Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 6. Thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground] Referring to the blinding of Zedekiah: even the covering of the face might be intended to signify that in this way Zedekiah should be carried to Babylon on men's shoulders in some sort of palanquin, with a cloth tied over his eyes, because of the recent wounds made by extracting them. All the prophecies from this to the twentieth chapter are supposed to have been delivered in the sixth year of Zedekiah, five years before the taking of Jerusalem. How accurate the prediction! and how exactly fulfilled!
Matthew Henry Commentary
- A vision of the burning of the city. (Ezek. 10:1-7) The Divine glor departing from the temple. (Ezek. 10:8-22)
Ezek. 10:1-7 The fire being taken from between the wheels, under the cherubim, Ezek. 1:13, seems to have signified the wrath of God to be executed upon Jerusalem. It intimated that the fire of Divine wrath which kindles judgment upon a people, is just and holy; and in the great day, the earth, and all the works that are therein, will be burn up.
Ezek. 10:8-22 Ezekiel sees the working of Divine providence in the government of the lower world, and the affairs of it. When God is leaving a people in displeasure, angels above, and all events below further his departure. The Spirit of life, the Spirit of God, direct all creatures, in heaven and on earth, so as to make them serve the Divine purpose. God removes by degrees from a provoking people; and when ready to depart, would return to them, if they were a repenting praying people. Let this warn sinners to seek the Lord while he may be found, and to call on him while he is near, and cause us all to wal humbly and watchfully with our God _________________________________________________
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