19 And if a wicked person turns away from their wickedness and does what is just and right, they will live by doing so. 20 Yet you Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to your own ways.” Jerusalem’s Fall Explained 21 In...
Peter did not fully know G-d's plan at this point because he simply asked why they sent for him. When Cornelius explained the angel's command (Acts 10:29-33) Peter realized G-d is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34-35). Prior to this he evidently had no awareness of universal ...
bring them out of them, put His breath of life into them, and lead them into their own land. If we observe the relation in whichEzekiel 37:12andEzekiel 37:13stand toEzekiel 37:14, namely, that the two halves of the 14th verse are parallel to the twoEzekiel 37:12andEzekiel 37...
understandthe bringing again the captivity of Sodomhere, of the Gentiles coming into the church.”— Lowth. “The sense of this,” says Bishop Newcome, “is again expressedEzekiel 16:55, and both verses are to be explained byEzekiel 16:61. I refer the words rather to the future restorati...
i. Thisviolenceagainst humanity is perhaps explained by the idea that Satan rejected God’s plan to create an order of beings made in His image (Genesis 1:26), who would be beneath the angels in dignity (Hebrews 2:6-7a;2 Peter 2:11), yet would be served by angels in the present ...
The expression in this verse, and also that in Ezekiel 16:47, are explained in the commentary as meaning that the Israelites were not absolutely worse than the heathen, but only relatively, in view of their opportunities and privileges; yet the language in both places, as well as in many ...
23. Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers36. The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both45. and shows their judgmentsStudy Bible Book ◦ Chapter Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says:Oholibah represents Jerusalem, as explained earlier in Ezekiel 23. The name ...
We said that this ought not to be explained of every pledge; for it was lawful for any one, on giving money, to receive a pledge for its return, but not from one who is destitute of either garments or the necessary implements of trade: so I pass this by. He has not received a ...