Ezequiel 11:12

12 E vocês saberão que eu sou o SENHOR, pois vocês não agiram segundo os meus decretos nem obedeceram às minhas leis, mas se conformaram aos padrões das nações ao seu redor”.

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.


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 Vocês cairão à espada, e eu os julgarei nas fronteiras de Israel. Então vocês saberão que eu sou o SENHOR.
11 Esta cidade não será uma panela para vocês, nem vocês serão carne dentro dela; eu os julgarei nas fronteiras de Israel.
12 E vocês saberão que eu sou o SENHOR, pois vocês não agiram segundo os meus decretos nem obedeceram às minhas leis, mas se conformaram aos padrões das nações ao seu redor”.
13 Ora, enquanto eu estava profetizando, Pelatias, filho de Benaia, morreu. Então prostrei-me com o rosto em terra, e clamei em alta voz: “Ah! Soberano SENHOR! Destruirás totalmente o remanescente de Israel?”
14 Esta palavra do SENHOR veio a mim:
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