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Verse Ezekiel 2:7. _WHETHER THEY WILL HEAR_] Whether they receive the
message, or persecute thee for it, declare it to them, that they may
be without excuse....
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. PREDICTIONS BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
A. judgment Predictions Concerning Jerusalem (1-24)
Chapter S 1:1-3:14 The Vision of Glory and the Call of the Prophet
_ 1. The...
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Ezekiel 2:1. We see Ezekiel prostrate upon his face. Then a voice
spoke, not the voice of a cherubim; while in Revelation the cherubim
speak, in Ezekiel they are silent, Jehovah addressed Ezekiel as s...
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EZEKIEL 2:1 TO EZEKIEL 3:15. THE CALL. Ezekiel 2:1. The awful silence
is broken by a voice from the Almighty upon His throne, bidding the
prostrate prophet rise and accept his commission for service;...
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MY WORDS. Nothing less, nothing more, nothing different. Compare
Genesis 3:2; Genesis 3:3, and 2 Timothy 4:2, under. similar warning in
the following verse. Compare...
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C. Ezekiel Charged 2:6-7
TRANSLATION
(6) But as for you, son of man, do not fear them nor be afraid of
their words; for thorns[109] and thistles are with you, and you are
sitting upon scorpions. Do...
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And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or
whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
THEY ARE MOST REBELLIOUS - literally, 'rebellion' itself-its very
essen...
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§ 1. EZEKIEL'S CALL AND CONSECRATION AS A PROPHET (EZEKIEL 1-3)
Date, June-July, 592 b.c.
Ezekiel's call and consecration to his prophetic work took place by
means of a vision of God's glory (Ezekiel...
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IMPUDENT] RV 'of a stiff forehead.' This rendering gives greater point
to 'thy forehead' in Ezekiel 3:8; Ezekiel 3:9....
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 2
THE *LORD SENDS EZEKIEL TO THE *ISRAELITES – EZEKIEL 2:1-7...
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וְ דִבַּרְתָּ֤ אֶת ־דְּבָרַי֙
אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אִֽם...
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EZEKIEL'S PROPHETIC COMMISSION
Ezekiel 2:1; Ezekiel 3:1
THE call of a prophet and the vision of God which sometimes
accompanied it are the two sides of one complex experience. The man
who has truly s...
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A HARD COMMISSION
Ezekiel 2:1-10; Ezekiel 3:1-11
The people were impudent and stiff-hearted; their words as briars and
thorns; their speech like the poison of scorpions; but the prophet was
commissio...
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As the prophet lay prostrate, he heard a voice commanding him to stand
on his feet, and he was immediately empowered to do so by the entrance
of the Spirit. He was then commissioned to deliver the mes...
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Observe, how the Lord arms his faithful servants to a boldness in his
cause: and what assurance he gives them of his support. So he did
Jeremiah. Jer_1:7-8; Jer_1:17-18. So did the three worthies. Dan...
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_‘RECEIVING AND UTTERING THE DIVINE MESSAGE’_
‘Thou shalt speak my words … open thy mouth, and eat that I give
thee.’
Ezekiel 2:7
I. THIS CHAPTER TELLS HOW HIS COMMISSION CAME TO THE PROPHET.—Let
e...
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_MEN’S TREATMENT OF GOD’S WORD_
‘Whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.’
Ezekiel 2:7
The office of the prophet was one truly honourable and truly sacred.
On the one side he was in co...
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Again he repeats what he had said, with but the change of a few words,
yet the meaning is the same, that the Prophet should not desist in the
midst of his course, if he saw that he did not obtain what...
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In testimony and example, as to his prophetic relation, the same thing
happens in Ezekiel's case. God is rejected; His prophet takes this
place, with the throne, to judge the whole nation, and especia...
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AND THOU SHALL SPEAK MY WORDS UNTO THEM,.... Not his own words, but
those the Lord should put into his mouth. The Targum is,
"and thou shall prophesy the words of my prophecy unto them:''
WHETHER TH...
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And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or
whether they will forbear: for they [are] most rebellious.
Ver. 7. _And thou shalt speak my words._] God's word must be spoken,
how...
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_And thou, be not afraid of them_ “The prophets and messengers of
God are often exhorted to take courage, and are promised a
proportionable assistance in the discharge of their office, without
fearing...
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THE COMMISSION OF EZEKIEL TO BE THE LORD'S PROPHET.
The Lord, having revealed Himself to His servant in the fullness of
His divine power and majesty, now issued to him the formal call,
extended to hi...
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And thou shalt speak My words unto them, the fact of the divine
inspiration of Ezekiel's prophecies being repeated thus with special
emphasis, WHETHER THEY WILL HEAR, OR WHETHER THEY WILL FORBEAR; FOR...
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REBELLIOUS:
_ Heb._ rebellion...
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6-10 Those who will do any thing to purpose in the service of God,
must not fear men. Wicked men are as briers and thorns; but they are
nigh unto cursing, and their end is to be burned. The prophet m...
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Ezekiel 2:7 speak H1696 (H8765) words H1697 hear H8085 (H8799) refuse
H2308 (H8799) rebellious H4805
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“And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or
whether they will forbear, for they are most rebellious.”
The voice of the prophet must continue whether men heard or not. He
was give...
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CONTENTS: Ezekiel filled with the Spirit, and his divine command.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Ezekiel.
CONCLUSION: If we stand ready to be used of God, we may expect that He
will give us a...
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Ezekiel 2:1. _Son of man._ Here the Messiah, speaking from the throne
of glory, gives his servant a humble title, but a title which he
himself assumed after his incarnation, being meek and lowly in he...
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_Thou shalt speak My words unto them._
THE MINISTERIAL COMMISSION
I. The parties concerned in this commission. These are, first, the
Eternal God, our King and Creator and Judge, who issued this
commi...
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_HOMILETICS_
(1.) REQUISITES FOR EXECUTING THE COMMISSION (Ezekiel 2:1)
I. LIVELY ATTENTION. Ezekiel must no longer lie upon his face; he must
stand upon his feet if he is rightly to hear the voice o...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 2:1
SON OF MAN, etc. It is noticeable that the phrase (_ben adam_)_, _as
addressed to a prophet, occurs only in Ezekiel, in whom we find it not
less than eighty times, and in Danie...
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CHAPTER 2:1-3:11.
CALL TO THE PROPHETICAL OFFICE.
Ezekiel 2:1. _And he said to me, Son of man,_ (Hävernick, after many
leading commentators, both ancient and modern, still lays stress on
this express...
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And he said unto me, Son of man (Ezekiel 2:1),
Now this is a title that Ezekiel uses quite often. It is a title that
Jesus uses in the New Testament concerning Himself. It is a title that
was used he...
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Ezekiel 2:5; Ezekiel 3:10; Ezekiel 3:17; Jeremiah 1:17; Jeremiah 1:7;...