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ESV Global Study Bible :: Footnotes for Ezekiel 11

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Ezek. 11:1–13 Ezekiel sees 25 men—a different group from 8:16, and at a different location. Unlike the previous group, the problem here is not with worship but with politics, although the precise issue at stake is unclear. The overall impression is that the thing they fear will come upon them (11:8) and that they have brought divine judgment on themselves.

Ezek. 11:1 The named individuals are otherwise unknown; on Pelatiah, see v. 13. Princes of the people does not refer to royalty; the identical phrase is translated “leaders of the people” in Neh. 11:1.

Ezek. 11:2–3 cauldron . . . meat. The imagery is best understood to indicate fear that led to mistrusting God. The idea is further developed in ch. 24.

Ezek. 11:7–12 The focus here is on the distinction between the court officials and the people who have been killed.

Ezek. 11:13 The significance of Ezekiel’s shock at the death of Pelatiah the son of Benaiah may lie in the meaning of his name: “the Lord delivers,” son of “the Lord builds,” has died!

Ezek. 11:14–21 Ezekiel’s outcry in v. 13 apparently prompts one of the most important statements of hope in the book, one closely connected to the “new heart” passage in 36:22–32. In 11:15 the voice of those left in Judah taunts the exiles. God’s response in v. 16 shows that God’s own action brought about the exile (I removed . . . I scattered); it also redefines the relationship between God and the remnant remaining in Judah: the real sanctuary is not the temple but God himself. That new relationship is marked by a new spirit and a heart of flesh (v. 19) provided by God himself. This enables faithful living, which was impossible with a heart of stone. Ezekiel stresses both God’s provision (here and in 36:26–27) and the importance of a correct human response (“make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit,” 18:31).

Ezek. 11:22–25 The vision concludes on a tragic note. God leaves his city, which means divine absence and thus death for the people. The mountain . . . on the east is the Mount of Olives. God’s absence from Jerusalem will continue until 43:1–5.

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