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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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THE LORD. One of the emendations of the _Sopherim_, by which they say
they changed Jehovah of the primitive text to Adonai. See App-32.
EQUAL. See note on "pondereth", Proverbs 21:2....
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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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Cf. Ezekiel 18:25; Ezekiel 18:29....
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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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Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal:
but as for them, their way is not equal.
YET THE CHILDREN OF THY PEOPLE SAY, THE WAY OF THE LORD IS NOT EQUAL
- the Lord's way...
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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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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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וְ אָמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י עַמְּךָ֔ לֹ֥א
יִתָּכֵ֖ן ד
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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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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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_Equitable; as we are much more inclined to vice than to virtue. This
argumentation is inconclusive, as God owes nothing to man; and what
good the latter does, is an effect of His grace. The propensit...
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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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YET THE CHILDREN OF THY PEOPLE SAY,.... "Not my people"; for surely
the children of God could never say what follows; and one would think
that even no man could say it, after so much had been said by...
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Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal:
but as for them, their way is not equal.
Ver. 17. _Yet the children of the people say._] This was a second
cavil of theirs. See E...
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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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These impious, obstinate quarrellers will accuse and do condemn the
just and holy God, that they may acquit themselves. See this verse
explained, SEE POOLE ON "EZEKIEL 18:25", SEE POOLE ON "EZEKIEL 18...
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Ezekiel 33:17 children H1121 people H5971 say H559 (H8804) way H1870
Lord H136 fair H8505 (H8735) way...
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“But as for them their way is not equal (fairly weighed). When the
righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will
even die in it. And when the wicked turns from his wickedness an...
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‘Yet the children of your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not
equal (fairly weighed).'
This sums up man's attitude. They cannot bear that a sinner can
suddenly become acceptable to God. They canno...
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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 18:25; Ezekiel 18:29; Ezekiel 33:20; Job 35:2; Job 40:8;...