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.
Verse Ezekiel 2:2. _AND THE SPIRIT ENTERED INTO ME_] This _spirit_ was different to that mentioned above, by which the wheels, c., were moved. The spirit of prophecy is here intended whose office was...
THE SPIRIT - i. e. “the Spirit of God.”...
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 2:1 TO EZEKIEL 3:15. THE CALL. Ezekiel 2:1. The awful silence is broken by a voice from the Almighty upon His throne, bidding the prostrate prophet rise and accept his commission for service;...
THE SPIRIT ENTERED. HE SPOKE. Entered with the word. Compare Genesis 1:2; Genesis 1:3. The Divine summons is accompanied by Divine preparation. Compare Ezekiel 3:24.
_And the spirit_ Perhaps, AND SPIRIT. It is not said directly to be the spirit of God, though in a sense this is meant. Spirit is strength, or, rather the source of strength and life; a power or energ...
CHAPTER THREE THE CALL AND COMMISSION 2:1-3:27 Heavenly visions were not granted to Biblical saints merely to excite their (and our) curiosity, but rather to incite them to proclaim the divine word....
And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him th...
§ 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...
AND THE SPIRIT ENTERED INTO ME. — Always Divine strength is vouchsafed to the prophets when thus overcome by the glory of their visions. (Comp. Isaiah 6:5; Daniel 8:18; Daniel 10:15;...
וַ תָּ֧בֹא בִ֣י ר֗וּחַ כַּֽ אֲשֶׁר֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר
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...
(c) And the spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spoke to me. (c) So that he could not abide God's presence, till God's Spirit entered into him....
_Spirit of prophecy; (St. Jerome; Tirinus) or, I revived, and took courage._...
Let the Reader, while observing the Prophet's sacred ordination, fail not to observe with it, what is here said: that the Spirit entered into him, and set him on his feet; so that he heard him that sp...
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...
AND THE SPIRIT ENTERED INTO ME,.... Not his own spirit or soul; for it does not appear that that went out of him upon the sight of the vision; nor any of the ministering spirits, the angels, who are n...
And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. Ver. 2. _And the Spirit entered into me._] This was right, when word and Spirit wen...
_And he_ Who sat upon the throne, the Son of God, whose messenger Ezekiel is here appointed to be to the Jewish captives now in Chaldea; _said unto me, Son of man_ A title ninety-five times, at least,...
And the spirit entered into me when He spake unto me, with divine power enabling him to stand before the face of God and to receive his commission, AND SET ME UPON MY FEET, THAT I HEARD HIM THAT SPAKE...
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...
1-5 Lest Ezekiel should be lifted up with the abundance of the revelations, he is put in mind that still he is a son of man, a weak, mortal creature. As Christ usually called himself the Son of man,...
AND; so soon as the encouraging command went forth, immediately. THE SPIRIT; the vital spirit or soul of the prophet, say some; but these suppose the vision had struck Ezekiel dead, which neither can...
Ezekiel 2:2 Spirit H7307 entered H935 (H8799) spoke H1696 (H8765) set H5975 (H8686) feet H7272 heard...
THE MISSION OF EZEKIEL - THE BOOK OF JUDGMENT (EZEKIEL 2:1 TO EZEKIEL 3:11). ‘And he said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet and I will speak with you.” And the spirit entered into me when he spo...
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...
_And the Spirit entered into me._ GOD HELPING HIS MINISTERS Mark the course of a river like the Thames; how it winds and twists according to its own sweet will. Yet there is a reason for every bend a...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 2:2 God describes Israel as REBELS (see also “rebellious house,” vv. Ezekiel 2:5) throughout this inaugural vision. This deep-seated trait ...
_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 Samuel 16:13; Ezekiel 3:12; Ezekiel 3:14; Ezekiel 3:24; Ezekiel 36:
The spirit — The same spirit which actuated the living creatures....