Ezekiel 12:25

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 12:25

prolonged : i.e. delayed, or deferred. with the LORD = [isj Adonai Jehovah's oracle. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 12:25

25. word . . . shall come to pass—in opposition to their scoff "the vision faileth" ( :-). The repetition, "I will speak . . . speak," c. (or as FAIRBAIRN, "For I, Jehovah, will speak whatever word I shall speak, and it shall be done") implies that whenever God speaks, the effect must follow for God, who speaks, is not divided in Himself (Ezekiel 12:28; Isaiah 55:11; Daniel 9:12; Luke 21:33). no more prolonged—in opposition to the scoff (Luke 21:33- :), "The days are prolonged." in your... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 12:21-25

The validity of prophecies about Jerusalem’s destruction 12:21-25 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 12:21-28

2. The present judgment as evidence of divine faithfulness 12:21-28This section contains two prophecies (Ezekiel 12:21-28). The first one deals with the objection of some of the exiles that the prophecies of Jerusalem’s overthrow would never come to pass. The second addresses the view of some that destruction would come but not for a very long time. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 12:25

Yahweh promised to bring to pass what He had spoken without delay. What He had said He would do in the days of Ezekiel’s hearers. His word of judgment would go forth, and judgment would follow immediately. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 12:1-28

§ 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 (Eze 12:1-20), a doctrine of prophecy, true and false (Eze 12:21 to Eze 14:11), an explanation of God's exceptional treatment of Jerusalem in sparing a remnant (Eze 14:12-23), Ezekiel's... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 12:21-28

On Prophecy, True and FalseAfter rebuking certain prevalent forms of contempt for prophecy (Eze 12:21-28), Ezekiel reproves the false prophets (Eze 13:1-16) and false prophetesses (Eze 13:17-23) of Israel. A visit from the elders next supplies the occasion for an announcement of the principles on which God deals both with false enquirers and with the prophets who answer them (Eze 14:1-11).(a) Contempt of Prophecy Rebuked (Eze 12:21-28)This contempt took two forms. On the one hand it had become... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 12:21-28

(21-28) These verses contain two distinct messages from the Lord (Ezekiel 12:21-28), both designed to meet the objection that warning prophecies had been uttered now for a long time, and as they had not come to pass there was no reason to expect their fulfilment, at least until some far distant future. It is always the tendency of sinful man to take this ground while experiencing the long-suffering and forbearance of God (see Ecclesiastes 8:11; Amos 6:3; Matthew 24:43; 1 Thessalonians 5:3); and... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezekiel 12:1-28

Ezekiel 12:2 It is as easy to close the eyes of the mind as those of the body; and the former is more frequently done with wilfulness, and yet not attended to, than the latter; the actions of the mind being more quick and transient than those of the senses. Butler. The one Enemy we have in this Universe is Stupidity, Darkness of Mind; of which darkness, again there are many sources, every sin a source, and probably self-conceit the chief source. Darkness of mind, in every kind and variety,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 12:21-28

PROPHECY AND ITS ABUSESEzekiel 12:21 - Ezekiel 14:11THERE is perhaps nothing more perplexing to the student of Old Testament history than the complicated phenomena which may be classed under the general name of "prophecy." In Israel, as in every ancient state, there was a body of men who sought to influence public opinion by prognostications of the future. As a rule the repute of all kinds of divination declined with the advance of civilisation and general intelligence, so that in the more... read more

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