Ezekiel 3:8

I have made ... thy forehead strong - I have given thee a strength superior to theirs; a metaphor taken from horned animals.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, I have made thy (b) face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. (b) God promises his assistance to his...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold . Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. strong . strong, or hard (for endurance). Hebrew. hazak. Same as "harder "( Ezekiel 3:9 ). Compar...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel was forewarned of the obstinacy of the people, yea, even of their desperate wickedness. Now God strengthens him lest he should despa...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. Behold, I have made thy face strong...
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 t...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thy face strong against their faces. — The word strong is the same here as that rendered impudent (marg. stiff ) in Ezekiel 3:7 . Of course i...
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...
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 th...
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 mi...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, I have made the, face strong against their faces ,.... Not that the prophet should have the same sort of impudence and confidence they had;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. Ver. 8. Behold, I have made thy face str...
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 pr...
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...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This may be to remove the objection of the prophet, who might plead the softness of his own metal, and pretend shameless sinners will scoff a young p...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Behold I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads. I have made you forehead as an adamant, harde...
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.” T...
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 imprison...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Divine Strength in the Face of Certain Opposition
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, filling him with indomitable courage, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads, in...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 21:20 ; Acts 7:51-56 ; Exodus 11:4-8 ; Exodus 4:15 ; Exodus 4:16 ; Hebrews 11:27 ; Hebrews 11:32-37 ; Isaiah 50:7 ; Jeremiah 1:18 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I have — I have given thee, constancy, and manly carriage. The more impudent wicked people are in their opposition to religion, the more openly and...

⁸ Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 3:8

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ezekiel 3:8