27<\/strong>. hands of their yoke<\/em> ] i.e. the yoke bound upon them, Lev 26:13<\/span>; Jer 2:20<\/span>, where read “thou hast broken.”<\/p>\n Eze 34:27-31<\/span><\/p>\n Shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The yoke removed and the Lord revealed<\/strong><\/p>\n But do not all men know that God is the Lord? They should know it, for He is clearly to be seen in the works of nature. But man by wisdom knows not God. But do not all know God in this land–this land where there is so much Gospel teaching? Alas! no. You know the report of God which you have heard with the hearing of the ear; but that is a small matter unless it leads to something higher. Those who know the Lord know that He is still the I am that I am, unchangeable in all respects; and we know that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, is the same God who revealed himself at Paran, and came with sound of thunder at Sinai. It appears from the text that there is a process by which Gods own people are brought to know the Lord. This process takes place when He breaks the bands of their yoke. Then they know that the Lord is God. It is clear, therefore, that He must, first of all permit His own chosen, for a wise purpose, to come into bondage. I do not commend the bondage; it is a thing to be deplored; but, as Augustine once cried out, Beata culpa! Happy fault! when he saw how sin had made space for the wonderful display of Divine grace, so I venture to say, Blessed bondage, which gives an opportunity for our God to come in and set His children free, and by thus breaking the bands of their yoke to teach them that He Himself is the Lord.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>You cannot forget the first yoke of which you were conscious. It was a yoke of iron; but you had worn it for many years without feeling it. A spark of Divine life dropped into your bosom, and then you began to perceive that a yoke of sin, of guilt, of condemnation under the law, was firmly fixed upon your neck. Happy is the hour when the Lord breaks that yoke. He alone can remove it, but He does it most effectually, and then we know that He is Jehovah our God that brought us out of the house of bondage. To emancipate a soul from the thraldom of sin is a labour worthy of a God, and to His liberating hand be glory forever and ever.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Then the awakened soul begins to be conscious of a second yoke. More or less, according to temperament and circumstances, and so on, but still in each case somewhat, we feel the yoke of natural corruption and inbred sin. The moment we become Christians an inward battle begins. You may presume that sin is completely dead in you, but it laughs while you are boasting, and before long it will make you weep to think that you were so readily deceived. The Lord can break this yoke also, and tear away each one of its bands. Very joyful is the deliverance, and when it comes the text is abundantly fulfilled.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Another yoke which the Lords people have too often borne is that of a perpetual tendency to unbelief. Many about whose interest in Christ nobody who knows them can have any doubt at all, whose Christian consistency is beyond all question, whose prayerfulness, whose love of the Word of God, whose simple, child-like trust in Jesus Christ is manifested to everybody except themselves, are nevertheless in heaviness through anxiety as to their state. May the Lord bring up such brothers and sisters out of their prison, and then shall they know that He is the Lord when He has broken the bands of their yoke.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>Some Christians are also loaded with a yoke through great trouble. If we knew what they have to suffer in business, suffer in body, suffer in the domestic circle–if we knew the weight they have to carry, we should very often communicate to them words of comfort, whereas now, through our not knowing, they are left unheeded, and there is little or no Christian sympathy manifested. Ah, dear brother, it may be that you have been made to carry a very heavy yoke for years, but when the Lord shall break the bands of your yoke then shall you know that He is the Lord.<\/p>\n 5. <\/strong>many yokes which Gods people bear they cannot break themselves. The Lord often puts His people on purpose into positions where there is an end of the creature, where all carnal hope fails, where you look all around and not a single ray of light gladdens your weary eye till the star of Bethlehem breaks forth, and heralds the morning. But let us recollect that though yokes be very many, and some of them are such that we cannot possibly break them off, yet there is no yoke but what the Lord can readily enough take from His people. One of His saints of old recorded his experience in these words, Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O God, and Thou heardest me. His experience is that of all the captives who trust in the Lord.<\/p>\n 6. <\/strong>We may expect the Lord to break the bands of our yoke. Christian, He is bringing you low, He is stripping, you, He is casting you into the mire, He is beating you small as the dust of the streets, and all because by this means He will make you see your nothingness, and will cause you more fully to appreciate the splendour of His grace, and the all-sufficiency of His power. Knowing this, faith may help us to rejoice in tribulation at the moment it arrives, saying, Here is my Fathers black horse come to my door to bring me a new token of love from Him.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>You all believe God to be very powerful, for you have heard His voice in the thunder, and seen His might in the tempest; but when you have been brought into very deep distress, and God has brought you out of it with a high hand and an outstretched arm, then you have said, Now I see His power. No hand but His could have moved that burden, and He has done it.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>You must also have seen with wonderful vividness the attribute of wisdom. You have been all in a snarl. You have done your best, and you have made things worse. You have gone for advice, and the advice has perplexed you. You have looked in all directions, and the more you have looked the less hope you have seen; and then, on a sudden, Gods finger has seemed to be put out, and all the knots have been untied, and His Word has been fulfilled,–I will make the crooked places straight and the rough places plain.