EZEKIEL CHAPTER 2 Ezekiel's commission, EZEKIEL 2:1; his instructions, EZEKIEL 2:6. The roll of heavy judgments spread before him, EZEKIEL 2:9,10. AND HE that sat upon the throne, Jesus Christ, whose messenger Ezekiel must be to the Jewish captives, now gone into captivity to Babylon. SON OF MAN; a... [ Continue Reading ]
AND; so soon as the encouraging command went forth, immediately. THE SPIRIT; the vital spirit or soul of the prophet, say some; but these suppose the vision had struck Ezekiel dead, which neither can be supposed, other prophetic visions did not prove deadly, nor did this; others will have it the spi... [ Continue Reading ]
OLBHeb; AND HE: see EZEKIEL 2:2. SAID UNTO ME; either vocally, or by impression upon his mind. SON OF MAN: the prophet had seen, EZEKIEL 1:26 of the former chapter, a very glorious person on a throne above the firmament, and now the prophet is called son of man, perhaps, as the Jews conjecture, to e... [ Continue Reading ]
IMPUDENT CHILDREN; shameless, who cannot blush, else they could never have transgressed so highly, constantly, and obstinately. Sodom in her day did not hide her sin, nor blush; so did the Jews in Isaiah's times, so they did to the days of their captivity, and under the captivity. STIFFHEARTED; hard... [ Continue Reading ]
Though the omniscient God knows which they will do, yet he lets not the prophet know, but enjoins him his duty, affords these sinners the mercy of warnings and calls, and expects that they act like men, hear and obey. HEAR; they only hear that comply with God's counsel, and as for others, they heari... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU, SON OF MAN; thou a prophet, sent by him whose throne is highest, whom thou sawest as the appearance of a man in glory, and provided with power to protect thee. BE NOT AFRAID OF THEM; cast away discouraging fear, be not dismayed at their persons; rulers, priests, and pretended prophets will opp... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT SPEAK MY WORDS UNTO THEM; declaring what I shall show thee, and in words which I will put into thy mouth. WHETHER THEY WILL HEAR, OR WHETHER THEY WILL FORBEAR: see EZEKIEL 2:5. FOR THEY ARE MOST REBELLIOUS; Heb. _rebellion_ in the abstract, by which the Hebrew (as some other languages do)... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAR WHAT I SAY UNTO THEE; obey when thou hearest. Harden not thyself in a seeming modest declining the office of a prophet, wed not thine own resolution herein. REBELLIOUS HOUSE; house of rebellion, as EZEKIEL 2:7. OPEN THY MOUTH, AND EAT THAT I GIVE THEE: some take this figuratively, as if here th... [ Continue Reading ]
The prophet, newly come out of that astonishing trance wherein he lay, and gotten upon his feet, hearing what was spoken, and possibly looking if he might see who spake, he discovers _a hand_; either of one of those angels which ministered before the Lord, or the hand of God, or of Christ. This migh... [ Continue Reading ]
HE: Ezekiel 2:9 it was the hand, here it is the person, he who held out his hand. SPREAD IT BEFORE ME; unrolled it within that distance the prophet might read what was written therein. WRITTEN WITHIN AND WITHOUT; on both sides, on that side which was inward when rolled upon its roundle, and on that... [ Continue Reading ]