Ezekiel 3:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness,e in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. ”

Ezekiel 3:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lifted me up - We are not to suppose that the prophet was miraculously transported from one place to another in the land of his captivity. Compare Matthew 4:1 ; Acts 8:39 . He had been in an ec...
Ezekiel 3:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I (e) went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. (e) This shows that there is always an infirmity of...
Ezekiel 3:14 - 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 3:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 ).
Ezekiel 3:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He confirms what we have formerly seen, namely, that he was acted upon by the Spirit of God, so that it was in some way without himself, and not as profane men have invented, enthusiastically:...
Ezekiel 3:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. I went in bitterness - Being filled with indignation at...
Ezekiel 3:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit— I went with a bitter and uneasy mind. See the note on Ezekiel 3:3 .
Ezekiel 3:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. I went in bitterness - sadness on account of the...
Ezekiel 3:14 - 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 3:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I went in bitterness, in the heat of my prophet now begins to realise the sorrow and the trial of the task laid upon him. The command of the Lord was sweet ( Ezekiel 3:3 ), its performance is bitte...
Ezekiel 3:14 - 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 3:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Watchman's Responsibility Ezekiel 3:12-27 He was bitter because of his message, but hot because God's fire was burning within him. It is a blessed thing for preacher, leader, or Christian w...
Ezekiel 3:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This roll he was commanded to eat. The writing on the roll was a roll of lamentations and mourning and woe. The prophet declared that having eaten the roll, he found it in his mouth "as honey for swe...
Ezekiel 3:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I beg the Reader to pause again and again, while going through the very solemn service of Ezekiel's ordination. What an idea doth it awaken in the mind of its importance. Though the Lord Jesus himsel...
Ezekiel 3:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away ,.... Lifted him up from the earth, and carried him through the air: and I went in bitterness ; full of trouble and sorrow, that the Lord was departing...
Ezekiel 3:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. Ver. 14. So the spirit lifted me up. ] As it did afte...
Ezekiel 3:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So the spirit lifted me up and took me away Caught me up into the air , and carried me, (as Philip was carried away from the eunuch,) and brought me to the place where I was to deliver my message, t...
Ezekiel 3:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet Ordered to Eat the Roll; Instructions Given to the Prophet; The Prophet's Instructions; Ezekiel's Reluctance to Be a Reprover. B. ...
Ezekiel 3:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So, Heb. And , or then, at that very time. The spirit, the Spirit of God, as Ezekiel 3:12 , which see. Lifted me up, either from that prostration which the terrible vision had caused when h...
Ezekiel 3:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Yahweh was strong upon me.' Ezekiel repeats and amplifies his reference to the Spiri...
Ezekiel 3:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

(3.) RATIFICATIONS OF THE COMMISSION (Chap. Ezekiel 3:4-15 ) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 3:5-6 . “Of a strange speech and of an hard language.” The marginal reading, deep of lip and heavy of ton...
Ezekiel 3:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 3:3 . The roll was in my mouth as honey. To taste the good word of God is pleasant; but it was bitter in the belly with regard to imprisonment and martyrdom. Revelation 10:9 . No matter;...
Ezekiel 3:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

So the Spirit lifted me up. In the uplifted life we are fitted to do the Lord’s work Ezekiel was now strengthened to do a very difficult work. He was to go and speak to a people who had no symp...
Ezekiel 3:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ezekiel 3:1 Eat that thou findest, etc. The iteration of the command of Ezekiel 2:8 seems to imply, like the words, "be not thou rebellious," in that verse, some reluctance o...
Ezekiel 3:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel as Watchman
Ezekiel 3:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:46 ; 2 Kings 2:16 ; 2 Kings 3:15 ; Ezekiel 1:3 ; Ezekiel 3:12 ; Ezekiel 37:1 ; Ezekiel 8:1 ; Ezekiel 8:3 ; Jeremiah 20:14-18 ; Jeremiah 20:7-9 ; Jeremiah 6:11 ; John 4:1 ; Joh...
Ezekiel 3:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Spirit — Caught him up into the air. Took — Carried me to the place where the captive Jews were crowded together. Bitterness — Not at all pleased with my work. He went in the heat of his spirit; be...

Ezekiel 3:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 3:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 3:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 3:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 3:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 3:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 3:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezekiel 3:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 3:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 3:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 3:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 3:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 3:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 3:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 3:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 3:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 3:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 3:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 3:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 3:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 3:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes