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Verse Ezekiel 3:3. _IT WAS IN MY MOUTH AS HONEY_] It was joyous to me
to receive the Divine message, to be thus let into the secrets of the
Divine counsel, and I promised myself much comfort in that...
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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 2:8 TO EZEKIEL 3:15. His inspiration is suggestively described
by the symbolical swallowing of a book-roll. In Jer. (Jeremiah 1:9) it
is more immediately conceived as due to the touch of the D...
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THEN DID. EAT. Compare Revelation 10:10.
AS HONEY, &c. Compare Psalms 19:10; Psalms 119:103.Jeremiah 15:16....
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The prophet's inspiration
Being commanded to speak God's words to the people, the prophet is
next assured by a symbol, a book given him to eat, that God's words
shall be given him....
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CAUSE THY BELLY TO EAT— _Thy belly shall eat this roll which I give
thee; and thy bowels shall be filled with it: And while I did eat it,
it was sweet in my mouth like honey._ Houbigant. See Revelatio...
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II. THE PREPARATION FOR SERVICE
2:8-3:15
Following the call to service, God begins a process of education to
prepare this man for the assigned task. Three steps can be
distinguished in this educationa...
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And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy
bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was
in my mouth as honey for sweetness. IT WAS IN MY MOUTH AS H...
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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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NATION] RV 'nations,' the whole Hebrew people, both Judah and Israel.
REBELLIOUS] a frequently recurring description of Israel's character
found very often in the phrase a 'rebellious house,' as in Ez...
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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 3
EZEKIEL EATS THE *SCROLL – EZEKIEL 3:1-3
V1 Then the *
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IT WAS IN MY MOUTH AS HONEY FOR SWEETNESS. — That is, the first
impression made upon him by his prophetic call was one of delight.
Such it must always be to those whose high privilege it is to bear
Go...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י בֶּן ־אָדָם֙
בִּטְנְךָ֤ תַ
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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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This roll he was commanded to eat. The writing on the roll was a roll
of lamentations and mourning and woe. The prophet declared that having
eaten the roll, he found it in his mouth "as honey for swee...
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_Mouth. I readily accepted the commission, but soon found the
difficulties to which it would expose me, ver. 12., Jeremias xv. 16.,
and Apocalypse x. 10._...
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I beg the Reader to pause again and again, while going through the
very solemn service of Ezekiel's ordination. What an idea doth it
awaken in the mind of its importance. Though the Lord Jesus himself...
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Ezekiel, as we have just seen, proceeds to say, that a book was given
him to eat, because God’s servants ought to speak from the inmost
affection of their heart. We know that many have a tongue suffic...
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The Lord testifies that Israel is even more hardened than any of the
heathen nations. The people are "impudent and hard-hearted." It needed
that Ezekiel should have his forehead made as hard as adaman...
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AND HE SAID UNTO ME, SON OF MAN, CAUSE THY BELLY TO EAT,.... Or
"devour" f, and consume; that is, concoct and digest; do not cast it
out of thy mouth, as soon as thou hast tasted of it; but let it go...
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And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy
bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat [it]; and it
was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
Ver. 3. _Cause thy be...
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_Son of man, eat that which thou findest_ Chaldee, _that which is
given thee. Eat this roll_ Receive into thy mind and heart, as certain
and important truth, what is written therein: see note on Ezeki...
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DIVINE STRENGTH IN THE FACE OF CERTAIN OPPOSITION...
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And He said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat and fill thy
bowels with this roll that I give thee, so that the Word of God
contained in the roll would, as it were, become the very substance...
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1-11 Ezekiel was to receive the truths of God as the food for his
soul, and to feed upon them by faith, and he would be strengthened.
Gracious souls can receive those truths of God with delight, whic...
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Ezekiel 3:3 said H559 (H8799) Son H1121 man H120 feed H990 belly H398
(H8686) fill H4390 ...
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‘And he said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this roll
and go, speak to the house of Israel.” So I opened my mouth and he
caused me to eat the roll, and he said to me, “Son of man, cause
yo...
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EAT IT
Compare (Ezekiel 2:10); (Revelation 10:9).
Whatever its message, the word of God is sweet to faith because it is
the word of God....
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CONTENTS: Ezekiel's commission, continued. Again filled with the
Spirit. His dumbness.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel.
CONCLUSION: Ministers are God's mouth to the children of men, but must
not undertake t...
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Ezekiel 3:3. _The roll was in my mouth as honey._ To taste the good
word of God is pleasant; but it was bitter in the belly with regard to
imprisonment and martyrdom. Revelation 10:9. No matter; the s...
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_He caused me to eat that roll._
THE MYSTIC MIND
1. There are few writers in the Bible who have imprinted the
characteristics of their own mind on their writings more than the
prophet Ezekiel, and th...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 3:3 FEED YOUR BELLY. Having tasted the
scroll, the prophet learns that the words of mourning are not bitter,
as one would expect, but SWEET AS HONEY....
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(2.) CONSCIOUS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMISSION (Chaps. Ezekiel 2:8 to
Ezekiel 3:3)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 2:9. “SENT UNTO ME;” rather, _put
forth unto me_ (as in chap....
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 3:1
EAT THAT THOU FINDEST, etc. The iteration of the command of Ezekiel
2:8 seems to imply, like the words, "be not thou rebellious," in that
verse, some reluctance on the prophet'...
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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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Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that which you find; eat
this scroll, and then go and speak to the house of Israel (Ezekiel
3:1).
In other words, devour it and then go give it forth. You see...
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Colossians 3:16; Ezekiel 2:10; Jeremiah 15:16; Jeremiah 20:9;...
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Belly — The mouth is the proper instrument of eating, but when meat
is digested, the belly is said to eat. Fill thy bowels — This
denotes the fulness of the measure wherewith we should read, meditate,...