Ezekiel 12:2

2 Human one, you live in a household of rebels. They have eyes to see but they don't see, ears to hear but they don't hear, because they are a household of rebels.

Ezekiel 12:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 12:2

Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house,
&c.] The captives in Babylon, who murmured at their present condition and circumstances, and looked upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem to be in happy ones, and believed they would continue in them, as the false prophets persuaded them; not believing the prophets of the Lord; and encouraged them to stand out against the king of Babylon, repenting that they had surrendered to him, and hoped they should by their means be delivered see the same character of them, ( Ezekiel 2:3 Ezekiel 2:5-7 ) ( Ezekiel 3:9 Ezekiel 3:26 ) ; which have eyes to see, and see not: they have ears to hear, and hear
not;
they had natural sense and understanding, and means and opportunities of being better informed, and of knowing the true state of things, and how they were, and would be; but they wilfully shut their eyes against all light and evidence, and stopped their ears, and would not hearken to the words of the prophets: for they [are] a rebellious house;
stubborn, obstinate, and self-willed: or, "a house of rebellion" ^F18.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (yrm tyb) "domus rebellionis", Montanus, Vatablus, Starckius; "domus inobedientiae", Cocceius.

Ezekiel 12:2 In-Context

1 The LORD's word came to me:

2 Human one, you live in a household of rebels. They have eyes to see but they don't see, ears to hear but they don't hear, because they are a household of rebels.

3 But you, human one, prepare a backpack for going into exile. In the daytime while they watch, go into exile; while they watch, go out from your place to another. Even though they are a household of rebels, perhaps they will understand.

4 In the daytime while they watch, carry your backpack as if for exile. At twilight while they watch, go out like those who are led out to exile.

5 While they watch, dig a hole through the wall and take your backpack out through it.