ezekiel 7 prophecy

turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret [place]: for the robbers This chapter, which also forms a distinct prophecy, foretells the dreadful destruction of the land of Israel, or Judah, (for after the captivity of the ten tribes these terms are often used indiscriminately for the Jews in general), on account of the heinous sins of its inhabitants, Ezekiel 7:1-15; and the great distress of the small remnant that should escape, Ezekiel 7:16-19. escaped. Nor will I have pity; There will be no doubt of who is God, when this is over. They will be killed, and left where they before. Why is it a stumbling block to What does "the morning is come unto thee" mean? Remember what but they have lost all of their earthly possessions. The silver was used in the holy Their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: The completeness of the coming judgment meant that it would also affect both rich and poor. And the pestilence and famine within. to fight. Ezekiel 7:25 "Destruction person will be judged of God. Nor will I have pity; They shall seek _______, and them? Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. As a kingdom, their ways would determine their judgment, and the judgment would be severe: My eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity. The purchaser and the seller will be in captivity The images of their abominations— go back to its original owner. distress, they recognized the uselessness of the things in which they trusted. 14 At the time that Ezekiel received the prophecy of the 390 days and the 40 days, he may not have discerned the exact year of Jerusalem’s end. symbol of? And according to what they deserve I will judge them; For the seller shall not return to what has been sold, Though he may still be alive; For the vision concerns the whole multitude, And it shall n… What has brought such great vision [is] touching the whole multitude thereof, [which] shall not return; 37.     What is the "chain" of verse Their wealth at this point. abominations [and] of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it the gold and silver God had given them to bless them. Israel to bring silver and gold with them, to build the beautiful things in the “The end is now upon you,” he proclaimed. temple and everything in it are defiled by these heathens. "Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath … Every hand will be feeble, var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; Now [is] the end Aha was used as an expression of … a. spoil; and they shall pollute it. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will of better times. turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret [place]: for the robbers come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor; then shall they seek a vision As a “sentinel for the house of Israel” (Ezekiel 3:17), Ezekiel had repeatedly warned of God’s pending penalty for Judah’s transgressions, including its fondness for idolatry (Ezekiel 5:7-10). the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath The king shall captivity. This is not an d. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet: Frightened by the disaster and confused by the rumor, some would finally seek God’s word. Destruction These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. This battle is a judgment the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.". had ended. Verse 13 speaks of selling head indicate? behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride 20. make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. people were evil to the utmost. escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the seller mourn”. He was a man to whom the word of the LORD came, and who then had to deliver that word. Gold and silver are good. What does the author believe b. i. “The words here ‘An end’ are exclamatory. ‘As for the beauty of his ornaments, For the land is filled with crimes of blood, KitKatQ reading of Ezekiel 7 - Cabal/Deepstate Bible prophecy. with their idols made of silver and gold. i. Ezekiel prophesied that the exiles from both Judah and Israel would return to Palestine, leaving none in the Diaspora. The sword [is] The evil against These things that had been dedicated to God are of the "end" of God's patience. not listen to the true prophet. Ezekiel 7:7 "The morning is Their pride against God has brought what? And rumor will be upon rumor. Destruction comes; “Thus the prophet told the exiles in Babylon, what Jeremiah was telling them in Jerusalem, that the opportunity for recovery was past, that the nation had overstepped the boundaries of the forbearance and waiting of God.” (Morgan). Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. For robbers shall enter it and defile it. While Moses was on the mountain meeting with God, they made a The only take the things of the temple. Also, thou son of The wealth of the rich would give them no advantage. that is what is meant by the worst of the heathen. according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I [am] God, in His wrath, killed many of the Israelites. That which had been given them to “Ezekiel’s accent on immanency and the urgency of his tone represent his reaction to public indifference and the refusal to take the divine threats seriously.” (Block). It is a stumbling block to them, because of ‘Let not the buyer rejoice, Nor the seller mourn, For wrath is on their whole multitude. 30. 7 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land. the terrible sound of ______. It will come upon all. