Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 36:37
Enquired of — Though I have repeated so often my promise to do this, yet it is their duty to intreat it, to wait on me, and then I will do it.
Enquired of — Though I have repeated so often my promise to do this, yet it is their duty to intreat it, to wait on me, and then I will do it.
Verse Ezekiel 36:37. _THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD_] In answer to the question, "Who shall have such blessings?" we say, they that _pray_, that _seek_ earnestly, that _strive_ to enter in at the strait ga...
Their sin had prevented God’s hearing them. Now their purification opens God’s ears to their words....
Ezekiel 36:1. With this chapter the great prophetic utterances of Ezekiel begin concerning the future restoration and blessing of Israel. From here on to the end of the book, all is still unfulfilled,...
THE CLEANSING AND RENEWING OF THE PEOPLE. This is a passage of peculiar interest and importance, carrying us as it does far into the mind and theology of Ezekiel. First, we are reminded that Israel's...
YET... BE ENQUIRED OF: i.e. the time shall come when they will ask for what they had in the past despised....
Not for Israel's sake but for his own name's sake does Jehovah do all this in behalf of his people The passage is remarkable and deserves to be studied almost more than any other part of Ezek. when o...
_yet … be inquired of_ Almost: _I will let myself be inquired of_, which embraces not merely the enquiry or request on the part of the people, but the response to it on the part of the Lord. Cf. Ezeki...
A single point in the Lord's restoration of Israel is made prominent, the multiplication of the people. The terrible threats of the diminution of their numbers (Ezekiel 36:12), and of the destruction...
D. The Return to the Land 36:22-38 TRANSLATION (22) Therefore, say unto the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: I am not doing this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name which y...
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. I WILL YET FOR THIS BE INQUIRED OF - so as to gran...
36:37 increase (d-26) Lit. 'multiply.'...
THE LAND OF ISRAEL IN THE FUTURE Ezekiel 35 is an introduction to Ezekiel 36, the connexion being shown by Ezekiel 36:5. The claim of Edom to the land having been repudiated ...
I WILL YET _for_ THIS] RV 'for this moreover will I.'...
EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD” GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 36 THE *LORD ENCOURAGES *ISRAEL – EZEKIEL 36:1-15 V1
I WILL YET FOR THIS BE ENQUIRED OF. — Comp. Ezekiel 14:3; Ezekiel 20:3. Formerly God refused to be inquired of by a people whose hearts were far from Him; now that He has given them a new heart He is...
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה עֹ֗וד זֹ֛את אִד
JEHOVAH'S LAND Ezekiel 35:1; Ezekiel 36:1 THE teaching of this important passage turns on certain ideas regarding the land of Canaan which enter very deeply into the religion of Israel. These ideas a...
In contrast with Mount Seir the prophet placed the mountains of Israel, as he delivered the word of the Lord to them. They had been the scorn of their enemies, who had made them desolate and swallowed...
_Find. Hebrew, "seek." I will cause great multitudes to come to the solemn feast. This was seen still more after the conversion of the Gentiles. (Calmet)_...
One might have concluded, that after such a string of the richest promises as we have just reviewed in the preceding verses, the next account might have been of Israel's thankfulness. But the Lord hat...
Chapter 36 continues the same subject with reference to the blessing of Israel. The nations insulted Israel as a land whose ancient high places were their prey, and-as the spies had said-a land that d...
THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, I WILL YET FOR THIS BE INQUIRED OF BY THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL,.... Besought and prayed unto for the accomplishment of the above promises, as well as what follows: for though God h...
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet [for] this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do [it] for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. Ver. 37. _I will yet for this be inquired of,_]...
_I will yet be inquired of by the house of Israel_ The house of Israel must, 1st, Pray for these blessings; for by prayer God is sought unto and inquired after. What is the matter of God's promises, m...
Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this, with regard to the restoration of Israel, of His Church, BE ENQUIRED OF BY THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, hearing their appeal with gracious willingness, TO DO IT F...
Israel Restored for the Sake of Jehovah's Name...
25-38 Water is an emblem of the cleansing our polluted souls from sin. But no water can do more than take away the filth of the flesh. Water seems in general the sacramental sign of the sanctifying i...
Though I have repeated so often my promise to return them, to rebuild, to multiply them, yet they shall know it is their duty to entreat it, to wait on me, and then I will give a merciful answer and d...
Ezekiel 36:37 says H559 (H8804) Lord H136 GOD H3069 house H1004 Israel H3478 inquire H1875 (H8735) do...
‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “For this moreover will I be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them. I will increase them with men like a flock. As the flock of holy things, as the flock of...
ISRAEL'S INGLORIOUS PAST AND THEIR GLORIOUS FUTURE (EZEKIEL 36:16). As we consider this section we should pause to consider the nature of Biblical prophecy. A Biblical prophet was not a foreteller lik...
Ezekiel 36:37 The text summons us to prayer. Constant prayer, unceasing watchfulness are what our interests imperatively demand. These the Christian life requires, and these the crown of redemption r...
Ezekiel 36:36 I. Prayer is founded on knowledge. Before we can speak to God we must know God. "How shall they call," the Apostle asks, "on Him in whom they have not believed?" Even the prayer of the h...
The prophet had been bringing many heavy charges against God's people, had been thundering out the most tremendous threatenings against them. God was angry with them on account of sin. The chapter is...
Ezekiel 36:16. Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was bef...
CONTENTS: Message to the mountains of Israel. Restoration of Israel predicted. Israel's past sins. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Those who put shame and reproach upon God's people, though Go...
_Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them._ THE PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH REQUIRED FOR THE CONVERSION OF SOULS This chapter is full of “exceed...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 36:16 This key passage summarizes Ezekiel’s prophecy: in spite of their failings, God will restore his people for the sake of his name. ⇐...
THE PROMISE OF BETTER DAYS FOR ISRAEL. (Chap. 36) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 36:1. “YE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL”—in contrast to _Mount Seir_ of the previous prophecy. They are here personified: Israel’s e...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 36:1 The present chapter is entirely devoted to the consolation of Israel, though its parts are derived from two separate "words" of Jehovah. Ezekiel 36:1 belong to the "word" whic...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to Ezekiel 36 as we continue our study in this very fascinating prophecy. In chapter 36 Ezekiel is commanded to prophesy to the mountains of Israel. Now this is the sec...
1 John 5:14; Ezekiel 14:3; Ezekiel 20:3; Ezekiel 20:31; Ezekiel 36:10