"He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,"
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Verse Ezekiel 8:10
10. _HATH NOT GIVEN FORTH UPON USURY_] בנשך לא יתן _beneshech
lo yitten_. נשך nasach signifies to _bite; usury_ is properly so
termed, because it _bites_ into and _devours_ the _pr...
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USURY - is the profit exacted for the loan of money, “increase”
that which is taken for goods; both are forbidden Leviticus 25:36;
Deuteronomy 23:19. The placing out of capital at interest for
commerc...
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Ezekiel 18:1. In Ezekiel 18:1, we find the false accusation against
God and the divine answer, and this is followed in Ezekiel 18:5 by the
conditions of life, “The soul that sinneth, it shall die” (Ez...
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HATH NOT GIVEN FORTH, &c. Ref'. to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:25; Leviticus
25:36; Leviticus 25:37; Deuteronomy 23:19). App-92.
INIQUITY. trickery. Hebrew. _'aval_. App-44. Not the same word as in
verses:...
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Developement of the principle in three instances, chosen so as to
exhibit it in its most paradoxical form
5 9. The man that is righteous shall live. First, his righteousness is
defined generally as d...
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UPON USURY.— See Deuteronomy 23:19 : _unto a stranger thou mayest
lend upon usury;_ whence it follows, that taking increase is not
_malum per se;_ but agreeable to justice, if duly circumstanced. Ever...
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CHAPTER NINE
DOCTRINES AND DIRGES
18:1-19:14
In Chapter s 18 and 19 Ezekiel brings to a close the long section of
his book which began in chapter 12. The prophet's purpose in these
eight Chapter s h...
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He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any
increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed
true judgment between man and man,
USURY - literally, biting [ ne...
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GOD'S EQUITY VINDICATED
The popular view of Israel's calamities, as expressed in a current
proverb, was that they were the punishment of the sins of former
generations. Though there was a measure of t...
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 18
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In this chapter, the *Lord explains that each person...
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GIVEN FORTH UPON USURY. — In Scripture usury does not mean excessive
interest, as often in modern legislation, but any interest at all.
This was strictly forbidden in the law to be taken of any Hebrew...
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בַּ † נֶּ֣שֶׁךְ לֹֽא ־יִתֵּ֗ן וְ
תַרְבִּית֙ לֹ֣א יִקָּ֔ח מֵ עָ֖וֶל
יָשִׁ֣יב יָדֹ֑ו מִשְׁפַּ֤ט...
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THE RELIGION OF THE INDIVIDUAL
Ezekiel 18:1
IN the sixteenth chapter, as we have seen, Ezekiel has asserted in the
most unqualified terms the validity of the principle of national
retribution. The na...
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The next prophecy was directed against the false attitude of mind
obtaining among the exiled people, which had expressed itself in a
proverb, "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's te...
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_Increase more than what he lent, on any pretext. (St. Jerome)
(Calmet)_...
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I include all these verses under one view in reading, the better to
gather also into one view the just and unalterable reasoning of the
Lord upon them. Here are three cases stated, in a father, and a...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19.
Chapter 18 contains an important principle of the dealings of God,
unfolded at that period. God would judge the individual according to
his own con...
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HE [THAT] HATH NOT GIVEN FORTH UPON USURY,.... Money, victuals, or any
other thing, which was forbidden the Jews to take of their brethren,
though they might of strangers, Deuteronomy 23:19;
NEITHER...
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He [that] hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any
increase, [that] hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed
true judgment between man and man,
Ver. 8. _He that hath not gi...
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_If a man be just_ Or _righteous_, rather, as the word צדיק
properly signifies; for it is not mere honesty, but true religion that
is intended. _And hath not eaten upon the mountains_ Feasted on the
s...
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The Principle of God's Avenging Justice...
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1-20 The soul that sinneth it shall die. As to eternity, every man
was, is, and will be dealt with, as his conduct shows him to have been
under the old covenant of works, or the new covenant of grace...
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GIVEN FORTH; lent or put into another's hand, on condition of
returning not the same, or equal value, but much more. UPON USURY;
biting usury, (as the word implieth,) which no doubt is prohibited
beca...
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Ezekiel 18:8 exacted H5414 (H8799) usury H5392 taken H3947 (H8799)
increase H8636 withdrawn H7725 (H8686) hand H3027 iniquity H5766
executed H6213 (H8799) true H571 judgment H4941 man H376 man H376
h...
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THE RIGHTEOUS FATHER.
“But if a man is just and does what is lawful and right, and has not
eaten on the mountains, nor has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the
house of Israel, nor has defiled his...
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CONTENTS: Ethical instructions for Israel in captivity.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel.
CONCLUSION: He who makes conscience of conforming in everything to the
will of God, who makes it his business to ser...
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Ezekiel 18:2. _The fathers have eaten sour_ (unripe) _grapes, and the
children's teeth are set on edge._ Chaldaic, the children follow them.
This proverb threw the blame on their fathers, on Adam, on...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 18:1 God holds each generation accountable
for its own sins.
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(Ezekiel 18:5.)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—True righteousness is described as the fulfilment
of the commandments of God. Through such righteousness the righteous
shall live.
Ezekiel 18:5. “THAT WHICH IS LAWF...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 18:1, EZEKIEL 18:2
WHAT MEAN YE, THAT YE USE THIS PROVERB, etc.? Another and entirely
different section opens, and we see at once from what it started.
Ezekiel had heard from the l...
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CHAPTER 18.
THE RETRIBUTIVE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.
Ezekiel 18:1. _And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,_
Ezekiel 18:2. _Why do ye use this proverb upon the land of Israel,
saying, The fathers...
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Now there are instructions for those who have been taken to Babylon,
and Ezekiel now turns and speaks to them.
The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, What mean ye, that you use
this proverb conce...
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2 Samuel 22:24; Deuteronomy 1:16; Deuteronomy 1:17; Deuteronomy 16:18;
Deuteronomy 23:19; Deuteronomy 23:20; Exodus 22:25; Ezekiel 18:13;
Ezekiel 18:17;...
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Increase — Illegal interest. Iniquity — Injustice of every kind....