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Verse Ezekiel 2:5. _YET SHALL KNOW THAT THERE HATH BEEN A PROPHET
AMONG_ _THEM._] By this they shall be assured of _two_ things:
1. That God in his mercy had given them due warning.
2. That themselv...
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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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WHETHER THEY WILL HEAR, OR... FORBEAR. The latter is evidently
assumed, and to be expected; as in 2 Timothy 4:3. But no alternative
is given.
" MY WORDS " correspond with "preach the word "(2 Timothy...
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_for they are a rebellious house_ Whether they hear or whether they
forbear and they will forbear, for they are a rebellious house yet
shall they know that a prophet has been among them. The future sh...
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B. Ezekiel Warned 2:3-5
TRANSLATION
(3) And he said unto me, Son of man, I am sending you unto the
children of Israel, unto rebellious nations who have rebelled against
Me, and they and their fathers...
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And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for
they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a
prophet among them.
WHETHER THEY WILL FORBEAR - namely, to...
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HEAR, OR.. FORBEAR] The latter is chiefly expected. THEY.. YET SHALL
KNOW, etc.] the result which will keep the prophet's work from being
in vain. His warnings may be fruitless at the time, but they w...
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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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WHETHER THEY WILL HEAR, OR WHETHER THEY WILL FORBEAR. — Comp.
Ezekiel 3:11. God’s word remains the same whatever reception man may
accord to it; it cannot return unto Him void, but must accomplish tha...
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וְ הֵ֨מָּה֙ אִם ־יִשְׁמְע֣וּ וְ אִם
־יֶחְדָּ֔
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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 they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for
they [are] a rebellious house), yet shall know that (d) there hath
been a prophet among them.
(d) This declares on the one part God...
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_Forbear to sin. (Haydock) --- He thus insinuates free-will. (St.
Jerome) --- If they refuse to hear my prophet, they will at least
perceive that hey are inexcusable. (Calmet)_...
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Observe the characters to whom the Prophet is sent. The house of
Israel. So the Lord Jesus declared. Matthew 15:24. But then observe,
Israel included the whole Church of Christ. Nor so the Holy Ghost,...
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Here, again, God exhorts his servant to persevere whatever be the
event of his labor, for if we do not succeed according to the desire
of our minds, we are inclined to despair: but God wishes us to pr...
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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 THEY, WHETHER THEY WILL HEAR, OR WHETHER THEY WILL FORBEAR,.... Or
"cease" y; that is, from hearing, as Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it;
or from sinning, as the Targum. The sense is, whether they w...
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And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for
they [are] a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a
prophet among them.
Ver. 5. _And they, whether they will hea...
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_I send thee to the children of Israel_ God had for many ages been
sending to them his servants the prophets, but to little purpose: they
were now sent into captivity for abusing God's messengers; and...
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And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, no
matter what their attitude toward the Lord's proclamation would be,
(for they are a rebellious house,) YET SHALL KNOW THAT THERE HATH...
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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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1-5 Lest Ezekiel should be lifted up with the abundance of the
revelations, he is put in mind that still he is a son of man, a weak,
mortal creature. As Christ usually called himself the Son of man,...
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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 me...
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Ezekiel 2:5 hear H8085 (H8799) refuse H2308 rebellious H4805 know
H3045 (H8804) prophet H5030 among H8432...
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“And you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh”, and
they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they
are a rebellious house), will yet know that there has been a prophet...
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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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_I send thee to the children of Israel._
THE COMMISSION OF EZEKIEL
I. The commission. Is it not an act of infinite condescension, that
God should take any notice of us? For what are we? Poor finite
c...
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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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2 Corinthians 2:15; Acts 13:46; Ezekiel 2:7; Ezekiel 3:10; Ezekiel
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Shall know — They that obey shall know by the good I will do them,
those that will not, by the evil which I will bring upon them....