SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. EAT. Compare Ezekiel 3:10. AIso Job 23:12; Psalms 119:103, and Jeremiah 15:16. THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. See note on Exodus 16:31. house. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "sons".... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN DID. EAT. Compare Revelation 10:10. AS HONEY, &c. Compare Psalms 19:10; Psalms 119:103.Jeremiah 15:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPEAK WITH MY WORDS. This is inspiration. See note on Ezekiel 2:5; Ezekiel 2:7. Ezekiel's voice and pen, but Jehovah's words.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. peoples,... [ Continue Reading ]
HEARKEN. be willing to hearken. WILL NOT HEARKEN. are not willing to hearken. ARE. they are. IMPUDENT, &c. Reference to Pentateuch. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. STRONG. strong, or hard (for endurance). Hebrew. _hazak._ Same as "harder "(Ezekiel 3:9). Compare the name Ezekiel in Title.... [ Continue Reading ]
HARDER. Same as "strong" (verses: Ezekiel 3:8; Ezekiel 3:14). REBELLIOUS HOUSE. See note on Ezekiel 2:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL MY WORDS. See note on Ezekiel 2:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAPTIVITY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for captives. UNTO THE CHILDREN OF. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version omits these words. CHILDREN. sons. THE LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah_. App-4 WHETHER, &c. See note on Ezekiel 2:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPIRIT. Hebrew roach. App-9. See notes on Ezekiel 8:3. TOOK ME UP. laid hold of me. BEHIND ME. Therefore the prophet must have been facing south, as the glory appeared from the north (Ezekiel 1:4). VOICE. sound. SAYING, &c. By reading berum (arose) instead of _baruk_ (Blessed), Ginsburg thinks t... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFTED ME UP, &c, Compare Acts 8:39, Act 8:40. 2 Corinthians 12:4.Revelation 1:10. Compare Obadiah's fear (1 Kings 18:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
CHEBAR. Not the Chebar of Ezekiel 1:3. That was where he dwelt. This was the Chebar whither he was sent. See note on Ezekiel 1:3. the modern _Khabour,_. tributary of the Euphrates, forty-five miles from Babylon. SAT. dwelt; as in the preceding clause.... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE. given. God's prophets and ministers were His "gifts" (Ephesians 4:11). WATCHMAN. one who looks out or views from. height, with the object of warning. Hebrew. _zaphah._ Compare Ezekiel 33:2; Ezekiel 33:6; Ezekiel 33:7; Isaiah 52:8. Eze 56:10. Jeremiah 6:17. Not _shamar_, to keep in view with th... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rdsha`._ App-44. SHALT SURELY DIE. Note the Figure of speech _Polyptbtco,_ App-6 (Inf. with Fut.), for emphasis. Hebrew "dying, thou wilt die". See notes on Genesis 2:17; Genesis 26:28. HIS LIFE. himself alive. INIQUITY. Hebrew aval, App-44,... [ Continue Reading ]
THY SOUL. thyself. Heb, _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
RIGHTEOUSNESS. Heb, is plural in margin, but some codices, with one early printed edition, read "righteous deeds" (plural) in text and margin SIN. Hebrew chata. App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL SURELY LIVE. See note on "shall surely die" (Ezekiel 3:18). IS WARNED. took warning.... [ Continue Reading ]
PLAIN. valley.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. the glory, Sc. See note on Ezekiel 1:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
A REPROVER. a man of reproof. Compare Ezekiel 24:27; Ezekiel 29:21; Ezekiel 33:22. HEARETH. is minded to hear. LET HIM.. will. FORBEARETH. is minded to forbear.... [ Continue Reading ]