THE EAST GATE] the outer eastern gate, to which the chariot with the 'glory' upon it had already moved. AT THE DOOR OF THE GATE] just outside the Temple precincts. JAAZANIAH.. AND PELATIAH] men of whom nothing further is known. Jaazaniah is not the same as the Jaazaniah of Ezekiel 8:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DOOM OF THE LEADERS OF JERUSALEM'S WICKEDNESS. COMFORT FOR THE EXILES The slaughter in Ezekiel 9 was only the visionary rehearsal of a judgment still in the future. The vision now takes another turn, and shows the wicked inhabitants still alive. Ezekiel is brought to the outer eastern gate of th... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS NOT NEAR; LET US BUILD, etc.] or, as in RM, 'Is not the time near to build?' etc: an expression of security. THIS _city is_ THE CALDRON, etc.] The 'wicked counsel' of Ezekiel 11:2 is usually understood to mean proposals of revolt from Babylon, which would involve the prospect of war and siege.... [ Continue Reading ]
The wicked counsellors, whatever their policy may have been, had already put many of their fellow citizens unjustly to death.... [ Continue Reading ]
The proverb would prove true in quite a different sense from that in which it was first used. The only flesh in the caldron would be that of the wicked leaders' victims. Those who thought they were the flesh would be taken out of the caldron and slain by strangers elsewhere. 10, 11. IN THE BORDER O... [ Continue Reading ]
The sudden death of Pelatiah may have been an actual occurrence, of which Ezekiel had heard, and which was reproduced in the vision. It may, however, have been an imaginary incident, symbolising the certainty and suddenness with which the prophecy of judgment on the wicked counsellors would be fulfi... [ Continue Reading ]
THY BRETHREN.. ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL] The exiles of the first captivity are identified with the true Israel. GET YOU FAR FROM THE LORD, etc.] The people of Jerusalem claimed that God was only among them, and that the exiles were banished from His presence. This was a different sentiment from that... [ Continue Reading ]
AS A LITTLE SANCTUARY] RV 'a sanctuary for a little while.' God's presence and the privileges of the Temple were not confined to Jerusalem.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE] RV 'peoples.'... [ Continue Reading ]
A promise of an inward change, which Ezekiel afterwards repeats and expands (Ezekiel 18:31; Ezekiel 36:25). 22, 23. The emblem of God's presence now leaves the holy city, which is abandoned to its fate. What the idolaters had said in unbelief (Ezekiel 8:12) became a terrible truth.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MOUNTAIN.. ON THE EAST] the Mount of Olives. We cannot but think of Christ's words of doom, spoken from the same mountain, to the Jerusalem of His day (Luke 19:37; Luke 19:41).... [ Continue Reading ]