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Ezekiel 2:8-10
The prophet's inspiration
Being commanded to speak God's words to the people, the prophet is next assured by a symbol, a book given him to eat, that God's words shall be given him.
The prophet's inspiration
Being commanded to speak God's words to the people, the prophet is next assured by a symbol, a book given him to eat, that God's words shall be given him.
Verse Ezekiel 2:8. _OPEN THY MOUTH AND EAT THAT I GIVE THEE._] Take my word as thou wouldst take thy _proper food_; receive it into thy heart; ponder it there, that it may be the means of _strengthen...
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 2:8 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...
EAT. See Ezekiel 3:1. Compare Revelation 10:9; Revelation 10:10....
OPEN THY MOUTH, &C.— The knowledge of divine truth is often expressed by the metaphors of bodily food and nourishment; and therefore, to _eat_ the words of this prophesy, signifies to commit them to m...
II. THE PREPARATION FOR SERVICE 2:8-3:15 Following the call to service, God begins a process of education to prepare this man for the assigned task. Three steps can be distinguished in this educationa...
But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. EAT THAT I GIVE THEE - (, note; Revelation 10:9). The i...
§ 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...
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...
EAT THAT I GIVE THEE. — This is to be understood, like all that has gone before, as done in vision, as in the case of the book eaten by St. John in Revelation 10:9. The figure of eating for receiving...
וְ אַתָּ֣ה בֶן ־אָדָ֗ם שְׁמַע֙ אֵ֤ת אֲשֶׁר
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...
But thou, son of man, hear what I say to thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and (f) eat that which I give thee. (f) He not only exhorts him to his duty but also...
_Eat. "If we do not eat the open book, we cannot teach." (St. Jerome)_...
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...
God continues to confirm his servant, but he advises him of a cause of stumbling which might break his spirit; for when he perceived the great obstinacy of the house of Israel, he might refuse the off...
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...
BUT THOU, SON OF MAN, HEAR WHAT I SAY UNTO THEE,.... Which was necessary because he was to speak not his own words, but the Lord's, and therefore ought to hear before he spoke; and indeed those that s...
But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. Ver. 8. _Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious hous...
_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...
But thou, son of man, by birth and descent a member of this rebellious nation, HEAR WHAT I SAY UNTO THEE, BE NOT THOU REBELLIOUS LIKE THAT REBELLIOUS HOUSE, thereby to become guilty of the same insole...
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...
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...
HEAR WHAT I SAY UNTO THEE; obey when thou hearest. Harden not thyself in a seeming modest declining the office of a prophet, wed not thine own resolution herein. REBELLIOUS HOUSE; house of rebellion,...
Ezekiel 2:8 son H1121 man H120 hear H8085 (H8798) say H1696 (H8764) not H1961 (H8799) rebellious...
“But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.” Now Ezekiel was made to recognise that what he was to do would...
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...
_Be not thou rebellious._ MINISTERS EXPOSED TO CORRUPTION BY THEIR PEOPLE This was the same as to say, “I know the degeneracy of the times. I know the corruption and obstinacy of the people. I know t...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 2:8 Ezekiel is told he must OPEN his MOUTH AND EAT the SCROLL OF A BOOK. When it is unrolled, WRITING is visible on its...
(2.) CONSCIOUS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMISSION (Chaps. Ezekiel 2:8 to Ezekiel 3:3) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 2:9. “SENT UNTO ME;” rather, _put forth unto me_ (as in chap....
_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...
1 Kings 13:21; 1 Kings 13:22; 1 Peter 5:3; 1 Timothy 4:14; Ezekiel
Hear — Obey. Open — This was done only in a vision....