THE SINS OF JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL: THE GENERAL CORRUPTION OF PROPHETS, PRIESTS, PRINCES, AND PEOPLE (Chap. 22) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—We have here another description of the sins of Jerusalem and Israel; and thus the judgments predicted in the last chapter are clearly justified. Three words of God are he... [ Continue Reading ]
(Ezekiel 22:17.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Jerusalem besieged by her enemies is the furnace in which God will refine His people Israel. Ezekiel 22:17. “THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME.” “This second word of God rests, no doubt, upon the figure in Ezekiel 22:15, of the uncleanness or dirt of sin; but it i... [ Continue Reading ]
(Ezekiel 22:23.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The corrupt condition of all ranks of the people as the immediate cause of the destruction of the kingdom. Ezekiel 22:24. “THOU ART THE LAND THAT IS NOT CLEANSED.” The _priests,_ whose office it was to keep the land tree from moral and ceremonial defilement had ne... [ Continue Reading ]