places, and there were some at this place; for this was the name 13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing. Nor ought it to seem absurd that he was dumb although sent by God:: for this did not occur through any negligence or delay which can be accounted a fault, but the office of teaching had been so imposed that he was not yet instructed by any fixed commands; as if any one were chosen ambassador either by a king or a senate, and were afterwards furnished with his instructions, so the Prophet was called to the prophetic office., but knew not yet what he was to say. Israel's heart had become rebellious, idolatrous, and hardened against God. The Targum renders it, "silent"; through grief The Babylonians may have situated them there to rebuild and repopulate the site and to reclaim its land. I sat where they sat — Literally, to where they lived. i. This is the Hebrew margin reading [ waa'eesheeb (Hebrew #3427)]. It is identified by Michaelis with Thallaba on the Chabour. He had indeed eaten the roll, but God had not yet suggested whence he ought to begin, nor how he ought to temper his doctrine. Physically he lived among his own people, but spiritually he would operate in another realm, a zone governed by divine realities." of a place, as Jarchi and Kimchi observe; as were Telmelah, and Compare the use in Genesis for ‘three day’ and ‘seven day’ journeys). - Syriac. Ezekiel 3:15 " Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. " (‘Seven days’ generally signifies a longer period than the shorter ‘three days’, two stereotyped expressions. Answer: Ezekiel 20:25 in the ESV reads, “Moreover, I gave them statutes that were not good and rules by which they could not have life.” Why would … Probably the vowel-pointing of the first word should be changed, and it will then read, “and I saw where they sat.”. — This is the Hebrew Margin reading. In this section, “God [is] sending Ezekiel out into the plain ― into a wilderness beyond the city ― and gives to him a series of directions that Ezekiel is supposed to enact.” Chebar. Looking to the tremendous responsibility implied in the words, we can hardly, I think, in spite of the questions which have been raised as to the belief of the Hebrews in the immortality of the soul, hesitate to accept the latter meaning. be waiting all this time for orders and instructions to prophesy; And the famous Ezekiel should be called Jehezkel or Jehezekel as well, because that's a much closer transliteration. sat. Their Septuagint version has μετέωρον , as if it meant “lofty.” תלל, thelel, signifies to elevate, but it ought to be תלול, thelol, if the Prophet meant that he was exalted, but this is not suitable, since he rather asserts that he was like the rest of mankind after the vision was withdrawn. The ten tribes had been long since carried away by Shalmaneser king of Asyria, and settled on the Chabor or Habor (2 Kings 18:6). (Haydock). The lesser known Ezekiel is a priest in the time of King David (1 Chronicles 24:16). “To be silent” was characteristic of mourners Lamentations 3:28; “to sit” their proper attitude Isaiah 3:26; Lamentations 1:1; “seven days” the set time of mourning Job 2:13. Or he might The Babylonians may have situated them there to rebuild and repopulate the site and to reclaim its land. 15.Tel-abib — This was the name of the village where most of the Hebrew community seems to have resided, on the river Chebar. Although they have come out of the fire, the fire will yet consume them. (Calmet) --- Tel means "a heap," and abib "new corn." Tel-abib - , on the river Chebar was the chief seat of the Jewish exiles in Babylonia. between two rivers, Chebar and Saocoras; and he thinks the Comparing his vision to Babylonian iconography reveals that Ezekiel saw a divine “throne chariot” of the heavens—widely described in the ancient biblical world. All rights reserved. and remained there astonished among them seven days: at the change of place and company; at the sad condition his people were in; and, above all, at the dreadful things he had to deliver to them. [Note: Stuart, p29.]. 7 I will set my face against them. