Eze 11:1-7 - Commentary

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Text -- Ezekiel 11:1-7 (NET)

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The Fall of Jerusalem

11:1 A wind lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people. 11:2 The Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city. 11:3 They say, ‘The time is not near to build houses; the city is a cooking pot and we are the meat in it.’ 11:4 Therefore, prophesy against them! Prophesy, son of man!” 11:5 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon me and said to me, “Say: This is what the Lord says: ‘This is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds. 11:6 You have killed many people in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.’ 11:7 Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The corpses you have dumped in the midst of the city are the meat, and this city is the cooking pot, but I will take you out of it.

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Names, People and Places:

· Azzur an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law,father of Hananiah the prophet from Gibeon who opposed Jeremiah,father of Jaazaniah, one of the princes whom Ezekiel denounced

· Benaiah son of Jehoiada; commander of King Solomon's army,son of Jehoiada of Pirathon in Ephraim; one of David's elite,head of a large influential family of Simeon in Hezekiah's time,a Levite worship leader in David's time,a priest in David's time,father of Jehoiada, one of king David's counselors,son of Jeiel; a priest under Jehoshaphat,a man who was a temple helper in the time of Hezekiah,a layman of the Parosh clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Pahath-Moab clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Bani clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Nebo clan who put away his heathen wife,the father of Pelatiah, a wicked counselor exposed by Ezekiel

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Jaazaniah son of "the Maacathite"; a militia leader under Gedaliah,the son of Jeremiah son of Habazziniah of the Rechabites,son of Shaphan; uncle to Gedaliah; an elder under Zedekiah,son of Azzur; leader of Jerusalem in Zedekiah's time

· Pelatiah son of Hananiah, a descendant of King Jehoiachin,son of Ishi of Simeon,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to keep God's law,a prince of the people of Judah whom Ezekiel saw in a vision; son of Benaiah

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NET Notes: Eze 11:1 The phrase officials of the people occurs in Neh 11:1; 1 Chr 21:2; 2 Chr 24:23.

NET Notes: Eze 11:2 Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: Eze 11:3 Jerusalem is also compared to a pot in Ezek 24:3-8. The siege of the city is pictured as heating up the pot.

NET Notes: Eze 11:5 Heb “I know the steps of your spirits.”

NET Notes: Eze 11:7 Many of the versions read “I will bring you out” (active) rather than “he brought out” (the reading of MT).

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