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Commentary on Ezekiel - Volume 1 Commentary on Ezekiel - Volume 1 Author(s): Calvin, John (1509-1564) (Alternative) (Translator) Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library Description: In this volume, John Calvin provides an engaging comment- ary on the first 12 chapters of Ezekiel. Regarded as one of the Reformation©s best interpreters of scripture, Calvin is an apt commentator. In particular, he frequently offers his own translations of a passage, explaining the subtleties and nu- ances of his translation. He has a penchant for incorporating keen pastoral insight into the text as well. He always interacts with other theologians, commentators, and portions of the Bible when interpreting a particular passage. This volume also contains extensive, informative notes from the editor. Calvin©s Commentary on Ezekiel should not be ignored. Tim Perrine CCEL Staff Writer Subjects: The Bible Works about the Bible i Contents Commentary on Ezekiel 1-12 1 Translator's Preface 2 Beza's Dedication 21 To the Reader 27 Chapter 1 29 Lecture first 30 Ezekiel 1:1-2 31 Ezekiel 1:3 37 Prayer Lecture 1 39 Lecture second 40 Ezekiel 1:4 41 Ezekiel 1:5 46 Ezekiel 1:6 47 Ezekiel 1:7 48 Ezekiel 1:8 49 Ezekiel 1:9 50 Prayer Lecture 2 51 Lecture third 52 Ezekiel 1:10 53 Ezekiel 1:11 55 Ezekiel 1:12 56 Ezekiel 1:13 58 Ezekiel 1:14 61 Ezekiel 1:15 62 Ezekiel 1:16 63 Prayer Lecture 3 65 ii Lecture fourth 66 Ezekiel 1:17 67 Ezekiel 1:18 68 Ezekiel 1:19 70 Ezekiel 1:20 71 Ezekiel 1:21 72 Ezekiel 1:22 74 Ezekiel 1:23 76 Ezekiel 1:24 77 Prayer Lecture 4 79 Lecture fifth 80 Ezekiel 1:25-26 81 Ezekiel 1:27 87 Ezekiel 1:28 88 Prayer Lecture 5 91 Lecture sixth 92 Chapter 2 93 Ezekiel 2:1-2 94 Ezekiel 2:3 96 Ezekiel 2:4-5 101 Prayer Lecture 6 103 Lecture seventh 104 Ezekiel 2:6 106 Ezekiel 2:7 108 Ezekiel 2:8 109 Ezekiel 2:9-10 112 Prayer Lecture 7 114 Lecture eighth 115 Chapter 3 116 Ezekiel 3:1-2 117 Ezekiel 3:3 118 Ezekiel 3:4-7 120 iii Ezekiel 3:8-9 124 Ezekiel 3:10-11 127 Prayer Lecture 8 129 Lecture ninth 130 Ezekiel 3:12 131 Ezekiel 3:13 133 Ezekiel 3:14 134 Ezekiel 3:15 136 Ezekiel 3:16-17 138 Prayer Lecture 9 141 Lecture tenth 142 Ezekiel 3:18 143 Ezekiel 3:19 148 Ezekiel 3:20 149 Prayer Lecture 10 152 Lecture eleventh 153 Ezekiel 3:21 154 Ezekiel 3:22-23 155 Ezekiel 3:24 157 Ezekiel 3:25-26 158 Ezekiel 3:27 161 Chapter 4 162 Ezekiel 4:1-3 163 Prayer Lecture 11 165 Lecture twelfth 166 Ezekiel 4:4-8 167 Ezekiel 4:9 174 Ezekiel 4:10-11 175 Prayer Lecture 12 176 Lecture thirteenth 177 Ezekiel 4:12-13 178 Ezekiel 4:14-15 180 iv Ezekiel 4:16-17 182 Chapter 5 184 Ezekiel 5:1-4 185 Prayer Lecture 13 189 Lecture fourteenth 190 Ezekiel 5:5-6 191 Ezekiel 5:7-8 194 Ezekiel 5:9-10 198 Ezekiel 5:11 201 Prayer Lecture 14 202 Lecture fifteenth 203 Ezekiel 5:12 204 Ezekiel 5:13 206 Ezekiel 5:14 208 Ezekiel 5:15 209 Ezekiel 5:16 211 Ezekiel 5:17 213 Prayer Lecture 15 215 Lecture sixteenth 216 Chapter 6 217 Ezekiel 6:1-3 218 Ezekiel 6:4 222 Ezekiel 6:5 223 Ezekiel 6:6 224 Ezekiel 6:7 226 Ezekiel 6:8 227 Ezekiel 6:9 228 Prayer Lecture 16 229 Lecture seventeenth 230 Ezekiel 6:10 233 Ezekiel 6:11 235 Ezekiel 6:12 237 v Ezekiel 6:13 238 Prayer Lecture 17 240 Lecture eighteenth 241 Ezekiel 6:14 242 Chapter 7 244 Ezekiel 7:1-2 245 Ezekiel 7:3 247 Ezekiel 7:4 248 Ezekiel 7:5 249 Ezekiel 7:6 250 Ezekiel 7:7 251 Ezekiel 7:8 253 Prayer Lecture 18 254 Lecture nineteenth 255 Ezekiel 7:9 256 Ezekiel 7:10 257 Ezekiel 7:11 259 Ezekiel 7:12 260 Ezekiel 7:13 261 Ezekiel 7:14 264 Ezekiel 7:15 265 Ezekiel 7:16 266 Ezekiel 7:17 267 Ezekiel 7:18 268 Prayer Lecture 19 269 Lecture twentieth 270 Ezekiel 7:19 271 Ezekiel 7:20 273 Ezekiel 7:21 275 Ezekiel 7:22 276 Ezekiel 7:23 277 Ezekiel 7:24 278 vi Ezekiel 7:25 280 Ezekiel 7:26 281 Prayer Lecture 20 283 Lecture twenty first 284 Ezekiel 7:27 286 Chapter 8 287 Ezekiel 8:1 288 Ezekiel 8:2 290 Ezekiel 8:3 292 