Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 12:15
And they shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
They shall know; they shall see, confess, and be sensible of my power, justice, and truth, who make good my threats against obdurate sinners as well as my promises to believers.
Scatter and distress; two expressions of the same thing, which is frequent in Scripture; and as it usually magnifieth the good or evil, so insures either.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And they shall know that I [am] the Lord,…. God omniscient, and can and do foresee and foretell future events, when the above things shall come to pass; and omnipotent, able to do what he purposed and declared he would; and true and faithful to his word, and holy and righteous in all his ways and works:
when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries; of Egypt, Babylon, Media, and other places.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Here God insults both Jews and Israelites who had united themselves. He says that he would so display his power that they should be compelled to acknowledge him, but to their own destruction. Experimental knowledge is sometimes attributed to the faithful; because when we are too slow, God shows us his power by sure proofs. But what is here said ought to be restricted to the reprobate and abandoned, who do not acknowledge God except in death. Yet Zedekiah was not entirely without the fear of God: he reverenced Jeremiah, and the seed of piety was not altogether extinct in his mind. As regards the people, inasmuch as they offered the daily sacrifice, they certainly cherished some opinion of God’s favor, and also of his power. But because they despised the Prophets, they were altogether unsubdued, and made a laughing-stock of their threats, and for this cause they are said not to acknowledge God. And we must diligently notice this. For the impious do not think themselves so stupid as to refuse to God his just honor; but yet when God calls them they turn their backs: when he sets before them his message, even for their own advantage, they are not only deaf and stop their ears, but they are even riotous, and deride all his threats like idle stories. But it is certain that no knowledge of God can flourish when such contempt of his doctrine prevails. For this reason he says now, at length the Jews shall know, because this contempt hindered them from ascribing praise to God for his power; for they had been terrified by even his nod. Jeremiah had assiduously instructed them in God’s word, but they were so hardened that they treated it as a thing of nought. The threat then is most grievous: as if God had said, When I smite you with my hand, you shall feel me to be God. Let us learn then to acknowledge God betimes by faith, because this is the fitting opportunity for salutary knowledge. Let us not abuse his patience while he rages against us with a stretched out hand, and pursues us fiercely. Sometimes, indeed, he chastises his own people for their good, but when it comes to pass that there is no hope of repentance to the reprobate, then he reduces them to nothing. Now it follows —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Eze 12:15 And they shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
Ver. 15. And they shall know that I am the Lord. ] The Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God. Neh 1:5 This they shall know magno suo male, his great wrong, who would not take knowledge what was said unto them by the prophets.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 12:16, Eze 12:20, Eze 5:13, Eze 6:7, Eze 6:14, Eze 7:4, Eze 11:10, Eze 24:27, Eze 25:11, Eze 26:6, Eze 28:26, Eze 33:33, Eze 39:28, Eze 14:18, Psa 9:16
Reciprocal: Deu 4:27 – General 2Ki 25:11 – the rest Psa 59:11 – Slay Psa 68:1 – be scattered Jer 9:16 – scatter Jer 29:18 – will deliver Jer 49:32 – I will scatter Eze 22:15 – scatter Zec 2:6 – spread Jam 1:1 – scattered
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 12:15. Again we see the chief motive that was behind these great demonstrations against the unfaithful people of Israel from time to time was to make them know; that I am the Lord.