Eze 24:16 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 16. Behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes ] Here is an intimation that the stroke he was to suffer was to be above all grief; that it would be so great as to prevent the relief of tears. Curae leves loquuntur, graviores silent, is a well-accredited maxim in such cases. Superficial griefs affect the more easily moved passions; great ones affect the soul itself, in its powers of reasoning, reflecting, comparing, recollecting, &c., when the sufferer feels all the weight of wo. Neither shall thy tears run down. ] τουτογαριδιοντωνοφθαλμων εντοιςμεγαλοιςκακοιςενμενγαρταιςμετριαιςσυμφοραις αφθονωςταδακρυακαταρρειενδετοιςυπερβαλλουσιδεινοις φευγεικαιταδακρυακαιπροδιδωσικαιτουςαφθαλμους Achill. Tat. lib. 3. c. 11. For this is the case with the eyes in great calamities: in light misfortunes tears flow freely, but in heavy afflictions tears fly away, and betray the eyes.

‏ Ezekiel 24:16

Verse 16. Behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes] Here is an intimation that the stroke he was to suffer was to be above all grief; that it would be so great as to prevent the relief of tears.

Curae leves loquuntur, graviores silent,

is a well-accredited maxim in such cases. Superficial griefs affect the more easily moved passions; great ones affect the soul itself, in its powers of reasoning, reflecting, comparing, recollecting, &c., when the sufferer feels all the weight of wo.

Neither shall thy tears run down.] τουτογαριδιοντωνοφθαλμων εντοιςμεγαλοιςκακοιςενμενγαρταιςμετριαιςσυμφοραις αφθονωςταδακρυακαταρρειενδετοιςυπερβαλλουσιδεινοις φευγεικαιταδακρυακαιπροδιδωσικαιτουςαφθαλμους Achill. Tat. lib. 3. c. 11. For this is the case with the eyes in great calamities: in light misfortunes tears flow freely, but in heavy afflictions tears fly away, and betray the eyes.