Ezequiel 12:13

13 Mas yo extenderé mi red sobre él, y será preso en mi malla, y le haré llevar a Babilonia, a tierra de caldeos; mas no la verá, y allá morirá

Ezequiel 12:13 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 12:13

My net also will I spread upon him
Meaning the Chaldean army, which the Lord raised up, and brought against him, and gave success unto: and he shall be taken in my snare;
as a bird is taken in the snare of the fowler; or a wild beast by the hunter. The Jews have a tradition, which is mentioned both by Jarchi, Kimchi, and Abendana on the place, that there was a cave which reached from Zedekiah's house to the plains of Jericho, by the way of which he fled; and that God prepared a deer, which went upon the top of the cave; and the Chaldeans pursued it; and when it came to the mouth of the cave, Zedekiah was coming out, and they took him: and I will bring him to Babylon [to] the land of the Chaldeans;
yet shall he not see it; his eyes being put out at Riblah, ( Jeremiah 39:7 ) . The Prophet Jeremiah says that his eyes should behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, ( Jeremiah 34:3 ) ; and yet here Ezekiel says that he should not see the land of the Chaldeans. Josephus ^F21 observes, that Zedekiah thought these two prophecies contradicted each other, and therefore gave credit to neither; but they both proved true; he saw the king of Babylon at Riblah; but his eyes being there put out, he saw not Babylon, whither he was carried captive: though he shall die there;
as he did, ( Jeremiah 52:11 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Joseph. Antiqu. l. 10. c. 7. sect. 2. and c. 8. sect. 2.

Ezequiel 12:13 In-Context

11 Diles: Yo soy vuestra señal; como yo hice, así les harán a ellos; al pasar a otro país irán en cautiverio

12 Y al príncipe que está en medio de ellos llevarán a cuestas de noche, y saldrán; horadarán la pared para sacarle por ella; cubrirá su rostro para no ver con sus ojos la tierra

13 Mas yo extenderé mi red sobre él, y será preso en mi malla, y le haré llevar a Babilonia, a tierra de caldeos; mas no la verá, y allá morirá

14 Y a todos los que estuvieren alrededor de él para su ayuda, y a todas sus compañías esparciré a todos los vientos, y desenvainaré espada en pos de ellos

15 Y sabrán que yo soy el SEÑOR, cuando los esparciere entre los gentiles, y los dispersare por la tierra