Ezekiel 23:24
And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons,
and
wheels
With "chariots", in which were their princes and great men, their
chief commanders, generals, and captains, and in which they
fought, as was usual in those times; and with "wagons", to carry
their provisions and warlike stores; and with "wheels", that is,
either with chariots and wagons that ran upon wheels, or with
wheels for them in case they should break down; the first of
these words here, according to some Jewish interpreters, as
Donesh in Jarchi, signifies warlike instruments in general; and
the second word is used for chariots: and so the whole is
paraphrased by the Targum,
``and they shall come against thee with instruments of war, with
chariots and wheels;''
all which denotes how well prepared they should be, and with what
swiftness they would come:
and with an assembly of people,
which shall set against thee buckler,
and shield, and helmet, round about;
a multitude of people, a vast army gathered out of all the
provinces of Babylon, having bucklers and shields about their
bodies, and helmets on their heads to protect and defend them; and
these should surround the city of Jerusalem. So the Targum, ``an
army of people, armed with shields and helmets, shall set
themselves against thee round about:''
and I will set
judgment before them, and they shall judge thee
according to their judgments;
that is, I will deliver you into their hands, and they shall judge
and condemn you; not according to my laws and yours, but according
to their own laws, according to the customs and usages among them,
according to the law of nations; they shall deal with you as rebels
and covenant breakers, such Zedekiah was; he broke covenant with
the king of Babylon, and rebelled against him: and this was
fulfilled when he fell into his hands, and when he slew his
children before his face, and then put out his eyes.