Eze 5:17 | JFB | STEP | 17. beasts-- perhaps meaning destructive conquerors ( ). Rather, literal "beasts," which infest desolated regions such as Judea was to become (compare ; ; ; ). The same threat is repeated in manifold forms to awaken the careless. sword-- civil war.

‏ Ezekiel 5:17

17. beasts--perhaps meaning destructive conquerors (Da 7:4). Rather, literal "beasts," which infest desolated regions such as Judea was to become (compare Eze 34:28; Ex 23:29; De 32:24; 2Ki 17:25). The same threat is repeated in manifold forms to awaken the careless.

sword--civil war.