Tell the rebellious house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I have had enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel.
This is much to the same purport with what we had in the beginning of ch. 43. As the prophet must look again upon what he had before seen, so he must be told again what he had before heard.
Commenting on Ezekiel 44:4-9
And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel,.... This is a character of literal Israel from the beginning, Deu 9:24, and frequently given it in this prophecy, Eze 2:2, Eze 3:9 and well agrees with these declining churches in the latter day, and even in our times; it represents them as rebellious, because of their disregard to the ordinances of...
Eze 44:4-16 The Position of Foreigners, Levites, and Priests in Relation to the Temple and the Temple Service. - The further precepts concerning the approach to the sanctuary, and the worship to be presented there, are introduced with a fresh exhortation to observe with exactness all the statutes and laws, in order that the desecration of the sanctuary which had formerly taken place might not...
Commenting on Ezekiel 44:4-16