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>The Lords love also is clearly revealed in our deliverances.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>When the bands of our yoke have been broken it is often in answer to prayer, and because that liberty has come in answer to prayer, we have exclaimed, Now I know the Lord.<\/p>\n 5. <\/strong>So, again, we know Him from another reason: the special hand of God is often seen in the breaking of the yoke of His people–the special hand. There was a very large sum of money to be paid for the building of the Orphanage, and I was up with certain friends at Regents Park–dining at the house of one of our brethren. I there mentioned that I was short of some 2000 to meet an account which would very soon be due, but that I was sure that God would graciously give it, for it was His work and He would supply its needs in answer to prayer. We were discussing as to whether it was not rather bold to speak too positively about answers to a prayer of such a kind, and while we were still discoursing there came a telegram from the Tabernacle to me, saying, A person unknown has called and left 2000 in banknotes for the Orphanage. I read the telegram to the friends assembled, and their gratitude and astonishment abounded. My dear old friend, Dr. Brock, who is now with God, said, Put down your knives and forks, and let us bless the name of the Lord; and he stood up and poured out his heart in a most wonderful manner in devout thankfulness to the Answerer of prayer. We all heartily joined in that act of devotion. The Lord was there; we felt His presence as much as if it had been a sacramental supper, for the Lord had drawn so near to us. If someone had said to us just then, Well, you know, this is a coincidence, a mere coincidence, we should have laughed, and I for one should have said, It is a very blessed coincidence, and I hope it will go on coinciding; for truly it coincides with the promise and with my faith in God. The devil does not give his followers such coincidences. (C. H. Spurgeon.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The elect produced on men by the displays of kindness from God<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>It ensures deliverance from the grievous oppression of cruel, inveterate, and powerful enemies. As it respects ourselves, we are to regard the promise as having a chief reference to the deliverance obtained, or to be obtained, for us from our spiritual foes. It is, accordingly, thus applied (Luk 1:74-75<\/span>). All genuine saints have the happiness to enjoy the glorious liberty of the children of God (Joh 8:36<\/span>; 2Ti 2:26<\/span>; Rom 6:14<\/span>; 1Jn 5:4<\/span>). To spoil our enemies, to break the bands of their yoke, and thus to deriver us from their wretched dominion, was one grand design of the mission and mediation of the Son of God (Isa 61:1<\/span>). It is the grand object He has still in view, by the preaching of the everlasting Gospel (Act 26:17-18<\/span>); and the blessing thus promised is of infinite importance.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>It ensures abundant supplies for our support. Both the bodies and the souls of Gods people have been bought with a price; and both, therefore, shall be supplied with abundance of nourishment. That single promise secures all (Isa 33:16<\/span>). He who feeds the ravens when they cry, will not surely suffer His redeemed people to be in want of any kind (Psa 34:9-10<\/span>).<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>It ensured to the Israelites great happiness and continued security in their inheritance. Canaan was typical of heaven, which accordingly is, in reference to it, denominated another and a better country, even an heavenly. Here, then, it is implicitly promised to all true Israelites, that they shall ultimately have heaven for their inheritance–that is the land in which they are to dwell; and how great is the glory of that land! Surely the people of God shall be safe when there (Rev 21:4<\/span>). How great, and boundless, and endless, the happiness of the inhabitants! (Rev 7:14-17<\/span>.)<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>It would lead the Israelites to acknowledge the existence and the providence, the glory and the grace of Jehovah, Jacobs God.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>It would lead them more and more to admire and love, to worship and obey, the Lord.<\/p>\n Application–<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>What think you of promises like these? What would you think of promises from some great man, ensuring temporal abundance, or temporal riches? But if you have any spiritual discernment, will you not much more value promises of infinitely better things, especially as coming from God?<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>To whom do you look for the supply of all your wants?<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>What improvement do you make of the kindness of God in the dispensations of His providence and grace?<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>The enemies of Israel, and of Israels God, must perish forever. (A. Thomson, D. D.