PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CORRUPT "PRINCES OF THE PEOPLE;" PELATIAH DIES; PROMISE OF GRACE TO THE BELIEVING REMNANT; DEPARTURE OF THE GLORY OF GOD FROM THE CITY; EZEKIEL'S RETURN TO THE CAPTIVES. (Eze. 11:1-2…
1El Espíritu me elevó, y me llevó por la puerta oriental de la casa de Jehová, la cual mira hacia el oriente; y he aquí a la entrada de la puerta veinticinco hombres, entre los cuales vi a Jaazanías hijo de Azur y a Pelatías hijo de Benaía, principales del pueblo.
2Y me dijo: Hijo de hombre, estos son los hombres que maquinan perversidad, y dan en esta ciudad mal consejo;
3los cuales dicen: No será tan pronto; edifiquemos casas; esta será la olla, y nosotros la carne.
4Por tanto profetiza contra ellos; profetiza, hijo de hombre.
5Y vino sobre mí el Espíritu de Jehová, y me dijo: Di: Así ha dicho Jehová: Así habéis hablado, oh casa de Israel, y las cosas que suben a vuestro espíritu, yo las he entendido.
6Habéis multiplicado vuestros muertos en esta ciudad, y habéis llenado de muertos sus calles.
7Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: Vuestros muertos que habéis puesto en medio de ella, ellos son la carne, y ella es la olla; mas yo os sacaré a vosotros de en medio de ella.
8Espada habéis temido, y espada traeré sobre vosotros, dice Jehová el Señor.
9Y os sacaré de en medio de ella, y os entregaré en manos de extraños, y haré juicios entre vosotros.
10A espada caeréis; en los límites de Israel os juzgaré, y sabréis que yo soy Jehová.
11La ciudad no os será por olla, ni vosotros seréis en medio de ella la carne; en los límites de Israel os juzgaré.
12Y sabréis que yo soy Jehová; porque no habéis andado en mis estatutos, ni habéis obedecido mis decretos, sino según las costumbres de las naciones que os rodean habéis hecho.
13Y aconteció que mientras yo profetizaba, aquel Pelatías hijo de Benaía murió. Entonces me postré rostro a tierra y clamé con gran voz, y dije: ¡Ah, Señor Jehová! ¿Destruirás del todo al remanente de Israel?
14Y vino a mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
15Hijo de hombre, tus hermanos, tus hermanos, los hombres de tu parentesco y toda la casa de Israel, toda ella son aquellos a quienes dijeron los moradores de Jerusalén: Alejaos de Jehová; a nosotros es dada la tierra en posesión.
16Por tanto, di: Así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: Aunque les he arrojado lejos entre las naciones, y les he esparcido por las tierras, con todo eso les seré por un pequeño santuario en las tierras adonde lleguen.
17Di, por tanto: Así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: Yo os recogeré de los pueblos, y os congregaré de las tierras en las cuales estáis esparcidos, y os daré la tierra de Israel.
18Y volverán allá, y quitarán de ella todas sus idolatrías y todas sus abominaciones.
19Y les daré un corazón, y un espíritu nuevo pondré dentro de ellos; y quitaré el corazón de piedra de en medio de su carne, y les daré un corazón de carne,
20para que anden en mis ordenanzas, y guarden mis decretos y los cumplan, y me sean por pueblo, y yo sea a ellos por Dios.
21Mas a aquellos cuyo corazón anda tras el deseo de sus idolatrías y de sus abominaciones, yo traigo su camino sobre sus propias cabezas, dice Jehová el Señor.
22Después alzaron los querubines sus alas, y las ruedas en pos de ellos; y la gloria del Dios de Israel estaba sobre ellos.
23Y la gloria de Jehová se elevó de en medio de la ciudad, y se puso sobre el monte que está al oriente de la ciudad.
24Luego me levantó el Espíritu y me volvió a llevar en visión del Espíritu de Dios a la tierra de los caldeos, a los cautivos. Y se fue de mí la visión que había visto.
25Y hablé a los cautivos todas las cosas que Jehová me había mostrado.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
I
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I. he--the Lord sitting on the cherubim (Eze 10:2).
he--the Lord sitting on the cherubim (Eze 10:2).
wicked counsel--in opposition to the prophets of God (Eze 11:3).
