And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died - probably the ringleader of the scorners (Ezekiel 11:1); his being stricken dead (like Ananias, Acts 5:5) was an earnest of the destruction of the rest of the 25, as Ezekiel had foretold; as also of the general ruin.
Fell I down upon my face - (note, Ezekiel 9:8).
Wilt thou make a full end of the remnant? - Is Pelatiah's destruction to be the token of the destruction of all, even of the remnant? The people regarded Pelatiah as a mainstay of the city. His name, derived from a Hebrew root, a "remnant" [pªliyTiym, survivors, from paalaT (H6403), to escape, or else Yaah (H3050) pileeT (H6403),] 'God delivers,' suggested hope. Is that hope, asks Ezekiel, to be disappointed?