Ezequiel 24:25

25 »Y tú, hijo de hombre, el día en que yo les quite su fortaleza, su alegría y su gozo, el templo que les deleita la vista, el deseo de su corazón, y a sus hijos e hijas,

Ezequiel 24:25 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 24:25

Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day
This question is to be answered in the affirmative: when I take from them their strength;
their king and kingdom, their princes and nobles, their soldiers and men of might and war, their wealth and substance, their city and the inhabitants of it; or rather their temple, in which they placed their strong confidence: so the Targum,

``in the day when I shall take from them the house of their sanctuary;''

and which is called "the joy of their glory"; what they rejoiced and gloried in: the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their mind, their
sons and their daughters;
for to these may those phrases be applied; as well as to the temple; they being desirable to them, to be spared and continued, and on whom the affections of their hearts were set, and for whose welfare they were very solicitous. So some render it "the burden or care of their souls" ^F16; though the Targum applies this, as the other to the temple, paraphrasing it,

``and the delight of their eyes shall be taken from them, and the beloved of their souls, which is better to them than their sons and their daughters.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 (Mvpn avm ta) "onus animae eoram", Munster; "curam, [vel] solicitudinem"; so some in Vatablus.

Ezequiel 24:25 In-Context

23 Llevarán el turbante sobre la cabeza y se calzarán los pies. No llorarán ni harán lamentos, sino que se pudrirán a causa de sus pecados y gemirán unos con otros.

24 Ezequiel les servirá de señal, y ustedes harán lo mismo que él hizo. Cuando esto suceda, sabrán que yo soy el SEÑOR omnipotente”.

25 »Y tú, hijo de hombre, el día en que yo les quite su fortaleza, su alegría y su gozo, el templo que les deleita la vista, el deseo de su corazón, y a sus hijos e hijas,

26 vendrá un fugitivo a comunicarte la noticia.

27 Ese mismo día se te soltará la lengua y dejarás de estar mudo. Entonces podrás hablar con el fugitivo; servirás de señal para ellos, y sabrán que yo soy el SEÑOR».