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Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 12:1-16

Pictures of exile (12:1-16)It appears that many of the exiles were rebellious against God because of his message of doom, and were still hoping for an early return to Jerusalem (12:1-2). God therefore commanded Ezekiel to act another message for them. He was to show that the exiles had no chance of returning to Jerusalem. On the contrary, the Jerusalemites would come to join the exiles in Babylon. Ezekiel’s daytime act was to gather a few belongings that an exile could carry with him and set... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 12:7

as = according as, captivity . See notes on Ezekiel 12:3 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 12:7

"And I did as I was commanded; I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for removing, and in the even I digged through the wall with my hand; I brought it forth in the dark, and bare it upon my shoulder in their sight."This verse merely notes that Ezekiel carded out the Lord's instructions exactly. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 12:8

"And in the morning came the word of Jehovah unto me, saying, Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou? Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: this burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel among whom they are. Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them; they shall go forth into exile, into captivity. And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 12:1-7

The sign of the departing deportee 12:1-7"It is characteristic of the book to follow a vision report, in this case chaps. 8-11, with an account of sign-acts and their interpretation within an oracular setting." [Note: Allen, p. 183.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 12:1-20

1. The dramatic tragedy of exile 12:1-20This section contains three messages from the Lord all of which deal with the inevitability of another deportation of Jews from Jerusalem and Judah (Ezekiel 12:1-20). Jerusalem would be overthrown and the Jews still there would be taken to Babylon in the very near future. The prophet’s perspective now broadened from the temple (chs. 8-11) to the city (ch. 12). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 12:7

Ezekiel did all that the Lord had commanded him. During the day he assembled the few things that a person would take into exile and bound them up for carrying. That evening he dug a hole through his wall with his hands. As night fell, he went out through the hole in the wall as the people watched. Zedekiah and many other Jerusalemites tried to escape from the city at night (Jeremiah 52:7). The fact that Ezekiel went out at night may also represent the dark conditions that would exist for Israel... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 12:8-9

The morning after Ezekiel had performed this little drama the Lord spoke to him again. He reminded His servant that the Jews had asked him to interpret his symbolic acts. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 12:8-16

The explanation of the sign of the departing deportee 12:8-16 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 12:1-14

§ 4. Further Prophecies of Israel’s Guilt and approaching Punishment (Ezekiel 12-19)This is a somewhat miscellaneous group of prophecies intermediate in date between the preceding (August-September, 591 b.c.) and succeeding (July-August, 590 b.c.) sections. It includes fresh symbols of exile, flight, and famine (Ezekiel 12:1-20), a doctrine of prophecy, true and false (Ezekiel 12:21 to Ezekiel 14:11), an explanation of God’s exceptional treatment of Jerusalem in sparing a remnant (Ezekiel... read more

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