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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 24:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 24:8 |
Strong Concordance |
That it might cause fury [02534] to come up [05927] to take [05358] vengeance [05359]; I have set [05414] her blood [01818] upon the top [06706] of a rock [05553], that it should not be covered [03680]. |
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King James |
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
That it might cause--God purposely let her so shamelessly pour the blood on the bare rock, "that it might" the more loudly and openly cry for vengeance from on high; and that the connection between the guilt and the punishment might be the more palpable. The blood of Abel, though the ground received it, still cries to heaven for vengeance (Gen 4:10-11); much more blood shamelessly exposed on the bare rock.
set her blood--She shall be paid back in kind (Mat 7:2). She openly shed blood, and her blood shall openly be shed. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| I have set - I will openly punish, and in such a manner as shall not be soon forgotten. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| That it might cause fury - This very blood shall be against them, as the blood of Abel was against Cain. |
2 For [1722] with [3739] what [1063] judgment [2917] ye judge [2919], ye shall be judged [2919]: and [2532] with [1722] what [3739] measure [3358] ye mete [3354], it shall be measured [488] to you [5213] again [488].
10 And he said [0559], What [04100] hast thou done [06213]? the voice [06963] of thy brother's [0251] blood [01818] crieth [06817] unto me from the ground [0127].
11 And now art thou cursed [0779] from the earth [0127], which hath opened [06475] her mouth [06310] to receive [03947] thy brother's [0251] blood [01818] from thy hand [03027];