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THE NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY

Volume 17

Ezekiel

Lamar Eugene Cooper, Sr.

Nashville, Tennessee

General Editor

E. RAY CLENDENEN

Associate General Editor, OT

Associate General Editor, NT

KENNETH A. MATHEWS

DAVID S. DOCKERY

Consulting Editors

Old Testament

New Testament

L. RUSS BUSH

RICHARD R. MELICK, JR.

DUANE A. GARRETT

PAIGE PATTERSON

LARRY L. WALKER

CURTIS A. VAUGHAN

Manuscript Editors

LINDA L. SCOTT

MARC A. JOLLEY

© Copyright 1994 • Broadman & Holman Publishers

All rights reserved

4201–17

ISBN 0-8054-0117-2

Subject Heading: Bible. O.T. Ezekiel

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 93–48996

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. Quotations marked REB are from The Revised English BIble. Copyright © Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press, 1989. Reprinted by permission. Quotations marked NEB are from The New English Bible. Copyright © The Delegates of the Oxford University Press and the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, 1961, 1970. Used by permission. Scripture quotations marked GNB are from the Good News Bible, the Bible in Today’s English Version. Old Testament: Copyright © American Bible Society 1976; New Testament: Copyright © American Bible Society 1966, 1971, 1976. Used by permission. Quotations marked NRSV are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Quotations marked NASB are from the New American Standard Bible. © The Lockman Foundation, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977. Used by permission. Quotations marked NKJV are from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc. Publishers. The map on p. 428 was adapted from THE EXPOSITOR’S BIBLE COMMENTARY, VOL. 6 edited by Frank E. Gaebelein. Copyright © 1986 by The Zondervan Corporation. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cooper, Lamar Eugene, 1942–

Ezekiel / Lamar Eugene Cooper, Sr.

p.cm.—(The New American Commentary; vol. 17)

Includes index.

ISBN 0-8054-0117-2

1. Bible. O.T. Ezekiel—Commentaries. I. Title. II. Series:

New American commentary; v. 17.

BS1545.3.C66

224´.407—dc20

To My Family

Barbara Ann

Lamar, Jr., Kristi, Elizabeth, & Sarah

Stephen Paul

Ruth Ann

Christopher David

with gratitude to our Lord

for your love and support

Editors’ Preface

God’s Word does not change. God’s world, however, changes in every generation. These changes, in addition to new findings by scholars and a new variety of challenges to the gospel message, call for the church in each generation to interpret and apply God’s Word for God’s people. Thus, THE NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY is introduced to bridge the twentieth ...

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About Ezekiel

Since a commentary is a fundamental tool for the expositor or teacher who seeks to interpret and apply Scripture in the church or classroom, the NAC focuses on communicating the theological structure and content of each biblical book. The writers seek to illuminate both the historical meaning and contemporary significance of Holy Scripture.

In its attempt to make a unique contribution to the Christian community, the NAC focuses on two concerns. First, the commentary emphasizes how each section of a book fits together so that the reader becomes aware of the theological unity of each book and of Scripture as a whole. The writers, however, remain aware of the Bible’s inherently rich variety. Second, the NAC is produced with the conviction that the Bible primarily belongs to the church. We believe that scholarship and the academy provide an indispensable foundation for biblical understanding and the service of Christ, but the editors and authors of this series have attempted to communicate the findings of their research in a manner that will build up the whole body of Christ. Thus, the commentary concentrates on theological exegesis, while providing practical, applicable exposition.

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