Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 12:10
Verse Ezekiel 12:10. This burden] This prediction concerning the prince. By this I point out the capture, misery, and ruin of Zedekiah.
Verse Ezekiel 12:10. This burden] This prediction concerning the prince. By this I point out the capture, misery, and ruin of Zedekiah.
BURDEN - A word used to indicate a prediction of woe to be borne by some individual or people (Isaiah 13:1 note). Ezekiel, bearing his “stuff” on his shoulder was a sign of the weight of calamity comi...
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...
EZEKIEL 12. EXILE FORESHADOWED. Ezekiel 12:1. Flight from the Beleaguered City. Ezekiel's message of doom has surely been made plain enough, but the rebellious house will not listen; for one thing, th...
THE LORD GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4, BURDEN CONEERNETH THE PRINCE (i.e. Zedekiah). Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6), for emphasis. Hebrew. _hannasi hammassa._...
The general meaning of these verses is clear enough the prophet's action is a representation of what shall happen in Jerusalem in the case of prince and people, but Ezekiel 12:10 is very obscure, and...
CHAPTER SEVEN SYMBOLS AND SERMONS 12:1-14:23 This section does not begin with a chronological note, but in all likelihood the symbolic actions and oracles recorded here date from the same time frame...
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 BURDEN - i:e., weighty oracle [ masaa' (H4853)]....
12:10 burden (a-10) Or 'oracle.' see Proverbs 30:1 ....
SYMBOLS OF EXILE, FLIGHT, AND FAMINE Ezekiel's audience being blind to the meaning of the vision he has just described, he is commanded to give them, in new symbolic actions, a further representation...
§ 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,...
A WALL] RM 'a slight wall,' the vain defences of Jerusalem. AND ONE BUILT, etc.] RV 'and when one' (the people) 'buildeth up a wall, behold they '(the false prophets) 'daub it,' etc. UNTEMPERED _morte...
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
ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. — The _burden_ (or message of woe) was directed immediately to the king and his princes, but the people were also necessarily involved. Israel is here, as elsewhere, used. for...
אֱמֹ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֑ה...
THE END OF THE MONARCHY Ezekiel 12:1; Ezekiel 17:1; Ezekiel 19:1 IN spite of the interest excited by Ezekiel's prophetic appearances, the exiles still received his prediction of the fall of Jerusalem...
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...
_Jerusalem. The people regarded not Jeremias. This prediction would be sent to them to confirm what he said, while it would tend to keep up the spirits of those who were in captivity. (Theodoret) (Cal...
It is very proper for the Reader to remark what the Lord so often repeats to his servant the Prophet concerning his people, that they are a rebellious house. For this consideration will help the Reade...
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...
SAY THOU UNTO THEM, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD,.... In answer to their sneering question; or notwithstanding their stupidity and indolence, and in order to awaken them out of it: THIS BURDEN [CONCERNETH...
_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._ Ver. 10. _This burden concerneth the princes in Jer...
_Hath not the house of Israel said_ That is, I know they have said; as the words, “are they not written in the book of Chronicles, &c.?” mean, they are written there. _What doest thou_, &c. They have...
Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God, in explaining the act and reproving the spirit of blasphemous jesting which possessed them. THIS BURDEN CONCERNETH THE PRINCE IN JERUSALEM AND ALL THE HOUS...
THE SIGN OF THE KINGS DEPARTUE...
1-16 By the preparation for removal, and his breaking through the wall of his house at evening, as one desirous to escape from the enemy, the prophet signified the conduct and fate of Zedekiah. When G...
Though they regard not to inquire, yet give them to know what I mean hereby. THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD: this to add weight and authority to the word. THIS BURDEN; this dreadful prognostic; this prophecy...
Ezekiel 12:10 Say H559 (H8798) says H559 (H8804) Lord H136 GOD H3069 burden H4853 prince H5387 Jerusalem...
BURDEN See note 1, (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 13:1). _...
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...
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...
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. ...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 12:8 The explanation of the symbolic actions has both a broad and a narrow application. Verse Ezekiel 12:10 targets the prince in Jerusalem
2. FULLER DETAILS RELATING TO THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE AND THEIR PUNISHMENT (Chaps. 12–19) Intercourse with their countrymen in Jerusalem deeply affected the views and hopes of the exiled Jews, as the f...
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...
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...
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...
2 Kings 9:25; Ezekiel 17:13; Ezekiel 21:25; Ezekiel 7:27; Isaiah 1
Say — Though they enquire not, yet tell them what I mean hereby, that this prophecy is a burden which the kingdom shall groan under. The prince — Zedekiah....