-
The third word of judgment. The king of Babylon’s march upon Judaea
and upon the Ammonites. Destruction is to go forth not on Judah only,
but also on such neighboring tribes as the Ammonites (compare...
-
Ezekiel 21:1. A solemn message is given to the prophet: “Behold I am
against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will
cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.” It was to b...
-
EZEKIEL 20:45 TO EZEKIEL 21:32. THE TERRIBLE SWORD OF NEBUCHADREZZAR.
Here again, as shortly before (chs. 18f.), a piece of theological
oratory is followed by a poem this time a wild irregular dithyra...
-
THE WICKED. wicked ones (plural) their. Refers to "them" (Ezekiel
21:23)....
-
Ezekiel 20:45 to Ezekiel 21:32. The avenging sword of the Lord
The passage Ezekiel 20:45-49 belongs to ch. 21 (as in Heb.). The time
to which the chapter is to be assigned is the early period of
Nebu...
-
Appendix. 28 32. Threatening prophecy against Ammon
The passage is obscure, but several things seem evident. 1. In spite
of the similarities between the language of Ezekiel 21:28 and that in
Ezekiel...
-
they _see vanity unto thee_ i.e. Ammon's soothsayers falsely hold out
the prospect to it of victory and conquest.
_bring thee upon the necks_ The sense is doubtful, the phrase "bring,
or, put, upon th...
-
OF THEM THAT ARE SLAIN, &C.— _Of the wicked who were wounded, whose
day,_ &c. Houbigant. See the note on Ezekiel 21:14....
-
D. The Sword Against Ammon 21:28-32
TRANSLATION
(28) And as for you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord
GOD concerning the children of Ammon and their taunt, and say: O
sword, keen-edg...
-
Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee,
to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked,
whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
W...
-
3, 4. THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED] corresponding to the green tree
and the dry in the parable (Ezekiel 20:47). In spite of his strict
theory of retribution in Ezekiel 18, Ezekiel recognised the fact...
-
THEY SEE VANITY] The Ammonites were misled by false prophets. _Them
that are_ SLAIN, OF THE WICKED] RV 'The wicked that are deadly
wounded'—the people of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 21:14)....
-
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 21
* This chapter describes how the king of Babylon and his...
-
SEE VANITY UNTO THEE. — “See” is used in the sense of the
utterances of the “seer,” or prophet. The Ammonites also had false
prophets among them.
THEE UPON THE NECKS OF THEM THAT ARE SLAIN. — Judah i...
-
_[Ezekiel 21:34]_ בַּ חֲזֹ֥ות לָךְ֙ שָׁ֔וְא
בִּ...
-
THE SWORD UNSHEATHED
Ezekiel 21:1
THE date at the beginning of chapter 20 introduces the fourth and last
section of the prophecies delivered before the destruction of
Jerusalem. It also divides the f...
-
The commission was then repeated in terms of explanation. Ezekiel was
to set his face against Jerusalem, and prophesy against the land of
Israel, declaring that Jehovah would draw His sword out of its...
-
While they see (z) vanity to thee, while they divine a lie to thee, to
bring thee upon the necks of [them that are] slain, of the wicked,
whose day is come, when their iniquity [shall have] an end.
...
-
The prophecy here is of Ammon, whom the King of Babylon also subdued
as well as Jerusalem. The Lord hath been pleased to intersperse the
history of Israel, here and there, with the account of other na...
-
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 20 AND 21.
Chapter 20 begins a new prophecy, which, with its subdivisions,
continues to the end of chapter 23. It will have been remarked that
the general div...
-
WHILES THEY SEE VANITY UNTO THEE, WHILES THEY DIVINE A LIE UNTO
THEE,.... The Ammonites had their seers, soothsayers, diviners, and
false prophets, which they are bid to be aware of, and are cautioned...
-
Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee,
to bring thee upon the necks of [them that are] slain, of the wicked,
whose day is come, when their iniquity [shall have] an end....
-
_Thus saith the Lord concerning the Ammonites_ Because the Ammonites
were reprieved by Nebuchadnezzar's decision to besiege Jerusalem, they
were ready to promise themselves security, and to insult ove...
-
28-32 The diviners of the Ammonites made false prophecies of victory.
They would never recover their power, but in time would be wholly
forgotten. Let us be thankful to be employed as instruments of m...
-
War and desolation indeed hasten on thee, though in the mean while thy
astrologers and soothsayers promise peace and prosperity, and deceive
thee with fair but false divinations, of which Jeremiah war...
-
Ezekiel 21:29 see H2372 (H8800) visions H7723 divine H7080 (H8800) lie
H3577 bring H5414 (H8800) necks...
-
“While they portend (‘see') vain things for you, while they divine
lies to you, to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are mortally
wounded, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the en...
-
CONTENTS: Parable of the sighing prophet, and of the sword of God. No
king for Israel until Messiah comes to reign.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Ezekiel, King of Babylon.
CONCLUSION: When the sword is u...
-
Ezekiel 21:2. _Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy
word toward the holy places._ In the Latin bibles, this chapter begins
at 21:45 of the preseding, which preserves unity in the su...
-
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 21:18 In v. Ezekiel 21:11 the sword was
committed to the “hand of the slayer,” identified here as THE KING
OF BABYLON. Ezekiel performs
-
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 21:28. The overthrow of the Ammonites.
Israel is to rise after judgment, but Ammon is to be utterly
destroyed.
Ezekiel 21:28. “CONCERNING THE AMMONITES, AND CONCERNING THEIR...
-
EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 21:2, EZEKIEL 21:3
The opening words, reproducing those of Ezekiel 20:46, indicate that
the interpretation of that parable is coming. So the
-
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Ezekiel 21, the twenty-first
chapter of Ezekiel.
Now the prophets of God were often very colorful persons. And because
people would not always listen to the Word of...
-
Ezekiel 12:24; Ezekiel 13:10; Ezekiel 13:23; Ezekiel 21:25; E
-
While — While thy astrologers, and soothsayers, deceive thee with
fair, but false divinations. To bring thee — To bring thee under the
sword of the Chaldeans, and destroy thee as the Jews; to make the...