Commentary on Ezekiel Chapters 1-20 John Calvin
Notes and Comments
NOTES AND COMMENTS
BY THE EDITOR.
THE PROMISED CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS A COMPLETE APPARATUS CRITICUS HAS
BEEN ARRANGED AS FOLLOWS
--- (See Translator's Preface, Volume 1) ---
SECTIONS 1, 2, AND 3, --- Being Indexes, Are Placed At The End Of The
Volume
SECTIONS 4, 5, 6, AND 7, --- Now Follow One Another
SECTION 8 --- Is Preceded By Its Own ``List Of Contents.''
A COMPLETE SYNOPSIS
OF THE CONTENTS OF THE WHOLE OF EZEKIEL'S PROPHECIES.
1. THE PROPHET'S COMMISSION.
2. THE PROPHET'S UTTERANCES.
3. THE PROPHET'S CONSOLATIONS.
1. The Prophet's Commission.
Ezekiel 1-3.
Section 1. Its Allegoric Character --- the Whirlwinds --- the Four Living Creatures
--- the Wheels --- the Firmaments --- the Throne and the Human Appearance seated thereon, Ezekiel 1.
Section 2. The Address --- the Roll --- the Abounding Lamentation, Ezekiel 2
Section 3. The Rebellion of the People, the Motion of the Living Creatures --- the Charge as a Watchman --- the Hand of Jehovah by the river Chebar, Ezekiel 3.
2. The Prophet's Utterances. a. AGAINST THE JEWS,…Ezekiel 4-24.
The Utterances Against The Jews are divisible into those against Jerusalem --- the Mountain and Land of Israel --- the King --- the False Prophets --- the Elders of the People, with various repetitions, under different images.