II
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II. It is not near--namely, the destruction of the city; therefore "let us build houses," as if there…
It is not near--namely, the destruction of the city; therefore "let us build houses," as if there was no fear. But the Hebrew opposes English Version, which would require the infinitive absolute. Rather, "Not at hand is the building of houses." They sneer at Jeremiah's letter to the captives, among whom Ezekiel lived (Jer 29:5). "Build ye houses, and dwell in them," that is, do not fancy, as many persuade you, that your sojourn in Babylon is to be short; it will be for seventy years (Jer 25:11-12; Jer 29:10); therefore build houses and settle quietly there. The scorners in Jerusalem reply, Those far off in exile may build if they please, but it is too remote a concern for us to trouble ourselves about [FAIRBAIRN], (Compare Eze 12:22, Eze 12:27; Pe2 3:4).
this city . . . caldron . . . we . . . flesh--sneering at Jer 1:13, when he compared the city to a caldron with its mouth towards the north. "Let Jerusalem be so if you will, and we the flesh, exposed to the raging foe from the north, still its fortifications will secure us from the flame of war outside; the city must stand for our sakes, just as the pot exists for the safety of the flesh in it." In opposition to this God says (Eze 11:11), "This city shall not be your caldron, to defend you in it from the foe outside: nay, ye shall be driven out of your imaginary sanctuary and slain in the border of the land. "But," says God, in Eze 11:7, "your slain are the flesh, and this city the caldron; but (not as you fancy, shall ye be kept safe inside) I will bring you forth out of the midst of it"; and again, in Eze 24:3, "Though not a caldron in your sense, Jerusalem shall be so in the sense of its being exposed to a consuming foe, and you yourselves in it and with it."
III
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III. prophesy . . . prophesy--The repetition marks emphatic earnestness.
prophesy . . . prophesy--The repetition marks emphatic earnestness.
IV
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IV. Spirit . . . fell upon me--stronger than "entered into me" (Eze 2:2; Eze 3:24), implying the zeal…
Spirit . . . fell upon me--stronger than "entered into me" (Eze 2:2; Eze 3:24), implying the zeal of the Spirit of God roused to immediate indignation at the contempt of God shown by the scorners.
I know-- (Psa 139:1-4). Your scornful jests at My word escape not My notice.
V
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V. your slain--those on whom you have brought ruin by your wicked counsels. Bloody crimes within the…
your slain--those on whom you have brought ruin by your wicked counsels. Bloody crimes within the city brought on it a bloody foe from without (Eze 7:23-24). They had made it a caldron in which to boil the flesh of God's people (Mic 3:1-3), and eat it by unrighteous oppression; therefore God will make it a caldron in a different sense, one not wherein they may be safe in their guilt, but "out of the midst of" which they shall be "brought forth" (Jer 34:4-5).
VI
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VI. The city is a caldron to them, but it shall not be so to you. Ye shall meet your doom on the fron…
The city is a caldron to them, but it shall not be so to you. Ye shall meet your doom on the frontier.
VII
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VII. The Chaldean sword, to escape which ye abandoned your God, shall be brought on you by God because…
The Chaldean sword, to escape which ye abandoned your God, shall be brought on you by God because of that very abandonment of Him.
VIII
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VIII. out of the midst thereof--that is, of the city, as captives led into the open plain for judgment.
out of the midst thereof--that is, of the city, as captives led into the open plain for judgment.
IX
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IX. in the border of Israel--on the frontier: at Riblah, in the land of Hamath (compare Kg2 25:19-21,…
in the border of Israel--on the frontier: at Riblah, in the land of Hamath (compare Kg2 25:19-21, with Kg1 8:65).
ye shall know that I am the Lord--by the judgments I inflict (Psa 9:16).
X
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X. (See on Eze 11:3).
(See on Eze 11:3).
XI
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XI. (Deu 12:30-31).
(Deu 12:30-31).
XII
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XII. Pelaliah--probably the ringleader of the scorners (Eze 11:1) was an earnest of the destruction of…
Pelaliah--probably the ringleader of the scorners (Eze 11:1) was an earnest of the destruction of the rest of the twenty-five, as Ezekiel had foretold, as also of the general ruin.
fell . . . upon . . . face--(See on Eze 9:8).
wilt thou make a full end of the remnant--Is Pelatiah's destruction to be the token of the destruction of all, even of the remnant? The people regarded Pelatiah as a mainstay of the city. His name (derived from a Hebrew root, "a remnant," or else "God delivers") suggested hope. Is that hope, asks Ezekiel, to be disappointed?
