Ezekiel 11:1-15 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:9

And I will bring you out of the midst thereof ,.... Jerusalem, the cauldron, as they said it was, and where they thought they should be safe; this is repeated, to express the certainty of it, and to excite their attention to it, and remove their vain confidence: and deliver you into the hands of strangers ; the Chaldeans: and will execute judgments among you ; punishments for sin, such as famine, pestilence, sword, and captivity. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:10

Ye shall fall by the sword ,.... Of the Chaldeans; not in the city of Jerusalem, but out of it, when it was broken up, and they fled: I will judge you in the border of Israel ; that is, inflict punishment on them, particularly by the sword; which was done at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where the sons of Zedekiah were slain, and all the princes of Judah, Jeremiah 52:9 ; and this was on the border of the land of Israel, Numbers 34:8 ; and ye shall know that I am the Lord ; who... read more

John Gill

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

This city shall not be your cauldron ,.... It was one, as in Ezekiel 11:7 ; but not theirs; it was the cauldron for the slain, for the dead, but not the living: neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst of it ; or, "and ye shall be" F7 וא־תאם תהיו "et vos critis", Montanus, Cocceius. or, "but ye shall be"; the negative is understood, and rightly supplied by us; though the Targum renders it without it, "but ye shall be in the midst of it, as flesh that is boiled in the... read more

John Gill

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

And ye shall know that I am the Lord ,.... See Gill on Ezekiel 11:10 ; for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments ; which is the reason why the Lord would judge them on the border of Israel, and deliver them up into the hands of strangers; nor can he be thought to act the severe and cruel part to them, when this their disobedience is observed; since they had his statutes and his judgments made known to them, which were not known to other nations, and yet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:13

And it came to pass when I prophesied ,.... Or, "as I prophesied" F9 כהנבאי "me prophetante", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus. ; that is, while he was prophesying, or declaring the above things from the mouth of the Lord, concerning the slaughter of the Jews by the sword, and the captivity of the rest: that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died ; one of the princes of the people, and was among the five and twenty men the prophet saw at the door of the east gate of the temple, ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:14

Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying ,.... In answer to his prayer. The Targum calls it, "the word of prophecy from the Lord;' this was by way of comfort to the captives in Babylon, as the former was by way of threatening to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:15

Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred ,.... Or, "of thy redemption" F12 אנשי גאלתך "viri redemptionis tua", Montanus, Heb. "viri redempturae tuae", Piscator. ; to whom the right of redemption of his lands and possessions belonged, as it did to those that were next akin. The Septuagint, by a mistake of the word, render it, "the men of thy captivity"; and so the Syriac and Arabic versions, following them. It is true those were his fellow captives who... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:1

At the door of the gate five and twenty men - The same persons, no doubt, who appear, Ezekiel 8:16 , worshipping the sun. Jaazaniah the son of Azur - In Ezekiel 8:16 , we find a Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. If Shaphan was also called Azur, they may be the same person. But it is most likely that there were two of this name, and both chiefs among the people. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:3

It is not near - That is, the threatened invasion. This city is the caldron, and we be the flesh - See the vision of the seething pot, Jeremiah 1:13 . These infidels seem to say: "We will run all risks, we will abide in the city. Though it be the caldron, and we the flesh, yet we will share its fate: if it perish, we will perish with it." Or they may allude to the above prediction of Jeremiah, in order to ridicule it: "We were to have been boiled long ago: but the fulfillment of that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:7

Your slain - they are the flesh - Jerusalem is the caldron, and those who have been slain in it, they are the flesh; and though ye purpose to stay and share its fate, ye shall not be permitted to do so, ye shall be carried into captivity. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:10

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:7

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