Ezequiel 12:19

19 y dirás al pueblo de la tierra: Así dijo el Señor DIOS sobre los moradores de Jerusalén, y sobre la tierra de Israel: Su pan comerán con temor, y con espanto beberán sus aguas; porque su tierra será asolada de su plenitud, por la violencia de todos los que en ella moran.

Ezequiel 12:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 12:19

And say unto the people of the land
Of Chaldea, where the prophet now was; not the natives of the land, but the Israelites, who were captives in it; who were ready to murmur and repine at their own case, as miserable; and at that of the Jews at Jerusalem, as happy; and therefore they are taught by this sign, as well as by the following prophecy, that they were mistaken: thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
or to them, or "concerning" them ^F25; whom the captives in Chaldea thought lived so happily, and would continue so: [and] of the land of Israel;
or, "upon the land of Israel" ^F26; inhabitants on it; to this sense the Targum and Septuagint Version interpret it, and also Kimchi: they shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with
astonishment;
meaning at the siege of Jerusalem, when they could not eat and drink in peace; but, while they were eating and drinking, were disturbed and put into fear and surprise by the besiegers; and also, hearing that their provisions would not hold out, were careful how they ate and drank, and were frightened with the thoughts of being reduced to extreme want: that her land may be desolate from all that is therein;
or, "from its fulness" ^F1; men and cattle, cities, towns, houses, vineyards, fields, fruits, and plenty of all good things. Jarchi expounds it of riches: because of the violence of all them that dwell therein;
not the violence of the Chaldeans, making a prey of all they met with, plundering cities and towns, and making forage of the fruits of the earth, by which means the land was desolate; but the rapine, oppression, and injustice of the Jews, which were the cause of all these calamities which came upon their country.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (Mlvwry ybvwyl) "habitatoribus Hierosolymorum", Montanus, Starckius; "de habitatoribus", Piscator; "de habitantibus Hierosolymam", Cocceius.
F26 (larvy tmda la) (epi thv ghv tou israhl) , Sept. "super terram Israel", Calvin; "in terram Israelis", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus; so Ben Melech.
F1 (halmm) "a plenitudine sua", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Starckius.

Ezequiel 12:19 In-Context

17 Y vino Palabra del SEÑOR a mí, diciendo:

18 Hijo de hombre, come tu pan con temblor, y bebe tu agua con estremecimiento y con angustia;

19 y dirás al pueblo de la tierra: Así dijo el Señor DIOS sobre los moradores de Jerusalén, y sobre la tierra de Israel: Su pan comerán con temor, y con espanto beberán sus aguas; porque su tierra será asolada de su plenitud, por la violencia de todos los que en ella moran.

20 Y las ciudades habitadas serán asoladas, y la tierra será desierta; y sabréis que yo soy el SEÑOR.

21 Y vino Palabra del SEÑOR a mí, diciendo: