COMMENTARY:
: 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre. Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man, and not God, though you set your heart … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 4 Your borders are in the midst of the seas, your builders have perfected your beauty. (3308 “beauty” [yophiy] means desirability, or attractive appearance.)
DEVOTION: The word is used three times in relationship to this nation. The nation of Tyre thought they had everything. They had wealth. They had buildings that others … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the seas causes his waves to come up. (5927 “cause”[‘alah] means to lead up, to lead out, ascend, climb, go up, to bring up, bring against, to rouse, to … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus says the Lord GOD; Because you say, Aha, against MY sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; (4720 “sanctuary” [miqdash] … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 12 She has wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. (2457 “scum” [chel’ah] means rust, impure deposit, filth, symbol of impurity of Jerusalem, encrustation of greenish corrosion, implying it to be an unclean substance, or disease.)
DEVOTION: Have you … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms. (5691 “inordinate love” [agabah] means lustfulness, immodest love, sensual desire or sexual desire for another.)
DEVOTION: The LORD gave Ezekiel another description of the … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 12 In you have they taken gifts to shed blood, you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten me, says the Lord GOD. (7911 “forgotten” [shakach] means to dismiss from the mind, stop remembering, to cease to care, ignore, or let it grow … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus says the LORD, Behold, I am against you, and will draw forth MY sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked. (3772 “cut off” [karath] means to cut down, to fell, to exterminate, root out, destroy, or … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 14 But I wrought for MY name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. (2490 “polluted” [chalal] means to be defiled, to profane, to be violated, dishonor, desecrated, treat with contempt, or be common and impure in the eyes of deity and /or society.… Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 And say, What is your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. (7235 “nourished” [rabah] means rear offspring, be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous or multiply.)
DEVOTION: The nation of Israel was likened to … Read More