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Ezekiel — Capítulo 7

This chapter, which also forms a distinct prophecy, foretells the dreadful destruction of the land of Israel, or Judah, (for after the captivity of the ten tribes these terms are often used indiscriminately for the Je…

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Texto — Reina-Valera 1960

1Vino a mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:

2Tú, hijo de hombre, así ha dicho Jehová el Señor a la tierra de Israel: El fin, el fin viene sobre los cuatro extremos de la tierra.

3Ahora será el fin sobre ti, y enviaré sobre ti mi furor, y te juzgaré según tus caminos; y pondré sobre ti todas tus abominaciones.

4Y mi ojo no te perdonará, ni tendré misericordia; antes pondré sobre ti tus caminos, y en medio de ti estarán tus abominaciones; y sabréis que yo soy Jehová.

5Así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: Un mal, he aquí que viene un mal.

6Viene el fin, el fin viene; se ha despertado contra ti; he aquí que viene.

7La mañana viene para ti, oh morador de la tierra; el tiempo viene, cercano está el día; día de tumulto, y no de alegría, sobre los montes.

8Ahora pronto derramaré mi ira sobre ti, y cumpliré en ti mi furor, y te juzgaré según tus caminos; y pondré sobre ti tus abominaciones.

9Y mi ojo no perdonará, ni tendré misericordia; según tus caminos pondré sobre ti, y en medio de ti estarán tus abominaciones; y sabréis que yo Jehová soy el que castiga.

10He aquí el día, he aquí que viene; ha salido la mañana; ha florecido la vara, ha reverdecido la soberbia.

11La violencia se ha levantado en vara de maldad; ninguno quedará de ellos, ni de su multitud, ni uno de los suyos, ni habrá entre ellos quien se lamente.

12El tiempo ha venido, se acercó el día; el que compra, no se alegre, y el que vende, no llore, porque la ira está sobre toda la multitud.

13Porque el que vende no volverá a lo vendido, aunque queden vivos; porque la visión sobre toda la multitud no se revocará, y a causa de su iniquidad ninguno podrá amparar su vida.

14Tocarán trompeta, y prepararán todas las cosas, y no habrá quien vaya a la batalla; porque mi ira está sobre toda la multitud.

15De fuera espada, de dentro pestilencia y hambre; el que esté en el campo morirá a espada, y al que esté en la ciudad lo consumirá el hambre y la pestilencia.

16Y los que escapen de ellos huirán y estarán sobre los montes como palomas de los valles, gimiendo todos, cada uno por su iniquidad.

17Toda mano se debilitará, y toda rodilla será débil como el agua.

18Se ceñirán también de cilicio, y les cubrirá terror; en todo rostro habrá vergüenza, y todas sus cabezas estarán rapadas.

19Arrojarán su plata en las calles, y su oro será desechado; ni su plata ni su oro podrá librarlos en el día del furor de Jehová; no saciarán su alma, ni llenarán sus entrañas, porque ha sido tropiezo para su maldad.

20Por cuanto convirtieron la gloria de su ornamento en soberbia, e hicieron de ello las imágenes de sus abominables ídolos, por eso se lo convertí en cosa repugnante.

21En mano de extraños la entregué para ser saqueada, y será presa de los impíos de la tierra, y la profanarán.

22Y apartaré de ellos mi rostro, y será violado mi lugar secreto; pues entrarán en él invasores y lo profanarán.

23Haz una cadena, porque la tierra está llena de delitos de sangre, y la ciudad está llena de violencia.

24Traeré, por tanto, los más perversos de las naciones, los cuales poseerán las casas de ellos; y haré cesar la soberbia de los poderosos, y sus santuarios serán profanados.

25Destrucción viene; y buscarán la paz, y no la habrá.

26Quebrantamiento vendrá sobre quebrantamiento, y habrá rumor sobre rumor; y buscarán respuesta del profeta, mas la ley se alejará del sacerdote, y de los ancianos el consejo.

27El rey se enlutará, y el príncipe se vestirá de tristeza, y las manos del pueblo de la tierra temblarán; según su camino haré con ellos, y con los juicios de ellos los juzgaré; y sabrán que yo soy Jehová.

ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY

Versículo 2

I. An end, the end is come - Instead of קץ בא הקץ kets ba hakkets, one MS. of Kennicott's, one of De…

An end, the end is come - Instead of קץ בא הקץ kets ba hakkets, one MS. of Kennicott's, one of De Rossi's, and one of my own, read קץ בא בא הקץ kets ba, ba hakkets,"The end cometh, come is the end." This reading is supported by all the ancient Versions, and is undoubtedly genuine. The end Cometh: the termination of the Jewish state is coming, and while I am speaking, it is come. The destruction is at the door. The later hand, who put the vowel points to the ancient MS. that has the above reading, did not put the points to the first בא ba, but struck his pen gently across it, and by a mark in the margin intimated that it should be blotted out. All my ancient MSS. were without the points originally; but they have been added by modern hands, with a different ink; and they have in multitudes of instances corrected, or rather changed, important readings, to make them quadrate with the masora. But the original reading, in almost every case, is discernible. The end is come upon the four corners of the land - This is not a partial calamity; it shall cover and sweep the whole land. The cup of your iniquity is full, and my forbearing is at an end. This whole chapter is poetical.

Versículo 4

II. Thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee - They shall ever stare thee in the face, upbrai…

Thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee - They shall ever stare thee in the face, upbraid thee with thy ingratitude and disobedience, and be witnesses against thee.

Versículo 5

III. An evil, an only evil - The great, the sovereign, the last exterminating evil, is come: the sword…

An evil, an only evil - The great, the sovereign, the last exterminating evil, is come: the sword, the pestilence, the famine, and the captivity. Many MSS. read אחר achar, after. So evil cometh after evil; one instantly succeeds another.

Versículo 6

IV. An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee - This is similar to the second verse; but …

An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee - This is similar to the second verse; but there is a paronomasia, or play upon letters and words, which is worthy of note. קץ בא בא הקץ הקץ אליך kets ba, ba hakkets, hekits elayich. קצה katsah signifies to make an end or extremity, by cutting off something, and יקץ yakats signifies to awake from sleep: hence קיץ kits, the summer, as the earth and its productions seem then to awake from the sleep of winter. The end or final destruction is here personified; and represented as an executioner who has arisen early from his sleep, and is waiting for his orders to execute judgment upon these offenders. Hence it is said: -

Versículo 7

V. The morning is come unto thee - Every note of time is used in order to show the certainty of the …

The morning is come unto thee - Every note of time is used in order to show the certainty of the thing. The morning that the executioner has watched for is come; the time of that morning, in which it should take place, and the day to which that time, precise hour of that morning, belongs in which judgment shall be executed. All, all is come. And not the sounding again of the mountains - The hostile troops are advancing! Ye hear a sound, a tumultuous noise; do not suppose that this proceeds from festivals upon the mountains; from the joy of harvestmen, or the treaders of the wine-press. It is the noise of those by whom ye and your country are to fall. ולא הד הרים veto hed harim, and not the reverberation of sound, or reflected sound, or reechoing from the mountains. "Now will I shortly pour out," Eze 7:8. Here they come!

Versículo 10

VI. Behold the day - The same words are repeated, sometimes varied, and pressed on the attention with…

Behold the day - The same words are repeated, sometimes varied, and pressed on the attention with new figures and new circumstances, in order to alarm this infatuated people. Look at the day! It is come! The morning is gone forth - It will wait no longer. The rod that is to chastise you hath blossomed; it is quite ready. Pride hath budded - Your insolence, obstinacy, and daring opposition to God have brought forth their proper fruits.

Versículo 11

VII. Violence is risen, up into a rod of wickedness - The prophet continues his metaphor: "Pride has b…

Violence is risen, up into a rod of wickedness - The prophet continues his metaphor: "Pride has budded." - And what has it brought forth? Violence and iniquity. To meet these, the rod of God cometh. There is such a vast rapidity of succession in the ideas of the prophet that he cannot wait to find language to clothe each. Hence we have broken sentences; and, consequently, obscurity. Something must be supplied to get the sense, and most critics alter words in the text. Houbigant, who rarely acknowledges himself to be puzzled, appears here completely nonplussed. He has given a meaning; it is this: "Violence hath burst forth from the rod; salvation shall not proceed from them, nor from their riches, nor from their turbulence: there shall be no respite for them." Calmet has given no less than five interpretations to this verse. The simple meaning seems to be, that such and so great is their wickedness that it must be punished; and from this punishment, neither their multitude nor struggles shall set them free. They may strive to evade the threatened stroke; but they shall not succeed, nor shall they have any respite. Our Version is to be understood as saying, - None of the people shall be left; all shall be slain, or carried into captivity: nor shall any of theirs, their princes, priests, wives, or children, escape. And so deserved shall their desolation appear, that none shall lament them. This may be as good a sense as any, and it is nearest to the letter.

