“ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, ”
Ezekiel, after describing by a figure the circumstances and conditions of the Jews and Zedekiah, the vassal of the Assyrian monarch, warns them of the delusive character of their hopes of help from...
Ezekiel 17. The Perfidious King. Jerusalem, as we have seen, is to be punished for her guilty past and her perfidious people ( Ezekiel 17:16 ), but no less for her guilty present and her perfidious...
The LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
In this chapter the Prophet shows that the Jews were utterly foolish in thinking themselves safe, since they had God as their adversary. At the end of the chapter he promises indeed the restora...
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, The date of the prophecy is between the sixth month of Zedekiah's sixth year of reign and the fifth month of the seventh year after the carrying...
Zedekiah's Perfidy and its Punishment Zedekiah had been placed on the throne of Judah as a vassal of Babylon, but was led by his nobles to intrigue with Egypt and to throw off the Babylonian yoke....
THE END OF THE MONARCHY Ezekiel 12:1-15 ; Ezekiel 17:1-24 ; Ezekiel 19:1-14 IN spite of the interest excited by Ezekiel's prophetic appearances, the exiles still received his prediction of th...
Commanded by Jehovah, the prophet then put forth a riddle. A great eagle came on Lebanon, and took off the top of the cedar, planting the young twigs in a land of traffic, a city of merchants. Moreov...
CONTENTS The Lord, by His servant the Prophet, is still teaching by parable. Under the similitude of two eagles and a vine is showed God's judgments upon Jerusalem. The Chapter, however, closeth wit...
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. After the prophet had been sent to charge the Jews with breaking the covenant with God, he is sent to rebuke and threaten them for breaking covenant w...
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 1. And the word of the Lord came. ] In the foregoing chapter God had threatened the inhabitants of Jerusalem for violating their covenant with h...
The Parable of the Eagles; The Parable Explained; Ruin of Zedekiah Predicted. B. C. 593. 1...
EZEKIEL CHAPTER 17 Under the parable of two eagles and a vine, Ezekiel 17:1-10 , is showed God's judgment upon Zedekiah, for revolting from Babylon to Egypt, Ezekiel 17:11-21 . A promise of C...
The Parable of the Two Great Eagles. ‘And the word of Yahweh came to me saying.' Ezekiel was still under his vow of silence apart from when the word of Yahweh came to him. The people were slowly...
THE HUMILIATION AND EXALTATION OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID (Chap 17) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The word of prophecy in this chapter is introduced in the way of a riddle and a parable ( Ezekiel 17:2 ). The parable...
Ezekiel 17:2 . Put forth a riddle. A parable, or ingenious allegory, that the acumen of the composition may attract attention from the rulers of Judah. This parable is likewise ingeniously explain...
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel. Prophecy in parable The word “riddle” may in this connection mean parable, picture, symbol; whatever will excite an...
EXPOSITION Ezekiel 17:2 Put forth a riddle, etc. Again there is an interval of silence, till another theme is suggested to the prophet's mind and worked out elaborately. This he describes...
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel 17:1