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It happened, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell on my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?
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A Prophet's Heartbreak
Commentators highlight that even as a messenger of divine judgment, Ezekiel does not become callous. He falls on his face in grief and intercedes for the people. John Calvin notes that prophets, while proclaiming God's wrath, were not to "cast off all sense of humanity." This serves as a model for believers to maintain compassion and pray for others, even in the face of deserved judgment.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Left - The prophet was left alone; all who had been around him were slain.
19th Century
Anglican
I was left. —The words imply left alone. The prophet had just before seen the courts of the sanctuary thronged with idola…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet does not preserve the historical order so carefully in this passage. For he says, the Chaldeans had returned. He afterwards ad…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass, while they were slaying them that were in the city: and I was left in the …
The slaughter must begin at the sanctuary, that all may see and know that the Lord hates sin most in those nearest to him. He who was appointed to …
