Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 6:7

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Ezekiel 6:7

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Ezekiel 6:7

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah." — Ezekiel 6:7 (ASV)

And you shall know. —As this prophecy began in Ezekiel 6:2 with an address to the mountains, many consider that, by a strong poetic figure, they are still referred to by the pronoun you. It is better, however, to consider that as the discourse has gone on, the figure has gradually been dropped, and the people are spoken to directly. In the same way, the change of the pronoun from the third to the second person, as in Ezekiel 6:5, is very frequent in Ezekiel.