Eze 12:3-6 | TSK | STEP | prepare. stuff. or, instruments.By stuff our translators meant furniture or goods, as the word frequently denotes in our early writers; but the original, {keley,} has not only this sense (as in ver. 4,) but is also used for any kind of utensils or instruments whatever; and here probably denotes carriages, or other means for removing goods. This was intended to signify that the captivity was at hand. it may.

Ezekiel 12:3-6

prepare.

10-12; 4:1-17; Jer 13:1-11; 18:2-12; 19:1-15; 27:2

stuff. or, instruments.By stuff our translators meant furniture or goods, as the word frequently denotes in our early writers; but the original, {keley,} has not only this sense (as in ver. 4,) but is also used for any kind of utensils or instruments whatever; and here probably denotes carriages, or other means for removing goods. This was intended to signify that the captivity was at hand.

it may.

33:11; De 5:29; 32:29; Ps 81:13; Jer 18:11; 25:4-7; 26:3; 36:3,7

Lu 13:8,9,34; 20:13; 2Ti 2:25

at even.

12; 2Ki 25:4; Jer 39:4; 52:7

they that go forth into. Heb. the goings forth of.

Dig thou. Heb. Dig for thee.This was to shew that Zedekiah should escape from the city through a breach in the wall.

2Ki 25:4; Jer 39:2-4

thou shalt.This intimated that Zedekiah should steal out of the city in the twilight, carrying on his shoulders some of his property, with his head covered, not only as in distress but to escape detection. These prophecies, which were accurately fulfilled, are supposed to have been delivered in the sixth year of Zedekiah, five years before the taking of Jerusalem.

cover.

1Sa 28:8; 2Sa 15:30; Job 24:17

for I.

11; 4:3; 24:24; Isa 8:18; 20:2-4