[43] See Zech. xiv:4, 8, 10.
[44] Chapter xlv:1-2.
[45] Marginal reading.
[46] Such an application seems warranted in view of the message Ezekiel received from the Lord to the people (verses 6-12).
[47] "The carcases of their kings" may either mean that some of their idolatrous kings had been buried within the bounds of the Solomonic temple, or, the word kings may refer to their idols, which had dominion over them (Is. xxvi:13). The latter may be the right meaning for the high place mentioned.
[48] The word "Ariel" as used in Ezekiel has one more letter than the word in Isaiah xxix.
[49] Zadok means "just." He was the successor of Abiathar in the priesthood—the son of Ahitub of the family of Eleazar (2 Sam. viii:17; 1 Kings ii:27, 35).
[50] The sects, like Seventh Day Baptists, Adventists, etc., quote this passage. They are utterly wrong for this has nothing whatever to do with the present age.
[51] The Hebrew word translated "leader" is "prince."
[52] Read our comment on this verse.