They will come against you with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a company of peoples. They will set themselves against you with buckler, shield, and helmet all around. I will commit the judgment to them, and they will judge you according to their judgments.
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They will come against you with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a company of peoples. They will set themselves against you with buckler, shield, and helmet all around. I will commit the judgment to them, and they will judge you according to their judgments.
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And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.
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And they shall come against thee with hosts, chariots, and wheels, and with an assembly of peoples; they shall set themselves in array against thee with buckler and shield and helmet round about; and I will commit the judgment unto them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 23:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 24:14 David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let us fall now into Yahweh’s hand; for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into man’s hand.”
- Jeremiah 39:5-6 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. When they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment on him. Then the king of Babylon killed Zedekiah’s sons in Riblah before his eyes. The king of Babylon also killed all the nobles of Judah.
- Jeremiah 47:3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don’t look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
- Ezekiel 16:38 I will judge you, as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
- Ezekiel 23:45 Righteous men will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
- Ezekiel 26:10 By reason of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he enters into your gates, as men enter into a city which is broken open.
- Nahum 2:3-4 The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished. The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.
- Ezekiel 21:23 It will be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken.
- Nahum 3:2-3 The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots, the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, laws.
Or, laws.
Hebrew, I will give judgment before them.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 23:24 And they shall come against thee with…
Eze 23:24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, [which] shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.
Ver. 24. I will set judgment before them,] i.e., I will put thee into their hands to be punished.
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And they shall judge thee according to their judgment.] Without mixture of mercy; whereas I use in the midst of judgment to remember mercy.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain They, mentioned before, Eze 23:23,
They, mentioned before, Eze 23:23,
shall come against thee, or upon thee, surprise thee with a speedy march, for they were swift in their course.
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With chariots; the Hebrew is of larger sense, and more properly speaks all kind of arms for the war, a thorough furniture; so the Chaldee paraphrase, with instruments of war, or arms.
Wagons, Heb. chariots, and is oftener so rendered; for expedition, for ease of their commanders on their march, and for strength against the enemy in the battle.
Wheels; whether distinct from all other, or whether prepared lest in their march the carriage wheels should break, and they be at a stand, therefore beforehand store of these were provided.
An assembly; a mighty confluence of people, and a mixture, where the worst and cruellest are the most numerous.
Which shall set against thee buckler, and shield, and helmet; yet for their own defence well armed, and with armature fitted to defeat the arrows and offensive weapons of their enemy, and to maintain a siege, such as they should weary Jerusalem with.
I will set judgment before them; give them a power by their victory, and in right of conquest over their rebels, as well as mine; and I will give them a spirit of judgment to discern the greatness of this people’s sins.
They shall judge thee; plead with thee, convince, condemn, and execute sentence upon thee.
According to their judgments; to their will, power, wrath, and custom against rebels, for these are their rules of judgment; all which appeared when the chief of all the people were condemned to slavery, the wise counsellors and valiant commanders sentenced to die, Zedekiah’s children slain, his own eyes put out, and city and temple to be burnt.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons,…
And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels,.... With "chariots", in which were their princes and great men, their chief commanders, generals, and captains, and in which they fought, as was usual in those times; and with "wagons", to carry their provisions and warlike stores; and with "wheels", that is, either with chariots and wagons that ran upon wheels, or with wheels for them in case they should break down; the first of these words here, according to some Jewish interpreters, as Donesh in Jarchi, signifies warlike instruments in general; and the second word is used for chariots: and so the whole is paraphrased by the Targum,
"and they shall come against thee with instruments of war, with chariots and wheels;''
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all which denotes how well prepared they should be, and with what swiftness they would come:
and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler, and shield, and helmet, round about; a multitude of people, a vast army gathered out of all the provinces of Babylon, having bucklers and shields about their bodies, and helmets on their heads to protect and defend them; and these should surround the city of Jerusalem. So the Targum,
"an army of people, armed with shields and helmets, shall set themselves against thee round about:''
and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments; that is, I will deliver you into their hands, and they shall judge and condemn you; not according to my laws and yours, but according to their own laws, according to the customs and usages among them, according to the law of nations; they shall deal with you as rebels and covenant breakers, such Zedekiah was; he broke covenant with the king of Babylon, and rebelled against him: and this was fulfilled when he fell into his hands, and when he slew his children before his face, and then put out his eyes.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And wheels - Lest in their march the carriage…
And wheels - Lest in their march the carriage wheels should break, a store of these were provided. An assembly - A mighty confluence of people. I will set - Give them a power in right of conquest over their rebels, as well as mine, and I will give them a spirit of judgment to discern the greatness of this people's sins. Judge - Condemn, and execute sentence upon thee. According - To their will, power, wrath, and custom, against rebels; for these are their rules of judgment.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain With chariots ... - Better “with armor, horsemen, and…
With chariots ... - Better “with armor, horsemen, and chariot.”
