“ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, ”
The sixth word of judgment. The special sins of princes, priests, and people. Ezekiel 22:26 Violated - Better as in margin; to offer “violence” to the Law is to misinterpret it. It was the...
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, From this verse to the end he shows the general corruption of all ranks.
Another Indictment of Jerusalem The various religious and social evils that prevail in the city are recited ( Ezekiel 22:1-11 ). Their coming punishment is then predicted, first in direct terms (...
FINAL ORACLES AGAINST JERUSALEM Ezekiel 22:1-31 ; Ezekiel 24:1-27 THE close of the first period of Ezekiel's work was marked by two dramatic incidents, which made the day memorable both in the...
The next movement described the utter evil of the city. Its fundamental sins of bloodshed and idolatry were named and denounced, and the resultant evils were described. These consisted of the oppress...
The close of this chapter is uncommonly beautiful, if we read it with an eye to Jesus. Many had been the intercessors for perishing sinners in the earlier ages, and all of them were types of Christ....
And the word of the Lord came unto me ,.... The word of prophecy from the Lord, as the Targum: saying ; as follows:
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 23. And the word. ] See Ezekiel 18:1 .
Charge against Prophets and Priests. B. C. 591. 23 And the word of the L ORD came unt...
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‘And the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed nor rained on in the day of indignation.” ' Ezekiel now declares his third oracle. It concentr...
( Ezekiel 22:23-31 .) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The corrupt condition of all ranks of the people as the immediate cause of the destruction of the kingdom. Ezekiel 22:24 . “Thou art the land that is not c...
Ezekiel 22:8 . Thou hast profaned my sabbaths, the sabbatical days and years. This is repeated in Ezekiel 23:38 , to show that the desecration of holy things filled up the measure of Judah's sin:...
EXPOSITION Ezekiel 22:1 , Ezekiel 22:2 Moreover , etc. The word connects what follows with the word of the Lord which began in Ezekiel 20:2 . That connection is, indeed, sufficient...
The Corruption of Judah inviting Destruction
Ezekiel 22:23
Her — The land of Israel. Not cleansed — Though God's judgments have been as violent floods; and as hottest fires. Nor rained upon — Yet neither thy filth hath been carried away, nor thy dross melt...