Geneva Bible Notes (1560)Ezekiel 7

^{1 !} The end of all the land of Israel shal suddenly come.

^{3 a} I wil punish thee as thou hast deserued for thine idolatrie.

^{5 /} Or, beholde, euil cometh after euil.

^{6 b} He sheweth that the judgements of God euer watch to destroy the sinners, which not withstanding he delayeth til there by no more hope of repentance.

^{7 c} The beginning of his punishements is already come.

^{7 d} Which was a voyce of joye, and mirth.l

^{10 e} The scourge is in a readines.

^{10 f} That is, the proude tyrant Nebuchadnezzar hathe gathered his force & is ready.

^{11 g} This cruel enemie shalbe a sharpe scourge for their wickednes.

^{11 h} Their owne affliction shal haue no regarde to lament for others.

^{12 k} For he shal lose nothing.

^{12 i} For the present profite.

^{13 n} No man for all this, indeuoreth him self or taketh heart to repent for his euil life. Some read, for none shalbe strengthened in his iniquitie of his life: meaning, that thei shulde gaine nothing by flattering them selves in euil.

^{13 l} In the yere of the Jubile, meaning, that none shulde enjoye the priuiledge of the Law, {Leui. 25,13}, for they shuld all be caryed away captiues.

^{13 m} This vision signified, that all shulde be caryed away, and none shulde returne for the Jubile.

^{14 o} The Israelites made a brag, but their hearts failed them.

^{20 p} Meaning, the Sanctuarie.

^{21 q} That is, of Babylonians.

^{22 r} Which signifieth the Most holie place, whereinto none might enter but the hie Priest.

^{23 s} Signifying, that they shulde be bounde, & led away captiues.

^{23 t} That is, of sinnes that deserue death.

^{24 u} Which was the Temple, that was diuided into thre partes, {Psal. 68,35}.