Verse Ezekiel 45:9. Take away your exactions from my people] This is the voice of God to all the rulers of the earth.
Take away your exactions; do not oppress the people; they are mine. Abolish all oppressive taxes.
The princes are exhorted to execute judgment, and abstain from “exaction” (literally “ejection”) such as that of Naboth by Ahab 1 Kings 21:19....
CHAPTER 45 _ 1. The portions of the priests, the Levites, of the whole house of Israel, and the prince (Ezekiel 45:1) _ 2. Concerning the prince (Ezekiel 45:9) 3. The feast of Passover and the feas...
THE PRINCE. (_His duties and rights._) The ominous allusion in Ezekiel 45:8 to the oppression of Israel by her kings in the past leads Ezekiel to an earnest exhortation to have done with injustice and...
THUS SAITH, &c. See note on Ezekiel 44:9. THE LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah_. See note on Ezekiel 2:4, AND. Some codices, with five early printed editions, omit this "and". EXACTIONS. evictions...
The dues to be given the prince, and his obligations to provide the materials for the ritual. Ezekiel 45:9 _seq_. The former unjust and irregular exactions of the princes shall cease. These exactions...
_take away your exactions_ Lit. _remove your expulsions_from my people. Ref. probably to unjust extrusion of persons from their possessions, of which the early prophets often complain, Isaiah 5:8; Mic...
_1. The rights and duties of the prince (45:9-17_) TRANSLATION (9) Thus says the Lord GOD: Let it suffice you, O prince of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; ta...
_IN THE LAND SHALL BE HIS POSSESSION IN ISRAEL: AND MY PRINCES SHALL NO MORE OPPRESS MY PEOPLE; AND THE REST OF THE LAND SHALL THEY GIVE TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL ACCORDING TO THEIR TRIBES._ No JFB comm...
45:9 exactions (g-26) Lit. 'expulsions.'...
THE PRINCE'S DUES AND OBLIGATIONS The oppressive exactions of the former rulers were to be unknown in the restored Israel. Weights and measures were to be just and correct. The prince was to receive...
God explains the lesson that the rulers must learn from this plan. God opposes evil leaders who are cruel to poor people (Micah 2:1-2). He wants the rulers to issue fair judgements (Micah 4:2-3). Then...
EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._ CHAPTER 45 THE *LORD’S PART OF THE COUNTRY – EZEKIEL 45:1-8 V1 ‘You will divide the cou...
TAKE AWAY YOUR EXACTIONS. — Ezekiel 45:9 are an exhortation to the princes to observe justice in all their dealings. (Comp. Jeremiah 22:3.) “Exaction” is, literally, as in the margin, _expulsion,_ or...
כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֞ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה רַב ־לָכֶם֙ נְ
PRINCE AND PEOPLE Ezekiel 44:1; Ezekiel 45:1; Ezekiel 46:1, PASSIM IT was remarked in a previous chapter that the "prince" of the closing vision appears to occupy a less exalted position than the Mes...
Seeing that the priests were to have no inheritance, the next section of the prophecy dealt fittingly with the method of their support. After the distribution of the land, a description of which follo...
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it (b) suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD. (b) The...
_Confines: encroach not. (Calmet) --- Hebrew and Septuagint, "take away your oppressions;" (Haydock) Chaldean, "scandals." (Calmet)_...
Here are, precepts adapted to those that minister in the departments of justice, suited to Israel at all times, and upon all occasions. If the Reader wishes to know the proportion to our standard, in...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 AND 46. The portion of the priests in the land is assigned them-close to that of the sanctuary. The portion of the Levites was to adjoin that of the priest...
THUS SAITH THE LORD, LET IT SUFFICE YOU, O PRINCES OF ISRAEL,.... Christian kings and princes, for such there shall be in those times; and who will have large and ample salaries provided for them, as...
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 9. _Le...
_Let it suffice, O ye princes of Israel_ This is a reproof of the oppressions of the former kings and their chief officers. The title of _princes of Israel_ is to be understood of such princes as the...
THE PORTION OF THE PEOPLE...
Thus saith the Lord God, in connecting up this paragraph with the last statement of the previous section, LET IT SUFFICE YOU, O PRINCES OF ISRAEL: REMOVE VIOLENCE AND SPOIL, so that they would no more...
EXACTIONS: _ Heb._ expulsions...
Princes are here in God's name, and by advice from him he made them princes, counselled, exhorted, and commanded. LET IT SUFFICE; be content, aim not at more: he who gave no more can make this enough,...
Ezekiel 45:9 says H5002 (H8803) Lord H136 GOD H3069 Enough H7227 princes H5387 Israel H3478 Remove H5493 ...
GOD'S WORD TO THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL (EZEKIEL 45:9). The Need For The Prince To Ensure Justice and Fair Weights and Measures. ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Let it be enough for you, O princes of Israel...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's portion of the land and the prince's portion. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, prince. CONCLUSION: In the kingdom age Israel will honor Jehovah with portions of land set apart for divin...
Ezekiel 45:18. _Thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary._ In the ancient tabernacle all the vessels were touched with blood, to purify and consecrate them to sacred...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 45:9 The direction to the prince to be content with the land he owns inspires a sharp criticism in v. Ezekiel 45:9, and a call to exercise justice and
THE APPORTIONMENT OF TERRITORY AROUND THE TEMPLE (Chap. 45) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 45:1. “DIVIDE BY LOT”—not by casting lots, but by allotment, the several portions being assigned according to rul...
EXPOSITION From the sustenance of the priests (Ezekiel 44:29-26), the new Torah naturally passes in the present chapter to the maintenance of the temple service as a whole, setting forth in the first...
CHAPTER 45. THE SACRED ALLOTMENTS IN LAND AND GIFTS. Ezekiel 45:1. _And when ye shall divide the land by lot, ye shall offer an oblation to the Lord; an holy portion of the land, in length five and...
Now in chapter 45 he describes here the length and all of the city, of the land itself. And it is described here as being, in length twenty-five thousand reeds, and in breadth ten thousand reeds. And...
1 Corinthians 6:7; 1 Corinthians 6:8; 1 Peter 4:3; Ezekiel 43:14;...