And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me. SEVENTH YEAR ... - namely, from the carrying away of Jeconiah (; ). This computation was calculated to make them cherish t... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN CAME THE WORD OF THE LORD UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to inquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you. The chapter falls into two great parts, Ezekiel 20:1 and , where the chapter ought to end. In Ezekiel 20:1 there... [ Continue Reading ]
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers: WILT THOU JUDGE THEM, SON OF MAN? WILT THOU JUDGE THEM? The emphatic repetition expresses, 'Wilt thou not judge? yes, judge them. There is a loud call for immediate judgment.' The Hebrew... [ Continue Reading ]
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; IN THE DAY WHEN I ... LIFTED UP MINE... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. CAST YE AWAY EVERY MAN THE ABOMINATIONS OF HIS EYES. Moses gives no formal statement of idolatries practiced by Israel in Egypt. But it is implied... [ Continue Reading ]
But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. THEN I... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEREFORE I CAUSED THEM TO GO FORTH OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, AND BROUGHT THEM INTO THE WILDERNESS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. MY JUDGMENT, WHICH IF A MAN DO, HE SHALL EVEN LIVE IN THEM - quoted from . Not 'by them,' as though they could justify a man, seeing that man cannot render the faultless obedience required, w... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. I GAVE THEM MY SABBATHS, TO BE A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND THEM - a kind of sacramental pledge of the covenant of adoption between God and His people. The Sabbath is spe... [ Continue Reading ]
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT I WROUGHT FOR MY NAME'S SAKE, THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE POLLUTED BEFORE THE HEATHEN, IN WHOSE SIGHT I BROUGHT THEM OUT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; I LIFTED UP MY HAND UNTO THEM IN THE WILDERNESS, THAT I WOULD NOT BRING THEM INTO THE LAND WHICH I HAD GIVEN T... [ Continue Reading ]
Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. BECAUSE THEY DESPISED MY JUDGMENTS. The special reason is st... [ Continue Reading ]
Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. NEVERTHELESS MINE EYE SPARED THEM. How marvelous that God should spare such sinners! His everlasting covenant explains it; His long-suffering standing out in striking contrast to their re... [ Continue Reading ]
But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols: BUT I SAID UNTO THEIR CHILDREN - being unwilling to speak anymore to the fathers, as being incorrigible. WALK YE NOT IN THE ST... [ Continue Reading ]
I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD; WALK IN MY STATUTES. It is an indirect denial of God, and a robbing Him of His due, to add man's inventions to His precepts.... [ Continue Reading ]
And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God. HALLOW MY SABBATHS - ().... [ Continue Reading ]
Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NEVERTHELESS I WITHDREW MINE HAND, AND WROUGHT FOR MY NAME'S SAKE, THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE POLLUTED IN THE SIGHT OF THE HEATHEN, IN WHOSE SIGHT I BROUGHT THEM FORTH._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries; I LIFTED UP MINE HAND UNTO THEM ... THAT I WOULD SCATTER THEM. It was to that generation the threat of dispersion was proclaimed (, "The Lord shall scatte... [ Continue Reading ]
_BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT EXECUTED MY JUDGMENTS, BUT HAD DESPISED MY STATUTES, AND HAD POLLUTED MY SABBATHS, AND THEIR EYES WERE AFTER THEIR FATHERS' IDOLS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; WHEREFORE I GAVE THEM ALSO STATUTES ... NOT GOOD - since they would not follow my statutes, that were good, "I gave them" their own (), and their fathers' statutes, "which were not good" - statutes... [ Continue Reading ]
And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD. I POLLUTED THEM IN THEIR OWN GIFTS - not directly, 'but I judicially gave them up to pollute themse... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me. YET IN THIS YOUR FATHERS HAVE BLASPHEMED ME ... WHEN I HAD BROUGHT THEM INTO THE LAND. The next perio... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations? THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD; ARE YE POLLUTED AFTER THE MANNER OF YOUR FATHERS? The interrogation implies a strong affirmation, as in , '... [ Continue Reading ]
For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you. WHEN YE MAKE YOUR SONS TO PASS THROU... [ Continue Reading ]
And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone. THAT WHICH COMETH INTO YOUR MIND SHALL NOT BE AT ALL, THAT YE SAY, WE WILL BE AS THE PAGAN - and so escape the odium to which we are exposed... [ Continue Reading ]
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: AS I LIVE, SAITH THE LORD GOD, SURELY WITH A MIGHTY HAND ... WILL I RULE OVER YOU. Here begins the second division of the prophecy. This second part extends to ,... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. I WILL BRING YOU OUT FROM THE PEOPLE. The Jews in exile might think themselves set free from the "rule" of God... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. I WILL BRING YOU INTO THE WILDERNESS OF THE PEOPLE - rather, peoples; the various peoples among whom they were to be scattered, and from whom God saith () "I will bring you out." In contrast to t... [ Continue Reading ]
Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. LIKE AS I PLEADED WITH YOUR FATHERS IN THE WILDERNESS OF ... EGYPT - (). Though God saved them out of Egypt, He afterward destroyed in the wilderness them that believed not ... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: I WILL CAUSE YOU TO PASS UNDER THE ROD - metaphor from a shepherd who makes his sheep pass under his rod in counting them (; ). Whether you will or not, ye shall be counted as mine, and so shall be subje... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. (Zechariah 13:9; Zechariah 14:2). I WILL PURGE OUT FROM AMON... [ Continue Reading ]
As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. GO YE, SERVE YE EVERY ONE HIS IDOLS ... BUT POLLUTE YE MY HOLY NAME NO MORE WI... [ Continue Reading ]
For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. FOR... [ Continue Reading ]
I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. I WILL ACCEPT YOU WITH YOUR SWEET SAVOUR - i:e., in respect to your sweet savour (literally, sav... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD, WHEN I SHALL BRING YOU INTO THE LAND OF ISRAEL, INTO THE COUNTRY FOR THE WHICH I LIFTED UP MINE HAND TO GIVE IT TO YOUR FATHERS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. THERE - not merely in exile, when suffering punishment, which makes even reprobates be sorry for sin, but when rece... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD. The chapter ought to have ended here, and Ezekiel 21:1 b... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, MOREOVER THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME. An introductory brief description, in enigma, of the destruction by fire and sword detailed more explicitly in Ezekiel 21:1. Verse 46. SET THY FACE TOWARD THE SOUTH ... SOUTH ... SOUTH - three differ... [ Continue Reading ]