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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 12:1-16

Perhaps Ezekiel reflected with so much pleasure upon the vision he had had of the glory of God that often, since it went up from him, he was wishing it might come down to him again, and, having seen it once and a second time, he was willing to hope he might be a third time so favoured; but we do not find that he ever saw it any more, and yet the word of the Lord comes to him; for God did in divers manners speak to the fathers (Heb. 1:1) and they often heard the words of God when they did not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 12:7

And I did so as I was commanded ,.... Though it might seem ridiculous in the sight of men, and he be bantered and despised for it; yet, it being the will of God, he was obedient to it; as it becomes the servants of the Lord to be with all readiness and cheerfulness; even in things for which they may be laughed at by others: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity ; brought his goods out of his house, in order to be had to another place, as a type of the captivity of his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 12:8

And in the morning came the word of the Lord unto me, saying. That is, in the morning after he had done all the above things commanded him; explaining the meaning of them, and showing to whom they belonged. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 12:9

Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house , said unto thee ,.... The Jews that were in captivity; for with these the prophet was, and before their eyes he had done the above things; and they only could put the following question to him, who were "the rebellious house"; Ezekiel 12:2 ; what dost thou ? this they put not seriously, as desirous of being informed what was meant by all this; but as deriding the prophet for acting such a weak and silly part: this the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 12:10

Say thou unto them, thus saith the Lord God ,.... In answer to their sneering question; or notwithstanding their stupidity and indolence, and in order to awaken them out of it: this burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem ; the present reigning prince in Jerusalem, King Zedekiah. The sense is, either that that burden of goods the prophet carried out on his shoulders had a regard to the king of Judah and his captivity, and was an emblem of it; or rather that the burden of prophecy, or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 12:11

Say, I am your sign ,.... Which represents you, and shows what will befall you: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them ; as he had carried out his stuff, and had removed it from one place to another, so they should be carried away out of their own land into a foreign country, as follows: they shall remove, and go into captivity ; the Babylonish captivity. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 12:12

And the prince that is among them ,.... Zedekiah their king that reigned over them, in whom they trusted, and under whose government they thought themselves safe and secure: shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth ; out of Jerusalem, where his palace and throne were, leaving the main of his riches behind him; only should carry away what he could on his shoulder, a bundle of his most valuable effects, or provisions for his flight: or, as Kimchi and Ben Melech... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 12:13

My net also will I spread upon him ,.... Meaning the Chaldean army, which the Lord raised up, and brought against him, and gave success unto: and he shall be taken in my snare ; as a bird is taken in the snare of the fowler; or a wild beast by the hunter. The Jews have a tradition, which is mentioned both by Jarchi, Kimchi, and Abendana on the place, that there was a cave which reached from Zedekiah's house to the plains of Jericho, by the way of which he fled; and that God prepared a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 12:14

And I will scatter to every wind all that are about him to help him ,.... Either his bodyguards, the men of war that were with him when he fled, Jeremiah 52:7 ; or his auxiliary troops, the Egyptians, whom he had taken into his pay for his assistance: and all his bands : or "wings" F23 אגפיו "alas militum", Montanus; "alas ejus", Cocceius, Starckius; so Ben Melech. ; the wings of his army. The Targum interprets it his army; these were all scattered from him when he was taken,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 12:15

And they shall know that I am the Lord ,.... God omniscient, and can and do foresee and foretell future events, when the above things shall come to pass; and omnipotent, able to do what he purposed and declared he would; and true and faithful to his word, and holy and righteous in all his ways and works: when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries ; of Egypt, Babylon, Media, and other places. read more

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