“ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, ”
The former prophecies concerned the city of Jerusalem and the inhabitants of Judaea. The present is addressed to the whole land and people of Israel, which is to be included in a like judgment, The...
Ezekiel 6. The Doom of the Sinful Mountains. Ezekiel 6:1-7 . Not only, however, was Jerusalem steeped in sin, but the whole land; therefore the whole land is here addressed and denounced, or rat...
the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
The Prophet now turns himself to the kingdom of Israel, since he had formerly spoken concerning the Jews alone. He says that he was divinely sent to the mountains of Israel. The first questi...
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, No JFB commentary on this verse.
The Guilt (or Trespass) Offering. Two cases are mentioned in which it is proper to bring a guilt offering. The first ( Leviticus 5:15 ) is that of a person who occasions loss to the sanctuary by eit...
THE END FORETOLD Ezekiel 4:1-17 - Ezekiel 7:1-27 WITH the fourth chapter we enter on the exposition of the first great division of Ezekiel's prophecies. The chaps, 4-24, cover a period of abo...
These signs were followed by denunciations growing naturally out of what they had taught. In general terms, the prophet first foretold the coming judgment of the sword against the whole land, and the...
CONTENTS This Chapter is but a continuation of the former: the Lord is still expostulating with his people. We have in the middle of the Chapter a gracious promise.
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. That is, the word of prophecy from the Lord, as the Targum: this, according to Junius, was delivered out by the prophet on a sabbath day, the twenty f...
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 1. And the word of the Lord came unto me. ] Junius observeth that this and the two following prophecies, viz., those in Ezekiel 7:1,27 ; Ezeki...
The Destruction of Idolatry. B. C. 594. 1 And the word of the L ORD came unto me, sayin...
EZEKIEL CHAPTER 6 The judgement of Israel for their idolatry, Ezekiel 6:1-7 . A remnant shall be saved, Ezekiel 6:8-10 . The prophet is directed to lament their abominations and calamities,...
‘And the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “Son of man, set your face towards the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them, and say, ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh, Thus...
4. FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF ISRAEL’S CONDUCT (Chap. 6) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— The judgment on places of idolatry and the worshippers ( Ezekiel 6:1-7 ). After asserting, in Ezekie...
Ezekiel 6:3 . I will destroy your high places, all the necessaries of idolatry. במות bomoth, Βουνοι, thence Βωμοι. Your high altars. In Montfaucon's Antiquities we have various views of heathe...
I, even I, will bring a sword upon you. The character of God Taking Chapter s 6 and 7 as revealing the character of God, in how awful a light is the Divine Being made to appear! How infinite, f...
EXPOSITION Ezekiel 6:2 , Ezekiel 6:3 Set thy face toward the mountains, etc. The formula is eminently characteristic of Ezekiel. We have had it with a different verb in the Hebrew, i...
And the word of the Lord came unto me, again in direct verbal inspiration, saying,