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Harry A. Ironside

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I have to admit that this is one of the better works by H. A. Ironside.
Not that any of them were bad. They are all pretty good. It's just that
it was enjoyable to read each chapter as I edited it. That's why it took
me an entire day! Being retired after 50 yrs. and having preached most
of those years, it's fun reading a book like this and making it available
for "theWord"

Here is the listing of the Table of Contents for these Expository Notes below:

Contents

Title Page

Preface

Introduction

I. Prophecies Relating to Israel

[Ezekiel 1-24]

1. The Vision of the Chariot of God

2. The Prophet’s Commission

3. Eating the Roll

4. Teaching by Object Lessons

5. Threatenings of Providential Judgments

6. Judgment Pronounced on Israel

7. The End Is Come

8. Idolatrous Abominations

9. The Man with the Inkhorn

10. The Divine Chariot Reappears

11. The End of the Vision

12. Jerusalem’s Destruction Impending

13. Lying Prophets Rebuked

14. Too Late for Intercession

15. Israel an Unfruitful Vine

16. Israel Favored of God but Faithless

17. The Eagles, the Cedar and the Vine

18. Principles of the Divine Government

19. The Fallen Prince of Judah

20. Jehovah’s Faithfulness and Israel’s Unfaithfulness

21. The Parting of the Ways

22. The Bloody and Defiled City

23. The Apostasy of Israel and Judah

24. The Death of the Prophet’s Wife a Sign to Israel

II. Prophecies Relating to Seven Nations with Whom

Israel Had Close Relationship or Providential Dealings

[Ezekiel 25-32]

25. Judgments on the Surrounding Nations

26. God’s Judgment on Tyre

27. The Doom of Tyre, Continued

28. The Supernatural Ruler of Tyre

29. Judgment on Egypt

30. Details of Egypt’s Judgment

31. Assyria’s Pride and Fall

32. Jehovah’s Lamentations Over Egypt

III. The Moral Condition of Israel Exposed and the

Promise of a Future Restoration to God and to Their Land

[Ezekiel 33-39]

33. The Divine Government and Man’s Responsibility

34. The True Shepherd of Israel Contrasted with the False

35. The Doom of Edom

36. Born of Water and of the Spirit

37. The Valley of Dry Bones

38. A Vast Northern Confederacy of Israel’s Enemies

39. The Doom of Israel’s Enemy

IV. The Coming Glory

[Ezekiel 40-48]

40. The Vision from the Mountain-top

41. The Sanctuary of Jehovah

42. The Many Mansions of the Father’s House

43. The Return of the Glory

44. Ordinances for the Priests

45. Jehovah’s Appointments

46. Regulations for Special Offerings

47. The Life-giving River

48. Jehovah Shammah

Here is the Introduction to these Expository Notes and Commentary below:

EZEKIEL THE PROPHET

Introduction

OF ALL the prophetic books Ezekiel is the one that has been neglected most. Many persons are repelled
by the marvelous vision of the opening chapter and, finding it too difficult to understand, proceed no f
urther; and so they lose the blessing they would gain otherwise by a careful study of this entire book in
dependence upon the Holy Spirit as teacher, who inspired the prophet to write it (2 Peter 1:21). Yet to the
reverent student the book presents no real difficulties that may not be overcome by a careful comparison
of scripture with scripture. Thus one may be preserved from a private interpretation which would not
harmonize with the rest of God’s revealed Word.

Dr. Andrew Bonar, one of Scotland’s illustrious Bible teachers in days gone by, in order to stir his hearers
up to a careful study of every book of the Scriptures, would suggest the possibility of meeting a glorious
being in the golden city who would be recognized as the prophet Ezekiel. Dr. Bonar imagined he heard the
newcomer to paradise exclaim, “Ezekiel, how glad I am to meet you! This is a wonderful privilege!” To
this he made the prophet reply, “I am pleased indeed to see you. I see you know my name. How did you
like the book I wrote?” Then, because of never having given that portion of Holy Scripture serious
consideration, the confusion of the newcomer would be dwelt upon in such a way as to create in the minds
and hearts of his hearers the desire to become thoroughly acquainted with the great work in question.

Ezekiel is primarily the exponent of the divine government. Throughout his book he dwells upon the fact
that God is over all, working out His plans and carrying out His own decisions, in spite of Satanic efforts
to thwart His purpose. The devil may be, and is, the god and prince of this present world system, but over
and above all is the throne of the Eternal Majesty, whose ways are past finding out, but who controls the
destinies of Israel and the nations, “working all things according to the counsel of His own will.”

The book divides naturally into four parts. Division 1 includes chapters 1 to 24: prophecies relating to Israel,
calling to repentance in view of threatened judgment, all of which were uttered before the fall of Jerusalem;
division 2, chapters 25 to 32: prophecies relating to seven nations with whom Israel had close relationship or
providential dealings; division 3, chapters 33 to 39: the moral condition of Israel exposed, and the promise of
a future restoration to God and to their land; division 4, chapters 40 to 48: a grand apocalyptic picture of the
coming glory, when once more it shall be said of Jerusalem, “The Lord is there.”

Ezekiel was of priestly ancestry, but was probably carried into captivity (in the reign of Jehoiachin) before he
began to enter on his duties as priest. He was contemporary with Daniel who was carried into captivity earlier,
in the reign of Jehoiakim. His ministry covers a period of some twenty-one years, from B.C. 595 to 574. We
know nothing whatever as to his early life, and only such incidents of his life as a captive as are given us in his
book. The account of the death of his wife is most affecting. His whole demeanor bespeaks a man subject to the
will of God, and yet of resolute spirit, so that he was able to stand firmly for the truth and to witness against the
iniquities of his people without flinching, no matter how great the opposition became.

There is a very definite and intimate connection between this book and that of The Revelation. The living
creatures of Ezekiel’s visions and those of the Apocalypse are clearly one and the same; and the closing vision
of the restored earthly city and temple corresponds to that of John’s concerning the heavenly city, in which no
temple is seen, because the whole is one vast sanctuary where the redeemed will dwell in unclouded light in the
presence of God and the Lamb. Many other similarities and contrasts will be observed by the careful student
who reads with reverence and dependence upon the Holy Spirit.

The subject of the divine government is often lost sight of by those who fail to realize that grace does not annul
or set aside government. God has not vacated His throne as the supreme Ruler over the nations, and it still remains
as true of nations as of individuals that whatsoever is sown must be reaped. This is the background for a true
philosophy of history, and explains much that is going on among the nations in our own times. To all this Ezekiel
gives us the key.