Versículo 12

VIII. Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn - Such is now the state of public affairs, that h…

Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn - Such is now the state of public affairs, that he who through want has been obliged to sell his inheritance, need not mourn on the account; as of this the enemy would soon have deprived him. And he who has bought it need not rejoice in his bargain, as he shall soon be stripped of his purchase, and either fall by the sword, or be glad to flee for his life.

Versículo 13

IX. For the seller shall not return - In the sale of all heritages among the Jews, it was always unde…

For the seller shall not return - In the sale of all heritages among the Jews, it was always understood that the heritage must return to the family on the year of jubilee, which was every fiftieth year; but in this case the seller should not return to possess it, as it was not likely that he should be alive when the next jubilee should come, and if he were even to live till that time, he could not possess it, as he would then be in captivity. And the reason is particularly given; for the vision - the prophetic declaration of a seventy years' captivity, regards the whole multitude of the people; and it shall not return, i.e., it will be found to be strictly true, without any abatement.

Versículo 14

X. They have blown the trumpet - Vain are all the efforts you make to collect and arm the peoples an…

They have blown the trumpet - Vain are all the efforts you make to collect and arm the peoples and stand on your own defense; for all shall be dispirited, and none go to the battle.

Versículo 15

XI. The sword is without - War through all the country, and pestilence and famine within the city, sh…

The sword is without - War through all the country, and pestilence and famine within the city, shall destroy the whole, except a small remnant. He who endeavors to flee from the one shall fall by the other.

Versículo 16

XII. They - shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys - Rather, like mourning doves הגאיות h…

They - shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys - Rather, like mourning doves הגאיות haggeayoth, chased from their dove-cotes, and separated from their mates.

Versículo 17

XIII. All knees shall be weak as water - Calmet understands this curiously: La frayeur dont on sera sai…

All knees shall be weak as water - Calmet understands this curiously: La frayeur dont on sera saisi, fera qu'on ne pourra retenir son urine. D'autres l'expliquent d'une autre souillure plus honteuse. I believe him to be nearly about right. St. Jerome is exactly the same: Pavoris magnitudine, urina polluet genua, nec valebit profluentes aquas vesica prohibere. This and other malretentions are often the natural effect of extreme fear or terror.

Versículo 19

XIV. They shall cast their silver in the streets - Their riches can be of no use; as in a time of fami…

They shall cast their silver in the streets - Their riches can be of no use; as in a time of famine there is no necessary of life to be purchased, and gold and silver cannot fill their bowels. It is the stumbling-block of their iniquity - They loved riches, and placed in the possession of them their supreme happiness. Now they find a pound of gold not worth an ounce of bread.

Versículo 20

XV. As for the beauty of his ornament - Their beautiful temple was their highest ornament, and God ma…

As for the beauty of his ornament - Their beautiful temple was their highest ornament, and God made it majestic by his presence. But they have even taken its riches to make their idols, which they have brought into the very courts of the Lord's house; and therefore God hath set it - the temple, from him - given it up to pillage. Some say it means, "They took their ornaments, which were their pride, and made them into images to worship."

Versículo 22

16. The robbers shall enter into it - The Chaldeans shall not only destroy the city; but they shall e…

The robbers shall enter into it - The Chaldeans shall not only destroy the city; but they shall enter the temple, deface it, plunder it, and burn it to the ground.

Versículo 23

17. Make a chain - Point out the captivity; show them that it shall come, and show them the reason: "…

Make a chain - Point out the captivity; show them that it shall come, and show them the reason: "Because the land is full of bloody crimes," etc.

Versículo 24

18. The worst of the heathen - The Chaldeans; the most cruel and idolatrous of all nations.

The worst of the heathen - The Chaldeans; the most cruel and idolatrous of all nations.

Versículo 25

19. They shall seek peace - They see now that their ceasing to pay the tribute to the king of Babylon…

They shall seek peace - They see now that their ceasing to pay the tribute to the king of Babylon has brought the Chaldeans against them; and now they sue for peace in vain. He will not hear: he is resolved on their destruction.

Versículo 26

20. Then shall they seek a vision - Vision shall perish from the prophet, the law from the priest, an…

Then shall they seek a vision - Vision shall perish from the prophet, the law from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. Previously to great national judgments, God restrains the influences of his Spirit. His word is not accompanied with the usual unction; and the wise men of the land, the senators and celebrated statesmen, devise foolish schemes; and thus, in endeavoring to avert it, they hasten on the national ruin. How true is the saying, Quem Deus vult perdere, prius dementat. "Those whom God designs to destroy, he first infatuates."

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