, where the prophet now was; not the natives of the land, but the Isra…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
The prophet must eat and drink in anxiety and fear, with trembling, that he might express the condition of those in Jerusalem during the siege. Whe…
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Albert Barnes
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