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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 11:14-21

Prophecy was designed to exalt every valley as well as to bring low every mountain and hill (Isa. 40:4), and prophets were to speak not only conviction to the presumptuous and secure, but comfort to the despised and desponding that trembled at God's word. The prophet Ezekiel, having in the former part of this chapter received instructions for the awakening of those that were at ease in Zion, is in these verses furnished with comfortable words for those that mourned in Babylon and by the rivers... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:16

Therefore say, thus saith the Lord God ,.... Since they were so insulted and ill treated by their brethren the Jews: although I have cast them afar off among the Heathen ; both the ten tribes, even all the house of Israel, who were carried into Assyria, and placed in the cities of the Medes, in Halath and Habor, by the river Gozan, 2 Kings 17:6 ; and those of the Jews in Jeconiah's captivity, among whom were Ezekiel, and his brethren, and his kindred: and although I have scattered... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:16

Yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary - Though thus exiled from their own land, yet not forgotten by their God. While in their captivity, I will dispense many blessings to them; and I will restore them to their own land, Ezekiel 11:17 , from which they shall put away all idolatry, Ezekiel 11:18 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:14-20

A suffering people scorned by man and comforted by God. "Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, thy brethren," etc. I. A SUFFERING PEOPLE SCORNED BY THEIR BRETHREN WHO THOUGHT THEMSELVES SECURE . ( Ezekiel 11:15 .) A considerable number of the fellow countrymen of Ezekiel were, like him, suffering the privations and sorrows of exile; and the people that still remained in Jerusalem, instead of pitying the exiles, despised and insulted them.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:16

Yet will I be unto them as a little sanctuary ; better, with the Revised Version, a little while, as marking that the state described was transient and provisional. For a time, Ezekiel and the exiles were to find the presence of Jehovah manifested as in the vision of Chebar ( Ezekiel 1:4-28 ), or felt spiritually, and this would make the spot where they found themselves as fully a holy place as the temple had been. There also they would have a "house of God." But this was not to be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:16

The sanctuary of the exile. The Jews of Jerusalem boasted themselves in their temple, but with a false confidence, for that splendid edifice was to be razed. On the other hand, the poor exiles of Babylon looked upon their state of separation from Jerusalem as involving a loss of the privileges of the sanctuary. Daniel prayed with his window open towards Jerusalem, as though God were still to be sought in the sacred city ( Daniel 6:10 ). But Ezekiel gives the captives the assurance that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:16

God the Sanctuary of his people. "Yet will I be to them as a little Sanctuary in the countries where they shall come." Instead of "as a little Sanctuary," it is better to translate, "a Sanctuary for a little." The assurance given in the text seems strange at first. The Lord Jehovah will be a Sanctuary to his people. He is the grand Object of worship: how, then, can he be the place of worship? The exiles in Babylon were far removed from all the joyous privileges of public worship; from... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:16-17

Exile and restoration. There is a change in the tone of the prophet. A full end shall not be made of the remnant. The metropolis shall fall, the king shall be led captive. The enemy shall prevail. But the children of the Captivity shall not be forgotten; they shall experience the protection and fellowship of their covenant God; and they shall be brought back to the land of Israel, when Divine purposes are fulfilled, and when the time is ripe. I. GOD A SANCTUARY FOR A SEASON IN... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 11:16

As a little sanctuary - Rather, I will be to them for a little while a sanctuary. The blessing was provisional, they were to look forward to a blessing more complete. For a little while they were to be satisfied with God’s special presence in a foreign land, but they were to look forward to a renewal of His presence in the restored temple of Jerusalem. “sanctuary” means here strictly the holy place, the tabernacle of the Most High: Yahweh will Himself be to the exiles in the place of the local... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 11:16

Ezekiel 11:16. Therefore say In vindication of the captives; Although I have cast them far off Not from myself, but from you and your polluted land, and out of the way of the dreadful judgments which are approaching; among the heathen The Chaldeans, or those among whom the Chaldeans have placed them; and have scattered them among the countries Have separated them from each other, and dispersed them in many countries; yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary A sanctuary, or a... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 11:14-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:14-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:16-17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 11:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 11:16

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