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Verse Ezekiel 33:31. _AS THE PEOPLE COMETH_] As they are accustomed to
come on public days, Sabbaths, c.
_WITH THEIR MOUTH THEY SHOW MUCH LOVE_] They respected the prophet,
but would not bend themsel...
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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...
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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) _...
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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...
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AS THE PEOPLE COMETH: or, according as an assembly cometh together.
SHEW MUCH LOVE: or, counterfeit lovers. Hebrew. _agabim_. See note on
next verse....
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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...
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On "come unto thee" cf. Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 14:1; Ezekiel 20:1.
as _my people_ The construction is very hard. LXX. omits.
_with their mouth … love_ The language is peculiar, but can hardly
have any...
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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...
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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...
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And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before
thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them:
for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goet...
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THE PROPHET, THE SURVIVORS, AND THE EXILES
In Ezekiel 24:27 it was announced to Ezekiel that the silence which
began with his wife's death and the siege of Jerusalem would be ended
when fugitives from...
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§ 1. THE RESTORATION (EZEKIEL 33-39)
After an introductory passage (Ezekiel 33:1), and two short prophecies
against the wicked survivors of Jerusalem and the careless exiles
(Ezekiel 33:21), this sect...
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AS THE PEOPLE COMETH. — In the original, _according to the coming of
a people_ — _i.e.,_ in crowds. In the following clause, “as my
people,” there is an emphasis on the pronoun, as the true people of...
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וְ יָבֹ֣ואוּ אֵ֠לֶיךָ כִּ מְבֹוא
־עָ֞ם וְ
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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...
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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...
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_In to a religious meeting. (Chaldean) Perhaps they came on the
sabbath to his house. Yet they made a just and song of his
instructions. (Calmet) --- They heard them with pleasure, but did not
reform...
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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...
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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...
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AND THEY COME UNTO THEE AS THE PEOPLE COMETH,.... As the people of
God, who came to the prophets's house to hear him preach the word, and
explain it for their spiritual profit and edification these ca...
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And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee
[as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them:
for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart g...
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_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...
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THE RELATION OF THE PEOPLE TO EZEKIEL...
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And they come unto thee as the people cometh, in an assembly or crowd,
as students flock to a teacher, AND THEY SIT BEFORE THEE AS MY PEOPLE,
pretending to be the people of the Lord, AND THEY HEAR THY...
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AS THE PEOPLE COMETH:
_ Heb._ according to the coming of the people
SIT BEFORE THEE AS MY PEOPLE:
Or, my people sit before thee
THEY SHOW MUCH LOVE:
_ Heb._ they make loves or jests...
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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...
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Flocking to the school of some famous doctor, or as men and women
flock to hear some famous preacher, or as they were wont to the
synagogues to hear their learned scribes. So we find the elders of
Jud...
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Ezekiel 33:31 come H935 (H8799) people H5971 do H3996 sit H3427
(H8799) before H6440 people H5971 hear...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 John 3:17; 1 John 3:18; 1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:9; Acts 10:33;...
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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...
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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...
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They come — As if they were really the people of God. They sit —
So we find the elders of Judah, Ezekiel 8:1, so the disciples of the
rabbis sat at their feet....