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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Ezekiel
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 319,055 words · 620 reading sections
Ezekiel 33:4
Ezekiel 33:4 Ver. 4. Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh no warning,.... Does not mind the notice given him; is incredulous of the danger he is in, or negligent of providing for his safety; fancies it is an alarm, and nothing else; and imagines there is no real danger, or what is a mere trifle;…
152 wordsSECTION 422Ezekiel 33:5
Ezekiel 33:5 Ver. 5. He heard the sound of the trumpet,.... The alarm of the enemy being at hand, and so was inexcusable: and took not warning; which that gave him: his blood shall be upon him; the fault shall be imputed to himself, and not another; and he must bear it himself, and answer for it, and not the watchma…
100 wordsSECTION 423Ezekiel 33:6
Ezekiel 33:6 Ver. 6. But if the watchman see the sword come,.... Or those that kill with the sword, as the Targum is; so far doing the duty of his office as to be in the watchtower, and not asleep: and yet blow not the trumpet: to give the people notice of the enemy, and of their danger: and the people be not warned…
207 wordsSECTION 424Ezekiel 33:7
Ezekiel 33:7 Ver. 7. So thou, O son of man,.... Here begins the application of the parable to the prophet himself, describing his office and his duty: I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; which is repeated from Eze 3:17, See Gill on "Eze 3:17". The Targum is, "I have appointed thee a teacher;'' a sp…
108 wordsSECTION 425Ezekiel 33:8
Ezekiel 33:8 Ver. 8. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man,.... Order the prophet to say so to him, and as follows; See Gill on "Eze 3:18".…
31 wordsSECTION 426Ezekiel 33:9
Ezekiel 33:9 Ver. 9. Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way,.... See Gill on "Eze 3:19".…
20 wordsSECTION 427Ezekiel 33:10
Ezekiel 33:10 Ver. 10. Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel,.... Such of them as were with him in the captivity: thus ye speak, saying; reasoning and arguing within and among themselves; which the Lord heard, and made known to the prophet, who is bid to repeat it to them in order to give an ans…
249 wordsSECTION 428Ezekiel 33:11
Ezekiel 33:11 Ver. 11. Say unto them, as I live, saith the Lord,.... The following is the answer returned from the Lord by the prophet to their above complaint and reasoning; to which is premised the oath of God, showing the certainty, reality, and sincerity of what is said, which might be depended on as true: I have…
86 wordsSECTION 429Ezekiel 33:12
Ezekiel 33:12 Ver. 12. Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people,.... See Gill on "Eze 33:2". The purport of what the prophet is bid to say in this and some following verses is, that the righteousness of a man that trusts in it, he sinning and not repenting, shall not save him; and that the wicke…
572 wordsSECTION 430Ezekiel 33:13
Ezekiel 33:13 Ver. 13. When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live,.... A happy life, here and hereafter; an eternal life, and not die the second death: this must be understood, should he appear a truly righteous person; one that does not trust to his own righteousness, but to the righteousness of Chr…
253 wordsSECTION 431Ezekiel 33:14
Ezekiel 33:14 Ver. 14. Again, when I say unto the wicked, thou shalt surely die,.... That is, provided he continues in the same course of life, impenitent and unbelieving: but if he turn from his sin; repent of it, and forsake it: and do that which is lawful and right; or "judgment and justice"; do that which is agr…
96 wordsSECTION 432Ezekiel 33:15
Ezekiel 33:15 Ver. 15. If the wicked restore the pledge,.... His neighbour's raiment, which he has taken as a pledge for money lent him; and which, according to the law, was to be restored before sunset, Ex 22:26 which wicked men did not attend unto; but when such a man is brought to a sense of his wickedness, and rep…
4,102 wordsSECTION 433Ezekiel 34:1
Ezekiel 34:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 34 In the former chapter the prophet prophesies against the people of the Jews, both those of the captivity, and those who were not; and here against the shepherds of Israel. This he is bid to do, Eze 34:1, whose cruelty to the flock, negligence and unfaithfulness are exposed, Eze…
203 wordsSECTION 434Ezekiel 34:2
Ezekiel 34:2 Ver. 2. Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel,.... Or, "concerning" {p} them; the governors of them, as the Targum and Jarchi; their political governors, their kings, princes, and civil magistrates of every order and degree; so Kimchi interprets it of kings; and it was common with the easte…
320 wordsSECTION 435Ezekiel 34:3
Ezekiel 34:3 Ver. 3. Ye eat the fat,.... The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions, render it, "the milk"; the words for fat and milk differ only in the points; and this was not unlawful, for who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 1Co 9:7, provided it was done with moderation, that the…
281 wordsSECTION 436Ezekiel 34:4
Ezekiel 34:4 Ver. 4. The diseased have ye not strengthened,.... Such, in the civil polity, who were poor, and in necessitous circumstances, were not relieved; such who were injured and oppressed by others were not vindicated; and such as were forced to flee to other countries, or were carried captive, no care was take…
324 wordsSECTION 437Ezekiel 34:5
Ezekiel 34:5 Ver. 5. And they were scattered because there is no shepherd,.... No good one; there were shepherds, but they were idol shepherds, good for nothing, and it was all one as if there were none: so, in Christ's time, there were the Scribes and Pharisees; yet, since these did not feed the people with wholesome…
195 wordsSECTION 438Ezekiel 34:6
Ezekiel 34:6 Ver. 6. My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill,.... As sheep do, when gone astray, go from mountain to hill; so the people of Israel fled from place to place, through the cruelty of their rulers, or through the force of the enemy, being carried captive into many kingdoms and…
160 wordsSECTION 439Ezekiel 34:7
Ezekiel 34:7 Ver. 7. Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord. Or, "ye governors", as the Targum, both civil and ecclesiastical; ye kings, princes, and magistrates; ye prophets and teachers of the people, who ought to have attended to the word of grace, to the doctrines of the Scriptures, and fed the people …
81 wordsSECTION 440Ezekiel 34:8
Ezekiel 34:8 Ver. 8. As I live, saith the Lord,.... It is an oath, and which he swore in his wrath, being provoked with the shepherds for their misadministration: surely, because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd; a prey to all the kingdoms of …
170 wordsSECTION 441Ezekiel 34:9
Ezekiel 34:9 Ver. 9. Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord. This is repeated, that it might be observed, and for the confirmation of it; it might be depended upon that what follows would be accomplished, unless they changed their conduct and behaviour; and, to leave them inexcusable, they are again call…
99 wordsSECTION 442Ezekiel 34:10
Ezekiel 34:10 Ver. 10. Thus saith the Lord God, behold, I am against the shepherds,.... His heart was against them; his hand was against them; his face was against them, to cut them off. The Targum is, "behold, I will send my fury upon the governors;'' and there was good reason for it, they were against him and his …
275 wordsSECTION 443Ezekiel 34:11
Ezekiel 34:11 Ver. 11. For thus saith the Lord God,.... Since the shepherds are so negligent, careless, and cruel: behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out; as he did the Jews, in all countries where they were, so his elect in all places where they are: he is the omniscient God, and knows them …
395 wordsSECTION 444Ezekiel 34:12
Ezekiel 34:12 Ver. 12. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered,.... That is, when they have been scattered, and are got together again; then he goes among them, to see if there are any missing, and in wheat condition they are, and what they want: so will I seek out…
385 wordsSECTION 445Ezekiel 34:13
Ezekiel 34:13 Ver. 13. And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land,.... Which was in part fulfilled when the Jews were delivered from the Babylonish captivity; and which may well be ascribed to the Lord, since it was he that stirred up Cyrus, kin…
489 wordsSECTION 446Ezekiel 34:14
Ezekiel 34:14 Ver. 14. I will feed them in a good pasture,.... Or with good food, as the Targum: such as the fulness of grace in Christ, where believers go in and out, and find pasture; and where they may feed to the full, have bread enough, and to spare; and may draw water with joy out of the full wells of salvation:…
481 wordsSECTION 447Ezekiel 34:15
Ezekiel 34:15 Ver. 15. I will feed my flock,.... This is repeated for the further confirmation of it, that it might be depended upon that the Lord would feed his people in the manner before promised; and it gives a reason why he would do it, because they were his flock; he had a right unto them, a property in them; th…
183 wordsSECTION 448Ezekiel 34:16
Ezekiel 34:16 Ver. 16. And I will seek that which was lost,.... As all men are in Adam, and through his fall, and by their own actual transgressions; and so the elect of God among the rest; who are lost not with respect to God's knowledge of them, love to them, and care for them; but with respect to their knowledge of…
5,211 wordsSECTION 449Ezekiel 35:1
Ezekiel 35:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 35 This chapter is a prophecy of the destruction of Edom, which is threatened, Eze 35:1, the cause of it, their hatred and slaughter of the Israelites, Eze 35:5, their claim of the lands of Israel and Judah for possession, Eze 35:10, their blasphemies against the people of God, an…
167 wordsSECTION 450Ezekiel 35:2
Ezekiel 35:2 Ver. 2. Son of man set thy face against Mount Seir,.... Which had its name from Seir the Horite, who first possessed it; and was succeeded in it by Esau and his posterity, the Edomites; see Ge 36:8 De 2:12, so that the country of Edom or Idumea is here intended, and the inhabitants of it; who are put for …
166 wordsSECTION 451Ezekiel 35:3
