Ezekiel 6:12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 6:11-14

The same threatenings which we had before in the foregoing chapter, and in the former part of this, are here repeated, with a direction to the prophet to lament them, that those he prophesied to might be the more affected with the foresight of them. I. He must by his gestures in preaching express the deep sense he had both of the iniquities and of the calamities of the house of Israel (Ezek. 6:11): Smite with thy hand and stamp with thy foot. Thus he must make it to appear that he was in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:12

He that is far off shall die of the pestilence ,.... That flies from the enemy into the wilderness, or into other countries, thinking himself safe there, the plague shall seize him, and he shall die of that; there is no fleeing from God, and escaping his hand; when he resolves to punish for sin, he has various ways to execute his wrath: and he that is near shall fall by the sword ; that is out of the city, and near it, attempting to get away; but within the reach of the enemy, shall be... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:12

Verse 12 Now the Prophet explains himself how the Israelites were to be destroyed by famine, the sword, and pestilence, namely, those who shall be far off shall die by pestilence; that is, after they think themselves hidden in secret places, so that no danger nor inconvenience can overtake them, they shall die there by pestilence. For when they were dragged into distant exile, they thought themselves altogether remote from all harm. But pestilence, he says, shall attack them although the sword... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 6:11-14

Ministerial earnestness. Earnestness is simply a fitting sense of duty. Earnestness is the outcome of reality. If a man has real conviction of his duty, and real compassion for others, he must be in earnest. Genuine earnestness is not equivalent to noise, display, hysterical excitement. It is wise and appropriate expression of feeling, and suitable to the occasion. I. EARNESTNESS IS MANIFEST IN GESTURE AND ACT , AS WELL AS IN SPEECH . The man who has a due sense... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 6:12

He that is far off, etc. The three forms of judgment named in Ezekiel 6:11 have each their special victims. Pestilence comes chiefly on those who are outside the city, exposed to the weather changes and the taint of unburied corpses ( Ezekiel 6:5 ); the sword of the Chaldeans on those who venture on a sally, or try to escape from the city; famine presses heaviest on those who are besieged within it. None can escape the judgment. The word besieged is the same as in Isaiah 1:8 ;... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 6:11-14

The gleam of hope is but transitory. Darkness again gathers round, for as yet the prophet is predicting judgment.Ezekiel 6:11Smite ... stamp - Well-known modes of expressing grief.Ezekiel 6:13Sweet savor - Compare Genesis 8:21. Words, applied to the smell of sacrifices accepted by God, applied here to idol-sacrifices in irony.Ezekiel 6:14Toward Diblath - Or, “Diblathaim,” the “Diblathan” of the Moabite stone, one of the double cities of Moab (see Ezekiel 25:9) to the east of which lay the great... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 6:11-14

Ezekiel 6:11-14. Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot Join to thy words the gestures which are proper to express grief and concern at the wickedness of thy people, and for their calamities that will ensue. For they shall fall by the sword, &c. See note on Ezekiel 5:12. He that is far off And thinks himself out of danger, because he is out of the reach of the enemy; shall die of the pestilence The arrow that I will shoot at him. And he that is near Who stays in his own... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:1-14

The idolatry of Israel (6:1-14)From the time of the judges (the period that followed Israel’s settlement of Canaan) the people of Israel had copied Canaanite religious practices. Canaanite gods, collectively known as Baalim (plural of Baal) were gods of nature, and Israelites used the Canaanite shrines throughout the countryside as places to offer worship to Yahweh. These shrines were called ‘high places’ because they were usually built on the tops of hills and mountains. Israel’s false worship... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 6:12

12. He that is far off—namely, from the foe; those who in a distant exile fear no evil. he that remaineth—he that is left in the city; not carried away into captivity, nor having escaped into the country. Distinct from "he that is near," namely, those outside the city who are within reach of "the sword" of the foe, and so fall by it; not by "famine," as those left in the city. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 6:11-14

The people and Ezekiel were to express derision that the sword, famine, and plague (cf. Ezekiel 5:1-3; Ezekiel 5:12; Revelation 6:4-8) would come and judge these evil abominations (cf. Ezekiel 21:14-17; Ezekiel 22:13; Ezekiel 25:6; Lamentations 2:15; Nahum 3:19). These three instruments of judgment, summarizing the full range of divine punishment (cf. 2 Samuel 24:13; Jeremiah 27:13; Jeremiah 29:17), would affect various parts of the people and touch them all. The people would recognize Yahweh... read more