Ezekiel 3:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an harda language, but to the house of Israel; ”

Ezekiel 3:5 - 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 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; Thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech - I neither send thee to thy adversari...
Ezekiel 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; Thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language - (see mar...
Ezekiel 3:5 - 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 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To a people of a strange speech. — In Ezekiel 3:4-7 it is emphasised that Ezekiel’s immediate mission is to be, like that of his great Antitype, to “the lost sheep of the house of Israel; “and ye...
Ezekiel 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For thou [art] not sent to a people of a strange speech ,.... "Deep of lip" g, or "speech"; difficult to be got at and understood: and of a hard language : or "heavy of tongue" h of a barbarous an...
Ezekiel 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For thou [art] not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, [but] to the house of Israel; Ver. 5. For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language...
Ezekiel 3:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech It would be a great addition to the burden of thy office if thou wert sent, as Jonah was, as a prophet to a foreign nation, and to a people whose l...
Ezekiel 3:5 - 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 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Though the Divine command is reason enough why we should obey readily, yet God is pleased to give the prophet arguments to persuade, and ushers them in here. A people of a strange speech; who canno...
Ezekiel 3:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And he said to me, “Son of man, go, get you to the house of Israel and speak to them with my words. For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language (literally ‘deep of li...
Ezekiel 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech. The danger of abused privileges If you consider ministers simply as the labourers of God, you will perceive that he whose scene of cultivation...
Ezekiel 3:5 - 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 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Divine Strength in the Face of Certain Opposition
Ezekiel 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 26:17 ; Acts 26:18 ; Ezekiel 3:6 ; Isaiah 33:19 ; Jonah 1:2 ; Jonah 3:2-4 ; Psalms 81:5

Ezekiel 3:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 3:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 3:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 3:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 3:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 3:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 3:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 3:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 3:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge