Ezekiel 2:2

the spirit entered.

He spoke. Entered with the word. Compare Genesis 1:2; Genesis 1:3. The Divine summons is accompanied by Divine preparation. Compare Ezekiel 3:24.Revelation 1:17.

spirit. Hebrew. ruach App-9.

I heard. This is ever the Divine qualification.

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 2:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The spirit - i. e. “the Spirit of God.”
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(c) And the spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spoke to me. (c) So that he could not abide G...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 2:1 to Ezekiel 3:15 . The Call. Ezekiel 2:1-7 . The awful silence is broken by a voice from the Almighty upon His throne, bidding the p...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. And the spirit entered into me -...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the Spirit entered into me, &c.— That is, say some, the same Spirit which influenced and animated the living creatures. Calmet interprets i...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that And the spirit entered into me when he sp...
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

And the spirit entered into me. — Always Divine strength is vouchsafed to the prophets when thus overcome by the glory of their visions. (Comp. Is...
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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Hard Commission Ezekiel 2:1-10 ; Ezekiel 3:1-11 The people were impudent and stiff-hearted; their words as briars and thorns; their speech l...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As the prophet lay prostrate, he heard a voice commanding him to stand on his feet, and he was immediately empowered to do so by the entrance of the...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Let the Reader, while observing the Prophet's sacred ordination, fail not to observe with it, what is here said: that the Spirit entered into him, an...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the spirit entered into me ,.... Not his own spirit or soul; for it does not appear that that went out of him upon the sight of the vision; nor...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. Ver. 2. And the Spirit entered...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he Who sat upon the throne, the Son of God, whose messenger Ezekiel is here appointed to be to the Jewish captives now in Chaldea; said unto m...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet Commissioned to Reprove. B. C. 595....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And; so soon as the encouraging command went forth, immediately. The spirit; the vital spirit or soul of the prophet, say some; but these suppose...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Mission of Ezekiel - The Book of Judgment ( Ezekiel 2:1 to Ezekiel 3:11 ). ‘And he said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet and I will sp...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HOMILETICS (1.) REQUISITES FOR EXECUTING THE COMMISSION ( Ezekiel 2:1-8 ) I. Lively attention . Ezekiel must no longer lie upon his face; he mus...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 2:1 . Son of man. Here the Messiah, speaking from the throne of glory, gives his servant a humble title, but a title which he himself assu...
The Biblical Illustrator

And the Spirit entered into me. God helping His ministers Mark the course of a river like the Thames; how it winds and twists according to its...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ezekiel 2:1 Son of man, etc. It is noticeable that the phrase ( ben adam ) , as addressed to a prophet, occurs only in Ezekie...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Commission of Ezekiel to Be the Lord's Prophet. The Lord, having revealed Himself to His servant in the fullness of His divine power and majes...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the spirit entered into me when He spake unto me, with divine power enabling him to stand before the face of God and to receive his commission,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 16:13 ; Ezekiel 3:12 ; Ezekiel 3:14 ; Ezekiel 3:24 ; Ezekiel 36:27 ; Joel 2:28 ; Joel 2:29 ; Judges 13:25 ; Nehemiah 9:30 ; Number...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The spirit — The same spirit which actuated the living creatures.

² And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 2:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 Biblical Illustrator

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 2:2