Ezekiel 22

^{1 !} Jerusalem is reproued for crueltie.

^{2 a} Art you ready to execute thy charge, which I commit vnto thee against Jerusalem, that murthereth the Prophets, and them that are godlie.

^{3 b} That is, the time of her destruction.

^{3 c} To her owne vndoing.

^{5 d} Whose very name all men hate.

^{7 e} He meaneth hereby that there was no kinde of wickednes, which was not committed in Jerusalem & therefore the plagues of God shulde spedely come vpon her.

^{13 f} In token of my wrath and vengeance.

^{14 g} That is, able to defend thy self.

^{15 h} I wil thus take away the occasion of thy wickednes.

^{16 i} Thou shalt be no more the inheritance of the Lord, but forsaken.

^{18 k} Which before was most precious.

^{20 l} Meaning hereby, that the godlie shuld be tryed and the wicked destroyed.

^{24 m} Thou are like abaren land which the Lord plagueth with drought.

^{25 n} The false prophets haue conspired together to make their doctrine more probable.

^{25 !} Of the wicked doctrine of the false prophets and priests, and of their vnsaciable couetousnes.

^{26 o} They haue neglected my seruice.

^{27 !} The tyrannie of rulers.

^{28 p} They which shulde haue reproued them, flattered them in their vices and couered their doings, with lies, {Chap. 13, 10}.

^{29 !} The wickednes of the people.

^{30 q} Which wolde shewe himself zealous in my cause by resisting vice, {Isa. 59,16} & {63, 5}, & also pray vnto me to withholde my plagues, {Psal. 106, 23}.