2. FULLER DETAILS RELATING TO THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE AND THEIR PUNISHMENT (Chaps. 12–19) Intercourse with their countrymen in Jerusalem deeply affected the views and hopes of the exiled Jews, as the feelings and expectations in British colonies are affected by the discussions and decisions in the mo... [ Continue Reading ]
(2.) THE SYMBOL FROM BREAD AND WATER (Ezekiel 12:17) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The prophet is commanded to take his ordinary meals as a man under great apprehensions. It is not, as in chap. Ezekiel 4:16, that he is thus to indicate a dreadful scarcity approaching, but rather the felt pressure of that calami... [ Continue Reading ]
(3.) THE FOOLISH PROVERB (Ezekiel 12:21) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The hearts of the Jerusalem people would evade any fair application of the ominous action of Ezekiel, and he is incited to aim a blow at the evasion, which took form in a proverbial saying, Ezekiel 12:22, “THE DAYS ARE PROLONGED, AND EVERY V... [ Continue Reading ]