fifth month
That is, August.
The elders of Israel - These were as in Ezekiel 14:1 , some of Ezekiel’s fellow-exiles, designated in general terms by the name of Israel, thoug...
And it came to pass in the (a) seventh year, in the fifth [month], the tenth [day] of the month, [that] certain of the elders of Israel came to enqui...
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...
the seventh year. See the table on p. 1105. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah , with 'eth (= Jehovah Himself). App-4.
Here he does not narrate a vision but an event which really happened. It is a simple historical narrative, that some of the elders of Israel we...
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month , the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire o...
It came to pass in the seventh year— That is, from the captivity of Jeconiah: see chap. Ezekiel 8:1 . The occasion of the prophesy in the present...
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of...
The seventh year.. the fifth month ] July-August, 590 b.c.
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...
§ 5. A Final series of Prophecies on the necessity of Israel's Punishment and the Destruction of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 20-24) Date, Aug.-Sept. 590 b....
Came to enquire. — It does not appear that the elders actually proposed their enquiry. It doubtless had relation not to personal affairs, but to 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....
In this final section of the prophecies dealing with reprobation, the prophet in a series of messages set forth the righteousness thereof. In the sev...
CONTENTS In this chapter we have a brief relation how the Lord had dealt with Israel through a long series of years, and how sadly they had requited...
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...
And it came to pass in the seventh year ,.... Of Zedekiah's reign, and of the captivity of Jeconiah; from whence the dates of Ezekiel's visions and...
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth [month], the tenth [day] of the month, [that] certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire o...
It came to pass in the seventh year , &c. Namely, of Jehoiakim's captivity. All the prophecies recorded from the eighth chapter to this, probabl...
The Prophet Consulted by the Elders. B. C. 592....
EZEKIEL CHAPTER 20 God refuseth to be consulted by the elders of Israel, Ezekiel 20:1-3 . He rehearseth the rebellions of their ancestors in Egy...
The Approach of the Elders of Israel. ‘And so it was in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elde...
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 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 aw...
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 o...
Certain of the elders. .. sat before me. The elders before Ezekiel 1. True religion is emphatically a walking with God, not a mere occasional c...
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...
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, about in the middle of the first period of Ezekiel's prophet...
In the Early Days
1 Kings 14:2-6 ; 1 Kings 22:15-28 ; 2 Kings 3:13 ; Acts 22:3 ; Ezekiel 1:2 ; Ezekiel 14:1-3 ; Ezekiel 24:1 ; Ezekiel 26:1 ; Ezekiel 29:1 ;...
The seventh year — Of Zedekiah's reign, two years and five months before Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem. Came — Yet resolved before — hand what...
1 And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me.