17. Jehovah Himself smites His hands together, doing what He had
commanded Ezekiel to do (see on
Eze 21:14),
in token of His smiting Jerusalem; compare the similar symbolical
action
(2Ki 13:18, 19).
cause . . . fury to rest--give it full vent, and so satisfy it
(Eze 5:13).
JFB.
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