Ezekiel 12:1-28

12:3-6 | Ezekiel was directed to dramatize what would happen to the people still in the Israelite capital when the Babylonians destroyed their holy city; the Babylonian exiles would instantly have recognized his meaning since they had experienced it, some in 605 and others in 597 BC.

12:10-13 | The prince refers to Zedekiah, whom the Babylonians had placed on the throne in place on the rightful king. He would try to escape the final sack of Jerusalem, only to be caught outside the gates; his nobles and sons would be murdered in front of him, then his captors would pluck out his eyes and take him to Babylon, where he would die (2 Kgs. 25:4-7; Jer. 52:11).

12:25 | Misconstruing that God often delays (postponed) His judgment, many people imagine that He does not exist, or that He ignores events on earth, or that somehow they will escape His justice. The fact is, however, that God normally withholds judgment until the very last moment; when it comes, it arrives quickly, decisively, and unavoidably.