Ezekiel newly designated to the prophetic office, undertakes his new duty of encouraging his countrymen to hope for forgiveness and restoration. Ezekiel 33:1 are the introduction to this third group of prophecies. This is the beginning of the last section Ezek. 33–48.... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAIN - And. For Ezekiel 33:1, compare Ezekiel 18 notes.... [ Continue Reading ]
The date shows an interval of 112 years from the taking of Jerusalem Jeremiah 52:12. The general news that the city was taken must have reached them, but it was only when the messenger arrived that the prophet’s mouth was opened. It is not improbable that a body of men after the destruction of the c... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS UPON ME ... WAS OPENED - For was read “had been.” The prophet was under the hand of God in ecstatic trance on the evening preceding the arrival of the messenger, and continued in this state until his arrival.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 turns his eyes to those near him, and points out that their apparent attention to his words was illuso... [ Continue Reading ]