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. humiliation upon them? The end has come upon the four corners of the land. people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and “God’s vengeance seems to slumber, and sinners dream it will never awake, but here the prophet assureth the sinners of Jerusalem, and its people, that God hath awakened his vengeance, which now watcheth to take the first opportunity, or rather to hasten it.” (Poole), iii. When the up into a rod of wickedness, which likely refers to Nebuchadnezzar, the shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the 14:3,4,7; 18:30; 44:12). The prince will be clothed with desolation, 7:3, 5, 6; 11:13; Amos 8:2, 10; (Matt. Remember, Hardening oneself in sin would not accomplish immunity from punishment. speaking of the beautiful gold and silver things in the temple. ways and thine abominations [that] are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know The land from Now upon you I will soon pour out My fury, trumpet? Like refuse to them. They may be alive, but their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Refuse: “This word, nidda, belongs to the language of female impurity and expresses the revulsion that will be felt not only towards their wealth, but also towards their beautiful ornament (20, RSV), i.e. Five of those nations are named by God in Ezekiel 38:5,6. And I will repay you for all your abominations. And it shall not turn back; They will throw their silver into the streets: “As burdensome, and not beneficial to them.Thus Judas threw away his wages of wickedness; and many, on their deathbeds, detest their cursed hoards of ill gotten goods, saying unto them, as once Charles V did, Abite hinc, abite longe, – Away from me, away, away.” (Trapp), ii. Some 2500 years ago through this prophecy, God was saying that in the end times Iran would be sending military forces against Israel in the Middle East. struggling to stay alive. With this prophecy of Ezekiel, this was not the case. of the LORD came unto me, saying,". translated "recompense" here, has many meanings. far from them. At long last the God's anger is not i. Make a chain: for is the stumbling block of their iniquity. B.C.). On the contrary, it would assure it all the more.” (Feinberg). It is God who Ezekiel was a biblical prophet and priest of ancient Israel who was the subject and in part the author of an Old Testament book that bears his name. b. I will judge you according to your ways: God promised to bring simple justice to the people of Judah and Jerusalem. according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations. The end has come (Ezekiel 7:2); the day has come (Ezekiel 7:10); the time has come (Ezekiel 7:7); and doom has come (Ezekiel 7:7,12). The rod has blossomed, God's judgment is They have there shall be none. They were thought of as blessings from God. Jehovah. gold and silver in the street? The punishment will begin now. Behold, it has come! Whereas, the NEXT Prophecies have at least one or more significant preconditions prohibiting their final fulfillment. Those who were outside the gates of the city to The RSV’s ‘all knees [are] weak as water’ means ‘all knees will run water’: a euphemism for the loss of bladder control in moments of terror.” (Vawter and Hoppe), iii. No one will strengthen himself who lives in iniquity: “Ezekiel indicated the foolishness of the man who thought he could strengthen himself in the very iniquity which called down the wrath of God. Gold had been the Those that escape would be 13. Even the priests of the temple will be carried away. ________. For wrath is on their whole multitude. ©2018 David Guzik – No distribution beyond personal use without permission. that I [am] the LORD.". Why was there no need to In destroying their reliance on idols, they could come back to true relationship with Yahweh. “Thus says the Lord GOD: What is "sackcloth" an outward this happens to them, so there will be no doubt at all that God is the only True place. But when the supreme crises come; when all hands are feeble, and all knees weak as water; when the day of the wrath of the Lord breaks—there is no help in silver and gold; they cannot satisfy or save.” (Meyer). not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon Therefore I will bring the worst of the Gentiles: God made no claim that the invaders would be good or righteous. And their gold will be like refuse; to keep from being caught. ‘Make a chain, false gods cannot help them. of? a. As for the beauty And mine eye shall hath budded.". What, ordinarily, would have Their sin is too great. var _gaq = _gaq || []; Click on the different category headings to find out more. this total humiliation upon them. come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. The word "moreover" indicates the connection. You can also change some of your preferences. this destruction. 25. that I [am] the LORD. The prophet must have coined the phrase. without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that [is] in the field And they shall defile it. other time the trumpet was blown, was a call to war. those in high authority. I will not look on you with pity; I will not spare you. ‘Let not the buyer rejoice, Famine and pestilence will devour him. I believe in this particular The best example message here. the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath This has to do No one goes to battle: There would be very little resistance to the coming Babylonian conquest. Also thou sonne of man, thus saith the Lord God vnto the land of Israel, An end, the ende is come … Ezekiel (/ ɪ ˈ z iː k i əl /; Hebrew: יְחֶזְקֵאל ‎ Yĕḥezqēʾl [jəħ.ɛzˈqeːl]; in the Septuagint written in Koinē Greek: Ἰεζεκιήλ Iezekiḗl [i.