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upon EZEKJEL. iy
Ibid. qAs the Glory which I faw by the River Chapter
cfChebar.'] This part of that River feems diftant III.
from that Place where the former Vifion was L/"VNJ
fhewed him. Comp. Ver. 1 5. with Chap. i. j.
Ver. 24. Then the Spirit entredinto me, andfetVer. 24.
me upon my Feet, and jpake with me.~\ The Words
are literally to be tranflated thus :
Then the Spirit
entred into me, and fet me upon my Feet ; and he
/pake unto me : for the laft Verb is in the Mafcutine
Gender, and the two former in the Feminine.
In like manner, the fifth Verfe of the Eleventh
Chapter fhould be read, aAnd the Spirit of the
L jr© fell upon me, and he faid unto me. The
Spirit or Power of God which the Prophet felt
within him, (called likewife the Hand of the
Lord, Ver. 14, and 22. of this Chapter, and
Chap. viii. 1.) being diftinguifh'd here from the
Divine Glory or Shekinah, which the Prophet faw,
as it is very plainly Chap. ii. 2. oAnd the Spirit
entred into me, when H e jpake unto me.
Ibid. Go JJmt thy felf within thy Houfe.'] Hereby
to represent the Siege oijerufalem. See Chap.
iv. 1, l$c.
Ver. 25. They fhall put "Bands upon thee, &c] Ver. 25.
Thou (halt be confin'd to lie fo many Days upon
thy right Side, and fo many upon thy left, as if
thou waft bound and not able to ftir : See Chap.
iv. 8. The LXX. and the Vulgar Latin read,
'Bands fhall be fut upon thee : and it is very common
in the Hebrew X:
LangmgQ to take the Verb
Tranfitive in an Imperjonal Senfe. See the Notes
onlfa xliv. 18.
Ibid. Thou Jhalt be dumb, and fialt not be to
them a Reprover.] EzekiePs Dumbnefs might pro-
E z ceed