Ezekiel 22:1
CONTENTS The Prophet is still prosecuting the sad subject of the sins of Jerusalem; and the Lord's displeasure, and threatened punishment, added.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONTENTS The Prophet is still prosecuting the sad subject of the sins of Jerusalem; and the Lord's displeasure, and threatened punishment, added.... [ Continue Reading ]
The opening of this chapter, in the words of the Lord, is put into the form of a question, not only of judging, but it seems as if the Lord condescended to ask His servant, whether he had ought to say in justification of the city of bloods, for so the original is; meaning much evil abounded in Jerus... [ Continue Reading ]
The figure here is very striking of dross, the refuse of the coarser metals, brass, iron, lead, and tin; whereas Jerusalem in her holy days had been of the purest gold. The very streets were full of silver as stones in the days of Solomon. But, alas! it must be now said with the Prophet, How is the... [ Continue Reading ]
The close of this chapter is uncommonly beautiful, if we read it with an eye to Jesus. Many had been the intercessors for perishing sinners in the earlier ages, and all of them were types of Christ. Abraham interceding for Sodom, Genesis 18:23 etc. Moses and Joshua for Israel, Exodus 32:31 etc. Josh... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS WHAT a sad catalogue of sins and transgressions hath the Prophet here charged Jerusalem with. Surely to read it, is like the roll of Ezekiel written with Lamentations, and mourning, and woe. Reader! What an awful state of degeneracy is the heart of men capable of falling into! What a st... [ Continue Reading ]