John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 26:10

John Gill Commentary

Ezekiel 26:10

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Ezekiel 26:10

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach." — Ezekiel 26:10 (ASV)

By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall
cover you
The dust raised by the feet of the horses so numerous, should rise in such quantities, and to such a height, as to be like a cloud, which should cover the city; an hyperbolical way of speaking, as Kimchi observes; as is also the following clause: your walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels,
and of the chariots ;
at the shouts of the horsemen upon every attack, and the rattling of the chariot wheels running to and fro, in carrying on their designs.

when you shall enter into your gates ;
that is, then particularly shall such a shout be made by the horsemen, and such rattling of the chariots, as will even make the walls of the city to shake; an excess of expression, signifying the prodigious noise made at their entrance into it: as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach; or, "according to the entrance of a city broken up" F9 ; when its walls are broken down, and a gap is made; at which men rush in in great numbers, and with great force and clamour.


FOOTNOTES:

  • F9: (heqbm rye yawbmk) "tanquam introitus civitatis diruptae", Montanus; "dissipatae", Pagninus; "quemadmodum ingrediuntur urbem disruptam", Piscator; "quemadmodum intratur urbs praerupta", Cocceius.