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Jeremiah 14; Jeremiah 15 is a remarkable parallel to this prophecy.
Here, as elsewhere, Ezekiel is commissioned to deliver to the exiles
the same message which Jeremiah conveys to the inhabitants of J...
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Ezekiel 14:1. These inquiring elders, with wickedness in their hearts,
give another illustration of the depth of degradation in which the
people had sunk. He who searches the hearts knew what was in t...
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THE RIGHTEOUS CANNOT SAVE THE CITY, BUT ONLY THEMSELVES. In spite of
all Ezekiel's visions and warnings, the people still cherish the
illusion that Jerusalem will be spared if for no other reason, at...
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THEY: i.e. the remnant of Ezekiel 14:22....
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The presence of righteous men among a sinful people will not save the
sinners
The passage may be in answer to thoughts which the prophet felt might
rise in the minds of those to whom he spoke. He thr...
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B. Presence of Righteous Men 14:12-23
TRANSLATION
(12) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (13) Son of man,
when a land sins against Me by trespassing grievously, and I stretch
out My hand...
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And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings:
and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have
done in it, saith the Lord GOD.
THEY SHALL COMFORT YOU - n...
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A DIVINE PRINCIPLE AND AN APPARENT EXCEPTION
As a rule when God punishes a land for its wickedness by such
judgments as famine, wild beasts, sword, or pestilence, the presence
in it of the most eminen...
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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 14
WICKED LEADERS – EZEKIEL 14:1-23
V1 Some of *Is
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וְ נִחֲמ֣וּ אֶתְכֶ֔ם כִּֽי ־תִרְא֥וּ
אֶת ־דַּ
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Certain of the elders of Israel now came to Ezekiel, evidently to hear
what message he had to deliver to them. The word of the Lord revealed
to him that whatever their outward attitude might be, they...
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What a gracious close is made to this solemn chapter! I hope the
reader will not overlook it or lose sight of it. Can anything be more
lovely, more interesting, or more recommending, in proof of the D...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! have you never seen a congregation like the one here described
by the Prophet? But what a bubble is man to himself, that thus trifles
with the Lord and deceives his own heart? Lor...
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He now puts the verb for comforting in the third person, but in the
same sense, because after the Jews shall have been led captive, they
will bear sure and special marks of God’s justice against their...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14.
Chapter 13 judges the prophets who deceived the people in Jerusalem by
their pretended visions of peace. In chapter 14 the elders of Israel
come an...
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AND THEY SHALL COMFORT YOU, WHEN YE SEE THEIR WAYS AND THEIR
DOINGS,.... Not that their sinful ways and doings would be comfortable
to them, but either their acknowledgments of them, and repentance fo...
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And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings:
and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have
done in it, saith the Lord GOD.
Ver. 23. _And they shall comf...
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_Yet, behold, therein_ In Jerusalem itself, though marked for utter
ruin; in Judea, though condemned to suffer unexampled desolations;
_shall be left a remnant_ That shall not be cut off by any of tho...
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And they shall comfort you, by offering proof for the righteousness of
God's acts, WHEN YE SEE THEIR WAYS AND THEIR DOINGS; AND YE SHALL KNOW
THAT I HAVE NOT DONE WITHOUT CAUSE, in arbitrary cruelty,...
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God's Irrevocable Sentence...
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12-23 National sins bring national judgments. Though sinners escape
one judgment, another is waiting for them. When God's professing
people rebel against him, they may justly expect all his judgments...
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THEY that survive the siege, famine, and ruin of Jerusalem, and are
brought to Babylon, SHALL COMFORT YOU; either confessing their faults
in not doing as you had done, justifying the wise course they...
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Ezekiel 14:23 comfort H5162 (H8765) see H7200 (H8799) ways H1870
doings H5949 know H3045 (H8804) nothing...
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“Yet behold in it will be left those who escape, who will be carried
forth, both sons and daughters. Behold they will come forth to you,
and you will see their way and their doings, and you will be co...
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CONTENTS: Vision of the elders of Israel. Jerusalem on no account to
be spared.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Noah, Job, Daniel.
CONCLUSION: Many who have no idols in their sanctuary have idols in
their...
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Ezekiel 14:1. _Then came certain of the elders of Israel,_ ex-judges
and magistrates in Judea. They were all idolaters, yet they wished to
know whether there were any hope of their return to Jerusalem...
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_Ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done
in it, saith the Lord God._
WAITING FOR GOD’S VINDICATION
I. The truths doubted. In all ages, as in our own, men have doubted
t...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 14:12 Five distinct paragraphs make up this
oracle. The first four describe four forms of divine judgment on
Jerusalem: famine (vv. Ezekiel 14:12); beasts (vv....
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JUDAH AND JERUSALEM CANNOT CLAIM EXEMPTION FROM JUDGMENTS BECAUSE OF
THE RIGHTEOUS FEW THEREIN (Ezekiel 14:12)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 14:12. “WHEN THE LAND SINNETH AGAINST
ME BY TRESPASSING GRIEVO...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 14:1
As the result, probably, of the previous utterances, certain ELDERS OF
ISRAEL, _i_._e_. of the exiles in Tel-Abib, came to consult Ezekiel,
wishing to know what counsels or wh...
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CHAPTER 14.
HYPOCRITICAL INQUIRERS AFTER GOD THEIR WICKEDNESS DISCOVERED AND
REBUKED.
Ezekiel 14:1. _And there came to me some of the elders of Israel and
sat before me._
Ezekiel 14:2. _And the wor...
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Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, these men
have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling...
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Daniel 9:14; Daniel 9:7; Deuteronomy 8:2; Ezekiel 8:6; Ezekiel 9:8;...
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Comfort you — That is, you will be comforted, when you compare their
case with your own: when they tell you how righteous God was, in
bringing these judgments upon them. This will reconcile you to the...