09/03/2022 – Day 188 – Ezekiel 19 – 24 // From Ch. 19: “A Dirge over the Fall of David’s Thone” to Ch. 24 – “The Boiling Cauldron”, symbolic of the destruction of Jerusalem. What lessons do we draw from this?
Except for Chapter 20, where I will give you a link to the summarized Matthew Henry commentary on Chapter 20 for the ambitious soul, I will share with you my succinct chapter summaries from “Halley’s Bible Handbook”:
Chapter 19. A Dirge oer the Fall of David’s Throne:
‘Under the imagery of a Lioness. David’s Family, once great and powerful, now overthrown. The first whelp (3), was Jehoahaz (Shallum), who was taken to Egypt (II KIngs 23: 31 -34), The second whelp (5), was either Jehoiachin or Zedekiah, both of whom were taken to Babylon (I KIngs 24: 8 – 25:7).
Chapter 20. Rehearsal of Israel’s Idolatries:
“… Note the prophecy of Restoration (see Chapter 37).”
Matthew Henry’s chapter 20 commentary summary – link below. (Just FYI – The Matthew Henry Commentary on the entire bible that I have at my desk runs roughly 2,000 total pages (1st volume was published 1708 (folio). )
https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/matthew-henry-complete/ezekiel/20.html
Chapter 21. “A Song of the Sword”:
“About to be unsheathed against Jerusalem and Ammon. “The south” (20:46) was the land of Judah. “Until he come whose right it is” (21:27): that is, the overturning of Zedekiah’s throne (25 – 27), would be the end of David’s kingdom till the coming of the Messiah (34: 23-24); 37:24; Jeremiah 23: 5, 6).
Chapter 22. The Sins of Jerusalem
“Over and over Ezekiel names the sins of Jerusalem: defiles herself with Idols, sheds blook, profanes the Sabbath, practices robbery, promiscuous adultery; and the princes, priests and prophets are ravening wolves after dishonest gain.”
Chapter 23. Oholah and Oholibah.
“Two sisters, insatiable in their lewdness. A parable of Israel’s Idolatry. Oholah, Samaria (Israel – northern kingdom); Oholibah, Jerusalem (southern kingdom). Both grown old in their Adulteries. Again and again the relation between husband and wife is used to represent the relation between God and his people (see under Chapter 16). Promiscuous adultery must have been widespread (16:32; 18:6, 11, 15, 22:11; 23:43; Jeremiah 5:7, 8; 7:9, 9:2, 23:10, 14 ; 29:23).”
Chapter 24. The Boiling Caldron
“Symbolic of the destruction of Jerusalme, now at hand. The rust on the pot represented the bloodsheet and immortality of the city.
Death of Ezekiel’s Wife (15 -24). This was on the day that the siege of Jerusalem began (1, 18; II Kings 25:1): a heart – rending sign to the exiles that their beloved Jerusalem, was now to be taken from them. Silence was imposed on Ezekiel till news came of the fallen city, 3 years later (27; 33:21, 22). “
So, as I noted in the last cycle of this reading on 11/21/2020, Question: If God put in an ad for a prophet, would you answer it? (anything but a easy life, no?)