Ezekiel 35:3 Ver. 3. And say unto it, thus saith the Lord God,.... The prophet was not upon the spot, and could not direct his speech immediately to the Edomites; but he might send this prophecy to their ambassadors at Babylon; or in a letter to them in their own land, in the name of the Lord: behold, O Mount Seir, I…
214 wordsSECTION 452Ezekiel 35:4
Ezekiel 35:4 Ver. 4. I will lay thy cities waste,.... Such as Dedan, Teman, Bozrah, and other cities of Idumea mentioned in Scripture; and figuratively may design all within the jurisdiction of Rome, the several cities of the antichristian states, called "the cities of the nations"; which will fall at the pouring out …
150 wordsSECTION 453Ezekiel 35:5
Ezekiel 35:5 Ver. 5. Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred,.... There was an old grudge and enmity subsisting in the posterity of Esau against the posterity of Jacob, because the latter supplanted the former, and got the birthright and blessing from him; and which was discovered in all ages, and at all opportunitie…
235 wordsSECTION 454Ezekiel 35:6
Ezekiel 35:6 Ver. 6. Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God,.... The form of an oath; the Lord swears by himself, because he could swear by no greater; and which he never does but in matters of importance, and for the confirmation of them, as the following is: I will prepare thee unto blood; prepare them for war, w…
335 wordsSECTION 455Ezekiel 35:7
Ezekiel 35:7 Ver. 7. Thus will I make Mount Seir most desolate,.... By shedding the blood of the inhabitants of it; and as Rome will be, when it will be utterly burnt with fire, as that city will, and the flesh of the whore also, and made desolate; and when all the vials shall be poured out on the antichristian states…
109 wordsSECTION 456Ezekiel 35:8
Ezekiel 35:8 Ver. 8. And I will fill his mountains with his slain men,.... Not only Mount Seir, but all the rest of the mountains, in Idumea; where they shall flee for refuge, and the enemy shall pursue them, and slay them; and where their carcasses will fall in such numbers, as to cover the mountains with them; compa…
121 wordsSECTION 457Ezekiel 35:9
Ezekiel 35:9 Ver. 9. I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return,.... To their former dignity and glory; should not be built and inhabited again, but lie waste for ever: this agrees with what is prophesied of Edom, Mal 1:4 and will be true of Rome or Babylon when destroyed; it will never ri…
90 wordsSECTION 458Ezekiel 35:10
Ezekiel 35:10 Ver. 10. Because thou hast said, these two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it,.... Meaning either Idumea he was now possessed of, and Israel he hoped to be, upon the people of it being carried captive; or rather the two nations of Israel and Judah, and their countries; …
374 wordsSECTION 459Ezekiel 35:11
Ezekiel 35:11 Ver. 11. Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord,.... An oath, as before in Eze 35:6: I will do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them: as thou hast been angry with them, and hated them, and done mischief to them, so will I be angry with th…
208 wordsSECTION 460Ezekiel 35:12
Ezekiel 35:12 Ver. 12. And thou shall know that I am the Lord,.... By the judgments executed upon Edom, and so upon antichrist; for God is known by the judgments he executes, both by good and bad men, Ps 9:16: and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel; the people…
218 wordsSECTION 461Ezekiel 35:13
Ezekiel 35:13 Ver. 13. Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me,.... Or, "magnified against me" {a}; spoke great swelling words of vanity, or had a mouth opened to speak great things and blasphemy against God, as antichrist is said to do, Re 13:5, what is spoken against the Lord's people is taken by him as spok…
473 wordsSECTION 462Ezekiel 36:1
Ezekiel 36:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 36 This chapter is a prophecy concerning the desolations of the land of Israel, and the causes of them; of the return of the people to it, and the fruitfulness of it; and of spiritual blessings bestowed upon them in the latter day. And first, for the comfort of the people of Israe…
414 wordsSECTION 463Ezekiel 36:2
Ezekiel 36:2 Ver. 2. Thus saith the Lord God,.... By the mouth of the prophet, who was bid to prophesy: because the enemy had said against you, aha: rejoicing at the calamity of God's people, particularly the Edomites or Idumeans, as in the preceding chapter; and who are chiefly meant; and also the Ammonites and Tyri…
222 wordsSECTION 464Ezekiel 36:3
Ezekiel 36:3 Ver. 3. Therefore prophesy and say, thus saith the Lord God,.... Who heard all the enemy said, and knew all their designs and purposes, their schemes and devices: because they have made you desolate; ravaged their country, destroyed their cities, burnt their temple, and carried them captive, and left the…
185 wordsSECTION 465Ezekiel 36:4
Ezekiel 36:4 Ver. 4. Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord,.... As in Eze 36:1, here repeated to raise and quicken their attention to what was about to be said to them: thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to …
214 wordsSECTION 466Ezekiel 36:5
Ezekiel 36:5 Ver. 5. Therefore thus saith the Lord God,.... Because these Heathens have acted such an unkind and cruel part to Israel: surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken; in his fierce wrath and hot displeasure, resenting the ill usage of his people; hot with indignation against their enemies, having a f…
