Ezekiel 14:14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 14:12-21

The scope of these verses is to show, I. That national sins bring national judgments. When virtue is ruined and laid waste every thing else will soon be ruined and laid waste too (Ezek. 14:13): When the land sins against me, when vice and wickedness become epidemical, when the land sins by trespassing grievously, when the sinners have become very numerous and their sins very heinous, when gross impieties and immoralities universally prevail, then will I stretch forth my hand upon it, for the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 14:14

Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it ,.... In the sinning land, and made intercession for it, that the famine might be removed, and the inhabitants of it be saved alive, this would not be granted; though they were men that found favour in the sight of God, and were eminent for prayer, and successful in it, and the means of saving many; as Noah his family, by preparing an ark according to the will of God; and Daniel was an instrument of saving the lives of his companions,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 14:14

Though - Noah, Daniel, and Job - The intercession even of the holiest of men shall not avert my judgments. Noah, though a righteous man, could not by his intercession preserve the old world from being drowned. Job, though a righteous man, could not preserve his children from being killed by the fall of their house. Daniel, though a righteous man, could not prevent the captivity of his country. Daniel must have been contemporary with Ezekiel. He was taken captive in the third year of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 14:14

Verse 14 Here again God threatens the people of Israel with final destruction: but the words seem opposed, that God would be merciful and propitious to his people, and yet that no hope of pardon would be left. But we must remember the principle, that the prophets sometimes directed their discourse to the body of the people which was utterly devoted to destruction, since its wickedness was desperate; yet afterwards they moderated that rigor, when they turned to the remainder, which is the seed... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 14:12-14

A new section begins, implying as before an interval of silence. What follows presents a striking parallelism to Jeremiah 15:1 , Jeremiah 15:2 . There also we have the "four sore judgments," the declaration that not even the presence of Moses and Samuel would avail to save the people. They were obviously selected by Jeremiah as examples of the power of intercession ( Exodus 32:11 , Exodus 32:12 ; 1 Samuel 7:9 ; 1 Samuel 12:23 ). Ezekiel's selection of names proceeds on a different... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 14:12-23

Human atonement valueless. The hopeful among the Jews probably remembered that in times of former correction God had yielded, in some measure, to the intercessions of the saints. If they had not gained all that they asked, they had gained some advantage. Why might that not occur again? Might not God concede some of his demand? This was impossible, for the first necessity was that righteous government be maintained. No good can ever come to men by tampering with righteousness. I. SIN ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 14:14

Noah, Daniel, and Job. I. THE SPLENDID PRE - EMINENCE OF NOAH , DANIEL , AND JOB . These three men are selected from ages far apart, and from the greatest diversity of circumstances. In temperament and external history there is little resemblance between them. Noah the patriarch, looms on the horizon of history in epic grandeur; Daniel is the brave hero in a tyrant's court, and the man of skill and science in a civilized society; Job belongs to the region of pastoral... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 14:14

Illustrious piety. Ezekiel was especially commissioned to set forth and to impress upon the people the individual, the personal, aspect of religion. In many places, as here, he lays stress upon the accountability of each several man to God. One cannot deliver another from deserved punishment. Each must answer for himself, must reap the reward of his deeds, whether good or evil. A man's piety cannot save his ungodly neighbour when the time of reckoning and judgment arrives. No matter bow... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 14:12-23

Jeremiah 14:0; Jeremiah 15:0 is a remarkable parallel to this prophecy. Here, as elsewhere, Ezekiel is commissioned to deliver to the exiles the same message which Jeremiah conveys to the inhabitants of Judaea. The answer discovers the nature of the questions which had been expressed or implied.(1) Can God cast out a people who are holy unto Himself?(2) Is it just to punish them with utter desolation?The prophet answers:(1) That when a people is so corrupt as to call down national judgment,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 14:13-14

Ezekiel 14:13-14 . When the land, or, when a land sinneth, &c. The meaning of this and the following verses is, that when the inhabitants of a land have filled up the measure of their iniquities, and God ariseth to execute judgment upon them, the few righteous that are left among them shall not be able, by their prayers and intercessions, to deliver the nation from the judgments decreed against it. They shall but deliver their own souls; as we see in the case of Sodom, where there... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 14:12-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 14:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 14:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 14:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 14:12-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 14:12-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 14:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 14:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 14:12-23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 14:13-14

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