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II. PREDICTIONS AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM (33-48)
Chapter S 33-34
A. The Watchman, the False Shepherds, and the True Shepherd
_ 1. The renewed call of Ezekiel as watchman (Ezekiel 33:1) _...
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NEED OF A DEEPENED SENSE OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY (EZEKIEL 33), and
this alike for himself and his hearers.
EZEKIEL 33:1. He feels that he is responsible for them, and that they
are responsible for...
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THAT WHICH IS... RIGHT = judgment and righteousness....
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Cf. Ezekiel 3:18; Ezekiel 18:27.
_that which is lawful_ Lit. as marg., (just) judgment and justice....
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Despondency of the people, making the prophet's appeals to them of
none effect. Removal of the despair by two gracious words from the
Lord....
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B. The Possibilities of Repentance 33:10-20
TRANSLATION
(10) And as for you, son of man, say unto the house of Israel, Thus
you have said: Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we
waste aw...
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_WHEN I SHALL SAY TO THE RIGHTEOUS, THAT HE SHALL SURELY LIVE; IF HE
TRUST TO HIS OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND COMMIT INIQUITY, ALL HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESSES SHALL NOT BE REMEMBERED; BUT FOR HIS INIQUITY THAT HE...
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THE PROPHET AND THE INDIVIDUAL
This passage combines an expanded repetition of Ezekiel 3:17 with a
condensed repetition of Ezekiel 18:5. The prophet is a watchman,
responsible for warning his people o...
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§ 1. THE RESTORATION (EZEKIEL 33-39)
After an introductory passage (Ezekiel 33:1), and two short prophecies
against the wicked survivors of Jerusalem and the careless exiles
(Ezekiel 33:21), this sect...
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וּ בְ אָמְרִ֥י לָֽ † רָשָׁ֖ע מֹ֣ות...
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THE PROPHET A WATCHMAN
Ezekiel 33:1
ONE day in January of the year 586 the tidings circulated through the
Jewish colony at Tel-abib that "the city was smitten." The rapidity
with which in the East in...
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“WHY WILL YE DIE?”
Ezekiel 33:1-16
The prophet depicts the peasantry of a fertile valley as engaged in
pastoral pursuits. It is a peaceful, happy scene; but, creeping
through the mountain passes, are...
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Ezekiel next delivered a series of messages concerning the chosen
nation. The first message described the function and responsibilities
of the prophet under the figure of a watchman. In the day of dan...
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Again, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he shall
turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and (h) right;
(h) By this he condemns them all of hypocrisy, who pretend to forsake...
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That I may not swell the bulk of this Commentary more than necessary,
I refer the Reader to the observations made on Ezekiel 18:1 of this
same prophecy, from Ezekiel 18:23 to the end; for the scriptur...
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In chapter 33, in view of these judgments, which put His people on
entirely new ground (for they were judged as Loammi, with the nations,
and this is why the prophecy can look on to the last days, alt...
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AGAIN, WHEN I SAY UNTO THE WICKED, THOU SHALT SURELY DIE,.... That is,
provided he continues in the same course of life, impenitent and
unbelieving:
BUT IF HE TURN FROM HIS SIN; repent of it, and for...
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Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn
from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
Ver. 14. _Thou shalt surely die,_] viz., Except thou repent; for that
alteret...
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Again, when I say unto the wicked, in pronouncing the sentence of
punishment upon him, THOU SHALT SURELY DIE, temporal death being, in
his case, the wages of sin and the earnest of eternal damnation;...
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THE PROPHET AS A WATCHMAN...
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LAWFUL AND RIGHT:
_ Heb._ judgment and justice...
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10-20 Those who despaired of finding mercy with God, are answered
with a solemn declaration of God's readiness to show mercy. The ruin
of the city and state was determined, but that did not relate to...
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See EZEKIEL 18:21....
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Ezekiel 33:14 say H559 (H8800) wicked H7563 surely H4191 (H8800) die
H4191 (H8799) turns H7725 ...
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“Again, when I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die.' If he
turns from his sin, and does what is lawful and right. If the wicked
restore the pledge, give again what he has taken by robbery, walk in...
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Ezekiel 33:1. Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of
man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I
bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a...
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CONTENTS: Ethical instructions for the captivity. Rebuke to those who
are not sincere in their professions.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Abraham.
CONCLUSION: God warns sinners of the wrath to come that...
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Ezekiel 33:2. _If the people of the land take a man and set him for
their watchman;_ and if he be asleep, and blow not the trumpet when
the invading army approaches, all are agreed that he ought to di...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 33:1 After the Fall of Jerusalem. Following
the central collection of foreign-nation oracles, the focus returns to
Judah (or “the house of Israel,” as Ezekiel usually calls it)...
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EZEKIEL’S COMMISSION RENEWED (Chap. 33)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 33:2. “SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF THY
PEOPLE.” “The prophet turns from foreign nations to Israel again.
The early portion of the chapte...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 33:1
If we may think of Ezekiel as compiling and arranging his own
prophecies, we may think of him as returning, with something like a
sense of relief, to his own special work as t...
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Now as we get into chapter 33 God now begins to instruct those
captives who are in Babylon.
Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them,
When I bring the sword upon a land, if t...