14Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
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But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-17)The best exposition of this part of Ezekiel’s prediction of Jerusalem’s desolation is Jeremiah’s lamentation of it, Lam. 4:3 , 4 ; 5:10 ; where he pathetically describes the terrible famine that was in Jerusalem during the siege and the sad effects of it. I. The prophet here, to affect the people with the foresight of it, must confine himself for 390 days to coarse fare and short commons, and that…
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