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Ezekiel 21:31

Ezekiel 21:31
And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Ezekiel 21:18-32

The third word of judgment. The king of Babylon’s march upon Judaea and upon the Ammonites. Destruction is to go forth not on Judah only, but also on such neighboring tribes as the Ammonites (compare…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 21:28-32

The prediction of the destruction of the Ammonites, which was effected by Nebuchadnezzar about five years after the destruction of Jerusalem, seems to come in here upon occasion of the king of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

brutish men i.e. wild and savage men. So in Eze 25:4 it is the "men of the east," the children of the desert, who are to execute the judgment on Ammon.

skilful to destroy lit. the smiths or forgers of…