XIII
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XIII. thy brethren . . . brethren--The repetition implies, "Thy real brethren" are no longer the priest…
thy brethren . . . brethren--The repetition implies, "Thy real brethren" are no longer the priests at Jerusalem with whom thou art connected by the natural ties of blood and common temple service, but thy fellow exiles on the Chebar, and the house of Israel whosoever of them belong to the remnant to be spared.
men of thy kindred--literally, "of thy redemption," that is, the nearest relatives, whose duty it was to do the part of Goel, or vindicator and redeemer of a forfeited inheritance (Lev 25:25). Ezekiel, seeing the priesthood doomed to destruction, as a priest, felt anxious to vindicate their cause, as if they were his nearest kinsmen and he their Goel. But he is told to look for his true kinsmen in those, his fellow exiles, whom his natural kinsmen at Jerusalem despised, and he is to be their vindicator. Spiritual ties, as in the case of Levi (Deu 33:9), the type of Messiah (Mat 12:47-50) are to supersede natural ones where the two clash. The hope of better days was to rise from the despised exiles. The gospel principle is shadowed forth here, that the despised of men are often the chosen of God and the highly esteemed among men are often an abomination before Him (Luk 16:15; Co1 1:26-28). "No door of hope but in the valley of Achor" ("trouble," Hos 2:15), [FAIRBAIRN].
Get you far . . . unto us is this land--the contemptuous words of those left still in the city at the carrying away of Jeconiah to the exiles, "However far ye be outcasts from the Lord and His temple, we are secure in our possession of the land."
XIV
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XIV. Although--anticipating the objection of the priests at Jerusalem, that the exiles were "cast far …
Although--anticipating the objection of the priests at Jerusalem, that the exiles were "cast far off." Though this be so, and they are far from the outer temple at Jerusalem, I will be their asylum or sanctuary instead (Psa 90:1; Psa 91:9; Isa 8:14). My shrine is the humble heart: a preparation for gospel catholicity when the local and material temple should give place to the spiritual (Isa 57:15; Isa 66:1; Mal 1:11; Joh 4:21-24; Act 7:48-49). The trying discipline of the exile was to chasten the outcasts so as to be meet recipients of God's grace, for which the carnal confidence of the priests disqualified them. The dispersion served the end of spiritualizing and enlarging the views even of the better Jews, so as to be able to worship God everywhere without a material temple; and, at the same time, it diffused some knowledge of God among the greatest Gentile nations, thus providing materials for the gathering in of the Christian Church among the Gentiles; so marvellously did God overrule a present evil for an ultimate good. Still more does all this hold good in the present much longer dispersion which is preparing for a more perfect and universal restoration (Isa 2:2-4; Jer 3:16-18). Their long privation of the temple will prepare them for appreciating the more, but without Jewish narrowness, the temple that is to be (Eze. 40:1-44:31).
a little--rather, "for a little season"; No matter how long the captivity may be, the seventy years will be but as a little season, compared with their long subsequent settlement in their land. This holds true only partially in the case of the first restoration; but as in a few centuries they were dispersed again, the full and permanent restoration is yet future (Jer 24:6).
XV
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XV. (Eze 28:25; Eze 34:13; Eze 36:24).
(Eze 28:25; Eze 34:13; Eze 36:24).
16
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16. They have eschewed every vestige of idolatry ever since their return from Babylon. But still the …
They have eschewed every vestige of idolatry ever since their return from Babylon. But still the Shekinah glory had departed, the ark was not restored, nor was the second temple strictly inhabited by God until He came who made it more glorious than the first temple (Hag 2:9); even then His stay was short, and ended in His being rejected; so that the full realization of the promise must still be future.
17
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17. I will give them--lest they should claim to themselves the praise given them in Eze 11:18, God de…
I will give them--lest they should claim to themselves the praise given them in Eze 11:18, God declares it is to be the free gift of His Spirit.
one heart--not singleness, that is, uprightness, but oneness of heart in all, unanimously seeking Him in contrast to their state at that time, when only single scattered individuals sought God (Jer 32:39; Zep 3:9) [HENGSTENBERG]. Or, "content with one God," not distracted with "the many detestable things" (Eze 11:18; Kg1 18:21; Hos 10:2) [CALVIN].
new spirit-- (Psa 51:10; Jer 31:33). Realized fully in the "new creature" of the New Testament (Co2 5:17); having new motives, new rules, new aims.
stony heart--like "adamant" (Zac 7:12); the natural heart of every man.
heart of flesh--impressible to what is good, tender.
