Tel — abib — A part of Mesopotamia, which was shut up within Chebar westward, and Saocora eastward. By — On that part of the river Chebar, which runs west — ward of Tel — abib. Where — Where I found them sitting astonished, at the sight of their change from freedom and honour to servitude and shame. Seven days — Mourning no doubt all that while, and waiting 'till the spirit of prophecy should open his mouth.
TEL-ABIB - , on the river Chebar was the chief seat of the Jewish exiles in Babylonia. The name “Tel-abib” (“mount of ears of corn”) was probably given on account of its fertility. I SAT WHERE THEY S...
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...
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 is more immediately conceived as due to the touch of the D...
CHEBAR. Not the Chebar of Ezekiel 1:3. That was where he dwelt. This was the Chebar whither he was sent. See note on Ezekiel 1:3. the modern _Khabour,_. tributary of the Euphrates, forty-five miles fr...
The Prophet's Particular Mission to the Exiles at Tel Abib Though Ezekiel's mission, like that of all the prophets, was to the house of Israel as a whole (Ezekiel 3:5), yet immediately his work lay a...
The name Tel-abib means possibly, Hill of corn-ears, or shortly, Cornhill; but see against this Frd. Del. _Heb. Lang_. p. 16. Names compounded with the word Tel, hill, are very common. The place is no...
TEL-ABIB— _Tel-abib_ is generally supposed to be a town in Mesopotamia near the river Chebar. The remainder of the verse is to be understood in the same manner as Job 2:13....
C. Assessment of the Congregation 3:10-15 TRANSLATION (10) And He said unto me, Son of man, all My words which I shall speak unto you receive into your heart, and with your ears hear. (11) And go unt...
Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. TEL-ABIB. Tel means an 'elevation....
§ 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...
TEL-ABIB] a place near the Chebar, where a colony of Jewish exiles lived. The exact site is unknown. The name is usually explained to mean 'Hill of cornears' or 'Corn-hill,' but some recent editors su...
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 *
I CAME TO THEM OF THE CAPTIVITY AT TELABIB. — Ezekiel now leaves the place where he had been, and comes to Tel-abib, which is described as still by the same “river of Chebar,” and which signifies the...
וָ אָבֹ֨וא אֶל ־הַ גֹּולָ֜ה תֵּ֣ל ֠אָבִיב הַ
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...
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,...
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...
Then I came to them of the captivity at (f) Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there overwhelmed among them (g) seven days. (f) Which was a place by Eu...
The heap of new corn. It was the name of a place; in Hebrew, Telabib, (Challoner) as the Chaldean leaves it (Menochius) with the three Greek interpreters. (Calmet) --- Tel means "a heap," and abib "ne...
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...
Now he says, that he had returned to his own people, not that he had ever removed from them, but had been drawn by the vision from the intercourse with men. For God revealed himself to him on the bank...
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...
THEN I CAME TO THEM OF THE CAPTIVITY AT TELABIB,.... For it seems the captive Jews were disposed of at different places, and there were some at this place; for this was the name of a place, as Jarchi...
_Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days._ Ver. 15. _Then I came to them of t...
_Then I came to them of the captivity_ To those of my countrymen who were captives, at _Tel-abib._ The prophet was before at some distance from this place, though on the same river, and these therefor...
Then I came to them of the captivity, the main colony of the Jewish exiles, AT TEL-ABIB, THAT DWELT BY THE RIVER OF CHEBAR, AND I SAT WHERE THEY SAT, joining them in their misery, AND REMAINED THERE A...
EZEKIEL AS WATCHMAN...
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...
See EZEKIEL 3:11. TEL-ABIB; the name of a place in that part of Mesopotamia, which was shut up within Chebar westward, and Saocora eastward. This was divided into superior, called Gozan, and inferior,...
Ezekiel 3:15 came H935 (H8799) captives H1473 Abib H8512 dwelt H3427 (H8802) River H5104 Chebar H3529 sat...
‘Then I came to those of the captivity at Tel-Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar, and to where they dwelt. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.' At some point the Spirit released him, a...
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...
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...
_So the Spirit lifted me up._ IN THE UPLIFTED LIFE WE ARE FITTED TO DO THE LORD’S WORK Ezekiel was now strengthened to do a very difficult work. He was to go and speak to a people who had no sympathy...
(3.) RATIFICATIONS OF THE COMMISSION (Chap. Ezekiel 3:4) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 3:5. “OF A STRANGE SPEECH AND OF AN HARD LANGUAGE.” The marginal reading, _deep of lip and heavy of tongue_, indicat...
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'...
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...
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...
Ezekiel 1:1; Ezekiel 10:15; Ezekiel 3:23; Ezekiel 43:3; Genesis 50:10;