CHAPTER XI _This chapter denounces the judgments of God against those_ _wicked persons who remained in Jerusalem and made a mock of_ _the types and predictions of the prophets_, 1-13; _compare_ Ezekiel 11:3 with Jeremiah 1:13. _God promises to favour those who were gone into captivity, and_ _i... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 11:3. _IT IS NOT NEAR_] That is, the threatened invasion. _THIS_ CITY IS _THE CALDRON, AND WE_ BE _THE FLESH._] See the vision of the _seething pot_, Jeremiah 1:13. These infidels seem to say: "We will run all risks, we will abide in the city. Though it be the _caldron_, and we the _f... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 11:7. _YOUR SLAIN - THEY_ ARE _THE FLESH_] Jerusalem is the _caldron_, and those who have been slain in it, they are the flesh; and though ye purpose to stay and share its fate, ye shall not be permitted to do so, ye shall be carried into captivity.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 11:9. _AND DELIVER YOU INTO THE HANDS OF STRANGERS_] This seems to refer chiefly to Zedekiah and his family.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 11:11. _I WILL JUDGE YOU IN THE BORDER OF ISRAEL,_] Though _Riblah_ was in Syria, yet it was on the very _frontiers_ of Israel; and it was here that Zedekiah's sons were slain, and his own eyes put out.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 11:13. _PELATIAH THE SON OF BENAIAH DIED._] Most probably he was struck dead the very hour in which Ezekiel prophesied against him. His death appears to have resembled that of Ananias and Sapphira, Acts 5:1, c.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 11:15. _GET YOU FAR FROM THE LORD_] These are the words of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, against those of Israel who had been carried away to Babylon with Jeconiah. _Go ye far from the Lord_: but as for us, the land of Israel is given to us for a possession, we shall never be removed f... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 11:16. _YET WILL I BE TO THEM AS A LITTLE SANCTUARY_] Though thus exiled from their own land, yet not forgotten by their God. While in their captivity, I will dispense many blessings to them; and I will restore them to their own land, Ezekiel 11:17, from which they shall put away all i... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 11:19. _AND I WILL GIVE THEM ONE HEART_] A whole system of _renewed affections_. _AND I WILL PUT A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN YOU_] To direct and influence these new affections. _AND I WILL TAKE THE STONY HEART OUT OF THEIR FLESH_] That which would not receive the impressions of my Spirit. _... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 11:20. _THAT THEY MAY WALK IN MY STATUTES_] The holiness of their lives shall prove the work of God upon their hearts. Then it shall appear that _I am their God_, because I have done such things _in_ them and _for_ them; and their _holy conduct_ shall show that they are _my people_. Ez... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 11:21. _BUT_ AS FOR THEM _WHOSE HEART WALKETH_] Them whose affections are attached to idolatry, they shall have such reward as their idols can give them, and such a recompense as Divine justice shall award them.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 11:23. _THE GLORY OF THE LORD WENT UP FROM THE MIDST OF THE_ _CITY_] This vision is no mean proof of the _long-suffering of God_. He did not abandon this people _all at once_; he departed by _little_ _and little_. FIRST, he left the _temple_. SECONDLY, he stopped a little at the gate... [ Continue Reading ]