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Excerpt from Commentaries on the First Twenty Chapters of the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel, Vol. 2 Woe to the foolish or disgraceful prophets. '733, nebel, signifies a vile person, a castaway, just as film), nebeleh, means foulness, crime, wickedness, although 533, nebel, is oftener taken for folly, and I willingly em brace this sense as it is generally received. He calls the prophets foolish, because they doubtless fiercely insulted the true servants of God - just like Upstarts puffed up with won derful self-conceit; for the devil, who reigns in them, is the father of pride: hence they carry themselves haughtily, ar rogate all things to themselves, and wish to be thought angels come down from heaven. And when Paul speaks of human fictions, he grants them the form of wisdom. (col ii. Hence there is no doubt that these pretenders of whom Ezekiel speaks were held in great esteem, and so, when swollen with bombast, they pulled forth surprising wisdom but meanwhile the Holy Spirit shortly pronounces them fools for whatever pleases the world under the mask of wisdom, we know to be mere folly before God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This work completes Daniel Block's two-volume commentary on the book of Ezekiel. The result of twelve years of studying this difficult section of Scripture, this volume, like the one on chapters 1-24, provides an excellent discussion of the background of Ezekiel and offers a verse-by-verse exposition that makes clear the message of this obscure and often misunderstood prophet. Block also shows that Ezekiel's ancient wisdom and vision are still very much needed as we enter the twenty-first century.

Excerpt from Commentaries on the First Twenty Chapters of the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel, Vol. 1 The vigour of his mind and the stores of his learning are amply displayed in his comment ON ezekiel. And that the modern reader may enter fully into those valuable explana tions of the text which he will find in the ensuing pages, it will be desirable to furnish him with a slight sketch of the times in which this Prophet lived. We shall then add such critical remarks as may illustrate our Author's exposition of the Sacred Text. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.