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Ezequiel 17:1
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E veio a mim a palavra do SENHOR, dizendo:
Veio a mim a palavra do SENHOR, dizendo:
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Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. After the prophet had been sent to charge the Jews with breaking the covenant with God, he is sent to rebuke and threaten them for breaking covenant with men, even with the king of Babylon; by whom they were in part carried into captivity, and another part remained in the land, as will be hereafter seen.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Ezekiel, after describing by a figure the circumstances and conditions of the Jews and Zedekiah, the vassal of the Assyrian monarch, warns them of the delusive character of their hopes of help from Egypt, protests against the perfidy which must accompany such alliance, and points out that the restoration of the people of God will be effected by a very different son of David. The close of this chapter is a striking prediction of the kingdom of the Messiah.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XVII
This chapter begins with a new allegory or parable, 1-10;
to which an explanation is immediately subjoined, 11-21.
In the remaining verses the prophet, by a beautiful metaphor,
makes an easy and natural transition to the Messiah, and
predicts the security, increasing prosperity, and ultimate
universality of his kingdom, 22-24.
From the beauty of its images, the elegance of its composition,
the perspicuity of its language, the rich variety of its
matter, and the easy transition from one part of the subject to
another, this chapter forms one of the most beautiful and
perfect pieces of its kind that can possibly be conceived in so
small a compass; and then the unexpected change from objects
that presented nothing to the view but gloom and horror, to a
prospect of ineffable glory and beauty, has a most happy
effect. Every lowering cloud is dispelled, and the fields again
smile in the beams of midday. The traveller, who this moment
trembled as he looked around for shelter, now proceeds on his
way rejoicing.
NOTES ON CHAP. XVII