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, and remained there astonished among them seven days. He only remained on the spot because the hand of the Lord “was heavy upon him” (, ). Ptolemy places Thelda near the Chaboras. Tel-abib - אביב תל "a heap of corn." and which was the first month with the Jews; whereas it was in Tel-Abib — Tel means an “elevation.” It is identified by Michaelis with Thallaba on the Chabor. (Haydock) --- There was no new wheat in the fourth month, but rather in May or June, chap. Perhaps he was physically overcome by the vision, perhaps humility and lack of, self-confidence may partially explain this conduct, but more probably it was a deep repugnance to the task assigned him. safe from getting away, or returning from their captivity; and Ezekiel physically traveled to the Jewish exiles who were living by the Chebar River at the Tel-abib settlement (lit. 12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place. It could be that he saw this as his period of consecration to his mission. I sat where they sat.] (rvaw) , which Junius Hereafter his people could expect no more idle or mundane chatter from him. This week of silent meditation among those to whom he was commissioned to speak corresponds, as already said, to the week of the consecration of his fathers to their priestly office (Leviticus 8). Jerome translates, “a heap of fruit,” and not badly; for this was probably the origin of the place’s name, as cities and villages and mountains often receive their name from their situation and other circumstances; so also this place was called Thelabib. among the captives, and remained there astonished among 17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. By — On that part of the river Chebar, which runs west-ward of Tel-abib. Which was the name of some chief place or plantation of the Jews in captivity, saith Diodat. Seven days.] midst of them". Ezekiel Eats the Scroll … 12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: ‘Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!’ 13 It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against one another and the sound of the wheels beside them, a great rumbling sound. of new corn, ( Ezekiel 1:1 ) ; God had again and again commanded Ezekiel to “speak” (, ); but through bitterness of spirit the prophet remained silent. Whatever the prophet"s relationship to the rest of the exiles in the past, when he finally submits, he is a man set apart, under orders from God. of corn, as "abib" signifies; whence the month Abib has its name, Just as human kings had chariots, so did deities. Question: "What is the meaning of the Valley of Dry Bones in Ezekiel 37?" Ezekiel had his vision in Babylon as one of the captive exiles (Ezek 1:1–3). "Ezekiel was being consecrated for the priesthood on his thirtieth birthday and commissioned to proclaim Judah"s funeral dirge. "hill of ears"). For תל, thel, signifies “a heap,” and אביב, abib, means a “stalk,” or “straw of corn,” and it may, therefore, be that the place was called Thelabib on account of its fertility, since the harvest there is very plentiful. [Note: Alexander, " Ezekiel," p764. “To be silent was the characteristic of mourners (Lamentations 3:28); to sit, their proper attitude (Isaiah 3:26; Lamentations 1:1); seven days, the set time of mourning (Job 2:13).” By this act the prophet shows his deep sympathy with his people in their affliction. He then says — I sat seven days in some way absorbed in either admiration or sorrow, for שמם, shemew, signifies “to be desolate,” “to be astonished,” “to wonder.” But as to the Prophet sitting quiet and silent for seven days, there is little doubt but that in this way God prepared him for beginning to speak afterwards to the greater surprise of the whole people. Question: "What does Ezekiel 20:25 mean when God says, ‘I gave them statutes that were not good’?" same with Saocoras, connecting it with the preceding clause, I am talking about Ezekiel 23:20. Toy translates the latter half of the verse, “and sat there among them seven days dismayed.”, — Kautzsch, “staring;” that is, dumb and motionless. But they were his neighbors and countrymen, and companions in affliction, and for seven days the prophet remained silent. (Compare. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. And when I set my face against them, you will know that I am the LORD. Jerusalem as a Useless Vine. Then I came to them of the captivity — To those of my countrymen who were captives, at Tel-abib. The final section of Ezekiel, chapters 40-48, give the ideal picture of a new temple.The Jerusalem Bible refers to this section as "the Torah of Ezekiel". 3 And he said to me, “Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the people of Israel.” 2 So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat. captive Jews were placed here, partly that they might be secured earnestness, to hear what he had to say when he should break For his very appearance would rouse the attention of men, that they should enquire the meaning of this unusual sorrow. 1. Where — Where I found them sitting astonished, at the sight of their change from freedom and honour to servitude and shame. For God revealed himself to him on the bank of the river Chebar, but he was solitary: and that this was done by vision, is by no means doubtful, since he was always among his own people. When Ezekiel arrived, he sat for seven days among the exiles, and his presence disturbed them. Perhaps the name expressed the Jews' hopes of restoration, or else the fertility of the region. Targum, which we follow. Despite breaking the conditions of their first covenant with Him, the Lord, in His grace, promised to make a New Covenant with His people. Physically he lived among his own people, but spiritually he would operate in another realm, a zone governed by divine realities. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.’. From the Hebrew name יְחֶזְקֵאל (Yechezqel) meaning "God will strengthen", from the roots חָזַק meaning "to strengthen" and אֵל meaning "God". Salem Media Group. — This was the name of the village where most of the, Hebrew community seems to have resided, on the river Chebar. Or he might be waiting all this time for orders and instructions to prophesy; or to prepare the people to attend with more reverence and earnestness, to hear what he had to say when he should break silence. or to prepare the people to attend with more reverence and Since "Tel" can mean "ruined mound," it is possible that the Jewish exiles lived at the site of a destroyed or abandoned city. [Note: Block, The Book . partly that they might secure and defend the place from enemies, Not the Chebar of Ezekiel 1:3. Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib,.... For it seems the captive Jews were disposed of at different places, and there were some at this place; for this was the name of a place, as Jarchi and Kimchi observe; as were Telmelah, and Telharsa, Ezra 2:59; it signifies "a heap of new fruit", and so the Vulgate Latin version renders it: not that there were such at this time here; and the captives were beating out the ripe ears of corn, as "abib" signifies; whence the month Abib has its name, and which was the first month with the Jews; whereas it was in the fourth month when Ezekiel was here, and there could no ears of new corn, Ezekiel 1:1; according to Junius, this Telabib was a tract in Mesopotamia, reaching from Mount Masius to the river Euphrates, and lay between two rivers, Chebar and Saocoras; and he thinks the captive Jews were placed here, partly that they might be secured safe from getting away, or returning from their captivity; and partly that they might secure and defend the place from enemies, it being through inundations uninhabited, and so exposed unto them: that dwelt by the river of Chebar; See Gill on Ezekiel 1:1; and I sat where they sat; there is a double reading here; the "Cetib" or writing is ואשר, which Junius takes to be the name of a river the prophet calls Haesher, the same with Saocoras, connecting it with the preceding clause, "that dwelt by the river of Chebar and Haesher"; the "Keri" or marginal reading is ואשב, "and I sat" or "dwelt"; but both signify the same thing, Since אשר is from שרה, which in Chaldee signifies to dwellF19Vid. The meaning of the term is given differently by different scholars; for example, Kuenen, following the Vulgate, “Cornear Hill;” Fred. Vulgate Latin version renders it: not that there were such at Here then is no more contradiction than is in this, if I should name a place between two rivers, and say the place is near one of those rivers. So the Vulgate: acervum novarum frugum, "a heap of new fruits." The text is rather, “I beheld them sitting there” [Gesenius]; or, “And those that were settled there,” namely, the older settlers, as distinguished from the more recent ones alluded to in the previous clause. Then I came to them of the captivity of Telabib. Ezekiel 3:13. marginal reading is (bvaw) 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.. The word implies a fixed and determined silence. ., p138.]. Perhaps the name expressed the Jews‘ hopes of restoration, or else the fertility of the region. The Septuagint render it the reverse, "conversing in the midst of them". Ezekiel 33 is the thirty-third chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. And for seven days he sat there ‘overwhelmed’. All over Mesopotamia are ancient mounds, or “tells.” This word may indicate that the Israelites resided on or near the ruins of an ancient city (Abib). Whatever it was, we see that this silence was a preparation for the discharge of his duty with greater fruit and efficacy, since his speech ought afterwards to be received with greater reverence when he had been silent for seven days, Then he says, I came to the exiles who sat in Thelabib I willingly accord with the opinion of those who take this for the name of a place, and ancient interpreters even have left these two words. Remained there astonished; either at the sight of that woeful change of the Jews from freedom and honour to servitude and shame; or astonished at foresight of that which the roll contained, or at the Jews’ impenitence and unreformed manner of living under all these afflictions. Daniel 4:19; Ezra 9:3-4. God had again and again commanded Ezekiel to “speak” (Ezekiel 2:4; Ezekiel 2:7; Ezekiel 3:4; Ezekiel 3:11); but through bitterness of spirit the prophet remained silent. Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib That was where he dwelt. , "and I sat" or "dwelt"; but both signify the same thing, Since All over Mesopotamia are ancient mounds, or “tells.” This word may indicate that the Israelites resided on or near the ruins of an ancient city (Abib). His body was controlled by that Hand as if he, too, were a “wheel” or a “living creature;” yet his tongue was free, and his rebellious spirit refused to utter the awful message which he had seen written in the roll (Ezekiel 2:9; Job 2:13). The ten tribes had been long since settled on the Chabor or Habor (2 Kings 17:6) [Havernick]. But Bishop Newcome renders the Hebrew, I dwelt where they dwelt; that is, I took up my residence among them; and remained there astonished seven days — “Having my spirit wholly cast down and amazed, under the apprehension of these terrible judgments, which were to come upon my nation, and of which I was to be the messenger: see the margin. This was divided into superior, called Gozan, and inferior, called here Tel-abib, a low country, and unprofitable, because spoiled by waters, and secure to keep captives in, and so it afforded matter of labour and toil to the captive Jews, and was as a prison to them lest they should escape, and in both pleased the Babylonians. Now he says, that he had returned to his own people, not that he had ever removed from them, but had been drawn by the vision from the intercourse with men. But this is of no great moment. Ezekiel 47 is the forty-seventh chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.. ", John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. the fourth month when Ezekiel was here, and there could no ears Ezekiel 10:15 And the cherubims were lifted up. Telharsa, ( Ezra 2:59 ) ( Nehemiah Do they make pegs from it to hang things on? He only remained on the spot because the hand of the Lord “was heavy upon him” (Ezekiel 3:14). Delitzsch, “Forest Hill;” more recently, “Mound of the Storm” (Pinches), or, “Hill of the Deluge” (Haupt). This does not seem to have been a silence commanded of God, such as occurred later (Ezekiel 3:26). It is perhaps significant that seven days was required for the consecration of a priest (Leviticus 8:33). The heap of new corn. Ezekiel 3:15. of Ezekiel 3:15 King James Version (KJV). (15) I came to them of the captivity at Telabib. Toy translates the latter half of the verse, “and sat there among them seven days dismayed.”. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. 15. (15) I came to them of the captivity at Telabib.—Ezekiel now leaves the place where he had been, and comes to Tel-abib, which is described as still by the same “river of Chebar,” and which signifies the “mound of ears (of grain),” and was probably a place of especial fruitfulness, but which cannot be further identified. Hereafter his people could expect no more idle or mundane chatter from him. I have also listed up to 15 things you can learn particularly from this verse of the Holy Bible. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. How then does he say, that he is now returned? 1:1); and I sat where they sat; Tel-abib was located in Babylonia and is not to be confused with the modern city of Tel Aviv in Israel. letola chib, "to the hill Chib," or the hill of grief. Had he gone in a better spirit he had probably been employed in his work as soon as he had gained the place of labor. The land will be ruled by a Davidic Prince (Ezekiel 44:3; see also 37:24–25; 34:23–24). Why, because the vision had vanished, and so he was entirely occupied with the other captives. (g) Declaring here that God's ministers must with advisement and deliberation utter his judgments. Which was the name of some chief place or plantation of the Jews in captivity, saith Diodat. so Kimchi interprets it of the hand of prophecy; the Spirit of the Lord, as a spirit of prophecy, came upon him, with great impulse upon his spirit, and he could not refuse going to his people, to declare it to them. 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