Ezekiel 33:26

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 33:26

You trust in it, and think to support yourselves by it, and secure your possession and right of it by that means. So the Targum, "you stand in your strength:' ye work abomination ; that which is abominable to God, and not fit to be named among men; Jarchi interprets it of sodomy: the word is in the feminine gender, and may be rendered, "ye women work abomination"; referring to that unnatural lust the apostle speaks of, Romans 1:26 so Ben Melech: and ye defile everyone his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 33:26

Ye stand upon your sword - Ye live by plunder, rapine, and murder. Ye are every way impure; and shall ye possess the land? No. 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 33:23-29

The powerlessness of privilege to save. At length the prophet's lips are opened; and he who for so long has been dumb, so far as ministration to his own people was concerned, is set free to testify to the sons of Abraham. While silenced as regards Israel, Ezekiel has prophesied concerning the heathen nations. Now he again addresses his countrymen, and it is interesting to observe to what purpose he uses his recovered liberty of speech. Always candid, fearless, and faithful, the prophet... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:26

Ye stand upon your sword . The words point to the open assertion of the law that might is right. Men relied on the sword, and on that only, for their support. Assassinations, as in Jeremiah 41:1-18 ; were, so to speak, as the order of the day. Ye work abomination . The noun, Ezekiel's ever-recurring word, indicates both the act of idolatry and the foul orgiastic rites that accompanied it. The verb, curiously enough, has the feminine suffix. Was it used intentionally, either as pointing... 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 33:25-26

Ezekiel 33:25-26. Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Remove from them this destructive carnal confidence, and show them what they do, and how far they are from being Abraham’s genuine seed. Ye eat with the blood Which was expressly forbidden in the Jewish law, as appears from Leviticus 7:26, as well as that more ancient law ordained to all mankind, Genesis 9:4; and lift up your eyes toward your idols Offer up your prayers unto your fictitious gods; and shed blood That is, commit... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 33:21-33

News from Jerusalem (33:21-33)As soon as news reached the exiles that Jerusalem had fallen as Ezekiel had foretold, Ezekiel knew that the new phase of his work was to begin. The former restrictions on his speech and movements were lifted (21-22; cf. 24:25-27).Ezekiel received news also of certain selfish and dishonest practices among the Jews who were left in the country areas of Judah. Some of these people had seized the land of those taken into exile. They argued that if Abraham (only one... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 33:26

Ye: i.e. Ye [men]. The verb is masculine. Ye stand upon your sword = Ye take your stand (first occurrence Genesis 18:8 , Genesis 18:22 ), [leaning] upon, &c. The posture assumed by necromancers waiting for the rites, ye work, &c.: i.e. ye [women] work, &c. The verb is feminine. read more

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