Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. THE SPIRIT LIFTED ME UP, AN... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: THEN SAID HE - the Lord sitting on the cherubim (). THESE ARE THE MEN THAT ... GIVE WICKED COUNSEL - in opposition to the prophets of God ().... [ Continue Reading ]
Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. IT IS NOT NEAR - namely, the destruction of the city; therefore "let us build houses," as if there was no fear. But the Hebrew [ bªnowt (H1129) baatiym (H1004)] opposes the English version, which would... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. THEREFORE PROPHESY AGAINST THEM, PROPHESY. The repetition marks emphatic earnestness.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them. THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD FELL UPON ME - stronger than "entered into me" (; ), implying the zeal of the Spi... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain. YE HAVE MULTIPLIED YOUR SLAIN - those on whom you have brought ruin by your wicked counsels. Bloody crimes within the city brought on it a bloody foe from without (Ezekiel 7:23). They had made it a... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it. THIS CITY IS THE CALDRON: BUT I WILL BRING YOU FORTH OUT OF THE MIDST OF IT. The city is a caldron to them, but... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD. YE HAVE FEARED THE SWORD. The Chaldean sword, to escape which ye abandoned your God, shall be brought on you by God because of that very abandonment of Him.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. I WILL BRING YOU OUT OF THE MIDST THEREOF - i:e., of the city, as captives led into the open plain for judgment.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. I WILL JUDGE YOU IN THE BORDER OF ISRAEL - on the frontier: at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, where the King of Babylon executed judgment on Zedekiah, his sons, and the chief officers and... [ Continue Reading ]
This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel: (Note ).... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. YE ... HAVE DONE A... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel? PELATIAH THE SON OF BENAIAH DIED - probably the ringleader of the scorners (Ezekie... [ Continue Reading ]
_AGAIN THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession. THY BRETHREN, EVEN THY BRETHREN. The repetition implies, 'Thy r... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. ALTHOUGH I HAVE CAST THEM FAR OFF AMONG THE HEATHEN ... YET WILL... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. I WILL EVEN GATHER YOU FROM THE PEOPLE - (; ; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. THEY SHALL TAKE AWAY ALL THE DETESTABLE THINGS ... AND ALL THE ABOMINATIONS THEREOF FROM THEM. They have eschewed every vestige of idolatry ever since their retur... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: I WILL GIVE THEM ONE HEART. Lest they should claim to themselves the praise given them in , God declares it is to be the free gift of... [ Continue Reading ]
That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. THAT THEY MAY WALK IN MY STATUTES. Regeneration shows itself by its fruit (; ). THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD - (; ; ; ). In its fullest sense still... [ Continue Reading ]
But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD. AS FOR THEM WHOSE HEART WALKETH AFTER THE HEART OF THEIR DETESTABLE THINGS. The repetition of "heart" is emphatic, signifyi... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN DID THE CHERUBIMS LIFT UP THEIR WINGS, AND THE WHEELS BESIDE THEM; AND THE GLORY OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL WAS OVER THEM ABOVE._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city. THE GLORY OF THE LORD WENT UP FROM THE MIDST OF THE CITY. The Shechinah glory now moves from the east gate, where it had previously moved (; ), to the mount of Olives,... [ Continue Reading ]
Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. THE SPIRIT ... BROUGHT ME IN A VISION - not in actual fact, but in ecstatic vision. He had been as to the outward world all the... [ Continue Reading ]
Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me. THEN I SPAKE UNTO THEM OF THE CAPTIVITY ALL THE THINGS THAT THE LORD HAD SHOWED ME - literally, 'all the words?' an appropriate expression; because the word communicated to him was not simply a word, but one clot... [ Continue Reading ]