are talking against thee the children of thy people who talk of thee. The construction has a certain inconsequence in it. On "talk" cf. Malachi 3:16. The "walls" afforded a shade, under which men gathered for conversation.
one to another The form "one" is Chaldee rather than Heb. The clause says the same thing as next clause and is wanting in LXX.
Verse Ezekiel 33:30. _THE PEOPLE STILL ARE TALKING AGAINST THEE_] בך _bach_ should be rather translated, "concerning thee," than "against thee;" for the following verses show that the prophet was much...
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...
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) _...
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...
AGAINST. about. DOORS. entrances. TO. with....
ALSO, THOU SON OF MAN— Bishop Pococke informs us, that the Coptics spend their holy days in sauntering about and _sitting under their walls in winter,_ and under the shady _trees_ in summer. This, dou...
D. THE ATTITUDE OF THE EXILES TOWARD EZEKIEL 33:30-33 TRANSLATION (30) And as for you, son of man, the children of your people who talk about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses, and...
Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray...
§ 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...
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...
THE CHILDREN OF THY PEOPLE] the exiles of the first captivity. STILL ARE TALKING AGAINST THEE] RV 'talk of thee.'...
THE CHILDREN OF THY PEOPLE. — The few remaining verses of this chapter are concerned with those in exile — perhaps not so much those who had been with Ezekiel all along as fresh captives of a worse mo...
וְ אַתָּ֣ה בֶן ־אָדָ֔ם בְּנֵ֣י עַמְּךָ֗ הַ
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...
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...
Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are (p) talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pr...
_Walls, the resort of idle people. (Calmet)_...
Had the Prophet Ezekiel lived in the present day of the Church, it is highly probable he would have experienced much the same treatment now as then. Who so abused behind his back, as a faithful servan...
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...
ALSO, THOU SON OF MAN,.... I have something to say to thee, and inform thee of, not only concerning the Jews in Judea, what they say, and what will befall them; but concerning those that are with thee...
Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray y...
_The children of thy people_ Those of the captivity; _still are talking against thee_ Or rather, _of thee_, as the LXX. rightly render it; for _with their mouths they showed much love_, as it follows...
Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people, namely, those among the exiles in Babylon, STILL ARE TALKING AGAINST THEE BY THE WALLS AND IN THE DOORS OF THE HOUSES, both when they met in public a...
THE RELATION OF THE PEOPLE TO EZEKIEL...
30-33 Unworthy and corrupt motives often lead men to the places where the word of God is faithfully preached. Many come to find somewhat to oppose: far more come of curiosity or mere habit. Men may ha...
THE CHILDREN; captives in Babylon. THY PEOPLE; THY, not _my_ people; God doth debase, degrade, and disown them. BY THE WALLS; as men now do in cities or towns, so then they stood up to the wall, when,...
Ezekiel 33:30 son H1121 man H120 children H1121 people H5971 talking H1696 (H8737) beside H681 walls H7023 doors...
“And as for you, son of man, the children of your people speak of you by the walls, and in the doors of the houses, and speak to each other, every one to his brother, saying, ‘Come I pray you and hear...
Ezekiel 33:30 The experience which the young priest Ezekiel had to bear among the captives in Babylon is the same in some degree that every serious preacher of God's word has had to expect. The method...
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...
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...
_They hear Thy words, but they will not do them._ THE RELIGION OF A FORMALIST I. The extent of a formal religion. There is unquestionably much about the characters here described worthy of respect a...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 33:30 Ezekiel’s fellow exiles may have liked his message against Israelites back home (vv. Ezekiel 33:23). Their enjoyment of the rebuke aimed at their land-grabbing rela
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...
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...
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...
Isaiah 29:13; Isaiah 58:2; Jeremiah 11:18; Jeremiah 11:19; Jer
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...
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...
The children — Captives in Babylon....