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This passage anticipates the great moral principle of divine
government Ezekiel 18 that each man is individually responsible for
his own actions, and will be judged according to these and these
alone....
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CHAPTER S 3:15-7:27
The Judgment Announced, the Four Signs and Their Meaning, and the Two
Messages
This section extends from chapter 3:15 to the close of the seventh
chapter. The prophet is told of...
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THE PASTORAL CHARGE. At the end of the week he receives another Divine
message, this time of a more explicit kind and unaccompanied by
vision. His task is now defined as that of a watchman. As it is t...
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THY SOUL. thyself. Heb, _nephesh._ App-13....
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More precise definition of the prophet's appointment: he is set to be
a watchman
So soon as the prophet is face to face with the exiles, and is able
to see the sphere and materials of his work, he re...
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III. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SERVICE 3:16-21
TRANSLATION
(16) And it came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the
LORD came unto me, saying, (17) Son of man, I have appointed you a
watchm...
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Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor
from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast
delivered thy soul.
IF ... HE TURN NOT FROM HIS WICKEDNESS, N...
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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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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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וְ אַתָּה֙ כִּֽי ־הִזְהַ֣רְתָּ
רָשָׁ֔ע וְ לֹא
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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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THE WATCHMAN'S RESPONSIBILITY
Ezekiel 3:12-27
He was bitter because of his message, but hot because God's fire was
burning within him. It is a blessed thing for preacher, leader, or
Christian worker,...
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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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I cannot but admire the silence, both of the Prophet and of the
people, during the seven days waiting upon the Lord. When we come to
enter into the retirings of the Lord, surely a silent, humble, sole...
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The Prophet is here taught how usefully he will lay out his labor,
although he should appear to fail, for he ought to be satisfied with
this alone, that God approves his efforts. Although, therefore,...
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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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YET IF THOU WARN THE WICKED,.... Of his sin and danger; lay before him
his evil, and show him the sad consequences of going on in a course of
sin, and warn him to flee from wrath to come:
AND HE TURN...
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_And at the end of seven days_ During which time the prophet had
sufficient opportunity to observe their manners and prevailing vices;
_the word of the Lord came to me_ Informing me more particularly...
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EZEKIEL AS WATCHMAN...
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Yet if thou warn the wicked, performing the solemn duty laid upon him
as watchman, unpleasant though this may be, AND HE TURN NOT FROM HIS
WICKEDNESS, the inner evil condition of his heart, NOR FROM H...
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12-21 This mission made the holy angels rejoice. All this was to
convince Ezekiel, that the God who sent him had power to bear him out
in his work. He was overwhelmed with grief for the sins and mise...
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HIS WICKEDNESS: this may denote the sinfulness of his mind and heart,
which is the spring of all. HIS WICKED WAY; his actual sinful courses;
the practices of sin and the habits of sin must be left. HE...
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Ezekiel 3:19 warn H2094 (H8689) wicked H7563 turn H7725 (H8804)
wickedness H7562 wicked H7563 way H1870 die...
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‘And if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his
wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but
you have saved your life.'
However if Ezekiel did give the warning and...
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Ezekiel 3:17
I. The ministry of divine truths is a special ordinance of God. The
watchman is not (1) self-constituted; (2) self-instructed; (3)
self-sent.
II. The ministry of divine truths is entrust...
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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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_His blood will I require at thine hand._
BLOOD GUILTINESS
Public sentiment in New York has been aroused against a poor brakeman
on the New York Central railroad because he failed to give the danger...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 3:16 Ezekiel is assigned to be a WATCHMAN
for Judah. This role is expanded in Ezekiel 33:1, the passage
introducing the second phase of Ezeki
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 3:18 Although the intent of prophetic
messages is clearly to WARN THE WICKED and thus SAVE HIS LIFE (compare
E
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II.—THE ENTRANCE BY EZEKIEL ON THE EXECUTION OF HIS COMMISSION.
CHAPS. Ezekiel 3:16
Ezekiel had been fully accredited, but did not begin his work as a
messenger of the Lord when he was sent among the...
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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 3:12-27.
EZEKIEL'S ENTRANCE ON HIS MISSION, AND THE FIRST MESSAGE IMPARTED TO
HIM.
Ezekiel 3:12. _And the spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the
voice of aloud tumultuous noise, “Ble...
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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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1 Thessalonians 4:6; 2 Chronicles 36:15; 2 Chronicles 36:16; 2
Corinthians 2:15;...