1-7 Under the type of Ezekiels's removing 8-16 is shown the captivity of Zedekiah 17-20 Ezekiel's trembling shews the Jews' desolation 21-25 The Jews' presumptuous proverb is reproved 26-28 The speediness of the vision

2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.

thou Eze 2:3,6-8 3:9,26,27 17:12 24:3 44:6 De 9:7,24 31:27 Ps 78:40 Isa 1:23 30:1,9 65:2 Jer 4:17 5:23 9:1-6 Da 9:5-9 Ac 7:51,52

which De 29:4 Isa 6:9,10 29:9-12 42:19,20 Jer 5:21 Mt 13:13,14 Mr 4:12 8:17,18 Lu 8:10 Joh 9:39-41 12:40 Ac 28:26,27 Ro 11:7,8 2Co 3:14 4:3,4 Eph 4:18 2Th 2:10,11

for Eze 2:5

3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.

prepare Eze 11:10-12 4:1 Jer 13:1 18:2 19:1 27:2

stuff. or, instruments. By stuff our translators meant furniture or goods, as the word frequently denotes in our early writers; but in the original, Leley, has not only this sense (as in verse 4), but is also used for any kind of utensils or instruments whatever; and here probably denotes carriages, or other means for removing goods. This was intended to signify that the captivity was at hand.

it may Eze 33:11 De 5:29 32:29 Ps 81:13 Jer 18:11 25:4-7 26:3 36:3,7 Lu 13:8,9,34 20:13 2Ti 2:25

4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.

at even Eze 12:12 2Ki 25:4 Jer 39:4 52:7

they that go forth into [heb] the goings forth of

5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.

Dig thou [heb] Dig for thee. This was to shew that Zedekiah should escape from the city through a breach in the wall 2Ki 25:4 Jer 39:2-4

6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.

thou shalt This intimated that Zedekiah should steal out of the city in the twilight, carrying on his shoulders some of his property, with his head covered, not only as in distress but to escape detection. these prophecies, which were accurately fulfilled, are supposed to have been delivered in the sixth year of Zedekiah, five years before the taking of Jerusalem.

cover 1Sa 28:8 2Sa 15:30 Job 24:17

for I Eze 12:11 4:3 24:24 Isa 8:18 20:2-4

7 And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.

I did so Eze 2:8 24:18 37:7,10 Jer 32:8-12 Mt 21:6,7 Mr 14:16 Joh 2:5-8 15:14 Ac 26:19

I brought Eze 12:3-6

digged [heb] digged for me

8 And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,

the rebellious Eze 12:1-3 2:5-8

What Eze 17:12 20:49 24:19

9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?

10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.

This 2Ki 9:25 Isa 13:1 14:28 Mal 1:1

prince. That is, Zedekiah king of Judah Eze 7:27 17:13-21 21:25-27 Jer 21:7 24:8 38:18

11 Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.

I am Eze 12:6

remove and go [heb] by removing go Jer 15:2 52:15,28-30

12 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.

Eze 12:6 2Ki 25:4 Jer 39:4 42:7

13 My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

My net This was to intimate, that though he escaped out of the city, the Chaldeans should overtake him, and carry him to Babylon. Jeremiah had predicted that his `eyes should see the eyes of the king of Babylon,' and here Ezekiel foretold that he should not see Babylon, though he should die there; and Josephus says that he thought the two prophecies so inconsistent with each other that he believed neither; yet both were exactly fulfilled, and the enigma of Ezekiel explained, when Zedekiah was brought to Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, where he had his eyes put out, and was then carried to Babylon, and there died. Eze 17:16,20 19:8,9 32:3 Job 19:6 Ps 11:6 Isa 24:17,18 Jer 50:24 La 1:13 3:47 4:19,20 Ho 7:12 Lu 21:35

and I 2Ki 25:5-7 Jer 34:3 39:7 52:8-11

14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

I will scatter Eze 5:10-12 17:21 2Ki 25:4,5

I will draw Eze 5:2,12 14:17,21 Le 26:33 Jer 42:16,22

15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.

Eze 12:16,20 5:13 6:7,14 7:4 11:10 24:27 25:11 26:6 28:26 33:33 39:28 14:18 Ps 9:16

16 But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

I will Eze 6:8-10 14:22,23 Isa 1:9 6:13 10:22 24:13 Jer 4:27 30:11 Am 9:8,9 Mt 7:14 24:22 Ro 11:4,5

a few men [heb] men of number Ge 13:16 Isa 10:19 Ro 9:27

that they Eze 14:22,23 36:31 Le 26:40,41 Jer 3:24,25 Da 9:5-12

and they De 29:24-28 1Ki 9:6-9 Jer 22:8,9

17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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18 Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;

Eze 4:16,17 23:33 Le 26:26,36 De 28:48,65 Job 3:24 Ps 60:2,3 80:5 102:4-9

19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.

with carefulness 1Ki 17:10-12

that her Eze 6:6,7,14 36:3 Isa 6:11 Jer 4:27 9:10,11 10:22 18:16 32:28 33:10,12 Mic 7:13 Zec 7:14

all that is therein [heb] the fulness thereof Ps 24:1 1Co 10:26,28

because Eze 7:23 Ge 6:11-13 Ps 107:34 Jer 6:7 Mic 3:10-12

20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Eze 15:6,8 Isa 3:26 7:23,24 24:3,12 64:10,11 Jer 4:7,23-29 12:10-12 16:9 19:11 24:8-10 25:9 34:22 La 5:18 Da 9:17

21 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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22 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

what Eze 18:2,3 Jer 23:33-40

The days Eze 12:27 11:3 Isa 5:19 Jer 5:12,13 Am 6:3 2Pe 3:3,4

23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.

I will Eze 18:3 Isa 28:22

The days Eze 12:25 7:2,5-7,1-012 Joe 2:1 Zep 1:14 Mal 4:1 Mt 24:34 Jas 5:8,9

24 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.

Eze 13:23 1Ki 22:11-13,17 Pr 26:28 Jer 14:13-16 23:14-29 La 2:14 Zec 13:2-4 Ro 16:18 1Th 2:5 2Pe 2:2,3

25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; 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.

I will Eze 12:28 6:10 Nu 14:28-34 Isa 14:24 55:11 La 2:17 Da 9:12 Zec 1:6 Mt 24:35 Lu 21:13,33

in your Jer 16:9 Hab 1:5 Mr 13:30,31

O rebellious Eze 12:1,2

26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying.

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27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.

for Eze 12:22 Isa 28:14,15 Da 10:14 2Pe 3:4

28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.

There shall Eze 12:23-25 Jer 4:7 44:28 Mt 24:48-51 Mr 13:32-37 Lu 21:34-36 1Th 5:2,3 Re 3:3