Or if I bring a sword upon that land, in a third scourge, and say, Sword, go through the land, the figure being purposely strong in order to emphasize the severity of the Lord's punishment through the slaughter of the battle, so that I cut off man and beast from it:
Jeremiah 14; Jeremiah 15 is a remarkable parallel to this prophecy. Here, as elsewhere, Ezekiel is commissioned to deliver to the exiles the same message which Jeremiah conveys to the inhabitants of J...
Ezekiel 14:1. These inquiring elders, with wickedness in their hearts, give another illustration of the depth of degradation in which the people had sunk. He who searches the hearts knew what was in t...
THE RIGHTEOUS CANNOT SAVE THE CITY, BUT ONLY THEMSELVES. In spite of all Ezekiel's visions and warnings, the people still cherish the illusion that Jerusalem will be spared if for no other reason, at...
IF. BRING. SWORD, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:25). See Ezekiel 5:17....
_say, Sword, go through_ This rendering assumes a grammatical anomaly. Rather, THE SWORD SHALL GO through. Ezekiel 14:19. The pestilence....
The presence of righteous men among a sinful people will not save the sinners The passage may be in answer to thoughts which the prophet felt might rise in the minds of those to whom he spoke. He thr...
B. Presence of Righteous Men 14:12-23 TRANSLATION (12) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (13) Son of man, when a land sins against Me by trespassing grievously, and I stretch out My hand...
If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: The argument is cumulative. He first puts the case...
A DIVINE PRINCIPLE AND AN APPARENT EXCEPTION As a rule when God punishes a land for its wickedness by such judgments as famine, wild beasts, sword, or pestilence, the presence in it of the most eminen...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 14 WICKED LEADERS – EZEKIEL 14:1-23 V1 Some of *Is
(15-20) In these verses the same declaration is repeated, for the sake of emphasis, with each one of three other instruments of punishment, with only such variations of phraseology as are required for...
אֹ֛ו חֶ֥רֶב אָבִ֖יא עַל ־הָ אָ֣רֶץ הַ
Certain of the elders of Israel now came to Ezekiel, evidently to hear what message he had to deliver to them. The word of the Lord revealed to him that whatever their outward attitude might be, they...
We have no difficulty in explaining sin as the cause of sorrow. The four sore judgments of God, famine, the sword, wild beasts, and pestilence, are among the rods by which guilty nations, in all ages,...
The Prophet now descends to the third kind of punishment. Hence God says, _if he send a sword upon a land, he cannot be entreated so as not to consume it utterly_, neither will he admit any man’s inte...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14. Chapter 13 judges the prophets who deceived the people in Jerusalem by their pretended visions of peace. In chapter 14 the elders of Israel come an...
OR [IF] I BRING A SWORD UPON THAT LAND,.... The land which had grievously sinned; the same land into which a famine should come, and through which evil beasts should pass; to which, if the Lord should...
_Or [if] I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:_ Ver. 17. _Or if I bring a sword._] The sword, whensoever it comes is bathed in...
_If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land_ We find it was one punishment of the inhabitants of Judea, to be infested by lions and other wild beasts. To this their neighbourhood to the desert...
12-23 National sins bring national judgments. Though sinners escape one judgment, another is waiting for them. When God's professing people rebel against him, they may justly expect all his judgments...
He is Lord of hosts, and hath the militia of all the world in his hand, the sword is the right of the King of kings. BRING A SWORD; raise war, and send enemies to invade it. That land; what land soeve...
Ezekiel 14:17 bring H935 (H8686) sword H2719 land H776 say H559 (H8804) Sword H2719 through H5674 ...
“Or if I bring a sword on that land and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,' so that I cut off from it man and beast, though these three men were in it, as I live says the Lord Yahweh, they will deliver...
CONTENTS: Vision of the elders of Israel. Jerusalem on no account to be spared. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Noah, Job, Daniel. CONCLUSION: Many who have no idols in their sanctuary have idols in their...
Ezekiel 14:1. _Then came certain of the elders of Israel,_ ex-judges and magistrates in Judea. They were all idolaters, yet they wished to know whether there were any hope of their return to Jerusalem...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 14:12 Five distinct paragraphs make up this oracle. The first four describe four forms of divine judgment on Jerusalem: famine (vv. Ezekiel 14:12); beasts (vv....
JUDAH AND JERUSALEM CANNOT CLAIM EXEMPTION FROM JUDGMENTS BECAUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS FEW THEREIN (Ezekiel 14:12) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 14:12. “WHEN THE LAND SINNETH AGAINST ME BY TRESPASSING GRIEVO...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 14:1 As the result, probably, of the previous utterances, certain ELDERS OF ISRAEL, _i_._e_. of the exiles in Tel-Abib, came to consult Ezekiel, wishing to know what counsels or wh...
CHAPTER 14. HYPOCRITICAL INQUIRERS AFTER GOD THEIR WICKEDNESS DISCOVERED AND REBUKED. Ezekiel 14:1. _And there came to me some of the elders of Israel and sat before me._ Ezekiel 14:2. _And the wor...
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling...
Ezekiel 14:13; Ezekiel 21:3; Ezekiel 21:4; Ezekiel 21:9; Ezekiel 25
That land — What land soever it be....