Ezekiel 33

Ezekiel 33:1

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4,

Ezekiel 33:2

Son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.

children = sons.

a = one.

man. Hebrew. ish, App-14.

coasts = borders: i.e. one man out from within the border. of their land.

Ezekiel 33:3

the sword = judgment. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Effect), App-8, for that which executes the judgment.

Ezekiel 33:4

his own head = himself: “head” being put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), App-6, for the whole person.

Ezekiel 33:5

soul. Hebrew.

nephesh. App-13.

Ezekiel 33:6

person = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

iniquity. Hebrew ’avah. App-44. Not the same as ise verses: Ezekiel 33:13, Ezekiel 33:15, Ezekiel 33:18.

Ezekiel 33:8

wicked = lawless. Hebrew. rasha’. App-44. iniquity. Hebrew ’avah App-44.

Ezekiel 33:9

in: or, for.

Ezekiel 33:10

transgressions. Hebrew. pasha. App-44.

sins. Hebrew. chata. App-44.

pine away, &c. Ref: to Pentateuch. See notes on Ezekiel 4:12 with Ezekiel 24:23.

Ezekiel 33:11

As H live, he. Figure of speech Delete. App-6.

saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah’s oracle, See note on Ezekiel 2:4.

turn ye. Note the Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6.

evil. Hebrew. ra’a. App-44.

why will ye die . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

Ezekiel 33:12

thereby: or, therein.

in the day = when. See App-18.

for his righteousness = thereby, or therein, in the day, &c.

sinneth. Hebrew. chata’. App-44.

Ezekiel 33:13

trust = confide. Hebrew batch App-69.

righteousnesses = righteous deeds. In Hebrew text it is singular. (“righteousness “); but the margin, with four early printed editions, reads “righteousnesses” (plural) for: or, in. Compare Ezekiel 33:9.

iniquity. Hebrew ’aval App-44. Not the same word as in Ezekiel 33:5, but same as in verses: Ezekiel 33:15, Ezekiel 33:18.

for it = thereby, or therein, as in Ezekiel 33:12,

Ezekiel 33:14

that which is . . . right = judgment and righteousness.

Ezekiel 33:15

restore the pledge, he. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:26. Leviticus 6:2, Leviticus 6:4, Leviticus 6:5. Deuteronomy 24:6, Deuteronomy 24:10-13, Deuteronomy 24:17).

give again. Note the Figure of speech Asyndeton (App-6), hurrying on to the climax at end of verse.

he shall surely live. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:5).

he shall not die. Note the Figure of speech Pleonasm (App-6), for emphasis.

Ezekiel 33:16

sins. Hebrew text reads “sin”; but margin, some codices, and four early printed editions, read “sins” (p1.)

Ezekiel 33:17

the LORD. One of the emendations of the Sopherim, by which they say they changed Jehovah of the primitive text to Adonai. See App-32.

equal. See note on “pondereth”, Proverbs 21:2.

Ezekiel 33:18

thereby: or, in them: i.e. in those deeds.

Ezekiel 33:20

the Lord. Hebrew. Adonai. App-4.

Ezekiel 33:21

the twelfth year . . . tenth month . . . fifth day. This is the date of the taking of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. See Ezekiel 40:1. The event in the twenty-fifth year is said to be the fourteenth year from the twelfth (i.e. from the tenth month of tho twelfth year to the first month of the twenty-fifth). The prophecies of the preceding chapters were given to Ezekiel in the Land before this twelfth year. See the table on p. 1105, and App-50.). This was the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month and ninth day (Jeremiah 39:1, Jeremiah 39:2; 2 Kings 25:1-4).

came unto me. While still in the Land, probably in hiding,

Ezekiel 33:22

the evening. Doubtless, of the same day of his escape. he that was escaped. As foretold in Ezekiel 24:26.

my mouth was opened. Compare Ezekiel 24:27; Ezekiel 29:21, i.e. in prophecy.

no more dumb : i. e silent from prophesying, Note the Figure of speech Pleonasm (App-6), to emphasise the fact.

Ezekiel 33:24

wastes = ruins.

the land of Israel = the soil of Israel. Hebrew ’admath. Not the same word as in Ezekiel 33:28, which is ’eretz. See note on Ezekiel 11:17.

Ye eat with the blood = eat over (’al) the blood: i.e. over or near (as the heathen in their necromancy). Reference to Pentateuch (not to Deuteronomy 12:16 (where it is lo = not), but to Leviticus 19:26 (where it is ’al = over), as here, and where it is connected with the idolatrous practices of the heathen.

idols = manufactured gods.

shall ye. ? Note the Figure of speech Protests (App-6).

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.

Ezekiel 33:28

the land. Hebrew ’eretz. Not the same word as in Ezekiel 33:24.

Ezekiel 33:29

shall they know, he. See note on Ezekiel 6:10.

Ezekiel 33:30

against = about.

doors = entrances.

to = with.

Ezekiel 33:31

as the People cometh: or, according as an assembly cometh together.

shew much love: or, counterfeit lovers. Hebrew ’agabim. See note on next verse.

Ezekiel 33:32

10. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

a very lovely song. Hebrew ’agabim = a song for the pipes. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (Ap. 6), with “lovers”, in Ezekiel 33:31.