Ezekiel 2:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Ezekiel 2:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Ezekiel 2:8 - 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...
Ezekiel 2:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

eat . See Ezekiel 3:1-3 . Compare Revelation 10:9 ; Revelation 10:10 .
Ezekiel 2:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ezekiel 2:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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. Open thy mouth and eat that I give thee - Take my word as...
Ezekiel 2:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 th...
Ezekiel 2:8 - 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 - ( Jeremiah 15:16 , note...
Ezekiel 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 10:9-10 . The figure of eating for re...
Ezekiel 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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. D...
Ezekiel 2:8 - 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 2:7-8 I. This chapter tells how his commission came to the prophe...
Ezekiel 2:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 tha...
Ezekiel 2:8 - 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 ho...
Ezekiel 2:8 - 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 fearin...
Ezekiel 2:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet Cautioned Not to Fear; Charge Given to the Prophet. B. C. 595. 6 And thou,...
Ezekiel 2:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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 rebell...
Ezekiel 2:8 - 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 woul...
Ezekiel 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 kn...
Ezekiel 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 13:21 ; 1 Kings 13:22 ; 1 Peter 5:3 ; 1 Timothy 4:14-16 ; Ezekiel 3:10 ; Ezekiel 3:1-3 ; Isaiah 50:5 ; Jeremiah 15:16 ; Leviticus 10:3 ; Numbers 20:10-13 ; Numbers 20:24 ; Revelat...
Ezekiel 2:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

Ezekiel 2:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 2:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 2:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 2:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 2:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 2:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 2:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezekiel 2:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 2:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 2:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 2:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 2:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 2:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 2:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 2:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 2:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 2:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 2:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 2:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 2:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 2:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 2:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes