エゼキエル書 33:30-34 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:30-32

The test of piety. If we read "of thee" instead of "against thee", and understand that the captives by the Chebar were talking in not unfriendly fashion of the prophet, all the parts of this deliverance are consistent, and they supply a valuable lesson for all time. We learn what is the true test of piety; that it is found— I. NOT IN ATTENDANCE ON RELIGIOUS ORDINANCES . These Jews were saying to one another, "Come and hear," etc; and they not merely exhorted one another... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:30-33

Popular preaching. Ezekiel illustrates the characteristics of popular preaching in his own person and example. He is also brought to see how vain and delusive the attractiveness of it may be. I. THE SECRET OF POPULAR PREACHING . 1. A good voice . Ezekiel's preaching was "as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice." The first physical condition of preaching is to be able to make one's self heard. The story of Demosthenes declaiming with pebbles in his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:30-33

The prophet's reception. Oftentimes have faithful ministers of religion to share the experience and the distress of Ezekiel, who was listened to with a measure of curiosity, interest, and satisfaction, but whose counsels were unheeded and whose requirements were unfulfilled. The Lord, who commissioned his servant the prophet, assured him that, notwithstanding his authoritative commission, he should meet, from many who heard his voice, with incredulity and practical rejection. Some, who... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:30-33

Superficial religiousness. The Fall in Eden is an old story, yet it is repeated every day in our midst. Each one of us is in a garden of privilege. To each of us daily comes Divine commands and Divine prohibitions. The path by which we may rise to higher things, yea, to a higher life, lies open before us. It is straight and clearly seen. The path which runs downward to destruction is hard by. The tempter is still busy with his seductive whispers and false blandishments. Everything in our... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:32

A very lovely song ; literally, a song of love, an erotic idyll, the word being the same as in Ezekiel 33:31 . Yet this was the meaning of the large gathering. They came to hear the prophet, as they would to hear a hired singer at a banquet, like those of Amos 6:5 . The prophet's words passed over them and left no lasting impression. All that they sought was the momentary tickling of the sense. The words receive a special significance from Psalms 137:3 . The Jewish exiles were famous... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:33

When this cometh to pass . The words can scarcely refer to the immediately preceding predictions in Ezekiel 33:27 , Ezekiel 33:28 , which were primarily addressed to "the people in the waste places," the remnant left in Judah, and we have to go back to the wider, more general teaching of Ezekiel 33:10-20 . That was the prophet's message of judgment, his call to repentance. When the judgment should come, as it surely would, then they would know, in the bitterness of self-condemnation,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:33

The recognition of a prophet. I. A PROPHET IS NOT ALWAYS RECOGNIZED . Ezekiel was among his people as a prophet, yet they did not admit his claim. This is the more remarkable because they recognized the charm of his preaching, which had become exceedingly popular. His higher ministry was still ignored. While the common people heard Christ gladly, and confessed that "never man spake like this Man," his greatest message was ignored, and his chief claim set aside by the multitude.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 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 33:24Those 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... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 33:30-32

Ezekiel 33:30-32. The children of thy people Those of the captivity; still are talking against thee Or rather, of thee, as the LXX. rightly render it; for with their mouths they showed much love, as it follows in the next verse. By the walls and in the doors of their houses Both in their public places of concourse, and in their private meetings. And speak one to another, saying, Come, &c. These were such as drew nigh to God with their mouths, but their hearts were far from... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 33:33

Ezekiel 33:33. And when this cometh to pass, ( lo, it will come) Or, rather, lo, it is come; for so the same phrase is translated Ezekiel 6:2; Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 6:10, the verb being in the present tense; when they shall see thy prophecies concerning the destruction of Jerusalem actually fulfilled, and all the events predicted by thee exactly brought to pass; then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them Then shall they be convinced of the truth of thy mission, and of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:30-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:30-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:30-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:30-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:32

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:33

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 33:23-33

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 33:30-32

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 33:33

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