THE LAND OF ISRAEL IN THE FUTURE Ezekiel 35 is an introduction to Ezekiel 36, the connexion being shown by Ezekiel 36:5. The claim of Edom to the land having been repudiated (Ezekiel 35), its reoccupation by Israel is promised (Ezekiel 36:1), and the reason of the restoration is explained (Ezekiel... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL] the mountain land of Israel, as in Ezekiel 6:1; Ezekiel 6:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOUNT SEIR] Edom: see on Ezekiel 25:12. THE ANCIENT HIGH PLACES] the everlasting hills, with no reference to the idolatrous worship associated with them: see Deuteronomy 33:15. 5 IDUMEA] RV 'Edom.' This v. makes clear the connexion of Ezekiel 35 with the present passage. TO CAST IT OUT] better, pe... [ Continue Reading ]
TIME.. END] RV 'time of the iniquity of the end,' as in Ezekiel 21:25; Ezekiel 21:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE HFTED UP MINE HAND] have sworn.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY ARE AT HAND TO COME] The restoration of Israel is viewed as close at hand.... [ Continue Reading ]
RETURN] RV 'be inhabited.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE TWO.. COUNTRIES] the territories of Israel and Judah. THE Lord WAS THERE] God might seem to abandon His Temple and forsake His people, but He never gave up His choice of them or His possession of their land.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEREAVED THY NATIONS] RV 'been a bereaved of thy nation.' The famines to which the land of Israel had been subject had given rise to the reproach that it bereaved and devoured its inhabitants (Numbers 13:32). This would be the case no longer.... [ Continue Reading ]
NATIONS] RV 'nation': so in Ezekiel 36:15. WHEN.. REJOICETH] rather, 'to the rejoicing of the whole earth.'... [ Continue Reading ]
CAUSE.. TO FALL] rather, 'bereave,' as in Ezekiel 36:14. _(C) GOD'S REASON FOR RESTORING ISRAEL (EZEKIEL 36:16)_ God had justly sent Israel into exile for their sins (Ezekiel 36:17), but the heathen had misunderstood this event, taking it as a sign of God's inability to save His people (Ezekiel 36:... [ Continue Reading ]
PROFANED] not now by actual wickedness, but indirectly, as the v. goes on to explain. WHEN THEY SAID TO THEM] RV 'in that men said of them.'... [ Continue Reading ]
SANCTIFY] the exact opposite of 'profane.' 25-28. These vv. expand the promise in Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 11:20. They include purification from guilt, inward renewal, the spirit of obedience, and the privileges of the people of God. In its essence this passage repeats Jeremiah's promise of the New C... [ Continue Reading ]
HEART OF FLESH] see 2 Corinthians 3:3; (RV). 31, 32. Cp. Ezekiel 16:61; Jeremiah 29:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUILD.. _and_ PLANT] RV 'have builded.. and planted.'... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL YET _for_ THIS] RV 'for this moreover will I.'... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLY FLOCK] RV 'flock for sacrifice,' the point of comparison being the great numbers: see 1 Chronicles 29:21; 2 Chronicles 7:5; 2 Chronicles 29:33; 2 Chronicles 35:7. SOLEMN] RV 'appointed.'... [ Continue Reading ]