18
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18. walk in my statutes--Regeneration shows itself by its fruits (Gal 5:22, Gal 5:25).
walk in my statutes--Regeneration shows itself by its fruits (Gal 5:22, Gal 5:25).
they . . . my people, . . . I . . . their God-- (Eze 14:11; Eze 36:28; Eze 37:27; Jer 24:7). In its fullest sense still future (Zac 13:9).
19
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19. whose heart . . . after . . . heart of . . . detestable things--The repetition of "heart" is emph…
whose heart . . . after . . . heart of . . . detestable things--The repetition of "heart" is emphatic, signifying that the heart of those who so obstinately clung to idols, impelled itself to fresh superstitions in one continuous tenor [CALVIN]. Perhaps it is implied that they and their idols are much alike in character (Psa 115:8). The heart walks astray first, the feet follow.
recompense . . . way upon . . . heads--They have abandoned Me, so will I abandon them; they profaned My temple, so will I profane it by the Chaldeans (Eze 9:10).
20
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20. The Shekinah glory now moves from the east gate (Eze 10:4, Eze 10:19) to the Mount of Olives, alt…
The Shekinah glory now moves from the east gate (Eze 10:4, Eze 10:19) to the Mount of Olives, altogether abandoning the temple. The mount was chosen as being the height whence the missiles of the foe were about to descend on the city. So it was from it that Jesus ascended to heaven when about to send His judgments on the Jews; and from it He predicted its overthrow before His crucifixion (Mat 24:3). It is also to be the scene of His return in person to deliver His people (Zac 14:4), when He shall come by the same way as He went, "the way of the east" (Eze 43:2).
21
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21. brought me in a vision--not in actual fact, but in ecstatic vision. He had been as to the outward…
brought me in a vision--not in actual fact, but in ecstatic vision. He had been as to the outward world all the time before the elders (Eze 8:3) in Chaldea; he now reports what he had witnessed with the inner eye.
22
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22. things . . . showed me--literally, "words"; an appropriate expression; for the word communicated …
things . . . showed me--literally, "words"; an appropriate expression; for the word communicated to him was not simply a word, but one clothed with outward symbols "shown" to him as in the sacrament, which AUGUSTINE terms "the visible word" [CALVIN].
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Ezekiel — Capítulo 11
PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CORRUPT "PRINCES OF THE PEOPLE;" PELATIAH DIES; PROMISE OF GRACE TO THE BELIEVING REMNANT; DEPARTURE OF THE GLORY OF GOD FROM THE CITY; EZEKIEL'S RETURN TO THE CAPTIVES. (Eze. 11:1-2…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1El Espíritu me elevó, y me llevó por la puerta oriental de la casa de Jehová, la cual mira hacia el oriente; y he aquí a la entrada de la puerta veinticinco hombres, entre los cuales vi a Jaazanías hijo de Azur y a Pelatías hijo de Benaía, principales del pueblo.
2Y me dijo: Hijo de hombre, estos son los hombres que maquinan perversidad, y dan en esta ciudad mal consejo;
3los cuales dicen: No será tan pronto; edifiquemos casas; esta será la olla, y nosotros la carne.
4Por tanto profetiza contra ellos; profetiza, hijo de hombre.
5Y vino sobre mí el Espíritu de Jehová, y me dijo: Di: Así ha dicho Jehová: Así habéis hablado, oh casa de Israel, y las cosas que suben a vuestro espíritu, yo las he entendido.
6Habéis multiplicado vuestros muertos en esta ciudad, y habéis llenado de muertos sus calles.
7Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: Vuestros muertos que habéis puesto en medio de ella, ellos son la carne, y ella es la olla; mas yo os sacaré a vosotros de en medio de ella.
8Espada habéis temido, y espada traeré sobre vosotros, dice Jehová el Señor.
9Y os sacaré de en medio de ella, y os entregaré en manos de extraños, y haré juicios entre vosotros.
10A espada caeréis; en los límites de Israel os juzgaré, y sabréis que yo soy Jehová.
11La ciudad no os será por olla, ni vosotros seréis en medio de ella la carne; en los límites de Israel os juzgaré.
