Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 12:11
Say, I [am] your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove [and] go into captivity.
11. I am your sign ] i.e. a sign to you the exiles, to whom he is speaking; while done “to them” refers to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Cf. Eze 12:6.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
My person is the emblem of yours, and my actions in these cases are signs of that you shall do; and where you do not actively the like, yet the like shall be done to you, O inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Remove; change their habitations, and carry away their goods, such as the clemency of a conqueror will permit.
Go into captivity; you to whom I tell these things shall see them come from Jerusalem unto Babylon, as dejected, spoiled, and naked captives.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
11. signportent of evilto come (Eze 24:27; Zec 3:8,Margin). Fulfilled (2Ki 25:1-7;Jer 52:1-11).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Say, I [am] your sign,…. Which represents you, and shows what will befall you:
like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them; as he had carried out his stuff, and had removed it from one place to another, so they should be carried away out of their own land into a foreign country, as follows:
they shall remove, [and] go into captivity; the Babylonish captivity.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(11) Your sign.The change of pronoun is intentional. The prophets action was to be a sign not only to Zedekiah and the people in Jerusalem, but also to those in captivity, since they rested their hope upon the safety of the holy city.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
11. I am your sign It is no light thing to be set as a sign by the Lord. It is only the brave and consecrated man that God can so use. Few men have been great enough to be honored thus. Jehovah never takes the man clothed in fine linen, but the one clothed in sackcloth, when he would set a man as a sign before the world.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“Say, I am your sign. Just as I have done, so will it be done to them. They will go into exile, into captivity. And the prince who is among them will bear on his shoulder in the dark, and will go out. They will dig through the wall to carry out by it. He will cover his face because he will not see the ground with his eyes.”
What Ezekiel had acted out was a sign, a guarantee from God of would happen to both prince and people. Kings did not usually bear heavy burdens. But Zedekiah would, for he would have been brought down to a humble level by what was happening. Bearing the burdens may well have been part of his disguise. And they would go out ‘in the dark’. Compare Joh 13:30. It would be both literally true, and spiritually true. The future was dark before them. Their proud boast of being the chosen of Yahweh (Eze 11:15) would have collapsed.
As mentioned above the covering of the face probably primarily indicated that he could not bear to look at the sacred ground which he was having to leave behind him, a measure of his despair. He and his followers would be leaving with broken hearts (compare 1Sa 28:14). But it may also have indicated some measure of disguise (so LXX), or even have included that he would shortly be blinded (Eze 12:13).
Breaking through the wall indicated the extremity they would have come to. It was an ignominious flight. The gates would be heavily guarded by the enemy. See 2Ki 25:4-6; Jer 39:4-5; Jer 52:7-8 for its fulfilment.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Eze 12:11 Say, I [am] your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove [and] go into captivity.
Ver. 11. I am your sign. ] And so it pleases you to make me your mocking stock. Sed risus hic est Sardonius. Of such mirth one may safely say, “It is mad; and of such laughter, What doeth it?” Ecc 2:2
Like as I have done.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
I am: Eze 12:6
remove and go: Heb. by removing go, Jer 15:2, Jer 52:15, Jer 52:28-30
Reciprocal: Eze 4:3 – This Eze 24:24 – Ezekiel Zec 3:8 – wondered at
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 12:11. This verse connects the acting of the prophet witb the event that was to be its fulfillment. Ezekiel was to tell his people that it was performed in their sight as a sign. (See the explanation of this word at verse 6.1 Them and they are pronouns that stand for the persons mentioned in the close of the preceding verse. The prediction was that they were to go into captivity, meaning the “3rd captivity.”
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Ezekiel was to explain to his audience that he was a sign to them of others who would go into captivity. He was not representing his fellow exiles who would leave Babylon and return to Judea. He represented what Zedekiah and the people of Jerusalem would do. Zedekiah would try to escape under cover of darkness through a hole in a wall with his face covered to make himself unrecognizable (cf. 2Ki 25:4-6; Jer 39:4-5; Jer 52:7-8).