Ezekiel 33:21-22 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 33:21-29

Here we have, I. The tidings brought to Ezekiel of the burning of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. The city was burnt in the eleventh year of the captivity and the fifth month, Jer. 52:12, 13. Tidings hereof were brought to the prophet by one that was an eye-witness of the destruction, in the twelfth year, and the tenth month (Ezek. 33:21), which was a year and almost five months after the thing was done; we may well suppose that, there being a constant correspondence at this time more than ever... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 33:21

And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity ,.... Of Jeconiah's captivity, when Ezekiel with others were carried into Babylon; see Ezekiel 1:2 . in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month ; which was a year, four months, and some days, after the city of Jerusalem was taken; for that was destroyed in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, and so of the captivity, and in the fifth month, and tenth day of the month. 2 Kings 25:2 . It is much it was not known at Babylon... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 33:22

Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came ,.... The prophet felt a divine impulse on his mind; he was under the influence of a spirit of prophecy, and knew before the messenger came to him what his message was, and was prepared to receive it, and to prophesy upon it; for this is to be understood of prophecy, as the Targum, "prophecy from before the Lord was with me in the evening F11 So R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 54. 2. ;' see Isaiah... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 33:21

In the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month - Instead of the twelfth year, the eleventh is the reading of seven of Kennicott's MSS., one of De Rossi's, and the Syriac. My own, mentioned in the preceding chapter, reads with the present text. This was on Wednesday, Jan. 25, A.M. 3416 or 3417. One that had escaped out of Jerusalem - After it had been taken by the Chaldeans. Came unto me, saying, The City Is Smitten - This very message God had... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 33:22

My mouth was opened - They had now the fullest evidence that I had spoken from the Lord. I therefore spoke freely and fully what Good delivered to me, Ezekiel 24:27 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:21

In the twelfth year , etc. The capture of Jerusalem took place in the fourth month of the eleventh year ( Jeremiah 39:2 ; Jeremiah 52:6 ) from the captivity of Jehoiachin and the beginning of Zedekiah's reign. Are we to assume some error of transcription? or is it within the limits of probability that eighteen months would pass without any direct communication from Jerusalem of what had passed there? There is, I conceive, nothing improbable in what is stated. The exiles of Tel-Ahib were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:21

Evil tidings. Ezekiel had relatedly and most plainly foretold the capture of Jerusalem. He waited in sad suspense for the fulfillment of his inspired prediction. At last it came; and one who had escaped from Jerusalem, and who had fled eastward, brought the tidings to the children of the Captivity. I. THESE TIDINGS AFFECTED EZEKIEL AS A MAN , AROUSING HIS SYMPATHY . II. THESE TIDINGS AFFECTED HIM AS A PATRIOT , AFFLICTING HIM WITH HUMILIATION .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:21-29

Right, not might, the foundation of stable empire. The shortest path to gaining empire over men seems to be might, or might conjoined with cunning. But "things are not what they seem." The throne whose foundations have been well and slowly laid will attain to greater permanence. The oak that has been rooting itself for a hundred years will resist many a howling tempest. Things unseen are the things that endure. I. WE HAVE AN INSTANCE OF DIVINE CHASTISEMENT UNHEEDED .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:22

Now the hand of the Lord . When the messenger arrived he found the prophet in a state of ecstasy. This was in the evening. In that prophetic ecstasy his mouth was opened, and the long silence broken, and though he had not heard the message with his outward ears, he had taken, as it were, that message as his text. It was not till his discourse was ended, and the morning came, that he himself heard the terrible tidings from the lips of the messenger. Then a change came over him. He was no more... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 33:21

The date shows an interval of 112 years from the taking of Jerusalem Jeremiah 52:12. The general news that the city was taken must have reached them, but it was only when the messenger arrived that the prophet’s mouth was opened. It is not improbable that a body of men after the destruction of the city joined their brethren in Chaldaea; if so this would account for the lapse of time, and supply a reason why Ezekiel on their arrival should commence a new series of prophecies. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 33:21-29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 33:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 33:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 33:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 33:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:21-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 33:21

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