Ezekiel 33:24

They that in habit, etc.] the surviving wicked remnant in the land of Israel. Their wickedness is described in Ezekiel 33:25; Ezekiel 33:26. For an historical account of the events in Palestine after the fall of Jerusalem see Jeremiah 40-43. The survivors to whom Ezekiel refera are probably the anti-Babylonian party, led by Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, who were responsible for the murder of Gedaliah: see Intro.

Abraham was one, etc.] These survivors reasoned—'If Abraham, who was only one man, obtained this land for his descendants, much more may we, who are many, hope to do so in spite of all that has happened.' For a sounder use of the same argument see Isaiah 51:2.