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Ezekiel 12:3

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prepare: Ezekiel 12:10-12, Ezekiel 4:1-17; Jeremiah 13:1-11, Jeremiah 18:2-12, Jeremiah 19:1-15, Jeremiah 27:2

stuff: or, instruments, By stuff our translators meant furniture or goods, as the word frequently denotes in our early writers; but the original, keley: has not only this sense (as in Ezekiel 12:4), but is also used for any kind of utensils or instruments whatever; and here probably denotes carriages, or other means for removing goods. This was intended to signify that the captivity was at hand.

it may: Ezekiel 33:11; Deuteronomy 5:29, Deuteronomy 32:29; Psalms 81:13; Jeremiah 18:11, Jeremiah 25:4-7, Jeremiah 26:3, Jeremiah 36:3, Jeremiah 36:7; Luke 13:8-9, Luke 13:34, Luke 20:13; 2 Timothy 2:25

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