Ezekiel 14:1 - Exposition

As the result, probably, of the previous utterances, certain elders of Israel , i . e . of the exiles in Tel-Abib, came to consult Ezekiel, wishing to know what counsels or what predictions he had for them. In Ezekiel 8:1 we have "the elders of Judah," and it is possible that there were two groups in the Population of the town, and that these represented Israel as distinct from Judah—a deputation, as it were, from the earlier exiles. The term appears again in Ezekiel 20:1 . More probably, however, the terms are used interchangeably.