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- Chapter 24
- Verse 11
Ezekiel 24:11
Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Then set it empty upon the coals thereof,.... The city, when emptied of its inhabitants and substance, like a pot that is boiled over, and all in it boiled away, or taken out; burn it with fire, as…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
scum of it Rust. When the contents of the caldron have been seethed and emptied out of it the siege and dispersion the caldron itself shall be set empty upon the coals that its filth and rust may be…
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