in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.'" Sermons
I. THE IMMEDIATE AND REMEDIAL PURPOSE OF PUNISHMENT. It is a question how far punishment should aim at the correction of the individual offender, how far at the production of a wholesome impression upon society. Whether the false prophets and those who resorted to them were spared to profit by the chastisement which befell them, we have not the means of judging. But in any case the punitive afflictions were intended for the general good of the house of Israel. 1. Radical error is corrected. "That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me." 2. The habits of transgressors are reformed. "Neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions." II. THE ULTIMATE AND POSITIVE PURPOSE OF PUNISHMENT. The remedy for disease must first be applied, then health will follow. So it is in spiritual things. Forgiveness is a means to sanctification. Salvation is both from sin and unto obedience and holiness. Accordingly, the prophet represents the re-establishment, the fresh ratification, of the covenant between God and Israel as the final purpose of all the chastening inflicted. The two sides of this covenant are presented as in their harmony and completeness justifying the discipline appointed by Divine wisdom and beneficence. 1. "That they may be my people." That is, not only in name, but in reality; not only de jure, but de facto. 2. "That I maybe their God." That is, theirs to acknowledge with sincere reverence, to love with devotion and fervour, and to serve with diligence and fidelity. - T.
That the house of Israel may go no more astray from Me. Manton says, "There is more squaring and hewing and hacking used about a stone that is to be set in a stately palace than that which is placed in an ordinary building; and the vine is pruned when the bramble is not looked after, but let alone to grow to its full length." This should reconcile believers to their chastisements. Brambles certainly have a fine time of it, and grow after their own pleasure. We have seen their long shoots reaching far and wide, and no knife has threatened them as they luxuriated upon the commons and waste lands. The poor vine is eat down so closely that little remains of it but bare stems. Yet, when clearing time comes, and the brambles are heaped for their burning, who would not rather be the vine?( C. H. Spurgeon.) People Daniel, Ezekiel, Job, NoahPlaces JerusalemTopics Affirmation, Anymore, Astray, Declares, Defile, Defiled, Longer, Order, Polluted, Says, Sins, Sovereign, Stray, Themselves, Thus, Transgressions, Unclean, Wander, Wandering, WrongdoingOutline 1. God answers idolaters according to their own heart6. They are exhorted to repent, for fear of judgments, by means of seduced prophets 12. God's irrevocable sentence of famine 15. of wild beasts 17. of the sword 19. and of pestilence 22. A remnant shall be reserved for example of others Dictionary of Bible Themes Ezekiel 14:11Library Education of Jesus. This aspect of Nature, at once smiling and grand, was the whole education of Jesus. He learned to read and to write,[1] doubtless, according to the Eastern method, which consisted in putting in the hands of the child a book, which he repeated in cadence with his little comrades, until he knew it by heart.[2] It is doubtful, however, if he understood the Hebrew writings in their original tongue. His biographers make him quote them according to the translations in the Aramean tongue;[3] his principles … Ernest Renan—The Life of Jesus "Thou Shalt Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother. " "All Our Righteousnesses are as Filthy Rags, and we all do Fade as a Leaf, and Our Iniquities, Like the Wind, have Taken us Away. " "And There is None that Calleth Upon Thy Name, that Stirreth up Himself to Take Hold on Thee," Ezekiel Links Ezekiel 14:11 NIVEzekiel 14:11 NLT Ezekiel 14:11 ESV Ezekiel 14:11 NASB Ezekiel 14:11 KJV Ezekiel 14:11 Bible Apps Ezekiel 14:11 Parallel Ezekiel 14:11 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 14:11 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 14:11 French Bible Ezekiel 14:11 German Bible Ezekiel 14:11 Commentaries Bible Hub |