Ezequiel 21:16-26

16 Muéstrate afilada, ve a la derecha; prepárate, ve a la izquierda, adondequiera que tu filo sea dirigido.
17 También yo batiré palmas, y aplacaré mi furor. Yo, el SEÑOR, he hablado.
18 Y vino a mí la palabra del SEÑOR, diciendo:
19 Y tú, hijo de hombre, traza dos caminos por donde venga la espada del rey de Babilonia; ambos saldrán de una misma tierra. Haz una señal y ponla al comienzo del camino a la ciudad.
20 Trazarás el camino por donde venga la espada hacia Rabá de los hijos de Amón, y hacia Judá, que en Jerusalén tiene su fortaleza.
21 Porque el rey de Babilonia se ha detenido en la bifurcación del camino, al comienzo de los dos caminos, para emplear la adivinación; sacude las saetas, consulta con los ídolos domésticos , observa el hígado.
22 En su mano derecha vino el vaticinio: Jerusalén. ¡A colocar arietes, a llamar a la matanza, a alzar la voz en grito de guerra, a poner arietes contra las puertas, a levantar terraplenes, a edificar muro de asedio!
23 Pero fue para los judíos como vaticinio falso a sus ojos, pues habían hecho juramentos solemnes. Pero él les hará recordar su iniquidad y serán apresados.
24 Por tanto, así dice el Señor DIOS: "Por cuanto habéis hecho que vuestra iniquidad sea recordada poniendo al descubierto vuestras transgresiones, de modo que se manifiestan vuestros pecados en todas vuestras obras, por cuanto habéis sido recordados, seréis apresados por su mano.
25 "Y tú, infame y malvado príncipe de Israel, cuyo día ha llegado, la hora del castigo final",
26 así dice el Señor DIOS: "Quítate la tiara y depón la corona; esto cambiará; lo humilde será ensalzado y lo ensalzado será humillado.

Ezequiel 21:16-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 21

This chapter contains an explanation of a prophecy in the latter part of the preceding chapter; and a new one, concerning the sword of the Chaldeans, and the destruction of the Jews and Ammonites by it. The prophecy of the fire in the forest is explained, Eze 21:1-5, upon which the prophet is directed to show his concern at it by sighing, in order to awaken the attention of the people to it, Eze 21:6,7, then follows a prophecy of a very sharp and bright sword, which should do great execution upon the people and princes of Israel; and therefore the prophet, in order to affect them, with it, is bid to howl and cry, and smite on his thigh; and smite his hands together, and the Lord says he would do so; all which is designed to set forth the greatness of the calamity and the distress, Eze 21:8-17, next the prophet is ordered to represent the king of Babylon as at a place where two ways met, and as at a loss which way to take, and as determined by divination to go to Jerusalem first, Eze 21:18-24, and then Zedekiah, the then reigning prince of Israel, has his doom pronounced on him, and he is ordered to be stripped of his regalia; and an intimation is given that there should be no more king over Israel of the house of David until the Messiah came, Eze 21:26,27 and the chapter is concluded with a prophecy of the destruction of the Ammonites in their own land, which should certainly be, though their diviners might, say the contrary, Eze 21:28-31.

above excuse or complaint about speaking in parables; wherefore the prophet is ordered to speak in plainer language to the people. It is very probable that the prophet delivered the prophecy recorded in the latter part of the preceding chapter in the figurative terms in which he received it; and he here is bid to explain it to the people, or to repeat it to them in clearer expressions. 28904-950610-1207-Eze21.2

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