<\/em>)<\/p>\n The tree of the field; <\/B>either those that are planted by mans industry in the field, or those that grow wild in the field, and yield fruit, as the oak, pine, &c. <\/P> The earth, <\/B>tilled by man. Her increase<\/I>; great increase, as formerly, when I blessed it. <\/P> Safe:<\/B> see Eze 34:25<\/span>, and Eze 28:26<\/span>. <\/P> The bands; <\/B>the power and tyranny of Babylon. Their yoke<\/I>, which my people groaned under in captivity. <\/P> Served themselves of them; <\/B>made them slaves, and used them so. <\/P> <\/p>\n 27. served themselves ofthem<\/B>availed themselves of their services, as if the Jews weretheir slaves (Jer 22:13<\/span>; Jer 25:14<\/span>;compare Gen 15:13<\/span>; Exo 1:14<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit<\/strong>,…. Such as are trees of righteousness, rooted in Christ, and planted in his church, and watered with his grace; these bring forth, bear, and are filled with the fruits of righteousness by him:<\/p>\n and the earth shall yield her increase<\/strong>; the fallow ground of men’s hearts being broke up, and the seed of the word and of divine grace being sown in them, they bring forth fruit, some thirty, some sixty, and some an hundred fold; see Ps 67:1<\/span>, this, and what goes before, may be literally understood of the land of Canaan, and the fruitfulness of it, when the Jews shall again possess it; to which the next clause seems to have some respect:<\/p>\n and they shall be safe in their land<\/strong>; no enemy to disturb them, to invade or do any acts of violence to them: this will be when the Jews are converted, and become Christians; and antichrist destroyed; they will have none but Christian powers about them, who will be their protection. This is true, in a spiritual sense, of all the saints, who are under the care and government of Christ their Shepherd and Prince:<\/p>\n and shall know that I am the Lord<\/strong>; Jehovah their righteousness, Saviour and Redeemer:<\/p>\n when I have broken the bands of their yoke<\/strong>; of sin, Satan, and the law, and of all enemies:<\/p>\n and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them<\/strong>; or made them their servants, to whom they were subject; literally, the nations of the world, among whom they are dispersed; and figuratively, sin, whose servants men in a state of nature are; and Satan, by whom they are led captive; and the law, under which they are held as transgressors; and all other spiritual enemies; see Lu 1:74<\/span>.<\/p>\n -28 “And they will know that I am Yahweh when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them from those who made bondservants of them. And they will no more be a prey to the nations, nor will the beast of the earth devour them, but they will dwell securely and none will make them afraid.”<\/p>\n These words had added meaning to those who had just heard about the final destruction of Jerusalem, and who lived in enforced exile in a foreign land, subject to foreign authorities, and wondered if they would ever know peace and security again. They longed for liberty and freedom. The promise was that God would one day set all this to rights for His own, and that in the end His true restored people would find true and total liberty in the presence of God, safe from all that could harm them.<\/p>\n Eze 34:27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.<\/p>\n Ver. 27. And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit.<\/strong> ] There shall be a confluence of all comforts and contentments. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n When I have broken the bands of their yoke.<\/strong> ] Freed them from the Babylonish bondage, but especially from the tyranny of sin and terror of hell; when I have broke the devil’s yoke from off the necks of their souls. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Out of the hands of those that served themselves of them.<\/strong> ] As did the devil, whose drudges they were, and who had them wholly at his beck and check.<\/p>\n they. shall know. See note en Eze 6:10. <\/p>\n safe = confident. <\/p>\n in = on. <\/p>\n when I have broken: or, by My breaking. <\/p>\n those, &c.: i.e. the f:dse rulers. <\/p>\n the tree: Eze 47:12, Lev 26:4, Psa 85:12, Psa 92:12-14, Isa 4:2, Isa 35:1, Isa 35:2, Isa 61:3, Joh 15:5-8 <\/p>\n know that: Eze 33:29, Eze 39:28 <\/p>\n when I: Eze 34:10, Lev 26:13, Isa 9:4, Isa 10:27, Isa 14:2, Isa 14:3, Isa 52:2, Isa 52:3, Jer 2:20, Jer 30:8 <\/p>\n served: Jer 25:14, Jer 27:7 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Psa 67:6 – Then Eze 34:14 – feed them Eze 34:29 – consumed Eze 36:29 – call Eze 37:6 – ye shall Joe 2:22 – for the tree Zec 8:12 – the seed Eph 5:29 – nourisheth<\/p>\n Eze 34:27. This verse was literally fulfilled when the Israelite nation was released from Babylonian captivity. But Its more important fulfillment came when the kingdom of Christ, of which the present group of verses is a prediction, was established with Him as its king. The figures of speech refer to the spiritual benefits that were promised for the citizens of that kingdom.<\/p>\n 34:27 And the {m} tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that subjected them to service.<\/p>\n (m) The fruit of God’s grace will appear in great abundance in his Church.<\/p>\n Third, when God broke the yoke that held His people in captivity and freed them from their oppressors they would know that He is Yahweh (Eze 34:27 b).<\/p>\n Fourth, the Israelites would live in complete security. They would no longer be a prey to the nations or to the beasts of the earth that previously devoured them (cf. Isa 11:6-9). The beasts may be a figure for the Gentile nations that sought to devour Israel. The Israelites would live without fear of molestation. God would provide for them a place where they could put down roots, a place that would become famous. Famines and the insults of the other nations would cease forever. There are 17 "I wills" in Eze 34:11-29 indicating Yahweh’s commitment to be involved in the lives and destinies of His people personally.<\/p>\n And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:27”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
I. <\/strong>It is not difficult to show that the lord breaks the bands of the yoke of His people, for the yokes which they wear at different times are many, and, in the breaking of each one of these, they learn that He is the Lord.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>When He does this then they know Him to be the Lord. Here we come to personal experience. Beloved, when we have great deliverances from bondage then we begin to see the Divine attributes displayed.<\/p>\n
I.<\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>The import of this exceeding great and precious promise.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>The religious improvement to be made and to which the accomplishment of the promise was to lead. They shall know that I am the Lord.<\/p>\nFuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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