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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 2:8

Open thy mouth, &c.— The knowledge of divine truth is often expressed by the metaphors of bodily food and nourishment; and therefore, to eat the words of this prophesy, signifies to commit them to memory, and to meditate upon and digest them. See the 10th verse of the next chapter.

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See also Ezekiel 2:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 2:8. _OPEN THY MOUTH AND EAT THAT I GIVE THEE._] Take my word as thou wouldst take thy _proper food_; receive it into thy heart; ponder it there, that it may be the means of _strengthen...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    EAT. See Ezekiel 3:1. Compare Revelation 10:9; Revelation 10:10....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _be not rebellious_ In addition to the positive command, "hear what I say unto thee," the prophet is warned not to refuse and be rebellious like the house of Israel. There was need for this double per...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. EAT THAT I GIVE THEE - (, note; Revelation 10:9). The i...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    § 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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    EAT THAT I GIVE THEE. — This is to be understood, like all that has gone before, as done in vision, as in the case of the book eaten by St. John in Revelation 10:9. The figure of eating for receiving...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אַתָּ֣ה בֶן ־אָדָ֗ם שְׁמַע֙ אֵ֤ת אֲשֶׁר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But thou, son of man, hear what I say to thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and (f) eat that which I give thee. (f) He not only exhorts him to his duty but also...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Eat. "If we do not eat the open book, we cannot teach." (St. Jerome)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Observe, how the Lord arms his faithful servants to a boldness in his cause: and what assurance he gives them of his support. So he did Jeremiah. Jer_1:7-8; Jer_1:17-18. So did the three worthies. Dan...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _‘RECEIVING AND UTTERING THE DIVINE MESSAGE’_ ‘Thou shalt speak my words … open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.’ Ezekiel 2:7 I. THIS CHAPTER TELLS HOW HIS COMMISSION CAME TO THE PROPHET.—Let e...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    God continues to confirm his servant, but he advises him of a cause of stumbling which might break his spirit; for when he perceived the great obstinacy of the house of Israel, he might refuse the off...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT THOU, SON OF MAN, HEAR WHAT I SAY UNTO THEE,.... Which was necessary because he was to speak not his own words, but the Lord's, and therefore ought to hear before he spoke; and indeed those that s...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. Ver. 8. _Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious hous...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And thou, be not afraid of them_ “The prophets and messengers of God are often exhorted to take courage, and are promised a proportionable assistance in the discharge of their office, without fearing...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But thou, son of man, by birth and descent a member of this rebellious nation, HEAR WHAT I SAY UNTO THEE, BE NOT THOU REBELLIOUS LIKE THAT REBELLIOUS HOUSE, thereby to become guilty of the same insole...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HEAR WHAT I SAY UNTO THEE; obey when thou hearest. Harden not thyself in a seeming modest declining the office of a prophet, wed not thine own resolution herein. REBELLIOUS HOUSE; house of rebellion,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 2:8 son H1121 man H120 hear H8085 (H8798) say H1696 (H8764) not H1961 (H8799) rebellious...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.” Now Ezekiel was made to recognise that what he was to do would...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    (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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 13:21; 1 Kings 13:22; 1 Peter 5:3; 1 Timothy 4:14; Ezekiel

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Hear — Obey. Open — This was done only in a vision....

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