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World English Bible Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv, that lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days. A Friend of Jesus. Calvin's Commentary on the Bible Now he says, that he had returned to his own people, not that he had ever removed from them, but had been drawn by the vision from the intercourse with men. You should take these tests your sophomore year or early in your junior year. Mere Christian Michael Coren. We know that great scores take work. The SAT has undergone its biggest change in 30 years.
How then does he say, that he is now returned? Why, because the vision had vanished, and so he was entirely occupied with the other captives. What some affirm with subtlety, that he was like a monk, is frivolous: Nor ought it to seem absurd that he was dumb although sent by God:: He had indeed eaten the roll, but God had not yet suggested whence he ought to begin, nor how he ought to temper his doctrine.
Hence Ezekiel had not yet been drawn forth: For his very appearance would rouse the attention of men, that they should enquire the meaning of this unusual sorrow. Whatever it was, we see that this silence was a preparation for the discharge of his duty with greater fruit and efficacy, since his speech ought afterwards to be received with greater reverence when he had been silent for seven days. Then he says, I came to the exiles who sat in Thelabib I willingly accord with the opinion of those who take this for the name of a place, and ancient interpreters even have left these two words.
But this is of no great moment. What we have mentioned must be especially remembered, that the Prophet was beheld in that sad and sorrowful countenance, and was silent for seven days.
Then I came to them of the captivity of Telabib. It was in the middle part of Mesopotamia, saith Junius, between two rivers, Chebar and Saocorah. I sat where they sat. This he freely confesseth, as giving glory to God, and taking shame to himself. John Trapp Complete Commentary. Tel-abib — Tel-abib is generally supposed to be a town in Mesopotamia near the river Chebar.
The remainder of the verse is to be understood in the same manner as Job 2: Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible. Tel-abib; the name of a place in that part of Mesopotamia, which was shut up within Chebar westward, and Saocora eastward.
This was divided into superior, called Gozan, and inferior, called here Tel-abib, a low country, and unprofitable, because spoiled by waters, and secure to keep captives in, and so it afforded matter of labour and toil to the captive Jews, and was as a prison to them lest they should escape, and in both pleased the Babylonians. By the river; on or near to that part of the river Chebar which runs westward of this Tel-abib. Here then is no more contradiction than is in this, if I should name a place between two rivers, and say the place is near one of those rivers.
I sat where they sat; sat sad and astonished, where I found and saw them sitting astonished; for sitting sometimes is a posture of mourning and sadness, as in Lamentations 1: Seven days; mourning no doubt all that while, and waiting till the Spirit of prophecy should open his mouth, and till he might know persons, their inclinations, vices, and temper in them, and till he might speak somewhat of personal knowledge against their wickednesses. Bibliography Poole, Matthew, "Commentary on Ezekiel 3: Tel-abib — This was the name of the village where most of the Hebrew community seems to have resided, on the river Chebar.
I sat where they sat — Literally, to where they lived. This does not seem to have been a silence commanded of God, such as occurred later Ezekiel 3: The vision was over, and he found himself, as if carried by the wind, before the very people whom Jehovah had commanded him to rebuke. But they were his neighbors and countrymen, and companions in affliction, and for seven days the prophet remained silent.
Perhaps he was physically overcome by the vision, perhaps humility and lack of self-confidence may partially explain this conduct, but more probably it was a deep repugnance to the task assigned him. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days. At some point the Spirit released him, and he then made his way back to the settlement of his fellow-captives.
It is perhaps significant that seven days was required for the consecration of a priest Leviticus 8: It could be that he saw this as his period of consecration to his mission. Ezekiel physically traveled to the Jewish exiles who were living by the Chebar River at the Tel-abib settlement lit. Since "Tel" can mean "ruined mound," it is possible that the Jewish exiles lived at the site of a destroyed or abandoned city.
The Babylonians may have situated them there to rebuild and repopulate the site and to reclaim its land. When Ezekiel arrived, he sat for seven days among the exiles, and his presence disturbed them. Seven days was the length of time that the Jews usually mourned for their dead Genesis Alexander, " Ezekiel , " p Whatever the prophet"s relationship to the rest of the exiles in the past, when he finally submits, he is a man set apart, under orders from God.
Hereafter his people could expect no more idle or mundane chatter from him. His call to prophetic ministry was not only an invitation to be the spokesman for the glorious God of Israel; it also involved a sentence to a life of loneliness, alienation, and desolation. Physically he lived among his own people, but spiritually he would operate in another realm, a zone governed by divine realities.
Then I came to them of the captivity — To those of my countrymen who were captives, at Tel-abib. The prophet was before at some distance from this place, though on the same river, and these therefore must have been a distinct colony of captives from those mentioned Ezekiel 1: And I sat where they sat — This translation is according to the Vulgate, sedi, ubi illi sedebant. Seven days was the space of time appointed for mourning. The heap of new corn. It was the name of a place; in Hebrew, Telabib, Challoner as the Chaldean leaves it Menochius with the three Greek interpreters.
Calmet Tel means "a heap," and abib "new corn. Ptolemy places Thelda near the Chaboras. Haydock Many suppose that he never spoke. Yet this is not certain, ver. Bibliography Haydock, George Leo. Not the Chebar of Ezekiel 1: That was where he dwelt.
This was the Chebar whither he was sent. See note on Ezekiel 1: Bibliography Bullinger, Ethelbert William.
Bullinger's Companion bible Notes". Tel means an 'elevation. Most non-foreign language tests are offered in every administration, but World History and foreign-language tests are only available on certain dates. In particular, the language tests with listening are available only once a year, in November. A calendar of test dates and registration deadlines can be found on The College Board's official website. There are currently 20 different tests, 12 of which are foreign language.
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