EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 11:1 Ezekiel sees 25 men—a different group from Ezekiel 8:16, and at a different location. Unlike the previous group, the problem here is not with worship but with politics, although the precise issue at stake is unclear. The overall impression is that the thing they fear wil... [ Continue Reading ]
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 11:2 CAULDRON... MEAT. The imagery is best understood to indicate fear that led to mistrusting God. The idea is further developed in ch. Ezekiel 24:1. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 11:7 The focus here is on the distinction between the court officials and the people who have been killed. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 11:13 The significance of Ezekiel’s shock at the death of PELATIAH THE SON OF BENAIAH may lie in the meaning of his name: “the Lord delivers,” son of “the Lord builds,” has died! ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 11:14 Ezekiel’s outcry in v. Ezekiel 11:13 apparently prompts one of the most important statements of hope in the book, one closely connected to the “new heart” passage in Ezekiel 36:22. In Ezekiel 11:15 the voice of those left in Judah taunts the exiles. God’s response in v.... [ Continue Reading ]
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 11:22 The vision concludes on a tragic note. God leaves his city, which means divine absence and thus death for the people. The MOUNTAIN... ON THE EAST is the Mount of Olives. God’s absence from Jerusalem will continue until Ezekiel 43:1. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getEleme... [ Continue Reading ]