Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Ezekiel 2:7
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
They are most rebellious - literally, 'rebellion' itself-its very essence.
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
They are most rebellious - literally, 'rebellion' itself-its very essence.
Verse Ezekiel 2:7. _WHETHER THEY WILL HEAR_] Whether they receive the message, or persecute thee for it, declare it to them, that they may be without excuse....
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. PREDICTIONS BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM A. judgment Predictions Concerning Jerusalem (1-24) Chapter S 1:1-3:14 The Vision of Glory and the Call of the Prophet _ 1. The...
Ezekiel 2:1. We see Ezekiel prostrate upon his face. Then a voice spoke, not the voice of a cherubim; while in Revelation the cherubim speak, in Ezekiel they are silent, Jehovah addressed Ezekiel as s...
EZEKIEL 2:1 TO EZEKIEL 3:15. THE CALL. Ezekiel 2:1. The awful silence is broken by a voice from the Almighty upon His throne, bidding the prostrate prophet rise and accept his commission for service;...
MY WORDS. Nothing less, nothing more, nothing different. Compare Genesis 3:2; Genesis 3:3, and 2 Timothy 4:2, under. similar warning in the following verse. Compare...
C. Ezekiel Charged 2:6-7 TRANSLATION (6) But as for you, son of man, do not fear them nor be afraid of their words; for thorns[109] and thistles are with you, and you are sitting upon scorpions. Do...
§ 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 (Ezekiel...
IMPUDENT] RV 'of a stiff forehead.' This rendering gives greater point to 'thy forehead' in Ezekiel 3:8; Ezekiel 3:9....
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 2 THE *LORD SENDS EZEKIEL TO THE *ISRAELITES – EZEKIEL 2:1-7...
וְ דִבַּרְתָּ֤ אֶת ־דְּבָרַי֙ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אִֽם...
EZEKIEL'S PROPHETIC COMMISSION Ezekiel 2:1; Ezekiel 3:1 THE call of a prophet and the vision of God which sometimes accompanied it are the two sides of one complex experience. The man who has truly s...
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 like the poison of scorpions; but the prophet was commissio...
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 Spirit. He was then commissioned to deliver the mes...
Observe, how the Lord arms his faithful servants to a boldness in his cause: and what assurance he gives them of his support. So he did Jeremiah. Jer_1:7-8; Jer_1:17-18. So did the three worthies. Dan...
_‘RECEIVING AND UTTERING THE DIVINE MESSAGE’_ ‘Thou shalt speak my words … open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.’ Ezekiel 2:7 I. THIS CHAPTER TELLS HOW HIS COMMISSION CAME TO THE PROPHET.—Let e...
_MEN’S TREATMENT OF GOD’S WORD_ ‘Whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.’ Ezekiel 2:7 The office of the prophet was one truly honourable and truly sacred. On the one side he was in co...
Again he repeats what he had said, with but the change of a few words, yet the meaning is the same, that the Prophet should not desist in the midst of his course, if he saw that he did not obtain what...
In testimony and example, as to his prophetic relation, the same thing happens in Ezekiel's case. God is rejected; His prophet takes this place, with the throne, to judge the whole nation, and especia...
AND THOU SHALL SPEAK MY WORDS UNTO THEM,.... Not his own words, but those the Lord should put into his mouth. The Targum is, "and thou shall prophesy the words of my prophecy unto them:'' WHETHER TH...
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they [are] most rebellious. Ver. 7. _And thou shalt speak my words._] God's word must be spoken, how...
_And thou, be not afraid of them_ “The prophets and messengers of God are often exhorted to take courage, and are promised a proportionable assistance in the discharge of their office, without fearing...
And thou shalt speak My words unto them, the fact of the divine inspiration of Ezekiel's prophecies being repeated thus with special emphasis, WHETHER THEY WILL HEAR, OR WHETHER THEY WILL FORBEAR; FOR...
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 majesty, now issued to him the formal call, extended to hi...
REBELLIOUS: _ Heb._ rebellion...
6-10 Those who will do any thing to purpose in the service of God, must not fear men. Wicked men are as briers and thorns; but they are nigh unto cursing, and their end is to be burned. The prophet m...
THOU SHALT SPEAK MY WORDS UNTO THEM; declaring what I shall show thee, and in words which I will put into thy mouth. WHETHER THEY WILL HEAR, OR WHETHER THEY WILL FORBEAR: see EZEKIEL 2:5. FOR THEY ARE...
Ezekiel 2:7 speak H1696 (H8765) words H1697 hear H8085 (H8799) refuse H2308 (H8799) rebellious H4805 yo
“And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, for they are most rebellious.” The voice of the prophet must continue whether men heard or not. He was give...
CONTENTS: Ezekiel filled with the Spirit, and his divine command. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: If we stand ready to be used of God, we may expect that He will give us a...
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 assumed after his incarnation, being meek and lowly in he...
_Thou shalt speak My words unto them._ THE MINISTERIAL COMMISSION I. The parties concerned in this commission. These are, first, the Eternal God, our King and Creator and Judge, who issued this commi...
_HOMILETICS_ (1.) REQUISITES FOR EXECUTING THE COMMISSION (Ezekiel 2:1) I. LIVELY ATTENTION. Ezekiel must no longer lie upon his face; he must stand upon his feet if he is rightly to hear the voice o...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 2:1 SON OF MAN, etc. It is noticeable that the phrase (_ben adam_)_, _as addressed to a prophet, occurs only in Ezekiel, in whom we find it not less than eighty times, and in Danie...
CHAPTER 2:1-3:11. CALL TO THE PROPHETICAL OFFICE. Ezekiel 2:1. _And he said to me, Son of man,_ (Hävernick, after many leading commentators, both ancient and modern, still lays stress on this express...
And he said unto me, Son of man (Ezekiel 2:1), Now this is a title that Ezekiel uses quite often. It is a title that Jesus uses in the New Testament concerning Himself. It is a title that was used he...
Ezekiel 2:5; Ezekiel 3:10; Ezekiel 3:17; Jeremiah 1:17; Jeremiah 1:7;...