Ezekiel 11:13

13 Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah, Lord God! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?"

Ezekiel 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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Ezekiel 11:13 In-Context

11 This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst. I will judge you at the border of Israel.
12 And you shall know that I am the Lord; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My judgments, but have done according to the customs of the Gentiles which are all around you." ' "
13 Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah, Lord God! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?"
14 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
15 "Son of man, your brethren, your relatives, your countrymen, and all the house of Israel in its entirety, are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Get far away from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.'
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