THEOSISEphraem the Syrian
The inheritance will not be allotted to him, for his lifeblood is within him. No portion shall be drawn from it; rather, everything contained within shall be subject to plunder.
Ezekiel 24:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is in it, and its rust is not gone out of it: cast it out piece by piece, there hath no lot fallen upon it.
לָכֵ֞ן כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֗ה אוֹי֮ עִ֣יר הַדָּמִים֒ סִ֚יר אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֶלְאָתָ֣ה בָ֔הּ וְחֶ֨לְאָתָ֔הּ לֹ֥א יָצְאָ֖ה מִמֶּ֑נָּה לִנְתָחֶ֤יהָ לִנְתָחֶ֙יהָ֙ הוֹצִיאָ֔הּ לֹא־נָפַ֥ל עָלֶ֖יהָ גּוֹרָֽל׃
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Theodoret of Cyrus
This passage illustrates that he designated the city as konob, referring to sin as the poison within it. However, the most striking accusation is that even such devastating fires could not eradicate the poison present in the konob. The statement, "By the fires of calamity he was carried away, and no lot fell upon him," signifies that no one avoided the disasters that struck the city. It was not the case that some were doomed while others found salvation, as had been seen in previous sieges. Instead, all were inevitably surrendered to their fates: some faced starvation, others succumbed to disease, while those who survived the turmoil were either slain in combat or, following the city's capture, became captives themselves. Furthermore, he discloses the origin of these afflictions.
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Ezek 22:2And thou son of man, dost thou not judge, dost thou not judge the city of blood?
- Nah 3:1Woe to thee, O city of blood, all full of lies and violence: rapine shall not depart from thee.
- Ezek 22:27Her princes in the midst of her, are like wolves ravening the prey to shed blood, and to destroy souls, and to run after gains through covetousness.
- Obad 1:11In the day when thou stoodest against him, when strangers carried away his army captive, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem: thou also wast as one of them.
- Mic 7:2The holy man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, every one hunteth his brother to death.
- Nah 3:10Yet she also was removed and carried into captivity: her young children were dashed in pieces at the top of every street, and they cast lots upon her nobles, and all her great men were bound in fetters.
- Ezek 22:12They have taken gifts in thee to shed blood: thou hast taken usury and increase, and hast covetously oppressed thy neighbours: and thou hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.
- Ezek 23:37Because they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and they have committed fornication with their idols: moreover also their children, whom they bore to me, they have offered to them to be devoured.