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. Ver. 1. _Moreover the Spirit l... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then said he unto me, Son of man, these [are] the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:_ Ver. 2. _These are the men that devise mischief._] That whet their wits and beat their brains about it; the politicians of the time, who, like children, are ever standing on their hea... [ Continue Reading ]
Which say, [It is] not near; let us build houses: this [city is] the caldron, and we [be] the flesh. Ver. 3. _Which say, It is not near,_] _sc., _ The evil day is not. The vision that he seeth is for many days to come; and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. Ezekiel 12:22 _; _ Eze 12:27 S... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. Ver. 4. _Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy._] _Urger et repetit, ne cunctetur._ Out of greatest indignation against these pests, he pricketh him on to prophesy, as having vengeance "in a readiness for the disobedient." 2Co 10:6 Mocker... [ 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. Ver. 5. _And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me._] _Et irruit in me Spiritus Iehovae; _ with force and p... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain. Ver. 6. _Ye have multiplied your slain in this city._] Called therefore a bloody city, Ezekiel 22:2 _; Ezekiel 9:9_ _; _ Eze 7:23 and it shall therefore despume you; _Vos sicut spumae eieciemini._ Evi... [ 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. Ver. 7. _Your slain._] Whether ye have slain them outright, or have laid them bleeding and dying by your oppre... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 8. _Ye have feared the sword._] And yet they made as if they feared nothing; they doubted not but to die in their nest; but all guilt hath fear, and all such fear hath torment. _ And I will bring a sword upon you... [ 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. Ver. 9. _And I will bring you out of the midst thereof._] The same again, for better assurance. We use to do so oft when we threaten aught.... [ 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. Ver. 10. _I will judge you in the border of Israel._] In the northern border, even at Riblah. 2 Kings 25:6 _; _ 2Ki 25:21 _Jeremiah 52:10_ _; Jeremiah 52:24_ _; _ Jer 52:27... [ 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: Ver. 11. _This city shall not be your caldron._] Ye shall not be so happy as to die in your own native country, _atque ante ora patrum_ _a_ but elsewhere, at Ri... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 12. _And ye shall know that I am the Lord._] That which ye would not take knowledge of by the words of your p... [ 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? Ver. 13. _And it came to pass that when I prophesied._] God heweth men by his prophet... [ Continue Reading ]
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 14. _Again the word of the Lord came unto me._] In answer to my prayer, though there was something in it of unbelief and human frailty. See Psalms 31:22. _See Trapp on "_ Psa 31:22 _"_... [ 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. Ver. 15. _Thy brethren, even thy brethren,_] _i.e., _ Thine un... [ 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. Ver. 16. _Although I have cast them._] What a _cornucopia_ of comf... [ 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. Ver. 17. _I will even gather you from the people._] How impossible or improbable soever you may think it, and t... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. Ver. 18. _And they shall take away all the detestable things._] So God calleth their idols and monuments of idolatry, not deigning to call them by their usual names.... [ 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: Ver. 19. _And I will give them one heart._] Opposed to a "divided heart," such as the Paphlagonian partridges are said to have; Hos 10:2... [ 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. Ver. 20. _That they may walk in my statutes._] The covenant of grace is suited to all the exigencies and indigencies of a poor saint. It is "ordered in all things." 2Sa 23... [ 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. Ver. 21. _But as for them._] This is added lest any wicked men should misapply the promises, as they do _qui sperando praesu... [ 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._ Ver. 22. _Then did the cherubims._] Now God is utterly leaving the refractory Jews. He did so much more after their rejection of Christ and his gospel.... [ 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. Ver. 23. _From the midst of the city._] From the east gate. _ And stood upon the mountain._] Mount Olivet. There he made his last stand, to see if they would meet him... [ 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. Ver. 24. _By the Spirit of God,_] _i.e., _ In a supernatural rapture.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me. Ver. 25. _Then I spake unto them of the captivity._] These were his proper charge, and now God's chiefest care. To them therefore he delivered the whole counsel of God, which he had seen and heard for their better s... [ Continue Reading ]