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Verse Ezekiel 2:10. _IT_ WAS _WRITTEN WITHIN AND WITHOUT_] Contrary
to the state of rolls in general, which are written on the _inside_
only. The _Hebrew rolls_ are generally written in this way. The...
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Ezekiel 2:9; Ezekiel 3:1. Compare the roll here with Zechariah 5:1;
with the one of Revelation 5:1, which the Lamb receives and opens, and
the littl
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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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WITHIN AND WITHOUT. Contrary to the usual custom (within only), to
show the abundance and completeness of his prophecies. Compare
Revelation 5:1.
LAMENTATIONS. Aramaean and Septuagint read "lamentati...
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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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AND THERE WAS WRITTEN THEREIN LAMENTATIONS, &C.— That is, all the
prophesies contained in this book consisted of God's judgments, and of
the mournful events which he was about to bring upon Israel. Se...
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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 spread it before me; and it was written within and without:
and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
IT WAS WRITTEN WITHIN AND WITHOUT - on the face and the back....
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SPREAD IT BEFORE ME] Ezekiel had a view from the first of the whole
nature of his message. WITHIN AND WITHOUT] indicating the abundance of
calamity which Ezekiel had to proclaim. Book rolls were usual...
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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 2
THE *LORD SENDS EZEKIEL TO THE *ISRAELITES – EZEKIEL 2:1-7...
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HE SPREAD IT BEFORE ME. — The roll was given to the prophet open, as
the book in Revelation 10:8, that he might first see it all as a
whole, before becoming thoroughly possessed with it in detail. Wha...
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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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And he spread it before me; and it [was] written within and without:
and [there was] written in it (g) lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
(g) He shows what were the contents of this book: that is,...
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Here by type the Prophet is shown the illustration of the Lord's
charge to him, and the tokens of the Lord's anointing him to his
ministry. It is worthy remark, that Isaiah had a similar open
manifest...
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REFLECTIONS
IF my humble commentary could be supposed to fall under the eye of any
of the ministers of God's sanctuary, I would venture to say to such an
one, behold, my brother! the solemnity of Ezek...
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He adds, _after the volume was unrolled, that he saw it written on
each side: _by which words he understands not that any brief command
was given to him, but that a length of much time was imposed. Fo...
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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 HE SPREAD IT BEFORE ME,.... Unrolled it, that what was written in
it might he seen and read; that so, understanding it, he might deliver
the contents of it to the people: thus the Gospel, and the...
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And he spread it before me; and it [was] written within and without:
and [there was] written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
Ver. 10. _And he spread it before me._] Till Christ unfold he...
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_Behold a hand was sent unto me_ I saw a hand stretched out toward me,
as from that divine person who appeared to me in the shape of a man.
_And lo, a roll of a book was therein_ Wherein were containe...
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and He spread it before me, unrolling the parchment strip before his
astonished eyes; AND IT WAS WRITTEN WITHIN AND WITHOUT, on both sides
of the parchment, indicating also a writing of great size; AN...
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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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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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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...
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Ezekiel 2:10 spread H6566 (H8799) before H6440 writing H3789 (H8803)
inside H6440 outside H268 written H3789 ...
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‘And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me, and lo, a
roll of a book was in it. And he spread it before me, and it was
written on both sides (‘within and without'), and there was written
i...
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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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_Be not thou rebellious._
MINISTERS EXPOSED TO CORRUPTION BY THEIR PEOPLE
This was the same as to say, “I know the degeneracy of the times. I
know the corruption and obstinacy of the people. I know t...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 2:8 Ezekiel is told he must OPEN his MOUTH
AND EAT the SCROLL OF A BOOK. When it is unrolled, WRITING is visible
on its...
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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 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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Habakkuk 2:2; Isaiah 3:11; Isaiah 30:8; Jeremiah 36:29; Revel
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And — The person, who held out his hand. Spread — Unrolled it.
Within &c. — On both sides, on that side which was inward when
rolled, and on that side also that was outward....