Acts 1:8; Ezekiel 2:3; Ezekiel 2:7; Ezekiel 3:11; Matthew 10:5; Matthew 10:6; Matthew 15:24
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...
speak with My words. This is inspiration. See note on Ezekiel 2:5 ; Ezekiel 2:7 . Ezekiel's voice and pen, but Jehovah's words.
Now at greater length God explains why he wished his servant to eat the volume which he held forth in his hand, namely, that when instructed by...
And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. No JFB commentary on this verse.
§ 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...
With my words ] an advance upon the general instruction of Ezekiel 2:7 , following the symbolical act just described.
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...
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...
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...
And he said unto me, son of man, go ,.... After he had eaten the roll; for then was he qualified to prophesy: get thee unto the house of Israel ;...
And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. Ver. 4. Go, get thee unto the house of...
The Prophet Ordered to Eat the Roll; Instructions Given to the Prophet; The Prophet's Instructions; Ezekiel's Reluctance...
Son of man: see Ezekiel 3:1 , and Ezekiel 2:1 . Go ; either the first word, go, intimates the awakening and rousing him, and the latter, ge...
‘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 sp...
(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...
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...
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...
Divine Strength in the Face of Certain Opposition
And He said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, the members of the prophet's own nation, and speak with My words unto them,...
Speak — What things I shall shew thee, and in what words I shall declare them to thee.
4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.