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Ezekiel 33:29

Then shall they know that I am the Lord, this conviction being forced upon them in spite of all their efforts to deny His power, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. Note the force of the description in setting forth the continued state of desolation, on account of which some commentators think of the ruined state of the country, not only during the Exile, but also after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The exhortation to repentance. Ezekiel first addresses the remnant that still linger in their ancient home, and warns them against presumptuous hopes resting on false grounds Ezekiel 33:23; then he tu...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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) _...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SHALL THEY KNOW, he. See note on Ezekiel 6:10....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The confirmation by the fugitives of all his previous predictions gave the prophet boldness to speak anew, and what he says is but a continuation of that which he had said before, and had been so lite...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. The Fall of Jerusalem and Further Prophecies 33:21-29 TRANSLATION (21) And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, the tenth month, the fifth day of the month, the fugitive from Jerus...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN SHALL THEY KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD, WHEN I HAVE LAID THE LAND MOST DESOLATE BECAUSE OF ALL THEIR ABOMINATIONS WHICH THEY HAVE COMMITTED._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    § 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PROPHET, THE SURVIVORS, AND THE EXILES In Ezekiel 24:27 it was announced to Ezekiel that the silence which began with his wife's death and the siege of Jerusalem would be ended when fugitives from...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ יָדְע֖וּ כִּֽי ־אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה בְּ תִתִּ֤י

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    By comparing what the Prophet Jeremiah, in his history of the Church hath recorded, with what is here written, we discover that it was a whole year, and more, from the destruction of Jerusalem to Ezek...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SHALL THEY KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD,.... An omniscient Being, that could foresee and foretell what would come to pass; and omnipotent, able to do whatever he pleased, and true and faithful to his...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then shall they know that I [am] the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. Ver. 29. _Then shall they know._] By woeful experience....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For I will lay the land most desolate_ I will make the land destitute of inhabitants, by the destruction which shall be made of them by the sword, by wild beasts, and the pestilence, and by their bei...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I would have had them acknowledge me to be the Lord by my blessings which beautified the land, by my holy precepts which directed to piety and justice, by my mercy and kindness towards them; but they...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 33:29 know H3045 (H8804) LORD H3068 made H5414 (H8800) land H776 most H4923 desolate H8077 abominations...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “Then will they know that I am Yahweh, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.” The people who remained continued in th...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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)...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 33:23 Ezekiel addresses those left in Judah after its fall. The Judeans’ logic of arguing (v. Ezekiel 33:24) from God’s blessings to the one

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 36:14; 2 Kings 17:9; Exodus 14:18; Ezekiel 22:2;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    HEARERS, BUT NOT DOERS Ezekiel 33:27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS This prophecy of Ezekiel had to do with a people who were OUTWARDLY religious, but INWARDLY were far from God. They would come before the Lord...

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