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Judgments Predicted. (b. c. 592.)
JUDGMENTS PREDICTED. (B. C. 592.) Here is another prophecy of the sword, which is delivered in a very affecting manner; the expressions here used are somewhat intricate, and perplex interpreters. The sword was unsheathe…
Judgments Predicted. (b. c. 592.)
JUDGMENTS PREDICTED. (B. C. 592.) The prophet, in the verses before, had shown them the sword coming; he here shows them that sword coming against them, that they might not flatter themselves that by some means or other…
The Destruction of the Ammonites. (b. c. 592.)
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE AMMONITES. (B. C. 592.) The prediction of the destruction of the Ammonites, which was effected by Nebuchadnezzar about five years after the destruction of Jerusalem, seems to come in here upon occ…
The Sins of Jerusalem. (b. c. 591.)
THE SINS OF JERUSALEM. (B. C. 591.) In these verses the prophet by a commission from Heaven sits as a judge upon the bench, and Jerusalem is made to hold up her hand as a prisoner at the bar; and, if prophets were set o…
The Sins of Jerusalem. (b. c. 591.)
THE SINS OF JERUSALEM. (B. C. 591.) The same melancholy string is still harped upon, and various turns are given it, to make it affecting, that it may be influencing. The prophet must here show, or at least it is here s…
Charge against Prophets and Priests. (b. c. 591.)
CHARGE AGAINST PROPHETS AND PRIESTS. (B. C. 591.) Here is, I. A general idea given of the land of Israel, how well it deserved the judgments coming to destroy it and how much it needed these judgments to refine it. Let…
The Sins of Samaria and Jerusalem. (b. c. 591.)
THE SINS OF SAMARIA AND JERUSALEM. (B. C. 591.) God had often spoken to Ezekiel, and by him to the people, to this effect, but now his word comes again; for God speaks the same thing once, yea, twice, yea, many a time,…
The Sins of Samaria and Jerusalem. (b. c. 591.)
THE SINS OF SAMARIA AND JERUSALEM. (B. C. 591.) The prophet Hosea, in his time, observed that the two tribes retained their integrity, in a great measure, when the ten tribes had apostatized (Hosea 11:12, Ephraim indeed…
The Punishment of Jerusalem. (b. c. 591.)
THE PUNISHMENT OF JERUSALEM. (B. C. 591.) Jerusalem stands indicted by the name of Aholibah, for that she, as a false traitor to her sovereign Lord the God of heaven, not having his fear before her eyes, but moved by th…
Israel and Judah Accused; Judgments Predicted. (b. c. 591.)
ISRAEL AND JUDAH ACCUSED; JUDGMENTS PREDICTED. (B. C. 591.) After the ten tribes were carried into captivity, and that kingdom was made quite desolate, the remains of it by degrees incorporated with the kingdom of Judah…
The Parable of the Boiling Pot; The Explanation of the Parable. (b. c. 590.)
THE PARABLE OF THE BOILING POT; THE EXPLANATION OF THE PARABLE. (B. C. 590.) We have here, I. The notice God gives to Ezekiel in Babylon of Nebuchadnezzar's laying siege to Jerusalem, just at the time when he was doing…
The Death of the Prophet's Wife; A Sign of Jerusalem's Ruin. (b. c. 590.)
THE DEATH OF THE PROPHET'S WIFE; A SIGN OF JERUSALEM'S RUIN. (B. C. 590.) These verses conclude what we have been upon all along from the beginning of this book, to wit, Ezekiel's prophecies of the destruction of Jerusa…
Various Nations Threatened. (b. c. 590.)
VARIOUS NATIONS THREATENED. (B. C. 590.) Here, I. The prophet is ordered to address himself to the Ammonites, in the name of the Lord Jehovah the God of Israel, who is also the God of the whole earth. But what can Chemo…
Various Nations Threatened. (b. c. 590.)
VARIOUS NATIONS THREATENED. (B. C. 590.) Three more of Israel's ill-natured neighbours are here arraigned, convicted, and condemned to destruction, for contributing to and triumphing in Jerusalem's fall. I. The Moabites…
The Burden of Tyre. (b. c. 588.)
THE BURDEN OF TYRE. (B. C. 588.) This prophecy is dated in the eleventh year, which was the year that Jerusalem was taken, and in the first day of the month, but it is not said what month, some think the month in which…
The Burden of Tyre. (b. c. 588.)
THE BURDEN OF TYRE. (B. C. 588.) The utter ruin of Tyre is here represented in very strong and lively figures, which are exceedingly affecting. 1. See how high, how great, Tyre had been, how little likely ever to come t…
The Prosperity of Tyre. (b. c. 588.)
THE PROSPERITY OF TYRE. (B. C. 588.) Here, I. The prophet is ordered to take up a lamentation for Tyrus, Ezekiel 27:2. It was yet in the height of its prosperity, and there appeared not the least symptom of its decay; y…
The Fall of Tyre. (b. c. 588.)
THE FALL OF TYRE. (B. C. 588.) We have seen Tyre flourishing; here we have Tyre falling, and great is the fall of it, so much the greater for its having made such a figure in the world. Note, The most mighty and magnifi…
Fall of the Prince of Tyre. (b. c. 588.)
FALL OF THE PRINCE OF TYRE. (B. C. 588.) We had done with Tyrus in the foregoing chapter, but now the prince of Tyrus is to be singled out from the rest. Here is something to be said to him by himself, a message to him…
Fall of the Prince of Tyre. (b. c. 588.)
FALL OF THE PRINCE OF TYRE. (B. C. 588.) As after the prediction of the ruin of Tyre (Ezekiel 26:1-21) followed a pathetic lamentation for it (Ezekiel 27:1-36), so after the ruin of the king of Tyre is foretold it is be…
The Fall of Zidon. (b. c. 588.)
THE FALL OF ZIDON. (B. C. 588.) God's glory is his great end, both in all the good and in all the evil which proceed out of the mouth of the Most High; so we find in these verses. 1. God will be glorified in the destruc…
Pride of Pharaoh; The Ruin of Pharaoh. (b. c. 589.)
PRIDE OF PHARAOH; THE RUIN OF PHARAOH. (B. C. 589.) Here is, I. The date of this prophecy against Egypt. It was in the tenth year of the captivity, and yet it is placed after the prophecy against Tyre, which was deliver…
Fall and Restoration of Egypt. (b. c. 589.)
FALL AND RESTORATION OF EGYPT. (B. C. 589.) This explains the foregoing prediction, which was figurative, and looks something further. Here is a prophecy, I. Of the ruin of Egypt. The threatening of this is very full an…
A Promise to Nebuchadnezzar. (b. c. 589.)
A PROMISE TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR. (B. C. 589.) The date of this prophecy is observable; it was in the twenty-seventh year of Ezekiel's captivity, sixteen years after the prophecy in the former part of the chapter, and almost…