Acts 26:17; Acts 26:18; Ezekiel 3:6; Isaiah 33:19; Jonah 1:2; Jonah 3:2-4; Psalms 81:5
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...
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 str...
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...
§ 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...
Hear, or.. forbear ] The latter is chiefly expected. They.. yet shall know , etc.] the result which will keep the prophet's work from being in vain...
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,...
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...
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 l...
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...
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...
The Prophet Ordered to Eat the Roll; Instructions Given to the Prophet; The Prophet's Instructions; Ezekiel's Reluctance...
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...
‘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...
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, yo...
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
For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, literally, "obscure of lip and difficult of tongue," that is, a nation...
5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an harda language, but to the house of Israel;