“ The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, ”
Jeremiah 14 ; Jeremiah 15 is a remarkable parallel to this prophecy. Here, as elsewhere, Ezekiel is commissioned to deliver to the exiles the same message which Jeremiah conveys to the inhabitan...
The Righteous cannot Save the City, but only Themselves. In spite of all Ezekiel's visions and warnings, the people still cherish the illusion that Jerusalem will be spared if for no other reason,...
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, The word of the Lord came again to me. The second part of the chapter: the effect which the presence of a few righteous persons was to have on t...
A Divine Principle and an apparent Exception As a rule when God punishes a land for its wickedness by such judgments as famine, wild beasts, sword, or pestilence, the presence in it of the most em...
Certain of the elders of Israel now came to Ezekiel, evidently to hear what message he had to deliver to them. The word of the Lord revealed to him that whatever their outward attitude might be, they...
We have no difficulty in explaining sin as the cause of sorrow. The four sore judgments of God, famine, the sword, wild beasts, and pestilence, are among the rods by which guilty nations, in all ages...
The word of the Lord came again unto saying. At the same time as before, continuing the prophecy, and a denunciation of judgments; for it does not seem to begin a new prophecy. The Targum renders i...
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, Ver. 12. The word of the Lord came again to me. ] The utter destruction of this perverse people is once again denounced and declared to be inevitable...
And if the prophet be deceived Or, seduced. This is to be understood of the false prophets, whose practices are reproved throughout the whole foregoing chapter. I the Lord have deceived that pro...
Destruction of the People Determined; The Variety of the Divine Judgment; A Remnant Preserved. B. C. 593....
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‘And the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “Son of man, when a land sins against me by acting treacherously, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff of its bread and send famine on it, a...
JUDAH AND JERUSALEM CANNOT CLAIM EXEMPTION FROM JUDGMENTS BECAUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS FEW THEREIN ( Ezekiel 14:12-23 ) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 14:12-13 . “ When the land sinneth against me by tresp...
Ezekiel 14:12-14 The language of the text is worthy of remark, because it speaks of Noah, Daniel, and Job saving their own souls by their righteousness; a form of expression to which undoubtedly m...
Ezekiel 14:1 . Then came certain of the elders of Israel, ex-judges and magistrates in Judea. They were all idolaters, yet they wished to know whether there were any hope of their return to Jerusa...
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls. The limit of influence The solemnity of this assurance is increased by the fact that it forms...
EXPOSITION Ezekiel 14:1 As the result, probably, of the previous utterances, certain elders of Israel , i . e . of the exiles in Tel-Abib, came to consult Ezekiel, wishing to know what co...
The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,