If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
If, when he seeth the sword - invaders. An appropriate illustration at the time of the invasion of Judea by Nebuchadnezzar.
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) _...
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...
THE SWORD. judgment. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of the Effect), App-8, for that which executes the judgment....
The trumpet was the signal of danger, Hosea 8:1; Amos 3:6; Jeremiah 6:1....
The illustration duty of the watchman in war....
CHAPTER FIFTEEN PREPARATION FOR RESTORATION 33:1-35:15 Ezekiel's predictions of the destruction of Jerusalem had become a tragic reality. No more does the prophet sound forth the threatening blast ag...
33:3 warn (c-15) Heb. from _ zahar_ , 'to shine,' as Daniel 12:3 ; 'enlighten,' Psalms 19:11 ....
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...
§ 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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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...
“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...
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...
The Prophet here draws the figure of a watchman, and points out the distinguishing features of his office. After which, the Lord declares that he had set Ezekiel in this Character, to the house of Isr...
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...
IF WHAT HE SEETH THE SWORD COME UPON THE LAND,.... Or those that kill with the sword, as the Targum; as soon as he observes a body of armed men, more or less, marching towards the borders of the land...
If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; Ver. 3. _He blow the trumpet._] Hence the ancients _a_ infer that a bishop must preach, and that _Praelati off...
_Again the word of the Lord came unto me_ “It is plain that Ezekiel uttered what is contained in this chapter to Ezekiel 33:20, before Jerusalem was taken by the Babylonians; but how long before is un...
if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, as the invaders advanced to the attack, HE BLOW THE TRUMPET, in giving the alarm of their approach, AND WARN THE PEOPLE, for the signal did not merely s...
THE PROPHET AS A WATCHMAN...
1-9 The prophet is a watchman to the house of Israel. His business is to warn sinners of their misery and danger. He must warn the wicked to turn from their way, that they may live. If souls perish t...
THE SWORD of the enemy, or any other danger which he may foresee in any of the causes or forerunners of it. COME, i.e. coming, approaching to the land. BLOW THE TRUMPET; sound the alarm: the sound of...
Ezekiel 33:3 sees H7200 (H8804) sword H2719 coming H935 (H8802) land H776 blows H8628 (H8804) trumpet...
‘And the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “Son of man, speak to the children of your people and say to them, When I bring the sword on a land, if the people of the land take a man from among them and...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 14:1; Amos 3:1; Ezekiel 33:8; Ezekiel 33:9; Hosea 8:1;...
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...