Make up the hedge, is only another form of “stand in the gap,” added for the sake of emphasis. Both refer to intercession for the people (see Psalms 106:23). It is not meant that there was not a single godly man, but not one of such a pure, strong, and commanding character that his intercessions might avert the threatened doom.
Verse Ezekiel 22:30. _I SOUGHT FOR A MAN_] I saw that there was a grievous breach made in the _moral state_ and _feeling_ of the people, and I sought for a man that would stand in the gap; that would...
The sixth word of judgment. The special sins of princes, priests, and people. Ezekiel 22:26 VIOLATED - Better as in margin; to offer “violence” to the Law is to misinterpret it. It was the special of...
Ezekiel 22:1; Ezekiel 23:1. Before the sharpened sword of justice and retribution does its dreadful work, the Lord uncovers the guilt and vileness of the city and lays bare the corruption of her proph...
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. I FOUND NONE. Compare Ezekiel 13:5, and Jeremiah 5:1....
All classes (Ezekiel 22:25) are alike corrupt; a man to stand in the breach in behalf of the people is looked for in vain, cf. Jeremiah 5:1. For "hedge" better FENCE, cf. on Ezekiel 13:5. A "man" her...
C. The Corrupt Land 22:23-31 TRANSLATION (23) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (24) Son of man, say to her: You are a land not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. (25)...
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. I SOUGHT FOR A MAN AMONG THEM, THAT S...
ANOTHER INDICTMENT OF JERUSALEM The various religious and social evils that prevail in the city are recited (Ezekiel 22:1). Their coming punishment is then predicted, first in direct terms (Ezekiel 22...
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 22 * God told Ezekiel to declare judgement against Jerusale...
וָ אֲבַקֵּ֣שׁ מֵהֶ֡ם אִ֣ישׁ גֹּֽדֵר ־גָּדֵר֩...
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 next movement described the utter evil of the city. Its fundamental sins of bloodshed and idolatry were named and denounced, and the resultant evils were described. These consisted of the oppressi...
And I sought for a man among them, that should (q) make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. (q) Who would show himself zealous i...
_None like Abraham, Moses, &c. (Calmet) --- The prayers of the just are very powerful; and God wishes them to exert themselves for sinners. (St. Jerome) (Worthington)_...
The close of this chapter is uncommonly beautiful, if we read it with an eye to Jesus. Many had been the intercessors for perishing sinners in the earlier ages, and all of them were types of Christ. A...
_NOT A MAN TO BE FOUND!_ ‘And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap … but I found none.’ Ezekiel 22:30 It is a terrible thing to read this chapter, and...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 AND 23. Chapter 22 recapitulates the sin of Jerusalem, of her prophets, her priests, and her princes. The eye of God sought for some one to stand in the ga...
AND I SOUGHT FOR A MAN AMONG THEM,.... among the princes, priests, prophets, and people of the land, who acted the part as above described; for otherwise, no doubt, there were good people in the land,...
_And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none._ Ver. 30. _And I sought for a man among...
_The people of the land_ The common people; _have used oppression_ Have wronged each other by acts of fraud and violence, and have greatly and cruelly oppressed each other. _And have vexed the poor an...
And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge, building up a wall against these various acts of wickedness, AND STAND IN THE GAP BEFORE ME FOR THE LAND, to close up the breach and ma...
THE CORRUPTION OF JUDAH INVITING DESTRUCTION...
23-31 All orders and degrees of men had helped to fill the measure of the nation's guilt. The people that had any power abused it, and even the buyers and sellers find some way to oppress one another....
I SOUGHT, very earnestly and diligently; spoken of God after the manner of man. A MAN; any one. AMONGST THEM; among princes, prophets, priests, or people. THAT SHOULD MAKE UP THE HEDGE; to repair the...
Ezekiel 22:30 sought H1245 (H8762) man H376 make H1443 (H8802) wall H1447 stand H5975 (H8802) gap...
CONTENTS: Sins of Israel enumerated. Parable of the dross in the furnace. Sins of priests, prophets and people. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Whatever God's wrath inflicts upon a people, it...
Ezekiel 22:8. _Thou hast profaned my sabbaths,_ the sabbatical days and years. This is repeated in Ezekiel 23:38, to show that the desecration of holy things filled up the measure of Judah's sin: Ezek...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 22:1 This chapter includes three distinct but thematically related oracles. Each convicts Jerusalem of practicing vile impurities that God refuses to tolerate. The first descri...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 22:23 Here, rather than surveying types of behavior (as in vv. Ezekiel 22:6), Ezekiel surveys the people involved. The issue is still impurity (a l
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 22:30 There is no one to STAND IN THE BREACH (compare Ezekiel 13:5;...
(Ezekiel 22:23.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The corrupt condition of all ranks of the people as the immediate cause of the destruction of the kingdom. Ezekiel 22:24. “THOU ART THE LAND THAT IS NOT CLEANSED.”...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 22:1, EZEKIEL 22:2 MOREOVER, etc. The word connects what follows with THE WORD OF THE LORD which began in Ezekiel
Now, why would God do this? Chapter 22 he now tells us the things that were happening and the sins for which God's judgment was coming. Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Now, thou so...
Exodus 32:10; Ezekiel 13:5; Genesis 18:23; Isaiah 59:16; Isaiah 63:5
I sought — God speaks after the manner of men. A man — Any one, among princes, prophets, priests, or people, to repair the breach. And stand — Interpose between a sinful people, and their offended God...