33:21,22
While it says someone who had escaped from Jerusalem, it is quite likely that it is someone who was brought out in exile. An “escapee” would be unlikely to run to Babylon. He is referred to as having escaped from Jerusalem as it means he did not die in Jerusalem. He told Ezekiel that “the city is smitten”. So the prophesied fall of Jerusalem had indeed taken place. The Lord had opened Ezekiel’s mouth the evening before, so Ezekiel was now much freer to speak.
33:23-26
God spoke to Ezekiel. The inhabitants of what were now the wastelands of Judah still seem bewildered as to why God should strip them of the land, for surely the Lord had given the land to Abraham and he was just one man, now they were many. We have a similar phenomena today when people are so surprised that God should not be pleased with us and should even consider telling us how to live. The people were eating meat with the blood in it and worshipping idols. These two things were linked together. They trusted in the sword rather than God, there was sexual immorality, and other detestable things. “Should you then possess the land?” Sinful man is utterly blind to the reality of his situation.
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