Doom has come to you, O inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near; there is panic on the mountains instead of shouts of joy.
Now he uses another word. He says, the morning is come, though some translate kingdom, but erroneously. For although צפירה, tzephireh, is a turban sometimes, or a royal diadem, yet the Prophet’s language is distorted when they say that the kingdom was transferred, or taken over to the Babylonians.
When the town is on fire, men cry "Fire! fire!" through the streets with a loud voice, not quaint expressions. So I proclaim: An end! An end! It has come, it has come. This is the end they were warned of so often, the one they flattered themselves would never arrive. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 7:1-15
Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee,.... It might be very well said to be shortly, or near at hand, that the Lord would bring down his judgments upon this people; since it was some time in the sixth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity that this prophecy was delivered; and it was in the ninth year that Nebuchadnezzar came up against Jerusalem...