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Prophecy against Egypt; Destruction of Egypt Foretold. (b. c. 572.)
PROPHECY AGAINST EGYPT; DESTRUCTION OF EGYPT FORETOLD. (B. C. 572.) The prophecy of the destruction of Egypt is here very full and particular, as well as, in the general, very frightful. What can protect a provoking peo…
Destruction of Egypt Foretold. (b. c. 572.)
DESTRUCTION OF EGYPT FORETOLD. (B. C. 572.) This short prophecy of the weakening of the power of Egypt was delivered about the time that the army of the Egyptians, which attempted to raise the siege of Jerusalem, was fr…
The King of Assyria's Greatness. (b. c. 588.)
THE KING OF ASSYRIA'S GREATNESS. (B. C. 588.) This prophecy bears date the month before Jerusalem was taken, as that in the close of the foregoing chapter about four months before. When God's people were in the depth of…
The King of Assyria's Downfall; The Fall of Assyria. (b. c. 588.)
THE KING OF ASSYRIA'S DOWNFALL; THE FALL OF ASSYRIA. (B. C. 588.) We have seen the king of Egypt resembling the king of Assyria in pomp, and power, and prosperity, how like he was to him in his greatness; now here we se…
The Fall of Egypt; Lamentation for Pharaoh. (b. c. 587.)
THE FALL OF EGYPT; LAMENTATION FOR PHARAOH. (B. C. 587.) Here, I. The prophet is ordered to take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, Ezekiel 32:2. It concerns ministers to be much of a serious spirit, and, in or…
The Fall of Egypt; Egypt's Destruction Completed. (b. c. 587.)
THE FALL OF EGYPT; EGYPT'S DESTRUCTION COMPLETED. (B. C. 587.) This prophecy concludes and completes the burden of Egypt, and leaves it and all its multitude in the pit of destruction. I. We are here invited to attend t…
The Watchman's Office; The Prophet a Watchman to Israel. (b. c. 587.)
THE WATCHMAN'S OFFICE; THE PROPHET A WATCHMAN TO ISRAEL. (B. C. 587.) The prophet had been, by express order from God, taken off from prophesying to the Jews, just then when the news came that Jerusalem was invested, an…
The Cavils of the People Answered. (b. c. 587.)
THE CAVILS OF THE PEOPLE ANSWERED. (B. C. 587.) These verses are the substance of what we had before (Ezekiel 18:20, &c.) and they are so full and express a declaration of the terms on which people stand with God (as th…
Message to Inhabitants of Judah; Rebuke to the Proud Jews. (b. c. 587.)
MESSAGE TO INHABITANTS OF JUDAH; REBUKE TO THE PROUD JEWS. (B. C. 587.) Here we have, I. The tidings brought to Ezekiel of the burning of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. The city was burnt in the eleventh year of the captiv…
Hypocritical Professions. (b. c. 587.)
HYPOCRITICAL PROFESSIONS. (B. C. 587.) The Ezekiel 33:1-29 spoke conviction to the Jews who remained in the land of Israel, who were monuments of sparing mercy and yet returned not to the Lord; in these verses those are…
The Shepherds Reproved. (b. c. 587.)
THE SHEPHERDS REPROVED. (B. C. 587.) The prophecy of this chapter is not dated, nor any of those that follow it, till Ezekiel 40:1-49 It is most probable that it was delivered after the completing of Jerusalem's destruc…
The Shepherds Reproved. (b. c. 587.)
THE SHEPHERDS REPROVED. (B. C. 587.) Upon reading the foregoing articles of impeachment drawn up, in God's name, against the shepherds of Israel, we cannot but look upon the shepherds with a just indignation, and upon t…
God's Care of His Flock; Prediction of Messiah's Kingdom. (b. c. 587.)
GOD'S CARE OF HIS FLOCK; PREDICTION OF MESSIAH'S KINGDOM. (B. C. 587.) The prophet has no more to say to the shepherds, but he has now a message to deliver to the flock. God had ordered him to speak tenderly to them, an…
The Fall of Edom. (b. c. 587.)
THE FALL OF EDOM. (B. C. 587.) Mount Seir was mentioned as partner with Moab in one of the threatenings we had before (Ezekiel 25:8); but here it is convicted and condemned by itself, and has woes of its own. The prophe…
The Fall of Edom. (b. c. 587.)
THE FALL OF EDOM. (B. C. 587.) Here is, I. A further account of the sin of the Edomites, and their bad conduct towards the people of God. We find the church complaining of them for setting on the Babylonians, and irrita…
God's Compassion for Israel. (b. c. 587.)
GOD'S COMPASSION FOR ISRAEL. (B. C. 587.) The prophet had been ordered to set his face towards the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them, Ezekiel 6:2. Then God was coming forth to contend with his people; but no…
God's Compassion for Israel. (b. c. 587.)
GOD'S COMPASSION FOR ISRAEL. (B. C. 587.) When God promised the poor captives a glorious return, in due time, to their own land, it was a great discouragement to their hopes that they were unworthy, utterly unworthy, of…
The Promise of a New Heart; The Promise of Sanctifying Grace; Promised Blessings Must Be Prayed for. (b. c. 587.)
THE PROMISE OF A NEW HEART; THE PROMISE OF SANCTIFYING GRACE; PROMISED BLESSINGS MUST BE PRAYED FOR. (B. C. 587.) The people of God might be discouraged in their hopes of a restoration by the sense not only of their unw…
The Vision of the Dry Bones. (b. c. 586.)
THE VISION OF THE DRY BONES. (B. C. 586.) Here is, I. The vision of a resurrection from death to life, and it is a glorious resurrection. This is a thing so utterly unknown to nature, and so contrary to its principles (…
Cheering Promises. (b. c. 586.)
CHEERING PROMISES. (B. C. 586.) Here are more exceedingly great and precious promises made of the happy state of the Jews after their return to their own land; but they have a further reference to the kingdom of the Mes…
The Judgment of Gog and Magog. (b. c. 585.)
THE JUDGMENT OF GOG AND MAGOG. (B. C. 585.) The critical expositors have enough to do here to enquire out Gog and Magog. We cannot pretend either to add to their observations or to determine their controversies. Gog see…
The Judgment of Gog and Magog. (b. c. 585.)
THE JUDGMENT OF GOG AND MAGOG. (B. C. 585.) This latter part of the chapter is a repetition of the former; the dream is doubled, for the thing is certain and to be very carefully regarded. I. It is here again foretold t…
The Judgment of Gog and Magog. (b. c. 585.)
THE JUDGMENT OF GOG AND MAGOG. (B. C. 585.) This prophecy begins as that before (Ezekiel 38:3-4, I am against thee, and I will turn thee back); for there is need of line upon line, both for the conviction of Israel's en…
The Judgment of Gog. (b. c. 585.)
THE JUDGMENT OF GOG. (B. C. 585.) Though this prophecy was to have its accomplishment in the latter days, yet it is here spoken of as if it were already accomplished, because it is certain (Ezekiel 39:8): "Behold it has…