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Ezekiel 33:1 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4,
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Ezekiel 33:2 open_in_new
Son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.
children. sons.
a. one.
man. Hebrew. ish, App-14.
coasts. borders: i.e. one man out from within the border. of their land.
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Ezekiel 33:3 open_in_new
the sword. judgment. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Effect), App-8, for that which executes the judgment.
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Ezekiel 33:4 open_in_new
his own head. himself: "head" being put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), App-6, for the whole person.
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Ezekiel 33:5 open_in_new
soul. Hebrew.
nephesh. App-13.
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Ezekiel 33:6 open_in_new
person. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
iniquity. Hebrew. avah. App-44. Not the same as ise verses: Ezekiel 33:13; Ezekiel 33:15; Ezekiel 33:18.
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Ezekiel 33:8 open_in_new
wicked. lawless. Hebrew. rasha '. App-44. iniquity. Hebrew 'avah App-44.
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Ezekiel 33:9 open_in_new
in: or, for.
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Ezekiel 33:10 open_in_new
transgressions. Hebrew. pasha. App-44.
sins. Hebrew. chata. App-44.
pine away, &c. Ref: to Pentateuch. See notes on Ezekiel 4:12 with Ezekiel 24:23.
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Ezekiel 33:11 open_in_new
As. live, he. Figure of speech Delete. App-6.
saith the Lord GOD. [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle, See note on Ezekiel 2:4.
turn ye. Note the Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6.
evil. Hebrew. ra'a. App-44.
why will ye die... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
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Ezekiel 33:12 open_in_new
thereby: or, therein.
in the day. when. See App-18.
for his righteousness. thereby, or therein, in the day, &c.
sinneth. Hebrew. chata '. App-44.
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Ezekiel 33:13 open_in_new
trust. confide. Hebrew batch App-69.
righteousnesses. righteous deeds. In Hebrew text it is singular. ("righteousness "); but the margin, with four early printed editions, reads "righteousnesses" (plural) for: or, in. Compare Ezekiel 33:9.
iniquity. Hebrew. aval App-44. Not the same word as in Ezekiel 33:5, but same as in verses: Ezekiel 33:15; Ezekiel 33:18.
for it. thereby, or therein, as in Ezekiel 33:12,
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Ezekiel 33:14 open_in_new
that which is... right = judgment and righteousness.
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Ezekiel 33:15 open_in_new
restore the pledge, he. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:26; Leviticus 6:2; Leviticus 6:4; Leviticus 6:5.Deuteronomy 24:6; Deuteronomy 24:10-13; Deuteronomy 24:17).
give again. Note the Figure of speech Asyndeton (App-6), hurrying on to the climax at end of verse.
he shall surely live. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:5).
he shall not die. Note the Figure of speech Pleonasm (App-6), for emphasis.
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Ezekiel 33:16 open_in_new
sins. Hebrew text reads "sin"; but margin, some codices, and four early printed editions, read "sins" (p1.)
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Ezekiel 33:17 open_in_new
the LORD. One of the emendations of the Sopherim, by which they say they changed Jehovah of the primitive text to Adonai. See App-32.
equal. See note on "pondereth", Proverbs 21:2.
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Ezekiel 33:18 open_in_new
thereby: or, in them: i.e. in those deeds.
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Ezekiel 33:20 open_in_new
the Lord. Hebrew. Adonai. App-4.
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Ezekiel 33:21 open_in_new
the twelfth year... tenth month... fifth day. This is the date of the taking of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. See Ezekiel 40:1. The event in the twenty-fifth year is said to be the fourteenth year from the twelfth (i.e. from the tenth month of tho twelfth year to the first month of the twenty-fifth). The prophecies of the preceding Chapter s were given to Ezekiel in the Land before this twelfth year. See the table on p. 1105, and App-50.). This was the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month and ninth day (Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 39:2; 2 Kings 25:1-4).
came unto me. While still in the Land, probably in hiding,
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Ezekiel 33:22 open_in_new
the evening. Doubtless, of the same day of his escape. he that was escaped. As foretold in Ezekiel 24:26.
my mouth was opened. Compare Ezekiel 24:27; Ezekiel 29:21, i.e. in prophecy.
no more dumb: i.. silent from prophesying, Note the Figure of speech Pleonasm (App-6), to emphasise the fact.
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Ezekiel 33:24 open_in_new
wastes. ruins.
the land of Israel. the soil of Israel. Hebrew. admath. Not the same word as in Ezekiel 33:28, which is 'eretz. See note on Ezekiel 11:17.
Ye eat with the blood. eat over ('al) the blood: i.e. over or near (as the heathen in their necromancy). Reference to Pentateuch (not to Deuteronomy 12:16 (where it is lo. not), but to Leviticus 19:26 (where it is. al. over), as here, and where it is connected with the idolatrous practices of the heathen.
idols. manufactured gods.
shall ye. ? Note the Figure of speech Protests (App-6).
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Ezekiel 33:26 open_in_new
Ye: i.e. Ye [men]. The verb is masculine.
Ye stand upon your sword. Ye take your stand (first occurrence Genesis 18:8; Genesis 18:22), [leaning] upon, &c. The posture assumed by necromancers waiting for the rites, ye work, &c.: i.e. ye [women] work, &c. The verb is feminine.
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Ezekiel 33:28 open_in_new
the land. Hebrew. eretz. Not the same word as in Ezekiel 33:24.
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Ezekiel 33:29 open_in_new
shall they know, he. See note on Ezekiel 6:10.
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Ezekiel 33:30 open_in_new
against. about.
doors. entrances.
to. with.
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Ezekiel 33:31 open_in_new
as the People cometh: or, according as an assembly cometh together.
shew much love: or, counterfeit lovers. Hebrew. agabim. See note on next verse.
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Ezekiel 33:32 open_in_new
10. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
a very lovely song. Hebrew. agabim. a song for the pipes. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (Revelation 6; Revelation 6), with "lovers", in Ezekiel 33:31.