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NASB | Ezekiel 22:30 "I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ezekiel 22:30 "I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for [the sake of] the land, that I would not destroy it, but I found no one [not even one]. |
Bible Question: What does standing in the gap mean? |
Bible Answer: Good question, daffy! This verse mentions "standing in the gap" and puts it into context as far as its meaning towards Israel. There was no man who could be found who would stand up for righteousness and intercede for Israel! This helps to describe the functions of a true prophet for Israel. After reviewing this verse, Ezekiel 22:30, in the Zondervan's NASB Study Bible, we are led to Psalms 106:23, where Moses successfully "stood in the gap" for Israel, turning away God's judgment (Ex. 32:11-14, 31-32). If we can take Moses' example here and learn from what he did, then I believe that we can gain a better meaning of what "standing in the gap" is all about! In this way, Moses functioned as a true 'prophet' for Israel by interceding for his people before God and accepting the responsibility for their sin on himself. However, in Ezekiel's time, there was "no one" like Moses to be found. Why not Ezekiel himself? See Ezekiel 3:17-21; 33:1-6. A qualified leader is useless if the people refuse to be led. MacArthur's NKJV Study Bible adds, "'So I sought for a man.' Ezekiel and Jeremiah were faithful, but apart from them God sought a man capable of advocacy for Israel when its sin had gone so far. But no one could lead the people to repentance and draw the nation back from the brink of the judgment that came in 586 B.C. (Jer. 7:26,36; 19:15). Only God's Messiah, God Himself, will have the character and the credentials sufficient to do what no man can do, intercede for Israel (cf. Isaiah 59:16-19; 63:5; Rev. 5). He was rejected by them in His earthly ministry, so the effects of this judgment continue today, until they turn to Him in faith (cf. Zechariah 12:10; 13:1)." |
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