Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Ezekiel 33:32
The exiles listened to Ezekiel's words as they would to music, which was entertaining but had no practical influence on their lives.
The exiles listened to Ezekiel's words as they would to music, which was entertaining but had no practical influence on their lives.
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...
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...
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) _...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
וְ הִנְּךָ֤ לָהֶם֙ כְּ שִׁ֣יר עֲגָבִ֔ים יְפֵ֥
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...
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...
CHAPTER XXXIII....
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...
_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....
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
THE RELATION OF THE PEOPLE TO EZEKIEL...
A VERY LOVELY SONG: _ Heb._ a song of loves...
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...
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...
Ezekiel 33:32 lovely H5690 song H7892 pleasant H3303 voice H6963 well H2895 (H8688) instrument H5059 (H8763) hear
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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
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...
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...
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...
John 5:35; Mark 4:16; Mark 4:17; Mark 6:20...
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...
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...