Ezekiel 2 - Introduction
_EZEKIEL'S COMMISSION: HIS INSTRUCTION. THE ROLL OF HIS HEAVY PROPHESY._ _Before Christ 595._... [ Continue Reading ]
_EZEKIEL'S COMMISSION: HIS INSTRUCTION. THE ROLL OF HIS HEAVY PROPHESY._ _Before Christ 595._... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SAID UNTO ME— That is, the Divine Person or Son of God, whom the prophet had seen in glory in the preceding vision. _Son of man_ is here understood to signify the same with _a common and ordinary man._ See Psalms 8:4. And accordingly most commentators understand it as applied to the prophet, to r... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SPIRIT ENTERED INTO ME, &C.— That is, say some, the same Spirit which influenced and animated the living creatures. Calmet interprets it, _the prophetic spirit;_ which, from ch. Ezekiel 3:24 seems the most probable.... [ Continue Reading ]
IMPUDENT CHILDREN AND STIFF-HEARTED— _Children impudent of face and hardened in heart._... [ Continue Reading ]
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 discharge of their office, without fearing any man's person, or standing in awe of any man's greatness. The expressions in this verse perfectly chara... [ Continue Reading ]
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 memory, and to meditate upon and digest them. See the 10th verse of the next chapter.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THERE WAS WRITTEN THEREIN LAMENTATIONS, &C.— That is, all the prophesies contained in this book consisted of God's judgments, and of the mournful events which he was about to bring upon Israel. See what was observed on the last note of the preceding chapter. REFLECTIONS.—1st, The Divine Person... [ Continue Reading ]