And say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says the Lord God to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the land of Israel: “They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with dread, so that her land may be emptied of all who are in it, because of the violence of all those who dwell in it.
Commentaries
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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…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes