25<\/strong>. The claim of the remnant is repudiated by Ezek. with indignation. They persist in the sins for which their country fell, and the same judgment shall overtake them.<\/p>\n ye eat with the blood<\/em> ] i.e. eat flesh slaughtered in such a way that the blood remains in it. According to the law animals had to be slaughtered in such a way as to drain away the blood, which was poured into the ground, where not dashed upon the altar. An example of a prohibited way of slaughtering was breaking the neck, Isa 66:3<\/span>. Cf. Lev 17:10<\/span>; Lev 19:26<\/span>; Deu 12:16 ; 1Sa 14:32<\/span>. See on Eze 18:6<\/span>; Eze 18:11<\/span>; Eze 18:15<\/span>, Eze 22:9<\/span>.<\/p>\n lift up your eyes<\/em> ] See Eze 18:6<\/span>. On “shed blood” Eze 22:6<\/span>; Eze 22:9<\/span>.<\/p>\n Verse 25<\/span>. Ye eat with the blood<\/B><\/I>] Abraham was righteous<\/I>, ye are unrighteous<\/I>. Eating of blood<\/I>, in any way dressed, or of flesh<\/I> from which the blood had not been extracted<\/I>, was and is in the sight of God abominable. All such practices he has absolutely and for ever forbidden. Let the vile blood-eaters hear and tremble. See Clarke on Ac 15:20<\/span>, and the passages in the margin.<\/P> <\/p>\n Say unto them; <\/B>remove them from this dangerous carnal confidence, and show them what they do, and by that what they are, how far from Abrahams seed, his genuine seed. <\/P> Ye eat with the blood:<\/B> whatever might be the reason why, it is most certain this was forbidden, Gen 9:4<\/span>; Lev 17:14<\/span>; 19:26<\/span>; they sinned by violating this law. <\/P> Lift up your eyes; <\/B>honouring, praying, depending on, and committing yourselves to the protection and guidance of those dumb idols: see Eze 18:6<\/span>. Shed blood, innocent blood, ye are murderers. <\/P> Shall ye possess the land, <\/B>polluted with such and many other heinous sins? and what colour of hope can you have, that you shall possess the land? The question includes a peremptory denial. <\/P> <\/p>\n 25. eat with the blood<\/B>inopposition to the law (Le 19:26<\/span>;compare Ge 9:4<\/span>). They did so asan idolatrous rite.<\/P><\/p>\n Wherefore say unto them, thus saith the Lord God<\/strong>,…. Send them this message in writing, as from the Lord; for the prophet was now in Chaldea, and could not deliver it by word of mouth to those that inhabited the wastes of Israel; but he could tell it to the messenger that came to him, who had escaped from Jerusalem; or send it by him, or some other:<\/p>\n ye eat with the blood<\/strong>; or rather “upon”, or “by” the “blood” l; contrary to the law in Le 19:26<\/span> which is a different law from that in Ge 9:4<\/span>, and from that in Le 3:17<\/span> and refers to an idolatrous practice of the Heathens, which these Jews imitated; who, having slain and offered their sacrifices to devils, sat down round about the blood of them, and ate their food or part of their sacrifice by it, as Kimchi on the text observes. The account Maimonides m gives of the Zabians is this,<\/p>\n “you must know (says he) that the blood is reckoned very unclean and impure by the Zabians, yet is eaten by them, because they think it is the food of devils; and that he that eats it by this means obtains some communications with them; so that they converse familiarly with him, and reveal things future to him, which the vulgar commonly attribute to devils: notwithstanding there were some among them, with whom it seemed very grievous and difficult to eat blood (for it is a thing which the nature of man abhors); these used to slay some beast, and take its blood, and put it in a vessel, or in a hole dug in the earth, and eat the slain beast, sitting in a circle about the blood; imagining to themselves, in so doing, while they ate the flesh the devils ate the blood, and that this is their food; and by this means friendship, fraternity, and familiarity were contracted between them, because they all ate at one table, and sat on one seat; besides, they were of opinion that the devils appeared to them in dreams, and told them things to come, and were of much advantage to them;”<\/p>\n and accordingly it follows:<\/p>\n and lift up your eyes towards your idols<\/strong>; make your devotion, and pray unto them, and worship them, and expect help and assistance from them:<\/p>\n and shed blood<\/strong>; innocent blood, as the Targum; they were guilty of murder as well as of idolatry, or shedding of blood, in sacrifice to idols:<\/p>\n and shall ye possess the land<\/strong>? can such wretches as you, such gross idolaters and murderers, ever think that you are the children of Abraham, and have a right to the inheritance of this land, or shall long continue in the possession of it, living in such abominable iniquities as these?<\/p>\n l “super sanguinem”, Munster, Montanus, Cocceius, Starckius; “juxta sanguinem”; so some in Vatablus. m Moreh Nevochim, par. 3. c. 46. p. 484.<\/p>\n (25) Ye eat with the blood.<\/strong>The people who remained in the land went on as before in their course of sin. The crimes here charged upon them (Eze. 33:25-26<\/span>) are the same as those all along alleged against them, and Jeremiah gives a sad picture of their open rebellion against the express commands of God (Jeremiah 42, 43). This particular sin of eating flesh with the blood had been repeatedly forbidden, first to Noah (Gen. 9:4<\/span>), and again under the Law (Lev. 3:17<\/span>; Lev. 7:26<\/span>; Lev. 17:10-14<\/span>; Deu. 12:16<\/span>).<\/p>\n “Wherefore say to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, ‘You eat with the blood and lift up your eyes to idols, and shed blood. And shall you possess the land? You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and you each defile his neighbour’s wife, and shall you possess the land?”<\/p>\n But they were not faithful to the covenant. They ignored the ban on eating the blood of slain beasts, they worshipped idols, they brought violence and death to the land. To ‘stand on the sword’ probably meant that they relied on it and resorted to it. To work abomination was to engage in the sins described in Eze 18:10-13<\/span>. And they especially engaged in illicit sex, probably connected with Canaanite religious rites. All these things meant that God would not allow them to possess the land, which in the end explains why they found refuge in Egypt against God’s express command after a short civil war (Jeremiah 41-43).<\/p>\n Eze 33:25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?<\/p>\n Ver. 25. Ye eat with the blood.<\/strong> ] Which wicked Saul would not do, 1Sa 14:32-34 much less would righteous Abraham have done it, since it was against the light and letter of the law. Gen 9:4 <\/em> Lev 7:26 <\/em> Deu 12:16 Nay, ye do worse things; and are you Abraham’s children, and heirs of the promised land, together with that faithful patriarch? I think not. See a like manner of reasoning, Mic 2:7 Joh 8:39<\/span> . So the learned Linaker, having read our Saviour’s sermon in the mount, and considering how little it is lived among us, broke out into these words, Certainly either this is not gospel, or we are not right gospellers.<\/p>\n Ye eat: Gen 9:4, Lev 3:17, Lev 7:26, Lev 7:27, Lev 17:10-14, Lev 19:26, Deu 12:16, 1Sa 14:32-34, Act 15:20, Act 15:21, Act 15:29, Act 21:25 <\/p>\n lift up: Eze 18:6, Eze 18:12, Eze 18:15, Deu 4:19, Psa 24:4, Jer 44:15-19 <\/p>\n and shed: Eze 9:9, Eze 22:6, Eze 22:9, Eze 22:27 <\/p>\n shall ye: Jer 7:9, Jer 7:10 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Deu 12:25 – that it Deu 15:23 – General 2Ki 21:8 – only if they 2Ki 24:4 – which 2Ch 33:8 – so that they Eze 34:3 – ye kill<\/p>\n Eze 33:25. The prophet was told to explain to the people why they were being denied the land of their inheritance. It does not mean they were doing all the things charged against them at the time Ezekiel was writing, for they were captives in a foreign land. They could not practice all these things there, except some of their idolatrous performances, and that was because the Lord willed it so to teach them a lesson. But the things listed are the ones they did while they did live In their home land. Eat with the blood violated Gen 9:4, Lev 3:17, and they practiced that while back in their own country. Idols . . . and shed blood Includes the guilt of bloodshed in general, but It especially applies to the slaying of their children to make sacrifices of them for their idols.<\/p>\n Eze 33:25-26. Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Remove from them this destructive carnal confidence, and show them what they do, and how far they are from being Abrahams genuine seed. Ye eat with the blood Which was expressly forbidden in the Jewish law, as appears from Lev 7:26, as well as that more ancient law ordained to all mankind, Gen 9:4; and lift up your eyes toward your idols Offer up your prayers unto your fictitious gods; and shed blood That is, commit murders; and shall ye possess the land? When you do not perform the conditions on which the land was given, namely, that of being a holy people, can you think that you shall continue to enjoy it? Ye stand upon your sword You make your strength the law of justice, and, confiding in that, you do whatsoever your inclinations lead you to, whether right or wrong; according to the character given of ungodly men, Wis 2:11, who say, Let our strength be the law of justice, for that which is feeble is found to be nothing worthy &c. Houbigant translates the clause, You stand in your high way, or the corners of your streets, and commit your abominations, considering the words as referring to their public and open profession of idolatry. Dr. Spencer (De Legib. Hebrew, lib. 2. cap. 11) thinks that the expression alludes to a custom of the heathen, who put the blood of their sacrifices into a vessel, or pit, in order to call up and consult evil spirits, and then stood with their swords drawn, to keep the demons off from doing them any harm. Ye defile every one his neighbours wife Ye universally commit adultery; and shall ye possess the land? The question implies a peremptory denial. Thus the prophet shows how vain and ill-grounded their expectations were of being continued in the possession of Judea, since they did those things which were contrary to the divine law, and which consequently excluded them from any right to the land.<\/p>\n 33:25 Wherefore say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the {n} blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?<\/p>\n (n) Contrary to the law, Lev 17:14 .<\/p>\n Ezekiel was to address the refugees who had brought the message of Jerusalem’s fall and the other Israelites in the name of their sovereign Lord. Since the Jews did not keep the Mosaic Law (cf. Exo 20:4-5; Exo 20:13-14; Lev 17:10-14; Lev 19:26), did they have a right to possess the land? God had promised the land to Abraham’s descendants, but He had also told them that they could only occupy their land if they obeyed the Law that He had given them (cf. Deuteronomy 27-28; Deu 29:25-29).<\/p>\n Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? 25. The claim of the remnant is repudiated by Ezek. with indignation. 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