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Ezekiel 11:12

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Ezekiel 11:12 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and ye shall know that I am Jehovah: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither have ye executed mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and ye shall know that I am Jehovah: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither have ye executed mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.
Ezekiel 11:12 — American Standard Version

Context — Ezekiel 11

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
9And I will bring you forth out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
10Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
11This [city] shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; I will judge you in the border of Israel;
12and ye shall know that I am Jehovah: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither have ye executed mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.
13And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
14And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
15Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel, all of them, [are they] unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from Jehovah; unto us is this land given for a possession.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And ye shall know that I [am] the Lord, &c.] (See Gill on “<261110>Ezekiel 11:10”); for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments; which is the reason why the Lord would judge them on the border of Israel, and deliver them up into the hands of strangers; nor can he be thought to act the severe and cruel part to them, when this their disobedience is observed; since they had his statutes and his judgments made known to them, which were not known to other nations, and yet they regarded them not; wherefore it was but righteous in him to inflict his judgments upon them; and which is the more aggravated by what follows, and which still more clearly shows the justice of the…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“(Deu 12:30-31).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“for we have not walked, or, which have not walked, Eze 11:21, Eze 20:16, Eze 20:21, Eze 20:24; Lev 26:40; Kg1 11:33; Kg2 21:22; Ezr 9:7; Neh 9:34; Psa 78:10; Jer 6:16; Dan 9:10 but: Eze 8:10, Eze 8:14, Eze 8:16, Eze 16:44-47; Lev 18:3, Lev 18:24-28; Deu 12:30, Deu 12:31; Kg2 16:3, Kg2 16:10, Kg2 16:11; Kg2 17:11-23, Kg2 18:12, Kg2 21:2; Ch2 13:9, Ch2 28:3, Ch2 33:2-9, Ch2 36:14; Psa 106:35-39; Jer 10:2 Ezekiel 11:13”
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