Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 5:17

17 So will I send upon you famine, and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee, and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee, and I will bring the sword upon thee: I the LORD have spoken it.

Evil Beast Heb. either the King of Babylon which like a ravenous and insatiable Beast tore and devoured all. Or, literally, Lions, Bears, &c. which are one of his four sore judgments, Ezek. 14.21.

Of your Children, Friends, and your own Life, when you fly to Mountains and Caves for fear of the Chaldees, where you seek your safety you shall find your death, and be torn to pieces.

Thy Land shall be the common Road and Highway for Pestilence and Blood, as the Heb. denotes, and they shall lodge in thy Cities in Ierusalem, as if they were the appointed receptacles for these guests. Here are the four sore Plagues which God wastes Nations with, all sent out against the Jews, and their Commission signed from Heaven with a witness, Our self. I have spoken it saith the Lord.

Marginal references: Lev. 26.[illegible: 2 letters]