Ezekiel 22:25 [There is] a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
Ver. 25. There is a conspiracy of her prophets.] They are all agreed to deceive the people and to persecute the true prophets. Here we have a lively description of the present Popish clergy.
Verse Ezekiel 22:25. THERE IS _A CONSPIRACY_] The false prophets have united together to say and support the same things; and have been the cause of the destruction of souls, and the death of many, so...
The sixth word of judgment. The special sins of princes, priests, and people. Ezekiel 22:26 VIOLATED - Better as in margin; to offer “violence” to the Law is to misinterpret it. It was the special of...
Ezekiel 22:1; Ezekiel 23:1. Before the sharpened sword of justice and retribution does its dreadful work, the Lord uncovers the guilt and vileness of the city and lays bare the corruption of her proph...
PROPHETS. Note the four classes here enumerated. See the Structure above; and verses: Ezekiel 22:26; Ezekiel 22:28; Ezekiel 22:28. SOULS. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
_conspiracy of her prophets_ More probably with LXX., WHOSE PRINCES IN THE MIDST OF HER are like … The prophets are spoken of Ezekiel 22:28. The "princes" are those of the royal house, ch. Ezekiel 19:...
THOU ART THE LAND, &C.— _This land shall not have showers, nor be softened with rain, in the day of indignation._ Ezekiel 22:25. _Because her prophets in the midst of her are like,_ &c. Houbigant, aft...
C. The Corrupt Land 22:23-31 TRANSLATION (23) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (24) Son of man, say to her: You are a land not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. (25)...
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many...
22:25 prophets (d-7) Or 'princes.'...
ANOTHER INDICTMENT OF JERUSALEM The various religious and social evils that prevail in the city are recited (Ezekiel 22:1). Their coming punishment is then predicted, first in direct terms (Ezekiel 22...
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 22 * God told Ezekiel to declare judgement against Jerusale...
A CONSPIRACY OF HER PROPHETS. — The opposition of false prophets to the Divine measures for the reformation of the people is continually spoken of (comp. Ezekiel 13; Zephaniah 3:4, and many passages i...
קֶ֤שֶׁר נְבִיאֶ֨יהָ֙ בְּ תֹוכָ֔הּ כַּ אֲרִ֥י...
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 next movement described the utter evil of the city. Its fundamental sins of bloodshed and idolatry were named and denounced, and the resultant evils were described. These consisted of the oppressi...
[There is] a conspiracy (n) of her prophets in the midst of her, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her m...
_Conspiracy. The false prophets defend each other, (Calmet) while the priests connive at their proceedings, (Haydock) and set the example of wickedness._...
The close of this chapter is uncommonly beautiful, if we read it with an eye to Jesus. Many had been the intercessors for perishing sinners in the earlier ages, and all of them were types of Christ. A...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 AND 23. Chapter 22 recapitulates the sin of Jerusalem, of her prophets, her priests, and her princes. The eye of God sought for some one to stand in the ga...
THERE IS A CONSPIRACY OF HER PROPHETS IN THE MIDST THEREOF,.... Not of the prophets of the Lord, but of her prophets; such as were agreeable to her, the false prophets. The Targum renders it, "a comp...
_Thou art the land that is not cleansed nor rained upon_, &c. Though God's judgments have been as violent floods, and as hottest fires, thou hast not been cleansed from thy wickedness by the punishmen...
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, self-appointed teachers and leaders as these false prophets were, LIKE A ROARING LION RAVENING THE PREY THEY HAVE DEVOURED SOULS, the fierce...
THE CORRUPTION OF JUDAH INVITING DESTRUCTION...
23-31 All orders and degrees of men had helped to fill the measure of the nation's guilt. The people that had any power abused it, and even the buyers and sellers find some way to oppress one another....
A CONSPIRACY; a contrivance, or framing among themselves a design, to speak all alike flattering, smooth words, and give out promises of peace and safety, when there was no peace; they would have the...
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“There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured people. They take treasure and precious things. They have made her widows many in...
CONTENTS: Sins of Israel enumerated. Parable of the dross in the furnace. Sins of priests, prophets and people. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Whatever God's wrath inflicts upon a people, it...
Ezekiel 22:8. _Thou hast profaned my sabbaths,_ the sabbatical days and years. This is repeated in Ezekiel 23:38, to show that the desecration of holy things filled up the measure of Judah's sin: Ezek...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 22:1 This chapter includes three distinct but thematically related oracles. Each convicts Jerusalem of practicing vile impurities that God refuses to tolerate. The first descri...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 22:23 Here, rather than surveying types of behavior (as in vv. Ezekiel 22:6), Ezekiel surveys the people involved. The issue is still impurity (a l
(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.”...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 22:1, EZEKIEL 22:2 MOREOVER, etc. The word connects what follows with THE WORD OF THE LORD which began in Ezekiel
Now, why would God do this? Chapter 22 he now tells us the things that were happening and the sins for which God's judgment was coming. Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Now, thou so...
1 Kings 22:11; 1 Kings 22:23; 2 Peter 2:1; Ezekiel 13:10; E
A conspiracy — A contrivance, to speak all alike, smooth words, and give out promises of peace and safety. Thereof — Of the land. The treasure — As a reward of their lies. Made her — By persuading Zed...