When this cometh to pass. — “This” refers to what the prophet is commissioned to utter. By the fulfilment of his prophecies of judgment they had already been brought to an outward recognition of his authority; it remained that by the fulfilment of the prophecies yet to come their hearts, or at least the hearts of the better part of them, should be bowed in true submission to the Divine will, as made known through him.
Verse Ezekiel 33:33. _WHEN THIS COMETH TO PASS - THEN SHALL THEY KNOW THAT A_ _PROPHET HATH BEEN AMONG THEM._] What I have predicted, (and it is even now at the doors,) then they will be convinced tha...
The exhortation to repentance. Ezekiel first addresses the remnant that still linger in their ancient home, and warns them against presumptuous hopes resting on false grounds Ezekiel 33:23; then he tu...
II. PREDICTIONS AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM (33-48) Chapter S 33-34 A. The Watchman, the False Shepherds, and the True Shepherd _ 1. The renewed call of Ezekiel as watchman (Ezekiel 33:1) _...
NEED OF A DEEPENED SENSE OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY (EZEKIEL 33), and this alike for himself and his hearers. EZEKIEL 33:1. He feels that he is responsible for them, and that they are responsible for...
Demeanour of the people towards the prophet The confirmation which the fall of the city gave to the prophet's past predictions awakened the interest of his fellow exiles in him and his words. They co...
_when this cometh_ BUT WHEN IT COMETH TO PASS. The general _it_(fem. as usual in general references) is the judgment or crisis, the idea of which underlies all the prophet's words and is presupposed i...
AND WHEN THIS COMETH TO PASS, &C.— _Therefore when these things come to pass,_ (_they shall come to pass immediately,_) _then,_ &c. "When you see my prophesies concerning the destruction of Jerusalem...
D. THE ATTITUDE OF THE EXILES TOWARD EZEKIEL 33:30-33 TRANSLATION (30) And as for you, son of man, the children of your people who talk about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses, and...
And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them. WHEN THIS COMETH TO PASS - when thy predictions are verified. (LO, IT WILL COME) - rat...
§ 1. THE RESTORATION (EZEKIEL 33-39) After an introductory passage (Ezekiel 33:1), and two short prophecies against the wicked survivors of Jerusalem and the careless exiles (Ezekiel 33:21), this sect...
THE PROPHET, THE SURVIVORS, AND THE EXILES In Ezekiel 24:27 it was announced to Ezekiel that the silence which began with his wife's death and the siege of Jerusalem would be ended when fugitives from...
WHEN THIS COMETH TO PASS] the utter desolation of Palestine foretold in Ezekiel 33:27; Ezekiel 33:28....
וּ בְ בֹאָ֑הּ הִנֵּ֣ה בָאָ֔ה וְ יָ֣דְע֔וּ
THE PROPHET A WATCHMAN Ezekiel 33:1 ONE day in January of the year 586 the tidings circulated through the Jewish colony at Tel-abib that "the city was smitten." The rapidity with which in the East in...
Ezekiel next delivered a series of messages concerning the chosen nation. The first message described the function and responsibilities of the prophet under the figure of a watchman. In the day of dan...
_Coming. The desolation of Jerusalem, (Haydock) and what I have foretold, hath already taken place; or, the news will presently arrive: as it did the following morning, ver. 21. (Calmet)_...
Had the Prophet Ezekiel lived in the present day of the Church, it is highly probable he would have experienced much the same treatment now as then. Who so abused behind his back, as a faithful servan...
REFLECTIONS PRECIOUS Lord Jesus! How can I hear or read of a watchman to the house of Israel, without having my soul led out to the contemplation of thine unequalled love and mercy to the souls of thy...
_HEARERS, BUT NOT DOERS_ ‘And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not,’ etc....
In chapter 33, in view of these judgments, which put His people on entirely new ground (for they were judged as Loammi, with the nations, and this is why the prophecy can look on to the last days, alt...
AND WHEN THIS COMETH TO PASS,.... The prophecy before delivered out, concerning the desolations in the land of Israel, by the sword, pestilence, and wild beasts: LO, IT WILL COME; whatever is predict...
_And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them._ Ver. 33. _That a prophet._] See on Ezekiel 2:5 ....
_And when this cometh to pass_, (_lo, it will come_) Or, rather, _lo, it is come;_ for so the same phrase is translated Ezekiel 6:2; Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 6:10, the verb being in the present tense; whe...
THE RELATION OF THE PEOPLE TO EZEKIEL...
And when this cometh to pass, namely, the prophecy concerning the desolation of the entire land of Israel, ( LO, IT WILL COME, this emphatic declaration being inserted as a final warning,) THEN SHALL...
30-33 Unworthy and corrupt motives often lead men to the places where the word of God is faithfully preached. Many come to find somewhat to oppose: far more come of curiosity or mere habit. Men may ha...
When all thou hast prophesied against the Jews shall, as that thou prophesiedst against the nations, come to pass to their ruin, they shall know thou wast no musician, but a prophet sent of God, to fo...
Ezekiel 33:33 pass H935 come H935 know H3045 (H8804) prophet H5030 among H8432 when -...
“And when this happens, behold it comes, then will they know that a prophet has been among them.” ‘This' is the further desolation of the land after the fall of Jerusalem as described above. That wil...
Ezekiel 33:32 These are the words of the Lord God to the prophet Ezekiel, words in which He describes the effect of the prophet's preaching upon the children of his people. Ezekiel had by this time be...
CONTENTS: Ethical instructions for the captivity. Rebuke to those who are not sincere in their professions. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Abraham. CONCLUSION: God warns sinners of the wrath to come that...
Ezekiel 33:2. _If the people of the land take a man and set him for their watchman;_ and if he be asleep, and blow not the trumpet when the invading army approaches, all are agreed that he ought to di...
_They hear Thy words, but they will not do them._ THE RELIGION OF A FORMALIST I. The extent of a formal religion. There is unquestionably much about the characters here described worthy of respect a...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 33:30 Ezekiel’s fellow exiles may have liked his message against Israelites back home (vv. Ezekiel 33:23). Their enjoyment of the rebuke aimed at their land-grabbing rela
EZEKIEL’S COMMISSION RENEWED (Chap. 33) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 33:2. “SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF THY PEOPLE.” “The prophet turns from foreign nations to Israel again. The early portion of the chapte...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 33:1 If we may think of Ezekiel as compiling and arranging his own prophecies, we may think of him as returning, with something like a sense of relief, to his own special work as t...
Now as we get into chapter 33 God now begins to instruct those captives who are in Babylon. Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if t...
1 Samuel 3:19; 1 Samuel 3:20; 2 Kings 5:8; Ezekiel 2:5; Jeremiah 28:9;...
THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD Ezekiel 33:1, _Ezekiel 33:28_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS It may not be pleasant, but it is necessary to warn the saint and the sinner against coming judgments. 1. WE NEED TO WARN THE C...
HEARERS, BUT NOT DOERS Ezekiel 33:27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS This prophecy of Ezekiel had to do with a people who were OUTWARDLY religious, but INWARDLY were far from God. They would come before the Lord...