John Calvin Commentary Ezekiel 7:15

"The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword: and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him." — Ezekiel 7:15 (ASV)

He emphasizes what we have seen before, although this sentence agrees with the last verse. He had said that God’s anger would be on all the people; now he shows that no one was safe when God stretched forth His hand to avenge their sins. Now he says, he had in his hand a sword, and pestilence, and famine. If they went out into the field, says he, a sword shall meet them; if they remain at home in the city, pestilence and famine shall consume them there;

It is as if he said that God could bring various kinds of destruction from different quarters, because He will arm foreign enemies who shall devastate the whole land. And if these enemies were at rest, yet there were others: famine and pestilence. Here he signifies that although the Israelites closed their houses, desiring and endeavoring to expel anything harmful, God’s wrath could nevertheless penetrate all hiding places.