Ezekiel 28:26

Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. WHEN I SHALL HAVE GATHERED THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL ... THEN SHALL THEY DWELL IN THEIR LAND ... AND THEY SHALL DWELL SAFELY THEREIN. Fulfilled in part at the restoration from Babylon, when Judaism, so far from being merged in paganism, made inroads, by conversions, on the idolatry of surrounding nations. The full accomplishment is yet future, when Israel, under Christ, shall be the center of Christendom: of which an earnest was given in the woman from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon who sought the Saviour (; ;...

20-26. The Zidonians were borderers upon the land of Israel, and they might have learned to glorify the Lord; but, instead of that, they seduced Israel to the worship of their idols. War and pestilence are God's messengers; but he will be glorified in the restoring his people to their former safety and prosperity. God will cure them of their sins, and ease them of their troubles. This promise will at length fully come to pass in the heavenly Canaan: when all the saints shall be gathered together, every thing that offends shall be removed, all griefs and fears for ever banished. Happy, then, is the church of God, and every living member of it, though poor, afflicted, and despised; for the Lord will display his truth, power, and mercy, in the salvation and happiness of his redeemed people....

The contrast of the future of Israel with that of the surrounding nations. This prophecy reaches far beyond a mere temporal restoration. It points to times of more permanent security, when from all nations and kingdoms the Church of Christ, the Israel of God, shall be gathered in, when the power of the world shall be forever broken, and the kingdom of Christ shall be established forever. This transition from the enemies to the people of God closes the portion of the prophecies against the nations in the immediate vicinity of the Israelites, before passing to the more distant Egypt....

EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 28:1 From the city the prophet passes to its ruler, who concentrated in himself whatever was most arrogant and boastful in the temper of his people. He is described here as a" prince," in Ezekiel 28:12 as "king," and the combination of the two words points probably to some peculiarity of the Tyrian constitution. "Prince" it will be remembered, is constantly used by Ezekiel of Zedekiah (Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 12:20, _el al_.)._ _The King of Tyro at the time was Ithobal or Ethbaal III. (Josephus, 'Contra Apion,'...

AND THEY SHALL DWELL SAFELY THEREIN,.... There being none to make them afraid, all their enemies being destroyed, and they also under the protection of Christian princes: AND THEY SHALL BUILD HOUSES AND PLANT VINEYARDS; signifying their continuance in their land, and their enjoyment of the blessings of it. Cocceius understands this of churches gathered in the name of Christ; of which no doubt there will be many in Judea, as in the first times of the Gospel, and more abundantly: YEA, THEY SHALL DWELL WITH CONFIDENCE: in the utmost safety and security, having nothing to fear from any quarter: WHEN I HAVE EXECUTED JUDGMENT UPON ALL THOSE THAT DESPISE THEM ROUND ABOUT THEM; took vengeance on them, and utterly destroyed them that despised or spoiled them, even all around them; they will all be cut off, so that there will be none to give them the least disturbance: and they shall know that...

Ezekiel 28:1. The prince of Tyrus, or, as he is also called, the king, was, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, Ithobalus, known in the Phoenician annals as Ithobaal II. He was the consummation of the pride and wealth of Tyrus; the terrible pride of the city headed up in him. His heart was so lifted up that he claimed to be a god and that he occupied the very seat of God. He boasted of greater wisdom than the wisdom of Daniel. He is a type of the final Antichrist, the man of sin. Behind the wicked prince and king, there is seen another power, Satan. Satan was the power behind the throne of the Tyrian king, as Satan is still the god of this age, who controls the kingdoms of the world. Inasmuch, then, as Tyrus is a type of the commercial glory of the world, its wealth and pride, foreshadowing the final great world-city or world-system, Babylon, the ruler of Tyrus, spoken of as prin...

EZEKIEL 28. TYRE'S FALL FROM HEAVEN. In a remarkable passage, Ezekiel now conceives the pride of Tyre as incarnate in her king. The detail is often obscure and difficult, reminiscent of a mythological background similar to Genesis 3. The commercial genius and success of Tyre flushed her with impious pride: she fancied herself divine. But her marvellous wisdom was only commercial wisdom; she had no instinct for the worship of anything but herself and her abounding prosperity: so the terrible Babylonians must come and lay them low in an unhonoured death (Ezekiel 28:1). A dirge is then sung over the fallen genius of Tyre, impersonated by her king. Once he had walked in the garden of God, fair, wise, and resplendent, companion of the cherubs who guard the holy abode; but for his pride he was hurled out of Paradise symbol of the ruin to which Tyre's commercial pride will bring her. (In...

THEY SHALL DWELL. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 25:18; Leviticus 25:19; Deuteronomy 12:10; Deuteronomy 33:25). App-92. See also Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 38:8. Joe 23:6-8. Joe 33:16. Hosea 2:15.Zechariah 2:4;...

V. THE FUTURE OF ISRAEL 28:25-26 TRANSLATION (25) Thus says the Lord GOD: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and I manifest My holiness in them in the eyes of the nations, then they shall dwell upon their land which I gave to My servant Jacob. (26) And they shall dwell safely upon it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell safely when I have executed judgments on all those who treated them with contempt round about them. Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God. COMMENTS In contrast to the bloody future of Sidon is the glorious future of God's people Israel. God will gather His people from the foreign lands to which they have been scattered. God's servant Jacob (a name for the nation Israel) would again dwell on the land God had given him (Ezekiel 28:25). With hostile neig

GOD'S JUDGMENT ON SIDON Sidon, the partner of Tyre in opposing Nebuchadrezzar, will be its partner in destruction (Ezekiel 28:20). The overthrow of the heathen nations will vindicate the supreme power of the God of Israel, will prepare the way for His people's restoration to their own land, and will ensure their security and peace in the future (Ezekiel 28:24). These last vv. have an important bearing on the significance of all Ezekiel's prophecies against the nations....