_I, even I, will bring a sword upon you._ THE CHARACTER OF GOD Taking Chapter s 6 and 7 as revealing the character of God, in how awful a light is the Divine Being made to appear! How infinite, for example, are His resources of judgment and penalty! He attributes to Himself the exercise of every po... [ Continue Reading ]
_That your altars may be laid waste._ FALSE WORSHIP 1. Where idols and false worship are got into a church or state, they are not easily got out again. Their cities must be destroyed, that their altars and idols may be broken and cease. 2. See what it is that ruins cities; altars, idols, false wo... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ye shall know that I am the Lord._ THE KNOWLEDGE OF JEHOVAH The phrase “Ye shall know that I am Jehovah” may mean Ye shall know that I who now speak am truly Jehovah, the God of Israel. There is, of course, no doubt that Ezekiel conceived Jehovah as endowed with the plenitude of deity, or that in... [ Continue Reading ]
_They shall loathe themselves._ SELF-LOATHING AFTER SIN We never realise what sin is till its passion is over, and we have time quietly to remember. Oh, the terror of those hours of remembrance and remorse! Sitting in the captivity of its prison, or serving in the heavy bondage of its fetters, the... [ Continue Reading ]