12Y sabréis que yo soy Jehová; porque no habéis andado en mis estatutos, ni habéis obedecido mis decretos, sino según las costumbres de las naciones que os rodean habéis hecho.
13Y aconteció que mientras yo profetizaba, aquel Pelatías hijo de Benaía murió. Entonces me postré rostro a tierra y clamé con gran voz, y dije: ¡Ah, Señor Jehová! ¿Destruirás del todo al remanente de Israel?
14Y vino a mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
15Hijo de hombre, tus hermanos, tus hermanos, los hombres de tu parentesco y toda la casa de Israel, toda ella son aquellos a quienes dijeron los moradores de Jerusalén: Alejaos de Jehová; a nosotros es dada la tierra en posesión.
16Por tanto, di: Así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: Aunque les he arrojado lejos entre las naciones, y les he esparcido por las tierras, con todo eso les seré por un pequeño santuario en las tierras adonde lleguen.
17Di, por tanto: Así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: Yo os recogeré de los pueblos, y os congregaré de las tierras en las cuales estáis esparcidos, y os daré la tierra de Israel.
18Y volverán allá, y quitarán de ella todas sus idolatrías y todas sus abominaciones.
19Y les daré un corazón, y un espíritu nuevo pondré dentro de ellos; y quitaré el corazón de piedra de en medio de su carne, y les daré un corazón de carne,
20para que anden en mis ordenanzas, y guarden mis decretos y los cumplan, y me sean por pueblo, y yo sea a ellos por Dios.
21Mas a aquellos cuyo corazón anda tras el deseo de sus idolatrías y de sus abominaciones, yo traigo su camino sobre sus propias cabezas, dice Jehová el Señor.
22Después alzaron los querubines sus alas, y las ruedas en pos de ellos; y la gloria del Dios de Israel estaba sobre ellos.
23Y la gloria de Jehová se elevó de en medio de la ciudad, y se puso sobre el monte que está al oriente de la ciudad.
24Luego me levantó el Espíritu y me volvió a llevar en visión del Espíritu de Dios a la tierra de los caldeos, a los cautivos. Y se fue de mí la visión que había visto.
25Y hablé a los cautivos todas las cosas que Jehová me había mostrado.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. he--the Lord sitting on the cherubim (Eze 10:2).
Versículo 3
II. It is not near--namely, the destruction of the city; therefore "let us build houses," as if there…
Versículo 4
III. prophesy . . . prophesy--The repetition marks emphatic earnestness.
Versículo 5
IV. Spirit . . . fell upon me--stronger than "entered into me" (Eze 2:2; Eze 3:24), implying the zeal…
Versículo 6
V. your slain--those on whom you have brought ruin by your wicked counsels. Bloody crimes within the…
Versículo 7
VI. The city is a caldron to them, but it shall not be so to you. Ye shall meet your doom on the fron…
Versículo 8
VII. The Chaldean sword, to escape which ye abandoned your God, shall be brought on you by God because…
Versículo 9
VIII. out of the midst thereof--that is, of the city, as captives led into the open plain for judgment.
Versículo 10
IX. in the border of Israel--on the frontier: at Riblah, in the land of Hamath (compare Kg2 25:19-21,…
Versículo 11
X. (See on Eze 11:3).
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XI. (Deu 12:30-31).
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XII. Pelaliah--probably the ringleader of the scorners (Eze 11:1) was an earnest of the destruction of…
Versículo 15
XIII. thy brethren . . . brethren--The repetition implies, "Thy real brethren" are no longer the priest…
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XIV. Although--anticipating the objection of the priests at Jerusalem, that the exiles were "cast far …
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XV. (Eze 28:25; Eze 34:13; Eze 36:24).
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16. They have eschewed every vestige of idolatry ever since their return from Babylon. But still the …
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17. I will give them--lest they should claim to themselves the praise given them in Eze 11:18, God de…
Versículo 20
18. walk in my statutes--Regeneration shows itself by its fruits (Gal 5:22, Gal 5:25).
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19. whose heart . . . after . . . heart of . . . detestable things--The repetition of "heart" is emph…
Versículo 23
20. The Shekinah glory now moves from the east gate (Eze 10:4, Eze 10:19) to the Mount of Olives, alt…
Versículo 24
21. brought me in a vision--not in actual fact, but in ecstatic vision. He had been as to the outward…
Versículo 25
22. things . . . showed me--literally, "words"; an appropriate expression; for the word communicated …