Ezekiel 46:18

18 Le prince ne prendra rien de l'héritage du peuple, en le dépouillant de sa possession; c'est de sa possession qu'il donnera un héritage à ses fils, afin qu'aucun homme de mon peuple ne soit chassé de sa possession.

Ezekiel 46:18 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 46:18

Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance
by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession
Christ, the Prince, will never do this; he will never take any part of his people's inheritance from them, or thrust them out of the possession of any benefit or blessing of grace; they have chosen that good part which shall never be taken from them, ( Luke 10:42 ) , this is said, not as a direction to the prince, as a law enjoined him, or a caution to him against oppression; but as expressing his clemency, grace, and goodness to his subjects, and their safety and security under him: but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession;
whatever Christ gives his sons, whether present grace, or future glory, it is out of his own possession; for all that the Father has are his; all the blessings of goodness are with him; all the fulness of grace is in him; the eternal inheritance is reserved with him in heaven; and it is all his own he gives, and not another's: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession;
or, "that therefore my people may not be scattered every" "men from his possession" F15; because what is given them, and they are in possession of, was Christ's own, and not another's; and which he had a right to dispose of, and therefore they need not fear being dispossessed by another claimant.


FOOTNOTES:

F15 (yme wupy al rva Neml) "ideo ne dispergantur populus meus", Starckius.

Ezekiel 46:18 In-Context

16 Ainsi a dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel: Quand le prince fera un don pris sur son héritage à quelqu'un de ses fils, ce don appartiendra à ses fils, et sera leur propriété comme héritage.
17 Mais s'il fait un don pris sur son héritage à l'un de ses serviteurs, le don lui appartiendra jusqu'à l'année de l'affranchissement, et retournera au prince; son héritage n'appartient qu'à ses fils, il leur demeurera.
18 Le prince ne prendra rien de l'héritage du peuple, en le dépouillant de sa possession; c'est de sa possession qu'il donnera un héritage à ses fils, afin qu'aucun homme de mon peuple ne soit chassé de sa possession.
19 Après cela, il me mena par l'entrée, qui était à côté de la porte, dans les chambres saintes des sacrificateurs, vers le Septentrion; et voici, il y avait une place au fond vers l'Occident.
20 Il me dit: C'est là le lieu où les sacrificateurs feront bouillir la chair des sacrifices pour le délit et pour le péché, et où ils cuiront les offrandes, afin de ne pas les porter au parvis extérieur et de ne pas sanctifier le peuple.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.