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Ezekiel 35-48 - The Covenantal Hope

Bible Commentary

Ezekiel's theology of work would be incomplete if not placed in the full context of future restoration alluded to...

Ezekiel 34

Bible Commentary

Israel's leaders are indicted for their failure to care for the nation. Ezekiel 34 uses the metaphor of shepherding to...

Ezekiel 33

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Ezekiel chapters 18 and 33 serve similar thematic and structural functions within the book as a whole.[1]The call to...

Ezekiel 26-28

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The oracles against Tyre in Ezekiel 26-28 give a further example of unrighteous living. The Tyrians gloat over...

Ezekiel 22

Bible Commentary

If the exiled Jews in Babylon missed the positive example in chapter 18, Ezekiel 22 gives them an explicit picture of...

Ezekiel 18:8b - The Righteous Man Does No Wrong, But Judges Fairly Between Parties

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As he did earlier in the book, here Ezekiel presents his readers with a general rule (not doing wrong) connected to a...

Ezekiel 18:8a - The Righteous Man Does Not Take Advance or Accrued Interest

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Biblical scholars have given much time to researching and speculating about whether charging interest is absolutely...

Ezekiel 18:7b - The Righteous Man Does Not Steal, But Instead Feeds the Hungry and Clothes the Naked

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This may seem like an odd pairing. Who could argue with the prohibition against robbery? But how is robbery connected...

Ezekiel 18:5, 7 - The Righteous Man Does Not Oppress, But Restores to the Debtor His Pledge

Bible Commentary

This principle combines the general sin of oppression (Heb. daka) with the specific sin of not returning something...

Best of Daily Reflections: The Transforming River

Daily Reflection

During last summer's trip to the Holy Land, my family and I visited the Dead Sea. 

Finding Freedom From Worry

Daily Reflection

I am constitutionally wired for worry. I fully expect my DNA contains a dedicated worry gene. I can worry about...

Best of Daily Reflections: Beauty as a Signpost to God, Part 2

Daily Reflection

The fact that we can perceive things as beautiful, I believe, points to the existence of a God who loves beauty and...