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Ezekiel 33:23
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The Fall of Jerusalem

21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year aof our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, bthat one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, c“The city has been captured!”  
22 Now athe hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the man came who had escaped. And He had bopened my mouth; so when he came to me in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.  

The Cause of Judah’s Ruin

23 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
24 “Son of man, athey who inhabit those bruins in the land of Israel are saying, c‘Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. dBut we are many; the land has been given to us as a epossession.’  
25 “Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: a“You eat meat with blood, you blift up your eyes toward your idols, and cshed blood. Should you then possess the dland?  
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Ezekiel 33:23-33

The exhortation to repentance. Ezekiel first addresses the remnant that still linger in their ancient home, and warns them against presumptuous hopes resting on false grounds Ezekiel 33:23-29; then he turns his eyes to those near him, and points out that their apparent attention to his words was illusory.

Ezekiel 33:24

Those wastes - The places in the holy land devastated by the conqueror.

Abraham - The argument is, Abraham was but one man, and he had the promise of the land, though he did not at once possess it; much more shall we, the descendants of Abraham, being many, retain this promise and possess the land, though for a time we are depressed and subject. Compare Matthew 3:9; John 8:33, John 8:39.

Ezekiel 33:25

To eat flesh with the blood was forbidden (see the marginal references). It seems to have been connected with the idolatries of Canaan. The prohibition was, on account of its connection with idolatry, continued in the enactment of the Council of Jerusalem Acts 15:29.

Ezekiel 33:26

Ye stand upon your sword - Ye put your trust in your swords.

Ezekiel 33:30-33

God warns the prophet against being misled by the compliance of the people.

Ezekiel 33:30

Against thee - Rather, about "thee." "by the walls" Rather, within "the walls."

Ezekiel 33:31

As the people cometh - literally, as in the margin, i. e., in crowds. Render it: they shall come "unto thee" like the coming of a people," and" shall "sit before thee as My people" etc., i. e., they assume the attitude of God' s people listening to His prophet. Compare Ezekiel 14:1; Ezekiel 20:1.

Ezekiel 33:33

And when this - But when this.


 
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