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Ezekiel 3:11

King James Version (KJV)

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Ezekiel 3:11

Verse 11 of 27

Scripture focus

And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

Ezekiel 3:11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezekiel 3:11

Theological / Devotional

Of the captivity. Earlier (v. 4; cf. ch. 2:3) Ezekiel had been told that his mission was to the house of Israel. Now the commission is specialized “to them of the captivity.” At the time of the call, 593/592 B.C. (see on ch. 1:2), and for several years afterward, the captives comprised but a small part of the Jewish nation. After the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. the captives represented the mass of the people. Ezekiel’s message was to the captivity, Jeremiah’s was to the remnant of Judah, and Daniel’s to the court of Babylon, except for that portion of his book which was sealed till the time of the end (Dan. 12:4; GC 356). Thus, though the three men were contemporaries, there was a division of their spheres of responsibility. See p. 569.

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