The Guilt (or Trespass) Offering. Two cases are mentioned in which it is proper to bring a guilt offering. The first (Leviticus 5:15) is that of a person who occasions loss to the sanctuary by either consuming or keeping back some 'holy thing' (see on Leviticus 2:3). He is required to restore the va... [ Continue Reading ]
A PROPHECY AGAINST THE MOUNTAIN LAND OF ISRAEL The coming judgment is here announced to the land of Israel, which is identified with the people. Ezekiel 6:8, following up the hint in Ezekiel 5:3, speak of a remnant of the nation which will be led to repentance in exile. 2, 3. The physical features... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SHALL KNOW THAT I _am_ THE LORD] Ezekiel's favourite expression for the result of God's dealings with men in prophecy and in history. It means the recognition now of one, now of another, aspect of the character of the true God. Here it is the conviction that His warnings are not empty threats: se... [ Continue Reading ]
A remnant] already hinted at in Ezekiel 5:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE I AM BROKEN WITH, etc.] RM 'how that' (better, 'when') 'I have broken their.. heart.. and their eyes.' The metaphor of breaking is extended to 'eyes,' though it strictly applies only to 'heart.' Idolatry was accompanied by licentiousness, and this is one reason why the prophets so often desc... [ Continue Reading ]
Smite (i.e. 'clap').. and stamp] emphatic gestures of satisfaction in the calamities that are announced. Ezekiel was called to be in complete sympathy with God's attitude towards Israel: see Ezekiel 21:14; Ezekiel 21:17; Ezekiel 25:6. Alas 1] rather, 'Aha!': see Ezekiel 25:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT IS FAR OFF, etc.] The judgment would fall on idolatrous Israelites not only in Jerusalem, but wherever they might be.... [ Continue Reading ]
MORE DESOLATE THAN] RV 'waste, from.' The wilderness toward Diblath] RV 'Diblah.' Diblath, or Diblathaim, was in Moab, beyond the Dead Sea (Numbers 33:46; Jeremiah 48:22). The phrase in AV would mean the wilderness of Judæa, which lay in that direction (eastwards) from Jerusalem. Another and more pr... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY] a standard weight of silver, equal to rather more than half-a-crown in value: see Exodus 30:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIFTH PART] the usual proportion in cases of restitution: see Exodus 26:13.... [ Continue Reading ]