Ezekiel 11:15

Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
man	אָדָ֗ם 'a.Dam	H120	ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species · noun, common masculine singular absolute
brethren	אַחֶ֤יךָ 'a.Chei.kha	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
brethren	אַחֶ֙יךָ֙ 'a.Chei.kha	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
men	אַנְשֵׁ֣י 'an.Shei	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · noun, common masculine plural construct
kindred	גְאֻלָּתֶ֔ךָ ge.'u.la.Te.kha	H1353	redemption (including the right and the object) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
house	בֵּ֥ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
inhabitants	יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
said	אָמְר֨וּ 'a.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
far	רַֽחֲקוּ֙ ra.cha.Ku	H7368	to widen (in any direction) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
land	הָאָ֖רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
given	נִתְּנָ֥ה ni.te.Nah	H5414	to give · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
possession	לְמוֹרָשָֽׁה le.mo.ra.Shah	H4181	a possession · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 33:24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many;…
Isaiah 65:5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
Isaiah 66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LO…
Jeremiah 24:1-5 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had c…
John 16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 11:14-21

Prophecy was designed to exalt every valley as well as to bring low every mountain and hill (Isa 40:4), and prophets were to speak not only conviction to the presumptuous and secure, but comfort to the despised and desponding that trembled at God's word. The prophet Ezekiel, having in the former part of this chapter received instructions for the awakening of those that were at ease in Zion, is in these verses furnished with comfortable words for those that mourned in Babylon and by the rivers there sat weeping when they remembered Zion. Observe, I. How the pious captives were trampled upon and insulted over by those who continued in Jerusalem, Eze 11:15. God tells the prophet what the inhabi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 11:15

thy brethren . . . brethren--The repetition implies, "Thy real brethren" are no longer the priests at Jerusalem with whom thou art connected by the natural ties of blood and common temple service, but thy fellow exiles on the Chebar, and the house of Israel whosoever of them belong to the remnant to be spared. men of thy kindred--literally, "of thy redemption," that is, the nearest relatives, whose duty it was to do the part of Goel, or vindicator and redeemer of a forfeited inheritance (Lev 25:25). Ezekiel, seeing the priesthood doomed to destruction, as a priest, felt anxious to vindicate their cause, as if they were his nearest kinsmen and he their Goel. But he is told to look for his t…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 11:15

Get you far from the Lord - These are the words of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, against those of Israel who had been carried away to Babylon with Jeconiah. Go ye far from the Lord: but as for us, the land of Israel is given to us for a possession, we shall never be removed from it, and they shall never return to it.

John Gill on Ezekiel 11:15

Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred,.... Or, "of thy redemption" (l); to whom the right of redemption of his lands and possessions belonged, as it did to those that were next akin. The Septuagint, by a mistake of the word, render it, "the men of thy captivity"; and so the Syriac and Arabic versions, following them. It is true those were his fellow captives who are here meant; some of them that were carried captive were his brethren by blood, and all by nation and religion; and these phrases, and the repetition, of them, are designed not only to excite the prophet's attention to, and to assure them of what is after declared; but to take off his concern for the…

Ezekiel 11:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 11:14-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 11:15

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 11:15

John Gill on Ezekiel 11:15

Ezekiel 11:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 11:14-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 11:15

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 11:15

John Gill on Ezekiel 11:15

John Calvin on Ezekiel 11:14-16

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 11:14-21

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 11:15-16

Rashi on Ezekiel 11:15