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Say you to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This burden [concerns] the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel among whom they are.
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A Specific Warning for the King
Commentators unanimously clarify that this prophecy was not a general warning but a specific message of doom for "the prince in Jerusalem," identified as King Zedekiah. The leadership of Judah, along with the remaining people in the city, were the direct targets of this coming judgment.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Burden - A word used to indicate a prediction of woe to be borne by some individual or people (Isaiah 13:1, note). Ezekiel, bear…
19th Century
Anglican
All the house of Israel. —The burden (or message of woe) was directed immediately to the king and his princes, but the pe…
16th Century
Protestant
We gather from these words of the Prophet that he himself was derided when he began to migrate; then, that he secretly dug through the wall by nigh…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Say you unto them, thus says the Lord God In answer to their sneering question; or notwithstanding their stupidity a…
By the preparation for removal, and his breaking through the wall of his house at evening, as one desiring to escape from the enemy, the prophet si…
