Ezekiel 3:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. ”

Ezekiel 3:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Watchman - The priests and ministers of the Lord were often so called. Ezekiel is especially distinguished by this title Ezekiel 33:7 . The duties of a watchman are twofold, (1) to wait and wa...
Ezekiel 3:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Son of man, I have made thee a (h) watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. (h) Of this read ( Ezekiel 33:2 ).
Ezekiel 3:17 - 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...
Ezekiel 3:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

made . given. God's prophets and ministers were His "gifts" ( Ephesians 4:11 ). watchman . one who looks out or views from. height, with the object of warning. Hebrew. zaphah. Compare Ezekiel 3...
Ezekiel 3:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

What Ezekiel heard belongs to all teachers of the Church, namely, that they are Divinely appointed and placed as on watch-towers, that they may keep watch for the common safety of all. It was t...
Ezekiel 3:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. I have made thee a watchman - The care and welfare of all this pe...
Ezekiel 3:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I have made thee a watchman— See Isaiah 51:7-8 ; Isaiah 56:10 .
Ezekiel 3:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. I have made thee a watchman. Ezekiel alone among the prop...
Ezekiel 3:17 - 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 3:17 - 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 3:17 - 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 3:17 - 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 3:17 - 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 3:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel ,.... Not in a civil sense, a watchman of a town or city, or of the whole country, but in an ecclesiastical sense. So the Targum rend...
Ezekiel 3:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. Ver. 17. Son of man. ] So Christ constantly calleth this proph...
Ezekiel 3:17 - 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...
Ezekiel 3:17 - 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...
Ezekiel 3:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Ezekiel 2:1 . I; the person that appeared to him, Ezekiel 1:26 . It is the great and glorious One. Made thee; appointed by commission; I have qualified by gifts, I have actually sent th...
Ezekiel 3:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Son of man, I have given you to be a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word at my mouth and give them warning from me. When I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,' and you do...
Ezekiel 3:17 - 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...
Ezekiel 3:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 3:17-19 I. The ministry of divine truths is a special ordinance of God. The watchman is not (1) self-constituted; (2) self-instructed; (3) self-sent. II. The ministry of divine truths is...
Ezekiel 3:17 - 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 3:17 - 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...
Ezekiel 3:17 - 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 3:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel as Watchman
Ezekiel 3:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 12:28 ; 1 Corinthians 4:14 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:14 ; 2 Chronicles 19:10 ; 2 Corinthians 5:11 ; 2 Corinthians 5:20 ; Acts 20:28-31 ; Colossians 1:28 ; Ezekiel 33:2-9 ; Ezekiel 3...

Ezekiel 3:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 3:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 3:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 3:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 3:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 3:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezekiel 3:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 3:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 3:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 3:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 3:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 3:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 3:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 3:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 3:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 3:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 3:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 3:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 3:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 3:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge