Ezekiel 2:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For they are impudentb children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. ”

Ezekiel 2:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nation - literally, as in the margin - the word which usually distinguishes the pagan from God’s people. Here it expresses that Israel is cast off by God; and the plural is used to denote that th...
Ezekiel 2:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:1 to Ezekiel 3:15 . The Call. Ezekiel 2:1-7 . The awful silence is broken by a voice from the Almighty upon His throne, bidding the prostrate prophet rise and accept his commission fo...
Ezekiel 2:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

impudent... stiffhearted . Reference to Pentateuch.. reproach brought against Israel eight times in Exodus and Deuteronomy ( Exodus 32:9 ; Exodus 33:3 ; Exodus 33:5 ; Exodus 34:9 ; Deuteronomy 9...
Ezekiel 2:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

God proceeds in the same discourse, but expresses in other words the great rebellion of the people, for they were not only obstinate and unbending in heart, but also of a contumacious countenan...
Ezekiel 2:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1096 COMMISSION GIVEN TO MINISTERS Ezekiel 2:4 . Thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God . ASTONISHING is the patience which God has exercised in all ages towards his rebel...
Ezekiel 2:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. Thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord - Let them know that...
Ezekiel 2:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Impudent children and stiff-hearted— Children impudent of face and hardened in heart.
Ezekiel 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. They are impudent - literally, hard-faced ( Ezekiel 3:7 ; Ez...
Ezekiel 2:4 - 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 ( Ez...
Ezekiel 2:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Impudent children. — Literally, as in margin, hard of face. The epithet is repeated in Ezekiel 3:7 , and it is with reference to this that in Ezekiel 3:7-8 the prophet’s face is to be made str...
Ezekiel 2:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

EZEKIEL'S PROPHETIC COMMISSION Ezekiel 2:1-10 ; Ezekiel 3:1-27 THE call of a prophet and the vision of God which sometimes accompanied it are the two sides of one complex experience. The man w...
Ezekiel 2:4 - 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 c...
Ezekiel 2:4 - 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 me...
Ezekiel 2:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 Gho...
Ezekiel 2:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For [they are] impudent children ,.... "Hard of face" w; as is commonly said of impudent persons, that they are brasen faced; they had a whore's forehead, and refused to be ashamed, and made their f...
Ezekiel 2:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For [they are] impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 4. For they are impudent children. ] Heb., Hard of face. Si...
Ezekiel 2:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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; an...
Ezekiel 2:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet Commissioned to Reprove. B. C. 595. 1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand...
Ezekiel 2:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Impudent children; shameless, who cannot blush, else they could never have transgressed so highly, constantly, and obstinately. Sodom in her day did not hide her sin, nor blush; so did the Jews in...
Ezekiel 2:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And he said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to nations who are rebellious, who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me, even to...
Ezekiel 2:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HOMILETICS (1.) REQUISITES FOR EXECUTING THE COMMISSION ( Ezekiel 2:1-8 ) I. Lively attention . Ezekiel must no longer lie upon his face; he must stand upon his feet if he is rightly to hear the...
Ezekiel 2:4 - 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...
Ezekiel 2:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 fini...
Ezekiel 2:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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,...
Ezekiel 2:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Ezekiel 2:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:14 ; 2 Chronicles 30:8 ; 2 Chronicles 36:13 ; Acts 20:26 ; Acts 20:27 ; Deuteronomy 10:16 ; Deuteronomy 31:27 ; Ezekiel 3:7 ; Isaiah 48:4 ; Jeremiah 26:2 ; Jeremiah 26:3 ; Jere...

Ezekiel 2:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 2:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ezekiel 2:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 2:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 2:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 2:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezekiel 2:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 2:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 2:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 2:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 2:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 2:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 2:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 2:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 2:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 2:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 2:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 2:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 2:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge