Ezequiel 44:12

12 Por cuanto les sirvieron delante de sus ídolos, y fueron á la casa de Israel por tropezadero de maldad; por tanto, he alzado mi mano acerca de ellos, dice el Señor Jehová, que llevarán su iniquidad.

Ezequiel 44:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 44:12

Because they ministered unto them before their idols
Had officiated for them in the priest's office, their idols being in the courts of the Lord at the same time; or preached unto them false doctrines, such as are not agreeable to the word of God; and led them into superstition and will worship, and confirmed them therein: and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity;
or, "were for a stumbling block of iniquity" ^F8; unto them the means of their stumbling and falling; by their ministrations, teaching them unsound doctrine; and by their practices and example, leading them into a way of false worship, and dissoluteness of life and conversation; who ought to have been examples to them in word and conversation, in faith and purity: therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord;
to smite and afflict them, and chastise them for the same; or, "upon them", or "concerning them" ^F9; and so it may be expressive of an oath, of which lifting up the hand is a sign; wherefore, that what the Lord had said of them might be believed and expected, he swears to it: and they shall bear their iniquity;
which is repeated for the confirmation and certainty of it; see ( Ezekiel 44:10 ) , what is meant by it follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (Nwe lwvkml) "in offendiculum iniquitatis", Pagninus, Montanus; "offendiculo ad iniquitatem", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "offendiculo pravitatis", Starckius.
F9 (Mhyle) "super eos", Pagninus, Montanus; "super ipsos", Starckius; "super ipsis", Cocceius.

Ezequiel 44:12 In-Context

10 Y los Levitas que se apartaron lejos de mí cuando Israel erró, el cual se desvió de mí en pos de sus ídolos, llevarán su iniquidad.

11 Y serán ministros en mi santuario, porteros á las puertas de la casa, y sirvientes en la casa: ellos matarán el holocausto y la víctima al pueblo, y ellos estarán delante de ellos para servirles.

12 Por cuanto les sirvieron delante de sus ídolos, y fueron á la casa de Israel por tropezadero de maldad; por tanto, he alzado mi mano acerca de ellos, dice el Señor Jehová, que llevarán su iniquidad.

13 No serán allegados á mí para serme sacerdotes, ni se llegarán á ninguna de mis santificaciones; á las santidades de santidades; sino que llevarán su vergüenza, y sus abominaciones que hicieron.

14 Pondrélos, pues, por guardas de la guarda de la casa en todo su servicio, y en todo lo que en ella hubiere de hacerse.