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Therefore, you son of man, prepare you stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and you shall remove from your place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.
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A Living Parable of Exile
Commentators explain that God commanded Ezekiel to perform a public, symbolic act. He was to pack his belongings during the day, in full view of the people, as if preparing for a forced relocation. This 'street theater' was designed to be a vivid, unmissable sign of the coming judgment on Jerusalem, making the abstract prophecy tangible and personal.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Belongings: Clothing, vessels, and the like. The “removing” was to be of the kind that accompanied exile. The whole account of this transact…
19th Century
Anglican
Prepare you stuff for removing. —The same words are translated in Jeremiah 46:19, Furnish thyself to go into captivity. S…
16th Century
Protestant
Now God instructs His prophet in what He wishes him to do. He orders him to take "vessels for journeying"; that is, He orders him to prepare for a …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore, you son of man, prepare your stuff for removing F19, &c.] Or, "vessels of captivity", such as perso…
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…
