Ezekiel 7:16

“But they that escape of them shall escape, &c.] Some few should escape the pestilence, famine, and sword, and flee to the mountains, where they should live a very miserable and uncomfortable life; so that this is no contradiction to the wrath of God being upon the whole multitude, (<260712>Ezekiel 7:12,14); as it follows: and shall be on the mountains; whither they shall flee, when the city is broken up and taken; and so the Syriac version reads it, in connection with the preceding words, “and they that escape of them shall escape to the mountains”; barren and desert places, where they shall find no subsistence, nor have any agreeable company and conversation, but live in solitude and…”

“(Eze 6:6). like doves--which, though usually frequenting the valleys, mount up to the mountains when fearing the bird-catcher (Psa 11:1). So Israel, once dwelling in its peaceful valleys, shall flee from the foe to the mountains, which, as being the scene of its idolatries, were justly to be made the scene of its flight and shame. The plaintive note of the dove (Isa 59:11) represents the mournful repentance of Israel hereafter (Zac 12:10-12).”

“As doves whose natural abode is the valleys moan lamentably when driven by fear into the mountains, so shall the remnant, who have escaped actual death, moan in the land of their exile. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Iniquity - Either for the punishment of their iniquity, or for their iniquity itself. Ezekiel 7:18”

“they: Eze 6:8; Ezr 9:15; Isa 1:9, Isa 37:31; Jer 44:14, Jer 44:28 like: Eze 6:9; Isa 38:14, Isa 59:11 mourning: Eze 36:31; Pro 5:11-14; Jer 31:9, Jer 31:18, Jer 31:19, Jer 50:4, Jer 50:5; Zac 12:10-14 Ezekiel 7:17”