Adam Clarke Commentary - Ezra 6:11

Adam Clarke Commentary - Ezra 6:11 - 6:11

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Ezra 6:11 - 6:11

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

6:1 - 6:1
6:2 - 6:2
6:3 - 6:3
6:4 - 6:4
6:6 - 6:6
6:10 - 6:10
6:11 - 6:11
6:14 - 6:14
6:15 - 6:15
6:17 - 6:17
6:18 - 6:18
6:20 - 6:20
6:21 - 6:21
6:22 - 6:22

Let timber be pulled down - Whether this refers to the punishment of hanging and gibbeting of whipping at a post, or of empaling, is not quite clear. In China they tie culprits to posts; and the executioner cuts them open while alive, takes out their bowels, etc. Empaling, thrusting a sharp stake through the body till it comes out at the side of the neck, or hanging, seems to be intended here.

Let his house be made a dunghill - Let it be reduced to ruins, and never more used, except for the most sordid and unclean purposes.