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George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 14:19

Pestilence. Septuagint, "death," as ver. 12., (Calmet) denoting the plague, chap. v. 2. (Haydock) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 14:12-23

12-23 National sins bring national judgments. Though sinners escape one judgment, another is waiting for them. When God's professing people rebel against him, they may justly expect all his judgments. The faith, obedience, and prayers of Noah prevailed to the saving of his house, but not of the old world. Job's sacrifice and prayer in behalf of his friends were accepted, and Daniel had prevailed for the saving his companions and the wise men of Babylon. But a people that had filled the measure... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ezekiel 14:12-23

God's Irrevocable Sentence v. 12. The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, v. 13. Son of man, when the land sinneth against Me by trespassing grievously, in unfaithfulness and treachery, then will I stretch out Mine hand upon it, to mete out the well-deserved punishment upon its idolatrous inhabitants, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, taking away that upon which man chiefly relies for food, and will send famine upon it and will cut off man and beast from it, Cf.Ezekiel... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ezekiel 14:1-23

3. The Testimony against the Idolatrous Seekers after Oracles (Ch. 14.)1And there came unto me men from the elders of Israel, and sat before me. 2And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 3Son of man, these men have caused their filthy idols to go up upon their heart, and the stumbling-block of their iniquity have they given before their face; shall I indeed 4allow Myself to be inquired at by them? Therefore speak with them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Every man of the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 14:1-23

Certain of the elders of Israel now came to Ezekiel, evidently to hear what message he had to deliver to them. The word of the Lord revealed to him that whatever their outward attitude might be, they were at heart idolaters, and he was charged to declare to them that while idolatry remained in their heart they were necessarily estranged from Jehovah. He was to appeal to them to return to Jehovah, and to make perfectly clear that so long as they retained idolatry in their heart the only answer... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 14:19-20

“Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury on it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast, though Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, as I live says the Lord Yahweh, they will deliver neither son nor daughter. They will deliver but their own lives by their righteousness.” The same principle applies when God determines to bring pestilence on a land in His anger against sin and idolatry, the presence of the truly righteous would not save the land, nor even their own families.... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 14:12-23

Ezekiel 14:12-Isaiah : . The Righteous cannot Save the City, but only Themselves.— In spite of all Ezekiel’ s visions and warnings, the people still cherish the illusion that Jerusalem will be spared— if for no other reason, at least for the sake of the righteous to be found in it, on the principle of solidarity. Why might it not, like Sodom ( Genesis 18:32), be spared “ for ten’ s sake” ? In this very interesting and rhetorical passage, where Ezekiel develops the broad doctrine of individual... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 14:19

Diseases are sent whenever they come, especially wasting diseases, which empty nations and cities apace. Pestilence; God’s arrow that flies from God’s bow. Pour out; not drop or distil on a people in small measures, and by leisure, but in great measures, and hastily, as waters are poured out of a vessel all at once almost. In blood: sometimes blood does denote war, but here, and in many other places, it denotes death and destruction of men, though not by the sword. Man and beast; not that... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 14:12-23

JUDAH AND JERUSALEM CANNOT CLAIM EXEMPTION FROM JUDGMENTS BECAUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS FEW THEREIN (Ezekiel 14:12-23)EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Ezekiel 14:12-13. “When the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously.” Their sin is more particularly defined as “trespass,” the literal expression being “to trespass a trespass,” i.e. to commit a very great trespass. The first signification of the Hebrew word is “to cover,” and therefore it is used to denote acting in any secret or treacherous manner,... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 14:1-23

Chapter 14Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them? ( Ezekiel 14:1-3 )Why should I talk to them? Why should I deal with them? These guys that are sitting here in front of you, they've got idols that they have set up in their hearts.Idolatry begins in the... read more

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