Ezechiele 11:13

13 Or avvenne che, come io profetavo a Pelatia, figliuolo di Benaia, morì; e io mi gettai con la faccia a terra, e gridai ad alta voce: "Ahimè, Signore, Eterno, farai tu una completa distruzione di quel che rimane d’Israele?"

Ezechiele 11:13 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 11:13

And it came to pass when I prophesied
Or, "as I prophesied" ^F9; that is, while he was prophesying, or declaring the above things from the mouth of the Lord, concerning the slaughter of the Jews by the sword, and the captivity of the rest: that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died;
one of the princes of the people, and was among the five and twenty men the prophet saw at the door of the east gate of the temple, ( Ezekiel 11:1 ) ; this man dropped down dead on a sudden, just as Ananias and Sapphira at the feet of Peter, ( Acts 5:5 Acts 5:10 ) . It was in a vision Ezekiel saw this, and in the temple; but no doubt at the same time this prince died at his own house, whose death was notified to the prophet in this way; then fell I down upon my face;
as greatly surprised at the event, and filled with concern at what would be the issue of this providence; looking upon it as a pledge and earnest, a token and forerunner, of the utter destruction of the people: and cried with a loud voice;
expressing the vehemency of his affection, and the earnestness of his supplication: and said, ah, Lord God! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of
Israel?
or, "art thou making?" ^F11 the ten tribes had been carried captive many years ago, and a large number of the other two tribes in Jeconiah's captivity, so that there were but a remnant left in the land; and, upon the sudden and awful death of this prince, the prophet feared the Lord was going to make an utter end of them at once; which he deprecates.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (yabnhk) "me prophetante", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus.
F11 (hve hta) "tu faciem", Montanus, Starckius.

Ezechiele 11:13 In-Context

11 Questa città non sarà per voi una pentola, e voi non sarete in mezzo a lei la carne; io vi giudicherò sulle frontiere d’Israele;

12 e voi conoscerete che io sono l’Eterno, del quale non avete seguito le prescrizioni né messe in pratica le leggi, ma avete agito secondo le leggi delle nazioni che vi circondano".

13 Or avvenne che, come io profetavo a Pelatia, figliuolo di Benaia, morì; e io mi gettai con la faccia a terra, e gridai ad alta voce: "Ahimè, Signore, Eterno, farai tu una completa distruzione di quel che rimane d’Israele?"

14 E la parola dell’Eterno mi fu rivolta in questi termini:

15 "Figliuol d’uomo, i tuoi fratelli, i tuoi fratelli, gli uomini del tuo parentado e tutta quanta la casa d’Israele son quelli ai quali gli abitanti di Gerusalemme hanno detto: Statevene lontani dall’Eterno! a noi è dato il possesso del paese.