“ Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, ”
Ezekiel 20. The Wicked Past and the Blessed Future. Ezekiel 20:1-32 . A Sketch of Israel's Early Idolatries. It is now 590 B.C. Almost a year has elapsed since the last incident that was dated (...
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4.
Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, No JFB commentary on this verse.
History Repeating itself Some four years before the fall of Jerusalem the elders of Tel-abib again came to consult Ezekiel, who declared that God had no answer to give them. The reason was that th...
JEHOVAH'S CONTROVERSY WITH ISRAEL Ezekiel 20:1-49 BY far the hardest trial of Ezekiel's faith must have been the conduct of his fellow-exiles. It was amongst them that he looked for the great s...
In this final section of the prophecies dealing with reprobation, the prophet in a series of messages set forth the righteousness thereof. In the seventh year of the reign of Jehoiachin, that is four...
The Prophet is exact to state the time of those elders coming to him; perhaps it was the Sabbath day; and though ordinances were lost in Babylon, yet, no doubt, some kept a remembrance of the Lord's...
Then came the word of the Lord unto me ,.... While the elders were sitting before him, by an impulse upon his mind, dictating things unto him: saying : as follows:
Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, Ver. 2. Then came. ] See on Ezekiel 18:1 .
It came to pass in the seventh year , &c. Namely, of Jehoiakim's captivity. All the prophecies recorded from the eighth chapter to this, probably belong to the sixth year of that captivity. Cer...
The Prophet Consulted by the Elders. B. C. 592. 1 And it came to pass in the seventh yea...
While these men were with Ezekiel God gives him instruction what to say to them.
‘And the word of Yahweh came to me saying.' Ezekiel remained in his house under his enforced silence ( Ezekiel 3:26 ), only speaking when ‘the word of Yahweh' came to him. Silently he watched their...
THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF ISRAEL (Chap. 20.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The date given in Ezekiel 20:1 applies also to chap. 20–23. (compare chap. Ezekiel 24:1 ). These four Chapter s are bound tog...
Ezekiel 20:1-3 I. There is no evidence that the elders showed penitence in coming to inquire of the Lord. Ezekiel did not send the hungry empty away; he alone as God's ambassador refused to answer...
Ezekiel 20:1 . The elders of Israel came to enquire of the Lord, and sat before me. They still respected the divine καρισματα, or holy anointing of the Spirit; but they sought it for a reverse of...
Certain of the elders. .. sat before me. The elders before Ezekiel 1. True religion is emphatically a walking with God, not a mere occasional coming to Him. The precise manner in which the date...
EXPOSITION Ezekiel 20:1 A new date is given, and includes what follows to Ezekiel 23:49 . The last note of time was in Ezekiel 8:1 , and eleven months and five days had passed, during whi...
In the Early Days