Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 12:3
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.
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.
STUFF - Raiment, vessels, and the like. The “removing” was to be of the kind that accompanied exile. The whole account of this transaction marks it as a real act. The prophet was to be “a sign” to his...
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...
STUFF. vessels, or baggage. REMOVING: i.e. for captivity....
_stuff for removing_ Lit. articles of exile, i.e. such articles as one carries with him when going as a fugitive into exile. _and remove by day_ Lit. remove as into exile. The word is wanting in LXX....
Symbolical action, prefiguring the escape and capture of the fugitives The details of the symbol seem to be as follows: First, the prophet prepares "stuff for removing" such articles as one meaning t...
PREPARE THEE STUFF FOR REMOVING— See the note on chap. Ezekiel 4:1. This command is merely an information by action, instead of words, foretelling the approaching captivity of Zedekiah. Dr. Waterland...
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...
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, thou...
12:3 captive's (f-9) Or 'an exile's.' though (g-39) Or 'for.'...
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,...
THE STUMBLINGBLOCK, etc.] idolatry: see Ezekiel 7:19. SHOULD I BE ENQUIRED OF?] Such enquiry was a mockery of God....
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
PREPARE THEE STUFF FOR REMOVING. — The same words are translated in Jeremiah 46:19, “Furnish thyself to go into captivity.” Stuff includes all that an emigrant would require, clothes, utensils, &c.; a...
וְ אַתָּ֣ה בֶן ־אָדָ֗ם עֲשֵׂ֤ה לְךָ֙ כְּלֵ֣י
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...
_Removing. Literally, "vessels of transmigration," (Haydock) or bundles, (Calmet) and what was requisite for travelling, (Worthington) or in exile. (Haydock) --- All this, to chap. xx., happened five...
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...
Now God instructs his Prophet in what he wishes him to do: he orders him to take vessels for journeying, that is, he orders him to prepare for a long journey, even for exile: for exile is the subject...
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...
THEREFORE, THOU SON OF MAN, PREPARE THEE STUFF FOR REMOVING,.... Or, "vessels of captivity" s, such as persons take along with them when they go a journey, or into a far country; such as a staff, scri...
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, thoug...
_Therefore, prepare thee stuff for removing_ Hebrew, כלי גולה, _vessels_, or _instruments of removing_, namely, such as were suited for that purpose. Get all thy goods together, and pack them up as th...
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, an exile's outfit, utensils needed to sustain life during a journey of some length, AND REMOVE BY DAY IN THEIR SIGHT, in broad daylight, th...
THE SIGN OF THE KINGS DEPARTUE...
STUFF: Or, instruments...
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...
THEREFORE; and. PREPARE THEE; make ready in the sight of some of those which live about thee, that they may tell others. STUFF FOR REMOVING; vessels or instruments, wherein thou mayst put what is port...
Ezekiel 12:3 son H1121 man H120 prepare H6213 (H8798) belongings H3627 captivity H1473 captivity H1540 (H8798) day...
“Therefore, you son of man, prepare your stuff for removal, and remove by day in their sight. And you will remove from your place to another place in their sight. It may be that they will consider, ev...
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...
_Prepare thee stuff for removing._ A DRAMA OF EXILE I. The vision in its historical fulfilment. II. The vision in its practical lessons for the present. 1. The consequence of sin is moral exile. A...
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 12:3 IN THEIR SIGHT is repeated seven times in vv. Ezekiel 12:3, further underlining the prophecy’s main point. The hope that...
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 Timothy 2:25; Deuteronomy 32:29; Deuteronomy 5:29; Ezekiel 12:10;...
Stuff — Vessels or instruments, wherein thou mayest put what is portable....