Ezekiel 12:8
in Ezekiel 12And in the morning the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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ASV
And in the morning came the word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
KJV
And in the morning came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,
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This verse in Ezekiel 12
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
in the morning the word of the LORD came to me
on Ezekiel 12:8-11
The explanation comes the next morning. The Lord names the target: “This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are there.” Ezekiel is to say, “I am a sign to you,” his own actions a small enactment of the exile to come.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Vers. 7, 8.) So I did as he commanded me: I brought out my belongings like the belongings of someone going into exile during the day, and in the evening I dug a hole in the wall with my own hands. In the darkness I went out, and on my shoulders I carried myself in their sight.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And in the morning came the word of the Lord unto me, saying. That is, in the morning after he had done all the above things commanded him; explaining the meaning of them, and showing to whom they belonged.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֧י | vayhi | and it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| דְבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֵלַ֖י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בַּבֹּ֥קֶר | baboker | in the morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיְהִ֧יand it came
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
דְבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֵלַ֖יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
בַּבֹּ֥קֶרin the morning
babokerH1242 →214 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.