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Judgments, at Reblatha, 4 Kings xxv. 6.
Judgments, at Reblatha, 4 Kings xxv. 6.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain with chariots--or, "with armaments"; so the Septuagint; "axes" [MAURER];…
with chariots--or, "with armaments"; so the Septuagint; "axes" [MAURER]; or, joining it with "wagons," translate, "with scythe-armed wagons," or "chariots" [GROTIUS].
weels--The unusual height of these increased their formidable appearance (Eze 1:16-20).
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their judgments--which awarded barbarously severe punishments (Jer 52:9; Jer 29:22).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 24. Chariots, wagons, and wheels, and… people — R.V.,…
24. Chariots, wagons, and wheels, and… people — R.V., “weapons, chariots, and wagons, and… peoples.” Delitzsch gives an Assyrian word, meaning “multitude,” which is very like the unknown Hebrew word translated “chariots” in A.V.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. with chariots] The term is entirely unknown; LXX.…
24. with chariots] The term is entirely unknown; LXX. from the north. Boettcher suggested the word “multitude” (Eze_26:10), a sense which Frd. Del. (Baer, Ez. p. xi.) thinks can be reached through the Assyr., the present word remaining unchanged. For people peoples.
set judgment] i.e. commit it unto them, Deu_11:26; 1Ki_8:46.
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according to their judgments] lit. with their judgments, which are cruel and savage, Eze_23:25.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (24) With chariots, wagons, and wheels.—The word translated “chariots”…
(24) With chariots, wagons, and wheels.—The word translated “chariots” occurs only here, and is thought to mean some weapon of war. It would be better to translate, with weapons, chariots, and wheels. The clause “I will set judgment before them,” is equivalent to I will entrust to them the judgment upon thee.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain With chariots, wagons, and wheels, etc. The first word…
With chariots, wagons, and wheels, etc. The first word is only found here, and probably means" armor." So the Revised Version, with weapons, chariots, and wagons. They shall judge thee according to their judgments ; sc. shall execute the judgment which God has assigned to them after their own manner, so their usual cruel treatment of barbarous nations.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Yahweh continues his metaphor in which he speaks of the cities of Jerusalem and Samaria as if they were two prostitutes. This metaphor continues through Ezekiel 23:34. (See: Metaphor)
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will come against you
This is an idiom. AT: "will attack you" (See: Idiom)
with weapons
The Hebrew word translated here as "weapons" is rare. Many modern versions translate it in this way, but some versions leave this phrase out.
They will set large shields, small shields, and helmets against you all around
These defensive items are used to refer to various types of soldiers. AT: "Soldiers will attack you on all sides carrying large shields, small shields, and wearing helmets" (See: Metonymy)
For I will set my jealous anger on you, and they will deal with you in fury
Here Yahweh speaks of causing the armies to attack them because he is angry with them as if his anger where something that he was placing upon them. AT: Because I am very jealous for you, I will cause them to act furiously towards you" (See: Metaphor)
They will cut off your noses and your ears
This describes the punishment in Babylon for married women who slept with men that are not their husbands. AT: "They will punish you as an adulteress, by cutting of your noses and your ears" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
your survivors will fall by the sword
The word "fall" is a euphemism for "die." The word "sword" is a metonym for soldiers who kill with swords. AT: "men will kill your survivors with their swords" (See: Euphemism and Metonymy)
your survivors will be devoured by fire
This speaks of the survivors being burned by fire as if the fire were an animal attacking and eating them. This can be stated in active form. AT: "your survivors will be burned by fire" or "fire will burn your survivors" (See: Personification and Active or Passive)
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chariot
punish
anger
remnant
sword
descend
devour
fire
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