-
Verse Ezekiel 24:17. _MAKE NO MOURNING_] As a _priest_, he could make
no public mourning, Leviticus 21:1, c.
_BIND THE TIRE OF THINE HEAD_] This seems to refer to the high
priest's bonnet or perhaps...
-
The death of Ezekiel’s wife took place in the evening of the same
day that he delivered the foregoing prophecy. This event was to
signify to the people that the Lord would take from them all that was...
-
Ezekiel 24:1. The exact date is given by the prophet. It was the tenth
day of the tenth month in the ninth year. What happened also on that
date we find recorded in 2 Kings 25:1: “And it came to pass...
-
BIND, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 10:6; Leviticus 13:45;
Leviticus 21:10). cover not thy lips. Compare Micah 3:7.
the
-
_Forbear to cry_ SIGH IN SILENCE; lit. sigh, be silent.
_mourning_for _the dead_ Another order was to be expected; two accus.
must be assumed.
_the tire of thine head_ The "tire" is not necessarily t...
-
FORBEAR, &C.— _Groan silently; make no funeral mourning._ This
translation is agreeable to the famous saying of the poet,
_Curae leves loquuntur, graviores silent.*_
* Light cares are talkative; hea...
-
B. The Death of Ezekiel's Wife 24:15-24
TRANSLATION
(15) And the word of the LORD came unto me saying, (16) Son of man,
behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a
stroke; yet...
-
III. A SIGNIFICANT DATE 24:1-27
Chapter 24 begins with an important chronological note. According to
verse one Nebuchadnezzar began his attack against Jerusalem in the
ninth year (of Zedekiah), the te...
-
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine
head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy
lips, and eat not the bread of men.
FORBEAR TO CRY - or,...
-
THE ALLEGORY OF THE BOILING CALDRON. EZEKIEL'S BEREAVEMENT AND
SIGNIFICANT SILENCE
This prophecy is dated on the day on which the siege of Jerusalem
began. Ezekiel is commanded by God to note the date...
-
Loosening the head-dress, baring the feet, and covering the lips, were
signs of mourning (Leviticus 10:6; 2 Samuel 15:30)....
-
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 24
* The punishment of Judah would happen soon. The *Lord c...
-
THE TIRE OF THINE HEAD. — This might be either the covering for the
head usually worn by the people (see Ezekiel 24:23), or the special
“mitre of fine linen” (Exodus 39:28) provided for the priests; b...
-
הֵאָנֵ֣ק ׀ דֹּ֗ם מֵתִים֙ אֵ֣בֶל לֹֽא
־תַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה...
-
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 final prophecy in this division described the coming destruction
of the city. This was first done under the parable of a cauldron set
on a fire, filled with water, and made to boil. The prophet ap...
-
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind thy turban upon
thee, (p) and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not [thy]
lips, and eat (q) not the bread of men.
(p) For in mourning they...
-
Silence, for such manifold calamities, if thou canst screen thyself
from the enemy, who will otherwise take offence, as he has brought
them on. (Haydock) --- Dead. Priests were allowed to mourn only f...
-
See how the Lord is pleased to deal with his faithful servants! Here
is a Prophet of the Lord bereaved of one that was near and dear to
him; yea, the Lord himself calls her the desire of Ezekiel's eye...
-
In chapter 24 definitive judgment is pronounced against Jerusalem, who
was not even ashamed of her sins. The day that Nebuchadnezzar lays
siege to Jerusalem, the wife of the prophet dies; and, althoug...
-
FORBEAR TO CRY,.... Groan or howl, or make any doleful noise: or, "be
silent" x: which the Talmudists y interpret of not greeting any
person:
MAKE NO MOURNING FOR THE DEAD; use none of those rites an...
-
_Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine
head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not
[thy] lips, and eat not the bread of men._
Ver. 17. _Forbear t...
-
_Behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke_
Behold, I take away from thee thy wife, the object of thy love and thy
affection, by a sudden stroke from my own immediate hand,...
-
The Death of Ezekiel's Wife and its Significance...
-
Forbear to cry, violently repressing the natural show of grief, MAKE
NO MOURNING FOR THE DEAD, as was customary in the Orient, BIND THE
TIRE OF THINE HEAD, the head-ornament which was laid aside durin...
-
FORBEAR:
_ Heb._ be silent
LIPS:
_ Heb._ upper lip. And so vers. 22...
-
15-27 Though mourning for the dead is a duty, yet it must be kept
under by religion and right reason: we must not sorrow as men that
have no hope. Believers must not copy the language and expressions...
-
FORBEAR TO CRY; restrain and curb thy sorrows, neither sigh nor
lament. MAKE NO MOURNING FOR THE DEAD; when thou carriest her out to
burial, make no mourning for her. BIND THE TIRE OF THINE HEAD; ador...
-
THE DEATH OF EZEKIEL'S WIFE.
‘Also the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, “Son of man, behold I
am taking from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke. Yet you will
neither mourn, nor weep, nor sha...
-
CONTENTS: Parable of the boiling pot. Ezekiel again made a sign to
Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, King of Babylon.
CONCLUSION: There is a day coming when it will be said, «He that is
filthy, let...
-
Ezekiel 24:1. _In the ninth year,_ from Jehoiachin's captivity; or the
ninth year of Zedekiah's reign. 2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 52:4.
Jehoiachin, who is the same with Jeconiah, reigned one year before h...
-
_So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died;
and I did in the morning as I was commanded._
SIN THE WORST SORROW
I. Other sorrows may have no evil, but even good in them; this...
-
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 24:1 The two losses recounted here almost
certainly belong together, and they come at a turning point in
Ezekiel’s prophetic career. The first loss (vv. Ezekiel 24:1) is
that o
-
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 24:15 No further reference is made to a
date, but the placement of this account next to the oracle about the
siege of Jerusalem is significant. Ezekiel has performed other
symb...
-
(Ezekiel 24:15.)
EXEGETICAL NOTES—“With a view to affect more deeply the minds of
his fellow-captives Ezekiel had announced to him the disseverance of
the tenderest of all earthly ties—the removal of...
-
EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 24:1
IN THE NINTH YEAR. We pass from the date of Ezekiel 20:1 to B.C. 590,
and the very day is identified with that on which the army of
Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem ...
-
Now again, chapter 24,
In the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month
(Ezekiel 24:1),
Now notice this. He's in Babylon and on this, in the ninth year, in
the tenth month, in th...
-
2 Samuel 15:30; Amos 8:3; Ezekiel 24:22; Ezekiel 24:23; Habakkuk 2:20
-
Bind the tire — Adorn thy head, as thou wast used to do; go not bare
— headed as a mourner. Thy shoes — ln great mournings the Jews
went bare — footed. Cover not thy lips — It was a custom among
them...