Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Ezekiel 24:22
And ye shall do as I have done, in restraining every show of grief in a similar manner: ye shall not cover your lips nor eat the bread of men.
And ye shall do as I have done, in restraining every show of grief in a similar manner: ye shall not cover your lips nor eat the bread of men.
The death of Ezekiel’s wife took place in the evening of the same day that he delivered the foregoing prophecy. This event was to signify to the people that the Lord would take from them all that was...
Ezekiel 24:1. The exact date is given by the prophet. It was the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year. What happened also on that date we find recorded in 2 Kings 25:1: “And it came to pass...
III. A SIGNIFICANT DATE 24:1-27 Chapter 24 begins with an important chronological note. According to verse one Nebuchadnezzar began his attack against Jerusalem in the ninth year (of Zedekiah), the te...
B. The Death of Ezekiel's Wife 24:15-24 TRANSLATION (15) And the word of the LORD came unto me saying, (16) Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke; yet...
And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. YE SHALL NOT COVER YOUR LIPS, NOR EAT THE BREAD OF MEN - (Jeremiah 16:6). So general shall be the calamity t...
THE ALLEGORY OF THE BOILING CALDRON. EZEKIEL'S BEREAVEMENT AND SIGNIFICANT SILENCE This prophecy is dated on the day on which the siege of Jerusalem began. Ezekiel is commanded by God to note the date...
THE BREAD OF MEN] probably food offered by sympathising friends. See Jeremiah 16:7 (RV)....
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 24 * The punishment of Judah would happen soon. The *Lord c...
וַ עֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם כַּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֑יתִי עַל ־שָׂ
FINAL ORACLES AGAINST JERUSALEM Ezekiel 22:1; Ezekiel 24:1 THE close of the first period of Ezekiel's work was marked by two dramatic incidents, which made the day memorable both in the private life...
The final prophecy in this division described the coming destruction of the city. This was first done under the parable of a cauldron set on a fire, filled with water, and made to boil. The prophet ap...
See how the Lord is pleased to deal with his faithful servants! Here is a Prophet of the Lord bereaved of one that was near and dear to him; yea, the Lord himself calls her the desire of Ezekiel's eye...
In chapter 24 definitive judgment is pronounced against Jerusalem, who was not even ashamed of her sins. The day that Nebuchadnezzar lays siege to Jerusalem, the wife of the prophet dies; and, althoug...
AND YE SHALL DO AS I HAVE DONE,.... When his wife died, and as he was ordered by the Lord; the meaning of Which they were now inquiring: YE SHALL NOT COVER YOUR LIPS; as a token of mourning; nor use...
And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover [your] lips, nor eat the bread of men. Ver. 22. _And ye shall do as I have done._] Your grief shall be above tears, you shall be so overgone with it...
_Wilt thou not tell us what these things are_ That is, what is the meaning of thy unusual actions. They seem to make this inquiry by way of derision and contempt. _Speak unto the house of Israel_ Now...
15-27 Though mourning for the dead is a duty, yet it must be kept under by religion and right reason: we must not sorrow as men that have no hope. Believers must not copy the language and expressions...
YE SHALL DO AS I HAVE DONE, when you are in captivity, where you cannot, may not use your own customs and rites on these or any other occasions. YE SHALL NOT COVER YOUR LIPS: EZEKIEL 24:17. NOR EAT TH...
Ezekiel 24:22 do H6213 (H8804) done H6213 (H8804) cover H5844 (H8799) lips H8222 eat H398 ...
‘Then I said to them, “The word of Yahweh came to me saying, Speak to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your e...
CONTENTS: Parable of the boiling pot. Ezekiel again made a sign to Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, King of Babylon. CONCLUSION: There is a day coming when it will be said, «He that is filthy, let...
Ezekiel 24:1. _In the ninth year,_ from Jehoiachin's captivity; or the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign. 2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 52:4. Jehoiachin, who is the same with Jeconiah, reigned one year before h...
_So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded._ SIN THE WORST SORROW I. Other sorrows may have no evil, but even good in them; this...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 24:1 The two losses recounted here almost certainly belong together, and they come at a turning point in Ezekiel’s prophetic career. The first loss (vv. Ezekiel 24:1) is that o
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 24:15 No further reference is made to a date, but the placement of this account next to the oracle about the siege of Jerusalem is significant. Ezekiel has performed other symb...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 24:19 The people are disturbed by Ezekiel’s apparent lack of grief, but his action symbolizes what awaits them: the desecration of the temple will be devastating and numbing, b...
(Ezekiel 24:15.) EXEGETICAL NOTES—“With a view to affect more deeply the minds of his fellow-captives Ezekiel had announced to him the disseverance of the tenderest of all earthly ties—the removal of...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 24:1 IN THE NINTH YEAR. We pass from the date of Ezekiel 20:1 to B.C. 590, and the very day is identified with that on which the army of Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem ...
Now again, chapter 24, In the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month (Ezekiel 24:1), Now notice this. He's in Babylon and on this, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in th...
Amos 6:10; Amos 6:9; Ezekiel 24:16; Ezekiel 24:17; Jeremiah 16:4;...
Ye shall do — When you are in captivity, where you may not use your own customs....