Verse Ezekiel 24:18. At even my wife died] The prophet's wife was a type of the city, which was to him exceedingly dear. The death of his wife represented the destruction of the city by the Chaldeans; see Ezekiel 24:21, where the temple is represented to be the desire of his eyes, as his wife was, Ezekiel 24:16.
The death of Ezekiel’s wife took place in the evening of the same day that he delivered the foregoing prophecy. This event was to signify to the people that the Lord would take from them all that was...
Ezekiel 24:1. The exact date is given by the prophet. It was the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year. What happened also on that date we find recorded in 2 Kings 25:1: “And it came to pass...
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The death of the prophet's wife was no doubt an actual occurrence. And there is nothing improbable in his demeanour after it, with the view of attracting the attention of his fellow-captives. At the s...
B. The Death of Ezekiel's Wife 24:15-24 TRANSLATION (15) And the word of the LORD came unto me saying, (16) Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke; yet...
III. A SIGNIFICANT DATE 24:1-27 Chapter 24 begins with an important chronological note. According to verse one Nebuchadnezzar began his attack against Jerusalem in the ninth year (of Zedekiah), the te...
_SO I SPAKE UNTO THE PEOPLE IN THE MORNING: AND AT EVEN MY WIFE DIED; AND I DID IN THE MORNING AS I WAS_ _ COMMANDED._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
THE ALLEGORY OF THE BOILING CALDRON. EZEKIEL'S BEREAVEMENT AND SIGNIFICANT SILENCE This prophecy is dated on the day on which the siege of Jerusalem began. Ezekiel is commanded by God to note the date...
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 24 * The punishment of Judah would happen soon. The *Lord c...
IN THE MORNING: AND AT EVEN. — What the prophet “spake unto the people in the morning” was what he has recorded (Ezekiel 24:3). Shortly after this the warning of Ezekiel 24:15 must have come to him, a...
וָ אֲדַבֵּ֤ר אֶל ־הָ עָם֙ בַּ †...
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 final prophecy in this division described the coming destruction of the city. This was first done under the parable of a cauldron set on a fire, filled with water, and made to boil. The prophet ap...
So I spoke to the people in the morning: and at evening my wife died; and I did (r) in the morning as I was commanded. (r) Meaning the morning following....
See how the Lord is pleased to deal with his faithful servants! Here is a Prophet of the Lord bereaved of one that was near and dear to him; yea, the Lord himself calls her the desire of Ezekiel's eye...
_THE TEARLESS SORROW_ ‘So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.’ Ezekiel 24:18 I. WE ALL KNOW THE STRIKING THOUGH BRIEF NOTI...
In chapter 24 definitive judgment is pronounced against Jerusalem, who was not even ashamed of her sins. The day that Nebuchadnezzar lays siege to Jerusalem, the wife of the prophet dies; and, althoug...
SO I SPAKE UNTO THE PEOPLE IN THE MORNING,.... Did the duty of his office as a prophet; exhorted and instructed the people, particularly informed them of what had been said to him by the Lord, the eve...
So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. Ver. 18. _And at even my wife died._] Though a good woman probably, and to the prophe...
_Behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke_ Behold, I take away from thee thy wife, the object of thy love and thy affection, by a sudden stroke from my own immediate hand,...
So I spake unto the people in the morning, bringing them the message of the first part of the chapter; AND AT EVEN MY WIFE DIED, being torn suddenly from his side; AND I DID IN THE MORNING AS I WAS CO...
The Death of Ezekiel's Wife and its Significance...
15-27 Though mourning for the dead is a duty, yet it must be kept under by religion and right reason: we must not sorrow as men that have no hope. Believers must not copy the language and expressions...
I SPAKE UNTO THE PEOPLE; told them what God had told me, and which I expected would be. IN THE MORNING; it is likely he had this revelation in the night, or evening before, and he tells them betimes i...
Ezekiel 24:18 spoke H1696 (H8762) people H5971 morning H1242 evening H6153 wife H802 died H4191 (H8799) morning...
‘So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded.' Ezekiel was totally obedient. In the morning he spoke to the people as though e...
CONTENTS: Parable of the boiling pot. Ezekiel again made a sign to Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, King of Babylon. CONCLUSION: There is a day coming when it will be said, «He that is filthy, let...
Ezekiel 24:1. _In the ninth year,_ from Jehoiachin's captivity; or the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign. 2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 52:4. Jehoiachin, who is the same with Jeconiah, reigned one year before h...
_So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded._ SIN THE WORST SORROW I. Other sorrows may have no evil, but even good in them; this...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 24:15 No further reference is made to a date, but the placement of this account next to the oracle about the siege of Jerusalem is significant. Ezekiel has performed other symb...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 24:1 The two losses recounted here almost certainly belong together, and they come at a turning point in Ezekiel’s prophetic career. The first loss (vv. Ezekiel 24:1) is that o
(Ezekiel 24:15.) EXEGETICAL NOTES—“With a view to affect more deeply the minds of his fellow-captives Ezekiel had announced to him the disseverance of the tenderest of all earthly ties—the removal of...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 24:1 IN THE NINTH YEAR. We pass from the date of Ezekiel 20:1 to B.C. 590, and the very day is identified with that on which the army of Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem ...
Now again, chapter 24, In the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month (Ezekiel 24:1), Now notice this. He's in Babylon and on this, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in th...
1 Corinthians 7:29; 1 Corinthians 7:30...
I spake — Told them what I expected would be....