Ezekiel 11:25
in Ezekiel 11I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.
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ASV
Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that Jehovah had showed me.
KJV
Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the Lord had shewed me.
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This verse in Ezekiel 11
Commentary
8 notes on this verseBoth of which signify not that the prophet was physically transported from Jerusalem to Babylon, but in spirit, the vision that had led him in spirit to Jerusalem was taken away, and he returned to himself and spoke to the transmigration all that had been shown to him, namely, about those of whom it is written above: I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting beside me, and there the hand of the Lord God fell upon me, and I saw.
This site's exposition
the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea
on Ezekiel 11:24-25
Then “the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea,” ending the tour where it began, among the elders of 8:1. The whole tour was seen “in the vision given by the Spirit of God” while the prophet sat in his house.
This site's exposition
I told the exiles everything
The vision ends, and Ezekiel tells the exiles everything the LORD had shown him. Matthew Henry notes that the prophet passed on all he was shown, and nothing more. He received the word so he could give it.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 24, 25.) And the spirit lifted me up and brought me to Chaldea for the transmigration in a vision in the spirit of God, and the vision that I had seen was taken away from me. And I spoke to the transmigration all the words of the Lord that he had shown me. Because we have translated from the Hebrew truth: And the vision that I had seen was taken away from me, the LXX translated: And I ascended from the vision that I had seen.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
10 ), and they are here charged, not with corruptions in worship, but with mal-administration in the government; two of them are named, because they were the most active leading men, and perhaps because the prophet knew them, though he had been some years absent-- Pelatiah and Jaazaniah, not that mentioned ch. viii. 11 , for he was the son of Shaphan, this is the son of Azur.
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Then I spake unto them of the captivity,....
He received that he might give, and he was faithful to him that appointed him; he delivered his message very honestly: he spoke all that, and that only, which God had shown him.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
things . . . showed me--literally, "words"; an appropriate expression; for the word communicated to him was not simply a word, but one clothed with outward symbols "shown" to him as in the sacrament, which AUGUSTINE terms "the visible word" [CALVIN].
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The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וָאֲדַבֵּ֖ר | vaadaber | and I spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַגּוֹלָ֑ה | hagolah | the exile[s] | H1473 → | 43 times |
| אֵ֛ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| דִּבְרֵ֥י | divrei | [the] words of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֶרְאָֽנִי׃ פ | herani | he had shown me | H7200 → | 1300 times |
וָאֲדַבֵּ֖רand I spoke
vaadaberH1696 →1141 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַגּוֹלָ֑הthe exile[s]
hagolahH1473 →43 times
אֵ֛ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] words of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הֶרְאָֽנִי׃ פhe had shown me
heraniH7200 →1300 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
Ezekiel 3:27But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 3:11
Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 12:2–3
“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 3:11
Through
Ezekiel 2:7But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 23:28
Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 3:17
“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
- Ezekiel 2:5
And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.
- Ezekiel 3:10
“Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.
- Jeremiah 23:28
Through
Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
it leads to
- Isaiah 52:8
Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. For every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion.
- Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for…
- Isaiah 52:8
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.