Watchman - The priests and ministers of the Lord were often so called. Ezekiel is especially distinguished by this title Ezekiel 33:7. The duties of a watchman are twofold,
(1) to wait and watch what God will order,
(2) to watch over and superintend the people.
Isaiah describes and censures unfaithful watchmen Isaiah 56:10.
Verse Ezekiel 3:17. _I HAVE MADE THEE A WATCHMAN_] The care and welfare of all this people I have laid on thee. Thou must _watch_ for their _safety, preach_ for their _edification_, and _pray_ for the...
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...
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...
MADE. given. God's prophets and ministers were His "gifts" (Ephesians 4:11). WATCHMAN. one who looks out or views from. height, with the object of warning. Hebrew. _zaphah._ Compare Ezekiel 33:2; Ezek...
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...
I HAVE MADE THEE A WATCHMAN— See Isaiah 51:7; Isaiah 56:10....
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...
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. I HAVE MADE THEE A WATCHMAN. Ezekiel alone among the prophets i...
3:17 appointed (b-6) Lit. 'given.' see Jeremiah 1:5 ....
§ 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 3 EZEKIEL EATS THE *SCROLL – EZEKIEL 3:1-3 V1 Then the *
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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...
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...
Son of man, I have made thee a (h) watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. (h) Of this read (Ezekiel 33:2)....
_Watchman: the usual title of those placed over others, chap. xxxiii. 2., and Isaias xxi. 6. Let none perish through thy neglect. (Calmet) --- "He (the pastor) kills the man whom he delivers up to dea...
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...
What Ezekiel heard belongs to all teachers of the Church, namely, that they are Divinely appointed and placed as on watch-towers, that they may keep watch for the common safety of all. It was the duty...
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...
SON OF MAN, I HAVE MADE THEE A WATCHMAN UNTO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL,.... Not in a civil sense, a watchman of a town or city, or of the whole country, but in an ecclesiastical sense. So the Targum renders...
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. Ver. 17. _Son of man._] So Christ constantly calleth this prophet...
_And at the end of seven days_ During which time the prophet had sufficient opportunity to observe their manners and prevailing vices; _the word of the Lord came to me_ Informing me more particularly...
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel, the seer on the watch-tower applying the revelations which are made to him for the weal and woe of the people entrusted to him. THEREF...
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 2:1. I; the person that appeared to him, EZEKIEL 1:26. It is the great and glorious One. MADE THEE; appointed by commission; I have qualified by gifts, I have actually sent thee forth, &c....
Ezekiel 3:17 Son H1121 man H120 made H5414 (H8804) watchman H6822 (H8802) house H1004 Israel H3478 hear...
“Son of man, I have given you to be a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word at my mouth and give them warning from me. When I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,' and you do n...
Ezekiel 3:17 I. The ministry of divine truths is a special ordinance of God. The watchman is not (1) self-constituted; (2) self-instructed; (3) self-sent. II. The ministry of divine truths is entrust...
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...
_I have made thee a watchman._ THE CHRISTIAN WATCHMAN I. The office of the christian watchman is to warn his people of the danger to which, according to the word of God, all men are naturally exposed...
WATCHMEN I have made thee a watchman. Ezekiel 3:17. Except the Lord keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. Psalms 127:1. The words of our first text were spoken to the prophet Ezekiel. Go...
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
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 4:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 2 Chronicles 19:10;...