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Ezekiel 24:8 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 24 · verse 8
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.Ezekiel 24:8 · King James Version
Ezekiel 24:8 in context
6Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
7For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
8That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
9Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
10Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- vengeancenâqâmrevengeH5359 →
- blooddâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
- furychêmâhheatH2534 →
- takenâqamto grudgeH5358 →
- rockçelaʻa craggy rock, literally or figurativelyH5553 →
- setnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
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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 (Eze 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…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-14