Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and (a) sat before
me.
(a) He shows the hypocrisy of the idolaters, who will pretend to hear
the prophets of God, though in their hearts they follow nothing less
than their admonitions and also how by one means or another God
discovers them.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their (b) heart, and
put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I
be enquired of at all by them?
(b) They are not only idolaters in heart, but also worship their
filthy idols openly which lead them in blindness, and cause them... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore speak to them, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his
heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face,
and cometh to the (c) prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh
according to the multitude... [ Continue Reading ]
That (e) I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because
they are all estranged from me through their idols.
(e) That is, convince them by their own conscience.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if the prophet be (f) deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the
LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon
him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
(f) The prophet declares that God for man's ingratitude raises up
false prophets to seduce them th... [ Continue Reading ]
That the house of (g) Israel may no more go astray from me, neither be
polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be
my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.
(g) Thus God's judgments against the wicked are admonitions to the
godly to cleave to the Lord and not... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing
grievously, then will I stretch out my hand upon it, (h) and will
break the staff of its bread, and will send famine upon it, and will
cut off man and beast from it:
(h) Read (Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 5:17; Isaiah 3:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
Though these three men, (i) Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they
should deliver their own souls only by their (k) righteousness, saith
the Lord GOD.
(i) Though Noah and Job were now alive, which in their time were most
godly men (for at this time Daniel was in captivity with Ezekiel) and
so thes... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet, behold, in it shall be left a (l) remnant that shall be brought
forth, [both] sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth to
you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be
comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem,
[even] concerning all that I hav... [ Continue Reading ]