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Ezekiel
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The LORD’s word also came to me, saying, “Son of man, you dwell in the middle of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and don’t see, who have ears to hear, and don’t hear; for they are a rebellious house. See also: Jeremiah 5:21Mark 4:12Psalms 78:40“Therefore, you son of man, prepare your baggage for moving, and move by day in their sight. You shall move from your place to another place in their sight. It may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house. See also: Jeremiah 36:32 Timothy 2:25Jeremiah 26:3You shall bring out your baggage by day in their sight, as baggage for moving. You shall go out yourself at evening in their sight, as when men go out into exile. See also: Jeremiah 39:4Ezekiel 12:122 Kings 25:4Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry your baggage out that way. See also: 2 Kings 25:4Jeremiah 39:2-4In their sight you shall bear it on your shoulder, and carry it out in the dark. You shall cover your face, so that you don’t see the land, for I have set you for a sign to the house of Israel.” See also: Ezekiel 4:3Isaiah 8:18Ezekiel 24:24I did so as I was commanded. I brought out my baggage by day, as baggage for moving, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my hand. I brought it out in the dark, and bore it on my shoulder in their sight. See also: Ezekiel 24:18Ezekiel 37:10Ezekiel 37:7In the morning, the LORD’s word came to me, saying, “Son of man, hasn’t the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’ See also: Ezekiel 24:19Ezekiel 17:12Ezekiel 20:49“Say to them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel among whom they are.”’ See also: Isaiah 13:12 Kings 9:25Jeremiah 38:18“Say, ‘I am your sign. As I have done, so will it be done to them. They will go into exile, into captivity. See also: Jeremiah 15:2Jeremiah 52:15Jeremiah 52:28-30“‘The prince who is among them will bear his baggage on his shoulder in the dark, and will go out. They will dig through the wall to carry things out that way. He will cover his face, because he will not see the land with his eyes. See also: 2 Kings 25:4Jeremiah 39:4Ezekiel 12:6I will also spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there. See also: Ezekiel 17:20Jeremiah 39:7Hosea 7:12I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his bands. I will draw out the sword after them. See also: Ezekiel 5:2Ezekiel 17:212 Kings 25:4-5“‘They will know that I am the LORD when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them through the countries. See also: Ezekiel 6:7Ezekiel 6:14Ezekiel 12:16But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’” See also: Ezekiel 14:22-23Ezekiel 6:8-10Jeremiah 22:8-9Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying, “Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness. See also: Lamentations 5:9Psalms 60:2-3Deuteronomy 28:65Tell the people of the land, ‘The Lord GOD says concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the land of Israel: “They will eat their bread with fearfulness and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate, and all that is therein, because of the violence of all those who dwell therein. See also: Zechariah 7:14Micah 7:13Ezekiel 6:14The cities that are inhabited will be laid waste, and the land will be a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”’” See also: Jeremiah 4:7Isaiah 7:23-24Isaiah 3:26The LORD’s word came to me, saying, “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are prolonged, and every vision fails’? See also: Ezekiel 18:2-3Ezekiel 11:3Ezekiel 12:27Tell them therefore, ‘The Lord GOD says: “I will make this proverb to cease, and they will no more use it as a proverb in Israel;”’ but tell them, ‘“The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision. See also: Joel 2:1Ezekiel 7:5-7Matthew 24:34For there will be no more any false vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. See also: Ezekiel 13:23Jeremiah 14:13-16Zechariah 13:2-4For I am the LORD. I will speak, and the word that I speak will be performed. It will be no more deferred; for in your days, rebellious house, I will speak the word and will perform it,” says the Lord GOD.’” See also: Isaiah 14:24Isaiah 55:11Habakkuk 1:5Again the LORD’s word came to me, saying, “Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, ‘The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of times that are far off.’ See also: Daniel 10:14Ezekiel 12:222 Peter 3:4“Therefore tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “None of my words will be deferred any more, but the word which I speak will be performed,” says the Lord GOD.’” See also: Ezekiel 12:23-25Mark 13:32-37Matthew 24:48-51
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)7 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Ezekiel 12:3
Ver. 3. Removing. Lit. "vessels of transmigration," (H.) or bundles, (C.) and what was requisite for travelling, (W.) or in exile. H. --- All this, to C. xx.
happened five years before the fall of Jerusalem. C. --- See C. viii. 1. H.
↑ 3Ezekiel 12:6
Ver. 6. Be carried. Sept. S. Jerom reads, "thou shalt carry thy bundles on the shoulder," as many explain the Heb. (C.) and also v. 7. "I bear it upon my shoulder." v. 12. Prot. H. --- Cover, to denote the blindness of Sedecias, (C.) or his attempt to disguise himself. H. --- The faces of criminals were covered. Est.
vii. The king and nobles escaped through a breach. Jer. xxxix. 4.
C. --- Sign. Lit. "a prodigy to," &c. H. --- The actions as well as the words of the prophet indicated what would happen. S. Jer. v. 11.
↑ 6Ezekiel 12:10
Ver. 10. Jerusalem. The people regarded not Jeremias. This prediction would be sent to them to confirm what he said, while it would tend to keep up the spirits of those who were in captivity.
Theod. C. --- Israel. The people, or those of the ten tribes who had retired thither. M.
↑ 10Ezekiel 12:13
Ver. 13. Net, as was done in war, and to catch wild beasts. Jer. xvi. 16. C. --- Not see it, because his eyes shall be put out by Nabuchodonosor. Ch. --- The false prophets thought they perceived a contradiction here; (W.) and Sedecias, confronting it with Jerem. xxxviii. 18. disregarded both.
Jos. Ant. x. 10. --- This was more pardonable than for Paine to object this as an inconsistency, after the event has so clearly verified the predictions of both, and shewed their consent. H. ---
The unhappy prince saw too late the true meaning. C. --- He was put in a cage, like a wild beast, and conveyed blind to Babylon. S. Jer.
↑ 13Ezekiel 12:14
Ver. 14. Them. Many joined Godolias. C. v. 2. H.
↑ 14Ezekiel 12:18
Ver. 18. Sorrow. Act like one under great anxiety and distress. C.
↑ 18Ezekiel 12:22
This 19th-century note uses polemical language; read it in the light of the note at the top of this panel.
Ver. 22. Proverb, or common saying. W. --- Prolonged. They took occasion from God's long suffering to become more wicked, (C.) and even asserted that the prophets told nothing but lies, (Theod.) and spoke of events at a great distance, that they might not be detected. If what they announced came to pass, they attributed it to chance; (C.) if it did not, being only conditional, they ridiculed this idea as a mere subterfuge. H. --- As the prophets had long before foretold the captivity, and it had not yet taken place, (W.) in general, though many were already in exile, (H.) they concluded that it would never be realized.
Thus heretics deny the general judgment. 1 Pet.
iii. W. --- Every vision, on this head. v. 28. Many events were revealed that regarded the times of Christ. Dan. ix. &c. H.
↑ 22License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses