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Verse Ezekiel 3:20. _WHEN A RIGHTEOUS MAN DOTH TURN FROM HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS_] Which these words plainly state he may do, _and commit
iniquity_, and die in his sin; and consequently die eternally, whic...
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This passage anticipates the great moral principle of divine
government Ezekiel 18 that each man is individually responsible for
his own actions, and will be judged according to these and these
alone....
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CHAPTER S 3:15-7:27
The Judgment Announced, the Four Signs and Their Meaning, and the Two
Messages
This section extends from chapter 3:15 to the close of the seventh
chapter. The prophet is told of...
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THE PASTORAL CHARGE. At the end of the week he receives another Divine
message, this time of a more explicit kind and unaccompanied by
vision. His task is now defined as that of a watchman. As it is t...
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RIGHTEOUSNESS. Heb, is plural in margin, but some codices, with one
early printed edition, read "righteous deeds" (plural) in text and
margin
SIN. Hebrew chata. App-44....
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_I lay a stumbling-block_ i.e. something over which he shall fall and
perish; Leviticus 19:14, "Nor put a stumbling-block before the blind."
When God prepares such a stumbling-block for the righteous...
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More precise definition of the prophet's appointment: he is set to be
a watchman
So soon as the prophet is face to face with the exiles, and is able
to see the sphere and materials of his work, he re...
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AND I LAY A STUMBLING-BLOCK BEFORE HIM— _And if when I bring ruin
upon him, he shall die because thou hast not given him warning; he
shall die,_ &c. Houbigant. The word מכשׁול _mikshol,_ rendered
_rui...
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III. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SERVICE 3:16-21
TRANSLATION
(16) And it came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the
LORD came unto me, saying, (17) Son of man, I have appointed you a
watchm...
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Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and
commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die:
because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his si...
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§ 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...
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I LAY A STUMBLINGBLOCK BEFORE HIM] This difficult phrase does not mean
that God seelrs to make the righteous fall, but that the temptations
of the righteous are under God's providential control. Where...
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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 3
EZEKIEL EATS THE *SCROLL – EZEKIEL 3:1-3
V1 Then the *
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WHEN A RIGHTEOUS MAN DOTH TURN FROM HIS righteousness. — Quite
independently of any theological question, it is undeniable that the
Scripture here, as often elsewhere, represents the upright man as
ex...
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וּ בְ שׁ֨וּב צַדִּ֤יק מִ צִּדְקֹו֙ וְ
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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...
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THE WATCHMAN'S RESPONSIBILITY
Ezekiel 3:12-27
He was bitter because of his message, but hot because God's fire was
burning within him. It is a blessed thing for preacher, leader, or
Christian worker,...
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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 the roll, he found it in his mouth "as honey for swee...
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Again, When a (i) righteous [man] doth turn from his righteousness,
and commit iniquity, and I lay a (k) stumblingblock before him, he
shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die...
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Iniquity, for want of thy instruction; (Haydock) or, if thou neglect
to reclaim him, (Calmet) and he perish, or owe his conversion to
another, when duty requires thee to take care of him, thou shalt
a...
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I cannot but admire the silence, both of the Prophet and of the
people, during the seven days waiting upon the Lord. When we come to
enter into the retirings of the Lord, surely a silent, humble, sole...
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Here God adds another part of duty which is incumbent on all Prophets.
For they are first sent to bring back into the way those who had been
alienated from God, then to retain those who are already wi...
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The Lord testifies that Israel is even more hardened than any of the
heathen nations. The people are "impudent and hard-hearted." It needed
that Ezekiel should have his forehead made as hard as adaman...
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AGAIN, WHEN A RIGHTEOUS [MAN] DOTH TURN FROM HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS,....
This is to be understood not of one that is truly righteous, or is
justified by the righteousness of Christ; for such can never turn...
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Again, When a righteous [man] doth turn from his righteousness, and
commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die:
because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his s...
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_Again, When a righteous man_ One truly righteous, and devoted to the
love and service of God in heart and life; one whose person is
justified, whose nature is renewed, and whose practice is conformed...
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RIGHTEOUSNESS:
_ Heb._ righteousnessess...
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12-21 This mission made the holy angels rejoice. All this was to
convince Ezekiel, that the God who sent him had power to bear him out
in his work. He was overwhelmed with grief for the sins and mise...
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What must be done to sinners is said, now for those that have been
righteous take thy directions. A RIGHTEOUS MAN; either one that hath
for some continuance of time professed the way of righteousness,...
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Ezekiel 3:20 Again H7725 righteous H6662 turns H7725 (H8800)
righteousness H6664 commits H6213 (H8804) iniquity H5766
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‘Again when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits
iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he will die. Because
you have not given him warning, he will die in his sin, and h...
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CONTENTS: Ezekiel's commission, continued. Again filled with the
Spirit. His dumbness.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel.
CONCLUSION: Ministers are God's mouth to the children of men, but must
not undertake t...
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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
imprisonment and martyrdom. Revelation 10:9. No matter; the s...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 3:16 Ezekiel is assigned to be a WATCHMAN
for Judah. This role is expanded in Ezekiel 33:1, the passage
introducing the second phase of Ezeki
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II.—THE ENTRANCE BY EZEKIEL ON THE EXECUTION OF HIS COMMISSION.
CHAPS. Ezekiel 3:16
Ezekiel had been fully accredited, but did not begin his work as a
messenger of the Lord when he was sent among the...
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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 thou rebellious," in that
verse, some reluctance on the prophet'...
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CHAPTER 3:12-27.
EZEKIEL'S ENTRANCE ON HIS MISSION, AND THE FIRST MESSAGE IMPARTED TO
HIM.
Ezekiel 3:12. _And the spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the
voice of aloud tumultuous noise, “Ble...
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Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that which you find; eat
this scroll, and then go and speak to the house of Israel (Ezekiel
3:1).
In other words, devour it and then go give it forth. You see...
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1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 John 2:19; 1 Peter 2:8; 2 Chronicles 19:2;...
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I Lay — Permit it to be laid before him. He shall — Perish in his
sin. Remembered — Shall not be profitable to him; "he that
apostatizes is the worst of men, because he falls from known ways of
goodne...