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Verse Ezekiel 2:9. _A HAND WAS SENT_] Here the _hand_ signifies not
only the instrument of conveyance, but an _emblem_ of the Divine
_power_, which the _hand of God_ always signifies.
_A ROLL OF A B...
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WAS SENT - Rather, was put forth.
A ROLL OF A BOOK - The book was one of the ancient kind written on
skins rolled up together. Hence, our English volume Psalms 40:7. The
writing was usually on one sid...
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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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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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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 when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll
of a book was therein;
A ROLL - the form in which ancient books were made up....
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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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A HAND] This hand is not said to be that of the Figure on the throne.
The vague expression is another instance of Ezekiel's reverent
reserve. A roll] the usual form of Eastern books: see Jeremiah 36:2...
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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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WAS SENT UNTO ME. — Better, _was put forth,_ as the same word is
translated in Genesis 3:22; Genesis 19:10; Ezekiel 8:3. In Ezekiel
10:7 it is rend
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וָ אֶרְאֶ֕ה וְ הִנֵּה ־יָ֖ד
שְׁלוּחָ֣ה אֵלָ֑י
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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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_Without. This was only done when the work was long. (Calmet) ---
Scriptus et in tergo, necdum finitus Orestes. (Juvenal 1.)_
--- Septuagint, "past and present things were written in it."
(Haydock) -...
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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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Now the Prophet more fully explains what we have just dwelt upon. He
narrates how a _volume of a book was offered to him: _that is, a book
in the form of a roll was offered to him. For the noun which...
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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 WHEN I LOOKED, BEHOLD, AN HAND [WAS] SENT UNTO ME,.... Not of an
angel, but of Christ himself, in a visionary way; for this was not a
real hand, but the likeness of one, as in Ezekiel 8:3; and so...
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And when I looked, behold, an hand [was] sent unto me; and, lo, a roll
of a book [was] therein;
Ver. 9. _Behold, a hand was sent._] A hand from heaven. A hand is
_index rei et instrumentum operationi...
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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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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 when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me, extended toward
the prophet; AND, LO, A ROLL OF A BOOK WAS THEREIN, as books were
written in those days, the characters inscribed on long strips of...
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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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The prophet, newly come out of that astonishing trance wherein he lay,
and gotten upon his feet, hearing what was spoken, and possibly
looking if he might see who spake, he discovers _a hand_; either...
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Ezekiel 2:9 looked H7200 (H8799) hand H3027 out H7971 (H8803) scroll
H4039 book H5612
an hand -...
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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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Daniel 10:10; Daniel 10:16; Daniel 5:5; Ezekiel 3:1; Ezekiel 8:3;...
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Roll — Their books were not like ours, but written in parchment and
in the length of it, and so one piece fastened to another, 'till the
whole would contain what was to be written, and then it was wra...