Ezekiel 8:4 294 Ezekiel 8:5 295 Ezekiel 8:6 296 Prayer Lecture 21 297 Lecture twenty second 298 Ezekiel 8:7-11 299 Ezekiel 8:12 303 Ezekiel 8:13-14 306 Prayer Lecture 22 307 Lecture twenty third 308 Ezekiel 8:15-16 309 Ezekiel 8:17 311 Ezekiel 8:18 313 Chapter 9 315 Ezekiel 9:1 316 Ezekiel 9:2 317 Ezekiel 9:3-4 319 Prayer Lecture 23 321 Lecture twenty fourth 322 Ezekiel 9:5-6 324 Ezekiel 9:7 326 Ezekiel 9:8 327 Ezekiel 9:9 329 vii Prayer Lecture 24 331 Lecture twenty fifth 332 Ezekiel 9:10 334 Ezekiel 9:11 335 Chapter 10 336 Ezekiel 10:1 337 Ezekiel 10:2 339 Ezekiel 10:3 341 Ezekiel 10:4 342 Ezekiel 10:5 343 Prayer Lecture 25 344 Lecture twenty sixth 345 Ezekiel 10:6-7 346 Ezekiel 10:8 348 Ezekiel 10:9 349 Ezekiel 10:10 350 Ezekiel 10:11-12 351 Ezekiel 10:13 353 Ezekiel 10:14 354 Ezekiel 10:15 357 Ezekiel 10:16 358 Prayer Lecture 26 359 Lecture twenty seventh 360 Ezekiel 10:17 361 Ezekiel 10:18-19 362 Ezekiel 10:20 365 Ezekiel 10:21 367 Ezekiel 10:22 368 Chapter 11 369 Ezekiel 11:1-2 370 Ezekiel 11:3 372 Prayer Lecture 27 374 viii Lecture twenty eighth 375 Ezekiel 11:4 376 Ezekiel 11:5 377 Ezekiel 11:6-7 379 Ezekiel 11:8-11 381 Ezekiel 11:12 384 Ezekiel 11:13 386 Prayer Lecture 28 387 Lecture twenty ninth 388 Ezekiel 11:14-16 389 Ezekiel 11:17 394 Ezekiel 11:18 395 Ezekiel 11:19-20 396 Prayer Lecture 29 397 Lecture thirtieth 398 Ezekiel 11:21 405 Prayer Lecture 30 406 Lecture thirty first 407 Ezekiel 11:22-23 408 Ezekiel 11:24 409 Ezekiel 11:25 410 Chapter 12 412 Ezekiel 12:1-2 413 Ezekiel 12:3 415 Ezekiel 12:4 417 Ezekiel 12:5-6 418 Ezekiel 12:7 420 Prayer Lecture 31 421 Lecture thirty second 422 Ezekiel 12:8-11 423 Ezekiel 12:12 426 Ezekiel 12:13 428 ix Ezekiel 12:14 430 Ezekiel 12:15 431 Ezekiel 12:16 432 Prayer Lecture 32 434 Lecture thirty third 435 Ezekiel 12:17-19 436 Ezekiel 12:20 438 Ezekiel 12:21-23 439 Ezekiel 12:24 441 Ezekiel 12:25 442 Ezekiel 12:26-28 443 Prayer Lecture 33 445 Translation of Ezekiel 1-12 446 Indexes 447 Index of Scripture References 448 Index of Scripture Commentary 451 Greek Words and Phrases 452 Hebrew Words and Phrases 453 Latin Words and Phrases 458 French Words and Phrases 459 x This PDF file is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library, www.ccel.org. 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Written permission is required for commercial use. xi Commentary on Ezekiel 1-12 Commentary on Ezekiel 1-12 COMMENTARIES ON THE FIRST TWENTY CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL BY JOHN CALVIN NOW FIRST TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL LATIN, AND COLLATED WITH THE FRENCH VERSION: BY THOMAS MEYERS, M.A. VICAR OF SHERIFF-HUTTON, YORKSHIRE VOLUME FIRST CHRISTIAN CLASSICS ETHEREAL LIBRARY GRAND RAPIDS, MI http://www.ccel.org 1 Translator©s Preface Translator's Preface TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE An Interest of no ordinary kind is excited in the mind of the Biblical Student by the mention of ”Calvin’s Lectures On Ezekiel.” The last Work which a great man leaves unfin- ished, because arrested by the hand of death, becomes at once an heirloom to posterity. After the lapse of nearly three hundred years, we read this affecting sentence with a tear and a sigh: “When this last Lecture was completed, that most illustrious man John Calvin, who had previously been weakened by sickness, then became so much worse that he was compelled to lie on his couch, and could not proceed further in his explanation of Ezekiel: This is the reason why he stopped at the end of the twentieth chapter, and did not complete the work so happily begun.” Afflicted as Calvin was for the last few years of his life, the wonder is that he accomplished so much in preaching, lecturing, and dictating; and although we have still to mourn over so much unfinished, we are filled with astonishment at the labors he achieved.
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