Ezekiel 20:2

_THEN CAME THE WORD OF THE LORD UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse....

EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 20:1 A new date is given, and includes what follows to Ezekiel 23:49. The last note of time was in Ezekiel 8:1, and eleven months and five days had passed, during which the prophecies of the intervening chapters had been written or spoken. We may note further that it was two years one month and five days after the prophet's call to his work (Ezekiel 1:1.), and two years and five months before the Chaldeans besieged Jerusalem (Ezekiel 24:1). The immediate occasion here, as in...

THEN CAME THE WORD OF THE LORD UNTO ME,.... While the elders were sitting before him, by an impulse upon his mind, dictating things unto him: SAYING: as follows:...

CHAPTER S 20-24 Further and Final Predictions Concerning the judgment of Jerusalem _ 1. Jehovah rehearses His mercies bestowed upon Israel (Ezekiel 20:1) _ 2. The impending judgment announced (Ezekiel 21:1) 3. Jerusalem's sins and whoredom (Ezekiel 22:1; Ezekiel 23:1) 4. The parable of the boiling pot and the last word (Ezekiel 24:1) Ezekiel 20:1. The chapter contains a divine retrospect and an arraignment of th

EZEKIEL 20. THE WICKED PAST AND THE BLESSED FUTURE. Ezekiel 20:1. A Sketch of Israel's Early Idolatries. It is now 590 B.C. Almost a year has elapsed since the last incident that was dated (Ezekiel 8:1): and as the doom draws nearer, the prophet grows fiercer. This lurid sketch of Israel's ancient sins, which partly recalls ch. 16, was occasioned by a visit of some elders (_cf. Ezekiel 8:1_, Ezekiel 14:1), who put to him a question which though not recorded, may perhaps be inferred from Ezekiel 20:32. It seems probable that, in disgust and despair,

THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4....

Further predictions regarding the fall of Jerusalem These Chapter s pursue the same subject as occupied the prophet in previous Chapter s, the destruction of the state, though they appear to look at it from another point of view, and suggest another motive for it Jehovah's regard to his own name. First, ch. 20. Review of Israel's past history and emphasising of the principle which has given Israel a history and saved her from destruction, viz. Jehovah's regard to his own name. Second, ch. 21. But this same principle regard to his name requires Israel's dispersion now. Therefore the sword of the Lord is whetted against her. Third, ch. 22, 23. New exhibition of the sins of Israel. Fourth, ch. 24. Final judgment on Jerusalem, under the figure of a rusted caldron set upon the fire to cleanse it. ch. 20 has two divisions: (1) Ezekiel 20:1. The principle th

CHAPTER TEN ISRAEL: PAST AND FUTURE 20:1-21:32 Eleven months intervene between Ezekiel's last series of oracles and the present utterances. He has effectively shattered Judah's insane hope that judgment would never fall on Jerusalem. Every argument put forth in objection to his dogmatic assertion of imminent judgment has been rebutted. Ezekiel may have passed the past eleven months in silence. Late in the summer of 591 B.C. news of Egyptian military victories in Africa spawned new delusions of deliverance among the Jews in Judah and in Babylon. King Zedekiah was now looking to Egypt for assistance against Babylon. Sometime between the end of 591 B.C. and the summer of 589 B.C. Zedekiah formally severed his allegiance to Nebuchadnezzar. The question uppermost in the minds of the captives was, What bearing would this political realignment have on the fortunes of Judah? In response to thi...

HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF Some four years before the fall of Jerusalem the elders of Tel-abib again came to consult Ezekiel, who declared that God had no answer to give them. The reason was that their enquiry was insincere, and this passage is consequently an illustration of the principle of Ezekiel 14:3. The exiles were beginning to avow idolatrous tendencies (Ezekiel 20:32), with which the elders were in secret sympathy. Ezekiel recounted how God had dealt with Israel's idolatrous spirit in the past, and announced that He would deal in the same way with those who still cherished it. Israel had been idolatrous in Egypt and yet had been brought forth (Ezekiel 20:5). Suecessive generations had been idolatrous

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 20 * God is patient. He gives people every opportunity to *turn to him. This chapter describes *Israel’s history during several centuries. God had made wonderful promises to the *Israelites. But, even since *Israel’s origin, so many *Israelites had not been loyal to God. So, during Ezekiel’s life, God would punish the *Israelites. However, God still loved *Israel. And, in the future, he would perform all his promises to *Israel. *ISRAEL REFUSES TO OBEY GOD – EZEKIEL 20:1-44 (1) FAILURE IN EGYPT – EZEKIEL 20:1-9...