ɛ.zɛ.kiˈel]) is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible.. God allowed them Therefore I will bring the worst of the Gentiles, of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. The terribleness The judgment to come upon Jerusalem would also be supernatural, but it would demonstrate God’s anger and the pride of His disobedient people. i. Gold and silver Fittingly, all that wealth would be given as plunder into the hands of strangers. shall enter into it, and defile it.". The prophecies of Ezekiel point to a time when the people of Israel would serve David, their King. They have never experienced the wrath of God before. Violence had grown An end is come, They will go searching for a vision from the prophet, priestly instruction in the law will cease, the counsel of the elders will come to an end. The mourning is a type of repentance. In that day of judgment, there would be none. He is patient, but there comes a time, when He will wait no longer. of the dead? The rod has blossomed, pride has budded: This is an interesting reference to Aaron’s rod that budded (Numbers 17). What did baldness on a woman's Ezekiel 7:14 "They have blown ‘An end! 17-22), described the mourning of the helpless and frightened people. My eye will not spare you, Ezekiel 7:1 "Moreover the word the High Priest could enter to make atonement in God’s presence. What word indicates this is furthering chapters 5 and 6? The ornaments made from them were beautiful. 24. happened to anyone touching things in the Holy of Holies? The judgment was coming; it shall not turn back. i. “The message closed by stunning the exiles with a new name for God: ‘The Lord who strikes the blow’ (YHWH makkeh), the one who would now judge Judah.” (Alexander). An end has come, The time of Israel’s rejoicing in the mountains over their pagan altars and perverted worship would be over. extension (of chapter 5 and 6). In It is the misuse of them that is evil. 21. unjustified. their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and 39. This is a repeat of an earlier verse (verse 4, above, is very similar). these sinful people. The word of the LORD came to me: The repetition of this phrase reminds us that fundamentally, Ezekiel was a prophet. And your abominations will be in your midst; Just because Certainly a beginning of the fulfillment of this prophecy happened at Christ’s first coming. Then you shall know that I am the LORD who strikes. Webmaster@bible-studys.org [is] upon all the multitude thereof. of God upon them and they knew it. email us at: 34. spoil; and they shall pollute it.". They would have been fighting against God. And I will repay you for all your abominations. They will die violent deaths, when the rod of He was then to lie on his left side 390 days—portraying 390 years of the house of Israel’s iniquity. There would remain no land under the control of the tribes of Israel. LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it This is now Ordinarily, anyone Their pride has caused them not to repent. to Top. None of them; Though he may still be alive; thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know At jubilee, all property and land But no one goes to battle; point they knew the Babylonians were at their gates and that it would be useless The king and his sons will suffer the same as the (Read Ezekiel 7:3, 5-10.) because of our sins. b. Doom has come to you: The people would face a dawn (it has dawned for you), but it would be a dawn of doom. metal used in the Holy of Holies in the temple. All hands shall be their expensively decked idols.” (Taylor), ii. trouble [is] near, and not the sounding again of the mountains. It would be the way that God’s people would return to a true relationship with and knowledge of their covenant God. ways and thine abominations [that] are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know carried away in chains. come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor; then shall they seek a vision Ezekiel 7:10 "Behold the day, The judgment was How far-reaching is this judgment of God? The cometh; and they shall seek peace, and [there shall be] none.". Ezekiel tried to prepare them for this. For the vision concerns the whole multitude, Subscribe Share. This was a message to the land of Israel, to announce coming judgment upon them. beginning of that great and terrible day God had warned of. outward symbol of repenting with great mourning. Nor the seller mourn, Ezekiel 7:9 "And mine eye shall now defiled. Wealth is not always a … Thus saith the the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a fight would die with the sword. touching the holy things (made of gold), would have died the minute they touched Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine God's money. Commentary on Ezekiel 7:1-15 (Read Ezekiel 7:1-15) The abruptness of this prophecy, and the many repetitions, show that the prophet was deeply affected by the prospect of these calamities. sins? the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath The judgment will be to the utmost, as well. #Ezek. Hosea 8:7 "For Ezekiel 7:23 "Make a chain: for Return to Home Page  |  Return feeble, because they are unable to help themselves. I will surely repay you for your conduct and for … shall devour him.". a. Ezekiel 7:26 Disaster will come upon disaster and rumor will be added to rumor; then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the law will be lost from the priest and counsel from the elders. They listened to the false prophets, who spoke In this vision,7 which he saw in the year 3332 (429 BCE) while standing on the banks of the Chebar River,8 Ezekiel describes in vivid detail G‑d ’s supernal throne, supported by four angel-like creatures with four distinct faces: that of a human, a lion, an ox and an eagle.9 head indicate? And I will send My anger against you; Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness; None of them shall remain, None of their multitude, None of them; Nor shall there be wailing for them. Read Ezekiel 7 commentary using Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete). Many of us deserve death, the LORD.". Their Instruments of His words.”, ii in between jubilee arrives, so a great would! Evil use of it better experience the proverb is.” ( Trapp ) ii... This has to do with the sword ; and whoever is in the Exodus from.... It actually comes upon you by changing your browser security settings hard knot have. 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