CHAPTER XII _The prophet proceeds, by a variety of types and parables, to_ _convince those of the captivity that their brethren who were_ _left behind to sustain the miseries of a seige and the insults_ _of a conqueror, would be in a much worse condition than they_ _who were already settled in... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 12:2. _WHICH HAVE EYES TO SEE, AND SEE NOT_] It is not want of _grace_ that brings them to destruction. _They have eyes to see_, but they will not _use_ them. No man is lost because he had not _sufficient grace to save him_, but because he abused that grace.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 12:3. _PREPARE THEE STUFF FOR REMOVING_] Get carriages to transport thy goods to another place; signifying by this the _captivity_ that was at hand.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 12:5. _DIG THOU THROUGH THE WALL_] This refers to the manner in which Zedekiah and his family would escape from the city. They escaped by night through a _breach in the wall_. See Jeremiah 39:2; and 2 Kings 25:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 12:6. _THOU SHALT COVER THY FACE, THAT THOU SEE NOT THE_ _GROUND_] Referring to the blinding of Zedekiah: even the _covering_ _of the face_ might be intended to signify that in this way Zedekiah should be carried to Babylon _on men's shoulders_ in some sort of _palanquin_, with a _clot... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 12:10. _THIS BURDEN_] This prediction concerning the _prince_. By this I point out the capture, misery, and ruin of _Zedekiah_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 12:13. _I WILL BRING - HIM TO BABYLON - YET SHALL HE NOT SEE IT_] Because Nebuchadnezzar caused him to have his eyes put out at _Riblah_. To Babylon he was carried in his blind state, and there he died. In saying, _My net also will I spread upon him_, there is probably a reference to a... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 12:18. _EAT THY BREAD WITH QUAKING_] Assume the manner of a person who is every moment afraid of his life, who has nothing but a morsel of bread to eat, and a little water to drink. Thus signifying the _siege_, and the _straits_ to which they should be reduced. See this explained, Ezek... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 12:22. _THE DAYS ARE PROLONGED, AND EVERY VISION FAILETH?_] These are the words of the infidels and scoffers, who, because vengeance was not speedily executed on an evil work, set their heart to do iniquity. "These predictions either will not come in our days, or will wholly fail; why... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 12:23. _THE DAYS ARE AT HAND_] Far from _failing_ or being _prolonged_, time is posting on, and the destruction threatened is at the door.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 12:25. _IN YOUR DAYS - WILL I SAY THE WORD, AND WILL PERFORM IT_] Even these mockers shall _live_ to see and feel this desolation. This is more particularly intimated in the following verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 12:28. _THERE SHALL NONE OF MY WORDS BE PROLONGED ANY MORE_] He had waited to be gracious; they abused his mercy; and at last the protracted wrath rushed upon them with irresistible force.... [ Continue Reading ]