Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: The distinction between Israel and the pagan (as Edom) is, Israel has a covenant-relation to God, ensuring restoration after chastisement, so that the pagan's hope of getting... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: YE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL - in contrast to "mount Seir" of the previous prophecy. They are here personified; Israel's elevation is moral, not merely physical, as Edom's. Her hill... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: BECAUSE - literally, Because,... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. THE HEATHEN AND ...... [ Continue Reading ]
Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: SAY UNTO THE MOUNTAINS ... BECAUSE YE H... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. I HAVE LIFTED UP MINE HAND - in token of an oath (; ). SURELY THE HEATHEN THAT ARE ABOUT YOU, THEY SHALL BEAR THEIR SHAME - a perpetual shame; whereas the "shame... [ Continue Reading ]
But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come. BUT YE, O MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL, YE SHALL SHOOT FORTH YOUR BRANCHES, AND YIELD YOUR FRUIT TO MY PEOPLE OF ISRAEL; FOR THEY ARE AT HAND TO COME - i:e., the I... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR, BEHOLD, I AM FOR YOU, AND I WILL TURN UNTO YOU, AND YE SHALL BE TILLED AND SOWN:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded: THE WASTES SHALL BE BUILDED - (; ; Amos 9:11; ) where, as here (Ezekiel 34:23), the names of David, Messiah's type, and Edom, Israel's foe, are introduce... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye s... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men. YEA, I WILL CAUSE MEN TO WALK UPON YOU - O mountains of Israel (). AND THEY SHALL POSSESS THEE, AND THOU SHALT... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations; BECAUSE THEY SAY UNTO YOU, THOU LAND DEVOUREST UP MEN - alluding to the words of the spies (). The land personified is represented as doing that which was done in it. Like an unnatural... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD. THEREFORE THOU SHALT DEVOUR MEN NO MORE, NEITHER BEREAVE, [ lo' (H3808) tªshakªliy (H7921)] - so the Qeri' or Hebrew margin reads, to correspond to "hast bereaved" in Ezekiel 36:13; but [tªkashliy] 'c... [ Continue Reading ]
_NEITHER WILL I CAUSE MEN TO HEAR IN THEE THE SHAME OF THE HEATHEN ANY MORE, NEITHER SHALT THOU BEAR THE REPROACH OF THE PEOPLE ANY MORE, NEITHER SHALT THOU CAUSE THY NATIONS TO FALL ANY MORE, SAITH THE LORD GOD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. THEIR WAY WAS BEFORE ME AS THE UNCLEANNESS OF A REMOVED WOMAN - one put apart for uncleanness, (, etc.)... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: WHEREFORE I POURED MY FURY UPON THEM FOR THE BLOOD THAT THEY HAD SHED UPON THE LAND, AND FOR THEIR IDOLS WHEREWITH THEY HAD POLLUTED IT: AND I SCATTERED THEM A... [ Continue Reading ]
And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. THEY PROFANED MY HOLY NAME, WHEN THEY (THE HEATHEN) SAID TO THEM (THE ISRAELITES), THESE ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD... [ Continue Reading ]
But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. I HAD PITY FOR MINE HOLY NAME - i:e., I felt pity for it: God's own name, so dishonoured, was the primary object of His pitying concern, then His people, secondarily, through His conce... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. I DO NOT THIS FOR YOUR SAKES - i:e., not for any merit in you; for, on the contrary, on your... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. I WILL SANCTIFY MY GREAT NAME - I will vindicate and manif... [ Continue Reading ]
For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. I WILL TAKE YOU FROM ... THE HEATHEN, AND GATHER YOU OUT OF ALL COUNTRIES, AND WILL BRING YOU INTO YOUR OWN LAND. Fulfilled primarily in the restoration from Babylon; ultimatel... [ Continue Reading ]
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. THEN WILL I SPRINKLE CLEAN WATER UPON YOU, AND YE SHALL BE CLEAN. The external restoration must be preceded by an internal one. The change in their condition m... [ Continue Reading ]
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. A NEW HEART - a new mind and will. AND A NEW SPIRIT WILL I PUT WITHIN YOU - i:e., a new motive and principle of action. I W... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. AND I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU - (; ). The partial repentance and reformation at the return from Babylon (, etc.; Nehemiah 8:1; Nehemiah 9:1) was an earnest of the full re... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. YE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, AND I WILL BE YOUR GOD - (, "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;" ).... [ Continue Reading ]
I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. I WILL ALSO SAVE YOU FROM ALL YOUR UNCLEANNESSES - the province of Jesus, according to the signification of His name (). To be specially exercised in behalf of the Je... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. YE SHALL RECEIVE NO MORE REPROACH OF FAMINE AMONG THE HEATHEN - to which their taunt (), "Thou land devourest up men," in part referred.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. THEN SHALL YE REMEMBER YOUR OWN EVIL WAYS - with shame and loathing. The unexpected grace and love of God, manifested in Chri... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOT FOR YOUR SAKES DO I THIS, SAITH THE LORD GOD, BE IT KNOWN UNTO YOU: BE ASHAMED AND CONFOUNDED FOR YOUR OWN WAYS, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. AND THEY SHALL SAY, THIS LAND THAT WAS DESOLATE IS BECOME LIKE THE GARDEN OF EDEN - "they," i:e., the pagan, who once made Israel'... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. I THE LORD HAVE SPOKEN IT, AND I WILL DO IT - (, "Hath He said, and shall He not do it? or hath He spoken, and shall H... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. I WILL YET FOR THIS BE INQUIRED OF - so as to grant it. On former occasions He had refused to be inquired of by Israel, because the inquirers were not... [ Continue Reading ]
As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD. AS THE HOLY FLOCK, AS THE FLOCK OF JERUSALEM IN HER SOLEMN FEASTS - the great flock of choice animals for sacrifice, brought up to Je... [ Continue Reading ]