4Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
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Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; …
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. …
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)We have here, I. The notice God gives to Ezekiel in Babylon of Nebuchadnezzar’s laying siege to Jerusalem, just at the time when he was doing it (Ezek. 24:2): “ Son of man , take notice, the king of Babylon , who is now abroad with his army, thou knowest not where, set himself against Jerusalem this same day .” It was many miles, it was many days’ journey, from Jerusalem to Babylon. Perhaps the la…
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