Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
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Gill's Exposition
Then say thou, thus saith the Lord God,.... For though the prophet was to sit as judge, yet in the name of the King of kings, under whose authority he acted:
the city sheddeth blood in the midst of…
Adam Clarke
Her time may come - Till now, it was my long-suffering; she has fulfilled her days - completed the time of her probation; has not mended, but is daily worse; therefore her judgment can linger no…
In these verses the prophet by a commission from Heaven sits as a judge upon the bench, and Jerusalem is made to hold up her hand as a prisoner at the bar; and, if prophets were set over other…
Cambridge Bible
the city sheddeth Rather as address: city that sheddeth! ch. Eze 24:6; Eze 24:9. Her "time" is that of her chastisement, cf. Eze 30:3 "the time of the heathen," Jer 27:7. So Eze 22:22, "days" and…
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