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Verse Ezekiel 33:32. _AS A VERY LOVELY SONG_] They admired the _fine
voice_ and _correct delivery_ of the prophet; this was _their
religion_, and this is the _whole_ of the religion of thousands to th...
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The exhortation to repentance. Ezekiel first addresses the remnant
that still linger in their ancient home, and warns them against
presumptuous hopes resting on false grounds Ezekiel 33:23; then he
tu...
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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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10. Figure of speech _Asterismos_. App-6.
A VERY LOVELY SONG. Hebrew. _agabim_. a song for the pipes. Note the
Figure of speech _Paronomasia (Revelation 6; Revelation 6_), with
"lovers", in Ezekiel 3...
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_lovely song_of _one_ lit. a lovely song; one that hath. The
comparison "like a lovely song" is as usual inexact; "like" merely
indicates the circumstances as when there is a lovely song. The
prophet...
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Demeanour of the people towards the prophet
The confirmation which the fall of the city gave to the prophet's
past predictions awakened the interest of his fellow exiles in him and
his words. They co...
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DISCOURSE: 1113
THE SELF-DECEPTION OF COVETOUS PROFESSORS
Ezekiel 33:31. And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they
sit before thee as my people, and they healthy words, but they will
not...
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THOU ART UNTO THEM, &C.— That is to say, they come to hear thee
solely for their entertainment, not for their edification and
improvement. This, it is to be feared, is not a complaint peculiar to
Ezek...
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D. THE ATTITUDE OF THE EXILES TOWARD EZEKIEL
33:30-33
TRANSLATION
(30) And as for you, son of man, the children of your people who talk
about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses, and...
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And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a
pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy
words, but they do them not.
LO, THOU ART UNTO THEM AS A...
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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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THE PROPHET, THE SURVIVORS, AND THE EXILES
In Ezekiel 24:27 it was announced to Ezekiel that the silence which
began with his wife's death and the siege of Jerusalem would be ended
when fugitives from...
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The exiles listened to Ezekiel's words as they would to music, which
was entertaining but had no practical influence on their lives....
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וְ הִנְּךָ֤ לָהֶם֙ כְּ שִׁ֣יר
עֲגָבִ֔ים יְפֵ֥
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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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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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CHAPTER XXXIII....
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Had the Prophet Ezekiel lived in the present day of the Church, it is
highly probable he would have experienced much the same treatment now
as then. Who so abused behind his back, as a faithful servan...
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_HEARERS, BUT NOT DOERS_
‘And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath
a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear
thy words, but they do them not,’ etc....
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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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AND, LO, THOU ART UNTO THEM AS A VERY LOVELY SONG OF ONE THAT HATH A
PLEASANT VOICE,.... Whose voice, and the music of it, are regarded,
and not the matter of the song, but the manner in which it is s...
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And, lo, thou [art] unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a
pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy
words, but they do them not.
Ver. 32. _As a very lovely so...
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_The children of thy people_ Those of the captivity; _still are
talking against thee_ Or rather, _of thee_, as the LXX. rightly render
it; for _with their mouths they showed much love_, as it follows...
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THE RELATION OF THE PEOPLE TO EZEKIEL...
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And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a
pleasant voice, like a singer who charms with the sound of his voice,
and can play well on an instrument, in accompanying his singi...
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30-33 Unworthy and corrupt motives often lead men to the places where
the word of God is faithfully preached. Many come to find somewhat to
oppose: far more come of curiosity or mere habit. Men may ha...
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These Jews esteem and regard thee and what thou sayest, as men regard
a skilful musician, who to a well-tuned instrument hath sung the
praises of virtue or of virtuous men; it pleaseth their ear, but...
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Ezekiel 33:32 lovely H5690 song H7892 pleasant H3303 voice H6963 well
H2895 (H8688) instrument H5059 (H8763) hear
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“And as for you, son of man, the children of your people speak of
you by the walls, and in the doors of the houses, and speak to each
other, every one to his brother, saying, ‘Come I pray you and hear...
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Ezekiel 33:32
These are the words of the Lord God to the prophet Ezekiel, words in
which He describes the effect of the prophet's preaching upon the
children of his people. Ezekiel had by this time be...
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Ezekiel 33:30
The experience which the young priest Ezekiel had to bear among the
captives in Babylon is the same in some degree that every serious
preacher of God's word has had to expect. The method...
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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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_They hear Thy words, but they will not do them._
THE RELIGION OF A FORMALIST
I. The extent of a formal religion. There is unquestionably much about
the characters here described worthy of respect a...
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_Thou art unto them as a very lovely song._
EZEKIEL
These words are spoken of the prophet Ezekiel; he is as the lovely
song, as the pleasant voice, as the instrument of music, all this even
to the wo...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 33:30 Ezekiel’s fellow exiles may have
liked his message against Israelites back home (vv. Ezekiel 33:23).
Their enjoyment of the rebuke aimed at their land-grabbing rela
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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...
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John 5:35; Mark 4:16; Mark 4:17; Mark 6:20...
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THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD
Ezekiel 33:1, _Ezekiel 33:28_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It may not be pleasant, but it is necessary to warn the saint and the
sinner against coming judgments.
1. WE NEED TO WARN THE C...
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HEARERS, BUT NOT DOERS
Ezekiel 33:27
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
This prophecy of Ezekiel had to do with a people who were OUTWARDLY
religious, but INWARDLY were far from God. They would come before the
Lord...