Ezekiel 11:1-13
THE JUDGMENT UPON THE RULERS... [ Continue Reading ]
THE JUDGMENT UPON THE RULERS... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me unto the East Gate of the Lord's house, which looketh eastward, where the entire vision had been placed, 10:19; AND BEHOLD AT THE DOOR OF THE GATE, the large portal of the. Temple, FIVE AND TWENTY MEN, most likely not identical with those of 8:16; AMO... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said He unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief and give wicked counsel in this city, such as turns out ill and causes injustice to be done;... [ Continue Reading ]
which say, It is not near; let us build houses, literally, "not in near proximity building of houses," that is, the threatened ruin of the city is entirely out of the question, wherefore it is not necessary to worry about the building or the rebuilding of Jerusalem; THIS CITY IS THE CALDRON, AND WE... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man, the repetition giving added emphasis to tile Lord's command.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me and said unto me, Speak, Thus saith the Lord, His very words being quoted, as throughout the inspired Scripture: THUS HAVE YE SAID, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL, FOR I KNOW THE THINGS THAT COME INTO YOUR MIND, EVERY ONE OF THEM, the omniscient God reading their hearts an... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, in the execution of innocent people as a result of their wicked judgments, AND YE HAVE FILLED THE STREETS THEREOF WITH THE SLAIN, by their unjust oppression of those unable to defend themselves against tyranny.... [ 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, their blasphemous boast thus being interpreted in the Lord's way and Jerusalem being called the flesh-pot of those whom they caused to be slain; BUT I WILL BRING YOU... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye have feared the sword, for they had refused to follow the advice of Jeremiah to give themselves up to the Babylonians, since they were afraid of being put to death by them; AND I WILL BRING A SWORD UPON YOU, SAITH THE LORD GOD, to punish them in the very manner which they feared.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, out of the city where they boastfully declared themselves safe, AND DELIVER YOU INTO THE HANDS OF STRANGERS, AND WILL EXECUTE JUDGMENTS AMONG YOU, in bringing upon them the punishment which they deserved.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall fall by the sword, put to death by the invaders; I WILL JUDGE YOU IN THE BORDER OF ISRAEL, on the frontier, at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, Jeremiah 52:24; AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD, convinced by this evidence of His avenging fury.... [ Continue Reading ]
The city shall not be your caldron, namely, in the sense in which they had spoken of it, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof, to be safe from destruction; BUT I WILL JUDGE YOU IN THE BORDER OF ISRAEL, far from the protection of time walls of the capital,... [ Continue Reading ]
and ye shall know that I am the Lord, by the judgments inflicted by Him; FOR YE HAVE NOT WALKED IN MY STATUTES, or, "in whose statutes," in their special application to Israel's case, "ye have not walked," NEITHER EXECUTED MY JUDGMENTS, to lead their lives in agreement with his righteousness, BUT HA... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, died, this substantiating the threatening prophecy uttered by inspiration of the Lord. THEN FELL I DOWN UPON MY FACE, overcome by this evidence of the Lord's avenging justice, AND CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE AND SAID, AH, LORD GO... [ Continue Reading ]
Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PROMISE TO SAVE A REMNANT... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men. of thy kindred, a very close relationship being implied, more than that of the flesh only, as the repetition shows, AND ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL WHOLLY, or "the whole house of Israel," it wholly, those who are Israelites in truth, ARE THEY UNTO WH... [ 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, this punishment being indeed administered by the hand of Jehovah, YET WILL I BE TO THEM AS A LITTLE SANCTUARY IN THE COUNTRIES WHERE THEY SHALL COME, s... [ 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. This is spoken in the Messianic vein of the gathering of the Church of God from the dispersion everywhere, just a... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall come thither, back to the land of Israel, AND THEY SHALL TAKE AWAY ALL THE DETESTABLE THINGS THEREOF AND ALL THE ABOMINATIONS THEREOF FROM THENCE, all the evidences of idolatrous worship and customs, making ready for the worship in spirit and in truth which was taught by Jesus Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will give them one heart, one united in his fear, AND I WILL PUT A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN YOU, by a conversion in truth; AND I WILL TAKE THE STONY HEART OUT OF THEIR FLESH, their obstinate and perverse spirit, AND WILL GIVE THEM AN HEART OF FLESH, one filled with time true fear of the Lord, pliable... [ Continue Reading ]
that they may walk in My statutes, to fashion their behavior in accordance with the manner pleasing to Him, AND KEEP MINE ORDINANCES AND DO THEM; AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, true regeneration thus restoring the right relation between God and man.... [ 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, thereby pronouncing sentence upon the willful idolaters and all those who persist in their enmity against God.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then did the cherubim lift up their wings and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above, occupying the magnificent throne above, as described before.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, where it had been stationed at the East Gate of the Temple, AND STOOD UPON THE MOUNTAIN WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY, that is, the Mount of Olives. Thus the Lord had entirely abandoned His city, thereby definitely designating it... [ Continue Reading ]
Afterwards the spirit took me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God, under whose influence the entire happening was engineered, INTO CHALDEA, TO THEM OF THE CAPTIVITY. SO THE VISION THAT I HAD SEEN WENT UP FROM ME, this being the end of the present revelation.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then I spake unto them of the captivity, for whom this message was really intended, ALL THE THINGS THAT THE LORD HAD SHOWED ME. It was in itself no easy task to proclaim these facts to the exiles, but the true servant of the Lord is not influenced by considerations of weak expediency, his sole objec... [ Continue Reading ]