“ The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, ”
The last verse of Ezekiel 17 gives occasion for a declaration of the principle upon which God’s providential dispensations proceed, namely, that every individual shall be equitably dealt with - a...
Ezekiel 18. The Principle of Retribution. From many points of view the imminent doom has been abundantly justified. But on whom will it fall? on the innocent and guilty alike? This chapter proclaim...
The word . And the word. the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4.
We may collect from this rebuke that the Jews were perverse interpreters of the best teaching; yea, they purposely reviled the Prophet’s expression, and drew it to a contrary meaning. For it, i...
The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, Vindication of God's moral government as to His retributive righteousness, from the Jewish imputation of injustice, as if they were suffering,...
God's Equity vindicated The popular view of Israel's calamities, as expressed in a current proverb, was that they were the punishment of the sins of former generations. Though there was a measure...
THE RELIGION OF THE INDIVIDUAL Ezekiel 18:1-32 IN the sixteenth chapter, as we have seen, Ezekiel has asserted in the most unqualified terms the validity of the principle of national retributio...
The next prophecy was directed against the false attitude of mind obtaining among the exiled people, which had expressed itself in a proverb, "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's t...
CONTENTS This chapter is a beautiful commendation of divine justice, and no less a condemnation of human folly.
And the word of the Lord came unto me again, saying. The word of prophecy from the Lord, as the Targum; and its being mentioned is coming from the Lord is to give it weight and authority. This is a...
The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, Ver. 1. And the word of the Lord came unto me. ] This is oft prefaced by the prophets to make their sermons more authoritative and authentic. Pausa...
Proverb of the Sour Grapes; Reply to the Sour Grapes; Divine Judgments Vindicated. B. C. 593. ...
EZEKIEL CHAPTER 18 God disalloweth the parable of sour grapes, Ezekiel 18:1-4 . He showeth his dealing with a just man, Ezekiel 18:5-9 , with the wicked son of a just father, Ezekiel 18:10-...
‘The word of Yahweh came to me again saying.' The prophet is still bound by his oath of dumbness but has again received a word from Yahweh to pass on.
THE EQUITY OF THE DIVINE JUSTICE (chap. 18) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The judgments announced in chaps. 8, 11, were intended to bring Israel to repentance. But this salutary purpose was frustrated by the ma...
Ezekiel 18:1-4 This chapter helps us to clear up a puzzle which has tormented the minds of men in all ages whenever they have thought of God, and of whether God meant them well or meant them ill....
Ezekiel 18:2 . The fathers have eaten sour (unripe) grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge. Chaldaic, the children follow them. This proverb threw the blame on their fathers, on Adam,...
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge? Sins of fathers visited on their childr...
EXPOSITION Ezekiel 18:1 , Ezekiel 18:2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb, etc.? Another and entirely different section opens, and we see at once from what it started. Ezekiel ha...
The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,
Ezekiel 18:1