7. The morning--so Chaldean and Syriac versions (compare
Joe 2:2).
Ezekiel wishes to awaken them from their lethargy, whereby they were
promising to themselves an uninterrupted night
(1Th 5:5-7),
as if they were never to be called to account [CALVIN]. The expression, "morning," refers to the fact
that this was the usual time for magistrates giving sentence against
offenders (compare
Eze 7:10,
below;
Ps 101:8;
Jer 21:12).
GESENIUS, less probably, translates, "the
order of fate"; thy turn to be punished.
not the sounding again--not an empty echo, such as is
produced by the reverberation of sounds in "the mountains," but
a real cry of tumult is coming [CALVIN]. Perhaps
it alludes to the joyous cries of the grape-gatherers at vintage on the
hills [GROTIUS], or of the idolaters in their
dances on their festivals in honor of their false gods [TIRINUS]. HAVERNICK translates, "no
brightness."
JFB.
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