375 wordsSECTION 467Ezekiel 36:6
Ezekiel 36:6 Ver. 6. Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel,.... And the inhabitants of it, for their comfort, in this their time of distress: and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, thus saith the Lord God, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury; with great zea…
113 wordsSECTION 468Ezekiel 36:7
Ezekiel 36:7 Ver. 7. Therefore thus saith the Lord God,.... This being the case, the people of God being in distress, and under shame and disgrace, and the enemy insulting them, and triumphing over them: I have lifted up mine hand; solemnly swore; lifting up of the hand being a rite used by men when they swore, Ge 14…
128 wordsSECTION 469Ezekiel 36:8
Ezekiel 36:8 Ver. 8. But ye, O mountains of Israel,.... Literally understood, as appears by what follows; for though they could not hear what was said, the proprietors of them could, now in captivity; and the efficacy of the word should be seen on them, producing the following effects: ye shall shoot forth your branc…
220 wordsSECTION 470Ezekiel 36:9
Ezekiel 36:9 Ver. 9. For, behold, I am for you,.... For the mountains, that they might be cultivated and become fruitful, and be of advantage to their proprietors, and appear beautiful and lovely to behold, as well as to be useful: and I will turn unto you; the Lord had turned from them, and left them a prey to the e…
115 wordsSECTION 471Ezekiel 36:10
Ezekiel 36:10 Ver. 10. And I will multiply men upon you,.... Who should inhabit the cities on the mountains, and increase very much: all the house of Israel, even all of it: not the Heathens should be multiplied on them, but the Israelites, all of them, and them only; all the tribes of Israel, the ten tribes as well …
182 wordsSECTION 472Ezekiel 36:11
Ezekiel 36:11 Ver. 11. And I will multiply upon you man and beast,.... Not only men, but beasts also, of which the mountains had been deprived, being killed by the enemy for present use, or drove off for future subsistence; but now there should be an increase of them, which should feed upon the herbage of the mountain…
313 wordsSECTION 473Ezekiel 36:12
Ezekiel 36:12 Ver. 12. Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you,.... And not beasts, as during the captivity; and that without fear of wild beasts, or any enemy; and not as travellers upon them, but as inhabitants of them; who shall walk to and fro upon them, as the owners of them, and doing their proper business there:…
234 wordsSECTION 474Ezekiel 36:13
Ezekiel 36:13 Ver. 13. Thus saith the Lord God, because they say unto you,.... The Heathens that dwelt round about the land of Judea said to the mountains, or to the whole land, thou land devourest up men; eats up the inhabitants of it; which is part of the ill report the spies, in the times of Moses, brought on it, …
5,298 wordsSECTION 475Ezekiel 37:1
Ezekiel 37:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 37 This chapter contains a prophecy of the Jews' return from captivity to their own land; of the union of the each tribes with one another; and of the glorious kingdom of Christ among them. Their restoration is represented by a vision of dry bones made alive; the place in which th…
553 wordsSECTION 476Ezekiel 37:2
Ezekiel 37:2 Ver. 2. And caused me to pass by them round about,.... Round, round {s}; several times round, that he might take exact notice of them, of their number, situation, and condition: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; as the Jews were in captivity; and as they will be when they shall be co…
238 wordsSECTION 477Ezekiel 37:3
Ezekiel 37:3 Ver. 3. And he said unto me, son of man, can these bones live?.... Is there any probability of it? is there any reason to believe they shall live? can any ways and means be devised, or any methods taken, to cause them to live? and I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest; the prophet does not pronounce at on…
152 wordsSECTION 478Ezekiel 37:4
Ezekiel 37:4 Ver. 4. Again he said unto me, prophesy upon these bones,.... Or, "over these bones" {t}; or, "concerning these bones" {u}; foretell that they shall live; tell others of it, and them also: and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord; the word of prophecy concerning you, as the Jews did i…
156 wordsSECTION 479Ezekiel 37:5
Ezekiel 37:5 Ver. 5. Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones,.... By the prophet, who was sent to prophesy over them: behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live; and none could do this but the living God, who breathed the breath of life into Adam at first, and he became a living soul; to which …
93 wordsSECTION 480Ezekiel 37:6
Ezekiel 37:6 Ver. 6. And I will lay sinews upon you, and I will bring up flesh upon you,.... That is, before he should cause breath to enter into them; for though it is first mentioned, it is the last done: this is the orderly process; first sinews are laid to join the bones together; then flesh is laid to cover them,…
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.