Ezechiele 14:15

15 S’egli avviene che io faccia passar le bestie nocive per lo paese, e ch’esse lo dipopolino, onde sia desolato, senza che vi passi alcuno, per cagion delle bestie,

Ezechiele 14:15 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 14:15

If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land
Evil and hurtful ones; not so much those that are poisonous as pernicious; such, as lions, tigers, foxes, wolves, and bears, that are very ravenous and devouring, and especially in a time of famine before threatened; though sometimes God makes use of lesser creatures to do damage to a land, and the fruits of it, as locusts, caterpillars but the former seem to be intended here, which sometimes God threatens and sends to a people disobedient and rebellious; see ( Leviticus 26:22 ) ( 2 Kings 17:25 ) ; and they spoil it;
or, "make it childless" ^F24; they or I bereave the inhabitants of it of their children; or bereave it of other cattle that are tame, as sheep and oxen, as well as of men and women also, and even destroy the fruits of the earth: so that it be desolate;
having neither men nor cattle, corn or tillage, or any other fruit; all being destroyed by the evil beats, who have commission to pass through it, and lay it waste wherever they come, without control: that no man may pass through because of the beasts;
for fear of them: not only the inhabitants of the land should be destroyed by them, but even travellers, such as come from other countries, would not choose to pass through it because of the beasts; so that it would on this account be destitute both of inhabitants and of travellers; and must be a most desolate place, where only wild beasts were to be seen, ranging about at pleasure.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (hylkv) "orbaturas eam", Pagninus, Montanus; "orbaturas eam", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus; "orbam fecere illam", Cocceius, Starckius.

Ezechiele 14:15 In-Context

13 Figliuolo d’uomo, s’egli avviene che un paese pecchi contro a me, commettendo misfatto, e che io stenda la mano sopra esso, e gli rompa il sostegno del pane, e mandi contro ad esso la fame, e ne stermini uomini e bestie;

14 quando questi tre uomini: Noè, Daniele, e Giobbe, fossero in mezzo di quello, essi libererebbero sol le lor persone per la lor giustizia, dice il Signore Iddio.

15 S’egli avviene che io faccia passar le bestie nocive per lo paese, e ch’esse lo dipopolino, onde sia desolato, senza che vi passi alcuno, per cagion delle bestie,

16 quando questi tre uomini fossero in mezzo di quello, come io vivo, dice il Signore Iddio, non libererebbero nè figliuoli, nè figliuole; eglino soli sarebbero liberati, e il paese sarebbe desolato.

17 Ovvero s’egli avviene che io faccia venire la spada sopra quel paese, e dica: Spada, passa per quel paese; e che io ne stermini uomini, e bestie,