Ezequiel 11:12

12 y sabrán que yo soy el Señor
. Pues se negaron a obedecer mis decretos y ordenanzas; en cambio, han imitado las costumbres de las naciones que los rodean”».

Ezequiel 11:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 11:12

And ye shall know that I [am] the Lord
(See Gill on Ezekiel 11:10); for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments;
which is the reason why the Lord would judge them on the border of Israel, and deliver them up into the hands of strangers; nor can he be thought to act the severe and cruel part to them, when this their disobedience is observed; since they had his statutes and his judgments made known to them, which were not known to other nations, and yet they regarded them not; wherefore it was but righteous in him to inflict his judgments upon them; and which is the more aggravated by what follows, and which still more clearly shows the justice of the divine proceedings against them: but have done after the manners of the Heathens that [are] round about
you;
or, "the judgments of the Heathens" ^F8; regarded them, and acted according to them, when they slighted and disobeyed the judgments of the Lord; instead of worshipping of him according to his revealed will, they served the idols of the nations round about them, and gave into all their superstitious rites and ceremonies.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (Myywgh yjpvmk) "juxta judicia genitium", Pagninus, Montanus; "secundum jura gentium", Junius & Tremellius; Piscator; "secundum judicia gentium", Cocceius, Starckius.

Ezequiel 11:12 In-Context

10 Serán masacrados hasta las fronteras de Israel. Ejecutaré juicio contra ustedes y sabrán que yo soy el Señor
.

11 No, esta ciudad no será una olla de hierro para ustedes ni estarán a salvo como la carne dentro de ella. Los juzgaré, incluso hasta las fronteras de Israel,

12 y sabrán que yo soy el Señor
. Pues se negaron a obedecer mis decretos y ordenanzas; en cambio, han imitado las costumbres de las naciones que los rodean”».

13 Mientras yo aún profetizaba, murió de repente Pelatías, hijo de Benaía. Entonces caí rostro en tierra y clamé: «Oh Señor
Soberano, ¿vas a matar a todos en Israel?».

14 Esperanza para Israel en el destierro
Luego recibí este mensaje del Señor
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