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Clarke, Adam. "Commentary on Ezekiel 33". "The Adam Clarke Commentary". https://studylight.org/commentaries/eng/acc/ezekiel-33.html. 1832.
Clarke, Adam. "Commentary on Ezekiel 33". "The Adam Clarke Commentary". https://studylight.org/
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Verse 1
prophet among them, 30-33.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXXIII
Verse 2
Verse Ezekiel 33:2. Son of man - if the people of the land take a man — The first ten verses of this chapter are the same with Ezekiel 3:17-22; and to what is said there on this most important and awful subject I must refer the reader. Here the PEOPLE choose the watchman; there, the Lord appoints him. When God chooses, the people should approve.
Verse 10
Verse Ezekiel 33:10. If our transgressions and our sins be upon us — They are upon us, as a grievous burden, too weighty for us to bear: how then can we live under such a load?
We pine away in them — In such circumstances how consoling is that word: "Come unto me, all ye who are heavy laden, and I will give you rest!"
Verse 11
Verse Ezekiel 33:11. As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked — From this to the twentieth verse inclusive is nearly the same with Ezekiel 18:3 &c., on which I wish the reader to consult the notes. Ezekiel 18:3.
Verse 13
Verse Ezekiel 33:13. If he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity — If he trust in his acting according to the statutes and ordinances of religion, and according to the laws relative to rights and wrongs among men, and in other respects commit iniquity, he shall die for it.
Verse 19
Verse Ezekiel 33:19. He shall live thereby — "The wages of sin is death;" the "gift of God is eternal life." It is a miserable trade by which a man cannot live; such a trade is sin.
Verse 21
Verse 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 promised to the prophet, Ezekiel 24:26.
Verse 22
Verse 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 God delivered to me, Ezekiel 24:27.
Verse 24
Verse Ezekiel 33:24. Abraham was one — If he was called to inherit the land when he was alone, and had the whole to himself, why may we not expect to be established here, who are his posterity, and are many? They wished to remain in the land and be happy after the Chaldeans had carried the rest away captives.
Verse 25
Verse Ezekiel 33:25. Ye eat with the blood — Abraham was righteous, ye are unrighteous. Eating of blood, in any way dressed, or of flesh from which the blood had not been extracted, was and is in the sight of God abominable. All such practices he has absolutely and for ever forbidden. Let the vile blood-eaters hear and tremble. Acts 15:20, and the passages in the margin.
Verse 26
Verse 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.
Verse 27
Verse Ezekiel 33:27. They that are in the wastes — He seems to speak of those Jews who had fled to rocks, caves, and fortresses, in the mountains; whose death he predicts, partly by the sword, partly by wild beasts, and partly by famine.
Verse 30
Verse Ezekiel 33:30. The people still are talking against thee — בך bach should be rather translated, "concerning thee," than "against thee;" for the following verses show that the prophet was much respected. The Vulgate translates, de te; the Septuagint, περι σου, "concerning thee," both right.
Talking by the walls and in the doors of the houses is not a custom peculiar to the Copts, mentioned by Bp. Pococke, it is a practice among idle people, and among those who are resting from their work, in every country, when the weather permits. Gossiping in the inside of the house is not less frequent, and much more blamable.
Verse 31
Verse Ezekiel 33:31. As the people cometh — As they are accustomed to come on public days, Sabbaths, &c.
With their mouth they show much love — They respected the prophet, but would not bend themselves to follow his precepts. They loved earthly things, and did not relish those of heaven.
Verse 32
Verse Ezekiel 33:32. As a very lovely song — They admired the fine voice and correct delivery of the prophet; this was their religion, and this is the whole of the religion of thousands to the present day; for never were itching ears so multiplied as now.
Verse 33
Verse Ezekiel 33:33. When this cometh to pass - then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them. — What I have predicted, (and it is even now at the doors,) then they will be convinced that there was a prophet among them, by whose ministry they did not profit as they ought.