Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 12:25
For I [am] the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.
25. for I am the Lord ] Rather: for I the Lord will speak. Lit. for I the Lord will speak what word I shall speak, and it shall come to pass. The sense is given by A.V. The word which the Lord speaks to this generation shall be fulfilled before it pass away.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 25. In your days – will I say the word, and will perform it] Even these mockers shall live to see and feel this desolation. This is more particularly intimated in the following verses.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
I can discover the vanity of flattering prophets, and will do it, by making good what my true prophets have foretold. No length of time shall make me forget it, no pretences of self-flattering prophets or people shall divert it, no power can hinder me, nor counsel defeat me. What Jeremiah and Ezekiel have foretold, I will now accomplish in these days, and defer no longer. I will not preach to you by my prophets the fatal sorrows of your childrens children, who should cry out of calamities when you are past feeling them, but the same age that hears the threat shall feel the execution; the enemy I raise against you shall burn your city and temple, spoil your goods, famish you in the siege, and lead you captives after the siege, and all this and a thousand times more shall come upon you in your days, O rebellious house! When all this comes to pass, your proverb will be sure to cease indeed. Hitherto he answers the ungodly users and abettors of this proverb.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
25. word . . . shall come to passinopposition to their scoff “the vision faileth” (Eze12:22). The repetition, “I will speak . . . speak,” c.(or as FAIRBAIRN, “ForI, Jehovah, will speak whatever word I shall speak, and it shall bedone”) implies that whenever God speaks, the effect must followfor God, who speaks, is not divided in Himself (Eze 12:28;Isa 55:11; Dan 9:12;Luk 21:33).
no more prolongedinopposition to the scoff (Eze12:22), “The days are prolonged.”
in your dayswhile youare living (compare Mt 24:34).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
For I [am] the Lord: I will speak,…. A sovereign Being, immutable and eternal; who will speak by his prophets what is his mind and will shall be done:
and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; the word of prophecy delivered out in his nature by the true prophets never fails, but is always accomplished; as that was which respected the siege or Jerusalem, and captivity of the Jews:
it shall be no more prolonged: the judgment threatened shall be inflicted, and that in a very short time:
for in your days, O rebellious house; while they were living; which they hoped would never be, at least not till after their death; whereas, within live or six years after this, all came to pass:
will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord God of hosts; not only the prophecy of their ruin should be given out in their days, but accomplished in that time; which they might depend upon, since he who said it is the mighty God, the Lord of armies in heaven and in earth.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He confirms the last verse. there is some obscurity in the context of the words, but as to the general sense, the Prophet wishes to teach simply that what even God had spoken should be shortly accomplished, since God wishes to assert his own fidelity by the execution of the vengeance which he had threatened by his servants. The Prophet here means, that it is not right to separate God’s word from its effect, because God who speaks is not divided against himself. Whenever he opens his mouth, he stretches out his hand to fulfill his words. Now we understand the Prophet’s meaning; and hence we may collect the usefulness of this teaching. For, because God’s word seems cold to us and to be dissipated into air, we must always consider his hand. Whenever the Prophets speak, let God come before our eyes, and let him come not merely with bare words, but armed with his power, as if his hand was in some way included in his word. This is the meaning of the whole verse, I Jehovah will utter a word, and whatever I shall utter that will I do: it shall be no lower delayed, but, as I have often said, it shall return, nay in your days, O rebellious house, I will do what I have spoken by my servants. Here he expresses what might yet appear doubtful. For since a thousand years are with God as one day, the time might be thought near, even if the city had not been taken and destroyed with the temple for thirty years. But now God, after the manner of men, defines the time to be near, because those who were then alive should see the accomplishment of the prophecies which they had despised. It follows —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Eze 12:25 For I [am] the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.
Ver. 25. For I am the Lord. ] And that you shall shortly feel to your small comfort. What I have uttered with my mouth, I will perform with my hand without fail.
For in your days.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
prolonged : i.e. delayed, or deferred.
with the LORD = [isj Adonai Jehovah’s oracle.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
for in
It must constantly be remembered that though the prophet was in Babylonia he prophesies as if in the land, and during the eleven years’ interval between the first and final deportation. (See Scofield “Eze 8:3”).
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
I will: Eze 12:28, Eze 6:10, Num 14:28-34, Isa 14:24, Isa 55:11, Lam 2:17, Dan 9:12, Zec 1:6, Mat 24:35, Luk 21:13, Luk 21:33
in your: Jer 16:9, Hab 1:5, Mar 13:30, Mar 13:31
O rebellious: Eze 12:1, Eze 12:2
Reciprocal: Num 11:23 – thou shalt 1Ki 8:20 – hath performed 2Ki 25:21 – So Judah Jer 1:12 – I will Eze 12:23 – The days Eze 17:24 – I the Lord have spoken Eze 22:3 – that her Eze 24:3 – the rebellious Eze 36:8 – at hand Zep 2:2 – the decree Mar 13:29 – know
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
THE LORD IS NOT SLACK
I am the Lord; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be performed; it shall be no more deferred.
Eze 12:25 (R.V.)
I. In various ways the people of Israel were endeavouring to minimise the effects of Ezekiels denunciations of judgment.They did not deny that he spoke the Word of God, but comforted themselves with the reflection that it was not likely to be fulfilled for some time yet. The vision that he seeth is for many days to come. God, on the other hand, said, It shall be no more deferred.
II. We are all disposed to remove the wonderful working of God to the remote past or the distant future: either that He did miracles or will do them. Heaven touches the earth at this horizon or that, but it is remote from the place where we stand. This is the tendency of our mind, and for this reason we miss the manifestations of Gods grace and power which wait to enrich our lives. Now is the accepted time, now the day of salvation. As Christ is, so are we. There is as much of Divine power and love-throbbing around, and within our easy reach, as ever filled the upper room. That Jesus did miracles at the beginning of the Christian era does not excite surprise, nor yet that He shall do wonderful things at its close; but we are apt to be incredulous that our own days should be days of the Son of Manthe scene and time of His mighty deeds. We have no faith for it, and there is no room for Him to act. Who of us will dare to translate the Bible into living daily experience, and dare to believe that God will do (for those who trust Him) all, and more than all, than He did for those of old; especially by bearing witness to their words, with signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and distributions of the Holy Ghost, according to His own will? Let us not crowd God out by our fussy activities and self-directed energies, but make room for Him to do wondrously, whilst we look on, or co-operate, as He directs.
Whatever God has spoken He will perform. Whether it be of wrath to the sinner, or salvation to the saint, it shall no more be deferred.
Illustration
It had come to be a proverb, since the threatened judgment was so long in coming, that it would not come at all (St. Luk 18:8; 2Pe 3:3-4). The long-suffering of God, which is intended to lead to repentance, is thus quoted as against His word. But, in the teeth of the scoffing mockery with which these predictions were received, God would keep to a precise fulfilment of His threatenings. Some dared to affirm that judgment would be so long deferred that it would not come in their time. To these the Prophet says in effect: The Judge standeth before the door. Gird yourselves for the fray, and watch as those that await their Lords return, which is as certain as the rise of to-morrows sun.
Fuente: Church Pulpit Commentary
Eze 12:25. in your days denoted that the very people to whom these threats had been made would live to see their fulfillment and would personally suffer in them.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Yahweh promised to bring to pass what He had spoken without delay. What He had said He would do in the days of Ezekiel’s hearers. His word of judgment would go forth, and judgment would follow immediately.