Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 19:7

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7. knew . . . desolate palaces —that is, claimed as his own their palaces, which he then proceeded to "desolate." The Hebrew, literally "widows"; hence widowed palaces ( :- ). VATABLUS (whom FAIRBAIRN follows) explains it, "He knew (carnally) the widows of those whom he devoured" ( Ezekiel 19:6 ). But thus the metaphor and the literal reality would be blended: the lion being represented as knowing widows. The reality, however, often elsewhere thus breaks through the veil. fulness thereof —all that it contained; its inhabitants. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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절 (explains)

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Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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