Ezekiel 11:16

Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
say	אֱמֹ֗ר 'e.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
saith	אָמַר֮ 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Lord	אֲדֹנָ֣י 'a.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · proper noun, a title
GOD	יְהוִה֒ Yah.weh	H3069	YHWH · proper noun, a title
off	הִרְחַקְתִּים֙ hir.chak.Tim	H7368	to widen (in any direction) · verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
heathen	בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם ba.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
scattered	הֲפִֽיצוֹתִ֖ים ha.fi.tzo.Tim	H6327	to dash in pieces · verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
countries	בָּאֲרָצ֑וֹת ba.'a.ra.Tzot	H776	the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
little	מְעַ֔ט me.'At	H4592	a little or few (often adverbial or compar.) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
sanctuary	לְמִקְדָּ֣שׁ le.mik.Dash	H4720	a consecrated thing or place · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
countries	בָּאֲרָצ֖וֹת ba.'a.ra.Tzot	H776	the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
come	בָּ֥אוּ Ba.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural

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Cross-references

Isaiah 8:14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a sn…
Deuteronomy 30:3-4 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whi…
Psalms 90:1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
Psalms 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Leviticus 26:44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utter…
Psalms 31:20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of ton…
Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Jeremiah 30:11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make…

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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 11:16

Although--anticipating the objection of the priests at Jerusalem, that the exiles were "cast far off." Though this be so, and they are far from the outer temple at Jerusalem, I will be their asylum or sanctuary instead (Psa 90:1; Psa 91:9; Isa 8:14). My shrine is the humble heart: a preparation for gospel catholicity when the local and material temple should give place to the spiritual (Isa 57:15; Isa 66:1; Mal 1:11; Joh 4:21-24; Act 7:48-49). The trying discipline of the exile was to chasten the outcasts so as to be meet recipients of God's grace, for which the carnal confidence of the priests disqualified them. The dispersion served the end of spiritualizing and enlarging the views even of…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 11:16

Yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary - Though thus exiled from their own land, yet not forgotten by their God. While in their captivity, I will dispense many blessings to them; and I will restore them to their own land, Eze 11:17, from which they shall put away all idolatry, Eze 11:18.

John Gill on Ezekiel 11:16

Therefore say, thus saith the Lord God,.... Since they were so insulted and ill treated by their brethren the Jews: although I have cast them afar off among the Heathen; both the ten tribes, even all the house of Israel, who were carried into Assyria, and placed in the cities of the Medes, in Halath and Habor, by the river Gozan, 2 Kings 17:6; and those of the Jews in Jeconiah's captivity, among whom were Ezekiel, and his brethren, and his kindred: and although I have scattered them among the countries; and therefore, what with the distance of the place where they were, and the dispersion of them among the people where they resided, their case might seem to be desperate; and that there was…

Dictionary and topics

Sanctuary · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 11:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 11:14-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 11:16

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 11:16

John Gill on Ezekiel 11:16

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 11:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 11:14-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 11:16

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 11:16

John Gill on Ezekiel 11:16

Dictionary and topics

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 11:16