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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 11:4

‘Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy O son of man.'

Ezekiel is to raise his voice against these presumptious ideas for they were the evidence of a complacency not justified by the facts. Judah and Israel were still not repentant over their sinfulness, and until they were there could be no restoration. Note that the command to prophesy is given twice for emphasis. There is need for his words.

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