Ezekiel 12:21
“Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,”
What does Ezekiel 12:21 mean?
This is an opening line that appears many times throughout Ezekiel, marking the beginning of a new message from God to the prophet. Think of it like how you might introduce a conversation or an important announcement, "I want to tell you something." For Ezekiel and his original audience in exile, these words signaled that what followed was not the prophet's own opinion but a direct word from God meant to bring hope, warning, or reassurance during their time away from home.