Ezekiel 3:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. ”

Ezekiel 3:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Tel-abib - , on the river Chebar was the chief seat of the Jewish exiles in Babylonia. The name “Tel-abib” (“mount of ears of corn”) was probably given on account of its fertility. I sat where...
Ezekiel 3:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then I came to them of the captivity at (f) Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there overwhelmed among them (g) seven days. (f) Which was a place by E...
Ezekiel 3:15 - 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 3:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Chebar. Not the Chebar of Ezekiel 1:3 . That was where he dwelt. This was the Chebar whither he was sent. See note on Ezekiel 1:3 . the modern Khabour, . tributary of the Euphrates, forty-five m...
Ezekiel 3:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Now he says, that he had returned to his own people, not that he had ever removed from them, but had been drawn by the vision from the intercourse with men. For God revealed himself to him on t...
Ezekiel 3:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. I came to them of the captivity - Be...
Ezekiel 3:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Tel-abib— Tel-abib is generally supposed to be a town in Mesopotamia near the river Chebar. The remainder of the verse is to be understood in the same manner as Job 2:13 .
Ezekiel 3:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. Tel-abib. Tel means an 'elev...
Ezekiel 3:15 - 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 3:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I came to them of the captivity at Telabib. — Ezekiel now leaves the place where he had been, and comes to Tel-abib, which is described as still by the same “river of Chebar,” and which signifies t...
Ezekiel 3:15 - 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 3:15 - 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 3:15 - 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 3:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I cannot but admire the silence, both of the Prophet and of the people, during the seven days waiting upon the Lord. When we come to enter into the retirings of the Lord, surely a silent, humble, sol...
Ezekiel 3:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib ,.... For it seems the captive Jews were disposed of at different places, and there were some at this place; for this was the name of a place, as Jarc...
Ezekiel 3:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. Ver. 15. Then I came to them of...
Ezekiel 3:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then I came to them of the captivity To those of my countrymen who were captives, at Tel-abib. The prophet was before at some distance from this place, though on the same river, and these therefo...
Ezekiel 3:15 - 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 3:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Ezekiel 3:11 . Tel-abib; the name of a place in that part of Mesopotamia, which was shut up within Chebar westward, and Saocora eastward. This was divided into superior, called Gozan, and in...
Ezekiel 3:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Then I came to those of the captivity at Tel-Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar, and to where they dwelt. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.' At some point the Spirit released him,...
Ezekiel 3:15 - 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 3:15 - 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 3:15 - 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 3:15 - 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 3:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel as Watchman
Ezekiel 3:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 1:1 ; Ezekiel 10:15 ; Ezekiel 3:23 ; Ezekiel 43:3 ; Genesis 50:10 ; Habakkuk 3:16 ; Jeremiah 23:9 ; Job 2:13 ; Psalms 137:1
Ezekiel 3:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Tel — abib — A part of Mesopotamia, which was shut up within Chebar westward, and Saocora eastward. By — On that part of the river Chebar, which runs west — ward of Tel — abib. Where — Where I foun...

Ezekiel 3:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 3:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 3:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 3:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 3:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 3:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 3:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezekiel 3:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 3:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 3:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 3:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 3:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 3:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 3:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 3:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 3:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 3:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 3:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 3:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 3:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 3:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes