Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 22:14

14 Can thine heart endure , or can thine hands be strong in the dayes that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.

This question is a vehement Negation, thou canst by no means endure.

Withstand, and repel the evils that are coming; or bear them when come, will thy courage hold out, and conquer? Nay 'twill be with thee, as chap. 21.7. your hearts shall melt.

To hold the Sword, and manage the warlike Provisions against Nebuchadnezzar and his Army your hands shall be exceeding feeble, chap. 21.7. your Weapons fall out of your hands, your hearts first melting with fear.

The Times of long and multiplyed sorrows, and furious indignation.

The Babylonians are but men, but I the Lord your God, whom you have provoked, am with them, they are my weapons of War, and I strike by them, and thou shalt never be able to subsist under it.

Flatter not thy self, the Lord will do it as he hath spoken it.

Marginal references: chap. 17.24.