Ezekiel 2:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; ”

Ezekiel 2:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Ezekiel 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

behold... lo . Fig, Asterismos. App-6. a roll of. book . a scroll. Compare Jeremiah 36:2 . Psalms 40 .
Ezekiel 2:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 nou...
Ezekiel 2:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; A hand was sent - Here the hand signifies not only the instrument of conveyance, but an emblem of the D...
Ezekiel 2:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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.
Ezekiel 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 rendered stretched forth, with the marginal...
Ezekiel 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 manifes...
Ezekiel 2:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 ; an...
Ezekiel 2:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 operatio...
Ezekiel 2:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 contain...
Ezekiel 2:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet Cautioned Not to Fear; Charge Given to the Prophet. B. C. 595. 6 And thou,...
Ezekiel 2:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Ezekiel 2:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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...
Ezekiel 2:9 - 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. Ezekiel 8:3 ). Ezek...
Ezekiel 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 10:10 ; Daniel 10:16-18 ; Daniel 5:5 ; Ezekiel 3:1 ; Ezekiel 8:3 ; Hebrews 10:7 ; Jeremiah 1:9 ; Revelation 10:8-11 ; Revelation 5:1-5
Ezekiel 2:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

Ezekiel 2:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 2:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 2:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 2:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 2:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezekiel 2:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 2:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 2:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 2:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 2:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 2:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 2:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 2:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 2:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 2:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 2:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 2:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 2:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 2:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes