10. burden —that is, weighty oracle. the prince —The very man Zedekiah, in whom they trust for safety, is to be the chief sufferer. JOSEPHUS [ Antiquities, 10.7] reports that Ezekiel sent a copy of this prophecy to Zedekiah. As Jeremiah had sent a letter to the captives at the Chebar, which was the means of calling forth at first the agency of Ezekiel, so it was natural for Ezekiel to send a message to Jerusalem confirming the warnings of Jeremiah. The prince, however, fancying a contradiction between Ezekiel 12:13 ; "he shall not see Babylon," and Jeremiah 24:8 ; Jeremiah 24:9 , declaring he should be carried to Babylon, believed neither. Seeming discrepancies in Scripture on deeper search prove to be hidden harmonies. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-11" class="com-number"
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