“The word of Yahweh
Came to me.
‘Son of man!
The inhabitants
Of these waste places
In the land of Israel
Keep saying.
‘Abraham was
Only one man.
Yet he got possession
Of the land.
But we are many.
The land is
Surely given to us
To possess.’”
As usual, the word of Yahweh came to Ezekiel, the son of man. Yahweh told Ezekiel that the inhabitants of the now wasteland of Israel kept talking about Abraham. He was only one person, but he was promised this land. He actually lived in it. What was Yahweh going to do about the many people today that were exiled? Would they get their possessions back?
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 