Ezekiel 3:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, ”

• Ezekiel 3:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The Lord guards both Ezekiel and his countrymen from dwelling exclusively on the national character of his mission. In the midst of the general visitations, each individual was to stand as it were...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Pastoral Charge. At the end of the week he receives another Divine message, this time of a more explicit kind and unaccompanied by vision. His task is now defined as that of a watchman. As it i...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Now the Prophet shows more clearly why he continued in silence for seven days, because, indeed, he had been appointed a teacher, but the time had not fully arrived in which he was to utter the...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, No JFB commentary on this verse.

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - 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...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  At the end of seven days. — A fresh Divine communication comes to the prophet, designed especially to impress upon him the responsibility of his office ( Ezekiel 3:16-21 ). In Ezekiel 33:1-20 the...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - 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...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - 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...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - 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...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - 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...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And it came to pass at the end of seven days ,.... Some think it was on the sabbath day he had the following declaration made to him, and instructions given him; but this is not certain; nor does it...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 16. And it came to pass at the end of seven days. ] Probably on the Sabbath day, that day of grac...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And at the end of seven days During which time the prophet had sufficient opportunity to observe their manners and prevailing vices; the word of the Lord came to me Informing me more particularly...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Watchman's Office. B. C. 595.       16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, tha...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This verse gives us sufficient account why the prophet staid these seven days; it was because the particular word he was to speak to them was not yet declared to him. He had a call and commission to...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Ezekiel Is Appointed As A Watchman ( Ezekiel 3:16-21 ). ‘And it happened that at the end of seven days the word of Yahweh came to me saying.' The ‘seven days' having passed God again came to Ezek...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  II.—THE ENTRANCE BY EZEKIEL ON THE EXECUTION OF HIS COMMISSION. CHAPS. Ezekiel 3:16-17 Ezekiel had been fully accredited, but did not begin his work as a messenger of the Lord when he was sent amo...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - 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;...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I have made thee a watchman. The Christian watchman I. The office of the christian watchman is to warn his people of the danger to which, according to the word of God, all men are naturally exp...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - 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...

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Ezekiel as Watchman

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• Ezekiel 3:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Jeremiah 42:7

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