2Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
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Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Ezekiel is now among the captives in Babylon; but, as Jeremiah at Jerusalem wrote for the use of the captives though they had Ezekiel upon the spot with them (Ezek. 29:1-21), so Ezekiel wrote for the use of Jerusalem, though Jeremiah himself was resident there; and yet they were far from looking upon it as an affront to one another’s help both by preaching and writing. Jeremiah wrote to the captiv…
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