Ezekiel 11:13
in Ezekiel 11Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
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ASV
And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
KJV
And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
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This verse in Ezekiel 11
Commentary
10 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The death of Pelatiah was communicated in this vision, which represented ideally the idolatry in which Pelatiah had actually been foremost.
This site's exposition
Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died
As Ezekiel prophesies, one of the twenty five named princes, Pelatiah, drops dead on the spot, the word acting as visibly as any of the prophet's sign acts. Ezekiel falls on his face and cries aloud, wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel, the same intercessory posture he has taken earlier in the book when the people's ruin seemed total. Henry reads the outcry as proof that judgment on the wicked never numbs a true prophet to the fate of the remnant, grief and obedience holding together in the same breath. Keil notes that Pelatiah's death, immediate and visible, functions as a pledge that the sentence just spoken against the princes will indeed be carried out.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 13) And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Phaltias son of Banajae died. And I fell on my face, crying out with a loud voice, and I said, Alas, alas, alas, Lord God, are you making an end of the remnant of Israel? As the prophet prophesied, one of the two chief princes, Phaltias son of Banajae, dies. He is interpreted as falling ruin, and he is the son of a builder or mason, for οἰκοδόμος cannot be translated into our language otherwise. Another prince is preserved unharmed, Jezonias son of Azur.
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
The death of Pelatiah was an earnest of the complete accomplishment of this prophecy. Note, God is pleased often-times to single out some sinners, and to make them monuments of his justice, for warning to others of what is coming; and some that thought themselves very safe and snatched away suddenly, and drop down dead in an instant, as Ananias and Sapphira at Peter's feet when he prophesied.
With what power Ezekiel prophesied, or, rather, what a divine power went along with it: It came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died; he was mentioned (
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It should seem this was done in vision now, (as the slaying of the ancient men, chap. ix, 6,) but it was an assurance, that when this prophecy was published, it would be done in fact. And the death of Pelatiah was an earnest of the compleat accomplishment of the prophecy.
And it came to pass when I prophesied,....
3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
A message of comfort to those who were carried captives into Babylon and were there in the depth of despondency, thinking they should never rise. And, as the former are assured that God has judgments in store for them notwithstanding their present security, so the later are assured that God has mercy in store for them notwithstanding their present distress,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The people regarded Pelatiah as a mainstay of the city. His name (derived from a Hebrew root, "a remnant," or else "God delivers") suggested hope. Is that hope, asks Ezekiel, to be disappointed?
Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died - Most probably he was struck dead the very hour in which Ezekiel prophesied against him. His death appears to have resembled that of Ananias and Sapphira, Act 5:1, etc.
The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְהִי֙ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כְּהִנָּ֣בְאִ֔י | kehinavei | when prophesied I | H5012 → | 115 times |
| וּפְלַטְיָ֥הוּ | ufelatyahu | and Pelatiah | H6410 → | |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בְּנָיָ֖ה | benayah | Benaiah | H1141 → | |
| מֵ֑ת | met | he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| וָאֶפֹּ֨ל | vaepol | and I fell | H5307 → | 435 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פָּנַ֜י | panai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וָאֶזְעַ֣ק | vaezak | and I cried out | H2199 → | 73 times |
| קוֹל־ | kol- | a voice | H6963 → | 506 times |
| גָּד֗וֹל | gadol | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| וָאֹמַר֙ | vaomar | and I said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲהָהּ֙ | ʾahah | alas! | H162 → | 15 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | O Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| כָּלָה֙ | kalah | complete destruction | H3617 → | 21 times |
| אַתָּ֣ה | ʾatah | [are] you? | H859 → | 1094 times |
| עֹשֶׂ֔ה | ʾoseh | making | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| שְׁאֵרִ֥ית | sheerit | [the] remnant of | H7611 → | 66 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַֽיְהִי֙and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
כְּהִנָּ֣בְאִ֔יwhen prophesied I
kehinaveiH5012 →115 times
וּפְלַטְיָ֥הוּand Pelatiah
ufelatyahuH6410 →
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
בְּנָיָ֖הBenaiah
benayahH1141 →
מֵ֑תhe died
metH4191 →839 times
וָאֶפֹּ֨לand I fell
vaepolH5307 →435 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פָּנַ֜יface my
panaiH6440 →2123 times
וָאֶזְעַ֣קand I cried out
vaezakH2199 →73 times
קוֹל־a voice
kol-H6963 →506 times
גָּד֗וֹלgreat
gadolH1419 →526 times
וָאֹמַר֙and I said
vaomarH559 →5305 times
אֲהָהּ֙alas!
ʾahahH162 →15 times
אֲדֹנָ֣יO Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
כָּלָה֙complete destruction
kalahH3617 →21 times
אַתָּ֣ה[are] you?
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
עֹשֶׂ֔הmaking
ʾosehH6213 →2628 times
אֵ֖תwith
ʾetH854 →929 times
שְׁאֵרִ֥ית[the] remnant of
sheeritH7611 →66 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 5:5On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.
it leads to
- Acts 5:10–11
At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
- Acts 2:43
A sense of awe came over everyone, and the apostles performed many wonders and signs.
- Acts 5:10–11
Through
Ezekiel 9:8While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
it leads to
- Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.
- Joshua 7:6
Through
Ezekiel 11:1Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 8:3
He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God…
- Ezekiel 11:24
And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,
- Ezekiel 8:16
So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five…
- Ezekiel 3:14
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
- Ezekiel 3:12
Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: ‘Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!’
- Ezekiel 8:3
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.