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Ezequiel 20:45
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- BakerParallel Translations
E veio a mim a palavra do SENHOR, dizendo:
Veio a mim a palavra do SENHOR, dizendo:
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Moreover: This is the beginning of another prophecy, and properly belongs to the following chapter. Ezekiel 20:45
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. Or the word of prophecy, as the Targum. Here begins a new prophecy, and most properly a new chapter should here begin; for the next chapter is of the same argument with this, and an explanation of it, and an enlargement upon it. And here Ben Melech begins one; and so Junius and Tremellius, Piscator, and Castalio.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
This paragraph is in the Hebrew text, Septuagint and Vulgate the beginning of Ezekiel 21:0 to which it belongs, as it contains a prophecy delivered in a form which is there explained. It may, however, be regarded as a link between the foregoing and following prophecies, being a general introduction to seven words of judgment about to be pronounced in development of that which has just been delivered.
Ezekiel 20:46
In this verse occur three Hebrew synonyms for “south,” denoting:
(1) the region on the right, Teman 1 Samuel 23:24;
(2) the region of dryness, Negeb Joshua 15:4;
(3) the region of brightness, Darom Deuteronomy 33:23.
The variety of terms helps the force of the application. Chebar is in the north of Babylonia; from the north the Chaldaeans came upon Judaea (see the Ezekiel 1:4 note).
Ezekiel 20:47
Forest of the south - The land of Israel. See Ezekiel 21:1-2.
Ezekiel 20:49
Parables - Compare Ezekiel 17:2. The meaning of the prophet was clear enough, if those whom he addressed had chosen to understand.
