Ezekiel 24:5
“Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Take the choice of the flock,.... King, princes, nobles, magistrates, priests and rulers of the people:
and burn also…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Burn - Rather, as in margin; the bones would serve for fuel.
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Make it boil well - Let it boil over, that its own scum may augment the fire, that the bones - the soldiers, may be…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ezekiel 24:1-14
We have here,
I. The notice God gives to Ezekiel in Babylon of Nebuchadnezzar's laying siege to Jerusalem, just at the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
burn also the bones a pile also of wood under it. If "pile" could be read as a verb, and pile also wood, the…
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