Ezechiele 11:16

La Nuova Diodati

Perci di Cos dice il Signore, lEterno: Bench io li abbia allontanati fra le nazioni e li abbia dispersi in paesi stranieri, io sar per loro per un po di tempo un santuario nei paesi dove sono andati.

Parallel Translations

Riveduta Bibbia
Perciò di’: Così parla il Signore, l’Eterno: Benché io li abbia allontanati fra le nazioni e li abbia dispersi per i paesi, io sarò per loro, per qualche tempo, un santuario nei paesi dove sono andati.

Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
Perciò, di’: Così ha detto il Signore Iddio: Benchè io li abbia dilungati fra le genti, e li abbia dispersi fra i paesi, sì sarò loro per santuario, ne’ paesi dove saran pervenuti; e ciò, per un breve spazio di tempo.

Bible Verse Review
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Thus saith: Leviticus 26:44, Deuteronomy 30:3, Deuteronomy 30:4, 2 Kings 24:12-16, Psalms 44:11, Jeremiah 24:5, Jeremiah 24:6, Jeremiah 30:11, Jeremiah 31:10

as a: Psalms 31:20, Psalms 90:1, Psalms 91:1, Psalms 91:9-16, Proverbs 18:10, Isaiah 4:5, Isaiah 8:14, Jeremiah 26:7, Jeremiah 26:11, Jeremiah 42:11

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:64 - scatter Ezra 9:9 - yet our God Esther 3:8 - scattered abroad Isaiah 4:6 - tabernacle Isaiah 11:11 - set his hand Isaiah 24:13 - there Isaiah 26:20 - enter Jeremiah 16:19 - my strength Jeremiah 29:14 - and I will turn Ezekiel 37:26 - set Zechariah 2:6 - spread Matthew 2:19 - an John 11:52 - that were

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 no probability, and scarce any possibility, of their being preserved as a people, and of their restoration to their own land:

yet will I be to them a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come; their dwelling place, as he has been to his people in all generations their protection from all their enemies, in whom, and by whose power, they should be safe; and whose presence they should enjoy, though deprived of public ordinances, of temple worship and service; though they were at a distance from the great sanctuary, the temple, the inhabitants of Jerusalem boasted of, yet the Lord would make up the want of that to them with himself. The Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi m interpret this of the synagogues, which were second to the temple, the Israelites had in foreign countries, where they prayed to the Lord, and worshipped him, and enjoyed his presence. It may be rendered, "the sanctuary of a few" n; they being but few, especially that were truly godly, that were carried captive: or, "a sanctuary for a little while" o; that is, during seventy years, and then they should be returned, as follows. The Targum is,

"I have given them synagogues, second to my sanctuary, and they are as few in the provinces where they are carried captive.''

m Ex T. Bab. Megilla, fol. 29. 1. n למקדש מעט "ad sanctuarium paucitatis", Calvin; "in sanctuarium paucorum", Cocceius. So Ben Melech says the word is a substantive in some copies. o Paulisper, Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Castalio.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As a little sanctuary - Rather, I will be to them for a little while a sanctuary. The blessing was provisional, they were to look forward to a blessing more complete. For a little while they were to be satisfied with God’s special presence in a foreign land, but they were to look forward to a renewal of His presence in the restored temple of Jerusalem. “sanctuary” means here strictly the holy place, the tabernacle of the Most High: Yahweh will Himself be to the exiles in the place of the local sanctuary, in which the Jews of Jerusalem so much prided themselves (compare the margin reference). Here is the germ from which is developed Ezek. 40–48, the picture of the kingdom of God in its new form.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 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, Ezekiel 11:17, from which they shall put away all idolatry, Ezekiel 11:18.