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Verse Ezekiel 33:10. _IF OUR TRANSGRESSIONS AND OUR SINS_ BE _UPON
US_] They are upon us, as a grievous burden, too weighty for us to
bear: how then can we _live_ under such a load?
_WE PINE AWAY IN...
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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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TRANSGRESSIONS. Hebrew. _pasha_. App-44.
SINS. Hebrew. _chata_. App-44.
PINE AWAY, &c. Ref: to Pentateuch. See notes on Ezekiel 4:12 with
Ezekiel 24:23....
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_If our transgressions_ Better, direct: our transgressions … ARE
UPON US. The people had come to regard their calamities as due to
their sins and evidence of them. They had come round to the prophet's...
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Despondency of the people, making the prophet's appeals to them of
none effect. Removal of the despair by two gracious words from the
Lord....
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IF OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, &C.— _Our transgressions and our sins are
upon us, and we pine away in them; how then can it be possible that we
should live?_ These are supposed to be the words of impious pers...
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B. The Possibilities of Repentance 33:10-20
TRANSLATION
(10) And as for you, son of man, say unto the house of Israel, Thus
you have said: Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we
waste aw...
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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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IF OUR TRANSGRESSIONS.. BE] RV 'our transgressions.. are.'...
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THE PROPHET AND THE INDIVIDUAL
This passage combines an expanded repetition of Ezekiel 3:17 with a
condensed repetition of Ezekiel 18:5. The prophet is a watchman,
responsible for warning his people o...
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HOW SHOULD WE THEN LIVE? — Formerly, when the prophet had given them
warning of impending judgments, the people had refused to believe:
now, however, when those judgments had been realised, they despa...
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וְ אַתָּ֣ה בֶן ־אָדָ֗ם אֱמֹר֙ אֶל
־בֵּ֣ית
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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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“WHY WILL YE DIE?”
Ezekiel 33:1-16
The prophet depicts the peasantry of a fertile valley as engaged in
pastoral pursuits. It is a peaceful, happy scene; but, creeping
through the mountain passes, are...
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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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Therefore, O thou son of man, speak to the house of Israel; Thus ye
speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins [are] upon us, and
we pine away in them, (e) how should we then live?
(e) Thus th...
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_Live? They suppose their case to be desperate, as their fathers had
sinned, chap. xviii. The prophet shews that none are punished except
for their own faults, (Calmet) and that "each one has free-wil...
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That I may not swell the bulk of this Commentary more than necessary,
I refer the Reader to the observations made on Ezekiel 18:1 of this
same prophecy, from Ezekiel 18:23 to the end; for the scriptur...
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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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THEREFORE, O THOU SON OF MAN, SPEAK UNTO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL,.... Such
of them as were with him in the captivity: thus ye speak, saying;
reasoning and arguing within and among themselves; which the Lo...
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Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye
speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins [be] upon us, and we
pine away in them, how should we then live?
Ver. 10. _Thus...
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_If our transgressions be upon us_, &c. If the unpardoned guilt of our
sins lie upon us, and we be punished for them in the wasting of our
country, the burning of our city, the abolishing the public w...
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Therefore, O thou son of man, in agreement with the principles thus
set forth, SPEAK UNTO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, THUS YE SPEAK, in trying to
find some excuse for the position in which they found themsel...
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THE PROPHET AS A WATCHMAN...
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10-20 Those who despaired of finding mercy with God, are answered
with a solemn declaration of God's readiness to show mercy. The ruin
of the city and state was determined, but that did not relate to...
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SPEAK, declare from me, UNTO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL; the residue of the
two tribes, which are brought to Babylon; or else to those already
there, and here their brethren are on the way thitherward, since...
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Ezekiel 33:10 son H1121 man H120 say H559 (H8798) house H1004 Israel
H3478 say H559 (H8804)...
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“And you son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus you speak,
saying, ‘Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we pine away
in them. How then should we live?”
God puts a question in the mout...
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Ezekiel 33:1. Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of
man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I
bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a...
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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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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 33:1 After the Fall of Jerusalem. Following
the central collection of foreign-nation oracles, the focus returns to
Judah (or “the house of Israel,” as Ezekiel usually calls it)...
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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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Ezekiel 24:23; Ezekiel 37:11; Isaiah 49:14; Isaiah 51:20; Jeremiah
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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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Our sins — The unpardoned guilt, and the unsupportable punishment of
our sins, in the wasting of our country, burning our city, abolishing
the publick worship of God; we shall pine away, 'tis too late...