Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
smite . . . hands together— (Numbers 24:10), indicative of the indignant fury with which God will "smite" the people.
sword . . . doubled the third time—referring to the threefold calamity:—(1) The taking of Zedekiah (to whom the "rod," or scepter, may refer); (2) the taking of the city; (3) the removal of all those who remained with Gedaliah. "Doubled" means "multiplied" or "repeated." The stroke shall be doubled and even trebled.
of the slain—that is, by which many are slain. As the Hebrew is singular, FAIRBAIRN makes it refer to the king, "the sword of the great one that is slain," or "pierced through."
entereth . . . privy chambers— (Jeremiah 9:21). The sword shall overtake them, not merely in the open battlefield, but in the chambers whither they flee to hide themselves (I Kings 20:30; I Kings 22:25). MAURER translates, "which besieged them"; FAIRBAIRN, "which penetrates to them." English Version is more literal.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 21:14:
Ezekiel 6:11
Ezekiel 21:17
Ezekiel 21:25
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