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As in Ezekiel 7, the nearness of the judgment is foretold.
Ezekiel 12:22
THE LAND OF ISRAEL - is put generally for the land where the children
of Israel dwelt, whether at home, or in exile. There was...
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CHAPTER S 12-19
Signs, Messages, and Parables
_ 1. Signs given through the prophet (Ezekiel 12:1) _
2. The message of speedy judgment (Ezekiel 12:21)
3. The message against false prophets and prop...
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DISREGARD OF THE TRUE PROPHETS. One reason for ignoring the stern
message of Ezekiel is suggested by the popular saying that the days
keep stretching out but the doom is never fulfilled, so that there...
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VAIN VISION. Compare Lamentations 2:14.
HOUSE. Some codices, with one early printed edition (Rabbinic in
margin), Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "sons"....
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Warning against despising of prophecy
The prophet felt that such threats as those just uttered (Ezekiel
12:1) were neglected and little thought of. People disposed of such
prophecies by saying that t...
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Another thing which robbed the word of the true prophets, who
threatened judgment, of its force was the fact that there were other
prophets who spoke in a contrary sense, preaching peace and security....
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II. TWO POPULAR SAYINGS CORRECTED
12:21-28
TRANSLATION
(21) And the word OF the LORD came unto me, saying, (22) Son of man,
what is this proverb that your people have concerning the land of
Israel,...
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For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination
within the house of Israel.
THERE SHALL BE NO MORE ANY VAIN VISION NOR FLATTERING DIVINATION -
all those false prophets () who...
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§ 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,...
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ON PROPHECY, TRUE AND FALSE
After rebuking certain prevalent forms of contempt for prophecy
(Ezekiel 12:21), Ezekiel reproves the false prophets (Ezekiel 13:1)
and false prophetesses (Ezekiel 13:17) o...
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VAIN VISION.. FLATTERING DIVINATION] Forms of false prophecy, more
fully exposed in Ezekiel 13. These had been unfulfilled, and this had
led to contempt for all prophecy. But God's true word would no...
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 12
*PROPHECY OF THE *EXILE – EZEKIEL 12:1-20
V1 Th
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(21-28) These verses contain two distinct messages from the Lord
(Ezekiel 12:21), both designed to meet the objection that warning
prophecies had been uttered now for a long time, and as they had not...
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כִּ֠י לֹ֣א יִֽהְיֶ֥ה עֹ֛וד כָּל
־חֲזֹ֥ון שָׁ֖
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PROPHECY AND ITS ABUSES
Ezekiel 12:21 - Ezekiel 14:11
THERE is perhaps nothing more perplexing to the student of Old
Testament history than the complicated phenomena which may be classed
under the ge...
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The prophet was next commanded to act in the sight of the people as an
exile going forth from his country, preparing "stuff for removing,"
and carrying it forth from place to place. He obeyed the comm...
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Here is a third sermon of the Prophet; and it is to the same purport
as the former. It should seem, that it was become almost proverbial,
if judgments did not immediately follow the commission of sin,...
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Here God deprives the Jews of another source of confidence; for they
flattered themselves, and had their own agitators, that is false
Prophets, who puffed them up with flatteries: hence when they hear...
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Chapter 12 announces the fight and the capture of Zedekiah, who would
be carried to Babylon though he would. not see it. All the force of
Judah would be dispersed, and the land laid desolate; a small...
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FOR THERE SHALL BE NO MORE ANY VAIN VISION,.... Or prophecy; such as
the false prophets had given out, that the people should be in peace
and safety, and not be delivered into the hands of the king of...
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_Son of man, what is that proverb?_ The saying become proverbial. _The
days are prolonged, and every vision faileth_ Words of the same import
with those that occur Ezekiel 12:27, and Ezekiel 11:3. Bot...
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THE SIGN OF BREAD AND WATER...
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For there shall be no more any vain vision, the false prophets being
confounded by the fulfillment of the true prediction, NOR FLATTERING
DIVINATION WITHIN THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, for the false prophets...
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21-28 From that forbearance of God, which should have led them to
repent, the Jews hardened themselves in sin. It will not serve for an
excuse in speaking evil, to plead that it is a common saying. Th...
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These proverbializing scoffers compared the true prophets with the
false. These predict prosperity and return of the captives from
Babylon within few years, and before Jerusalem be destroyed; so they...
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Ezekiel 12:24 false H7723 vision H2377 flattering H2509 divination
H4738 within H8432 house H1004 Israel H3478...
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“For there will no more be any vain vision nor flattering divination
within the house of Israel. For I am Yahweh. I will speak, and the
word I speak will be performed. It will not be deferred any long...
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CONTENTS: Vision of the prophet as a sign. Full captivity near at
hand.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel.
CONCLUSION: Sinners often try to think their works are not evil
because sentence upon them is not ex...
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Ezekiel 12:3. _Son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing._ Bring out
thy goods ready packed up, and place the baggage before thy door. As
the captives on the Chebar would neither see nor hear the pr...
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_It shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house,
will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord God._
CRITICAL MOMENTS
Do not enter a fool’s paradise; do not enter upon...
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_The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth._
PROPHECY A LIVING FORCE
Right in the midst of the history of Israel, when Divine purposes of
the highest moral and spiritual importance were being...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 12:1 The predictions of exile in this
chapter come during a time when the exile has already begun. Thus, the
chapter probably relates to the uncertain decade between 597 B.C. ...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 12:21 Apparently the delay in the
prophecy’s fulfillment allowed time for counter-prophecies to be
given. These false statements are answered here.
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(3.) THE FOOLISH PROVERB (Ezekiel 12:21)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The hearts of the Jerusalem people would evade any
fair application of the ominous action of Ezekiel, and he is incited
to aim a blow at the...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 12:1
THE WORD OF THE LORD, etc. This formula, so familiar in Isaiah and
Jeremiah, appears for the first time in Ezekiel, but occurs repeatedly
afterwards, especially in this chapte...
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CHAPTER 12.
THE VISION OF EZEKIEL'S TYPICAL REMOVING AS AN EXILE, AND ACCOMPANYING
INSTRUCTIONS.
Ezekiel 12:1. _And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,_
Ezekiel 12:2. Son of man, thou dwellest i...
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The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, Son of man, you dwell
in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and they
do not see; they have ears to hear, and they do not hear: for...
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1 Kings 22:11; 1 Kings 22:17; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 2 Peter 2:2;...