Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Ezekiel 2:4
Impudent children and stiff-hearted— Children impudent of face and hardened in heart.
Impudent children and stiff-hearted— Children impudent of face and hardened in heart.
Verse Ezekiel 2:4. _THOU SHALT SAY UNTO THEM, THUS SAITH THE LORD_] Let them know that what thou hast to declare is the message of the LORD, that they may receive it with reverence. Every preacher o...
NATION - literally, as in the margin - the word which usually distinguishes the pagan from God’s people. Here it expresses that Israel is cast off by God; and the plural is used to denote that the chi...
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;...
IMPUDENT... STIFFHEARTED. Reference to Pentateuch.. reproach brought against Israel eight times in Exodus and Deuteronomy (Exodus 32:9; Exodus 33:3; Exodus 33:5; Exod
_for_they are _impudent children_ Rather, AND THE CHILDREN ARE IMPUDENT AND STIFFHEARTED, TO WHOM I SEND THEE. The "children" are the present generation, who are like their fathers. Outwardly they are...
DISCOURSE: 1096 COMMISSION GIVEN TO MINISTERS Ezekiel 2:4. _Thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God_. ASTONISHING is the patience which God has exercised in all ages towards his rebellious...
B. Ezekiel Warned 2:3-5 TRANSLATION (3) And he said unto me, Son of man, I am sending you unto the children of Israel, unto rebellious nations who have rebelled against Me, and they and their fathers...
For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. THEY ARE IMPUDENT - literally, hard-faced (; ). CHILDREN - resump...
2:4 impudent (a-5) Lit. 'stiff of face.' see ch. 3.7. Jehovah. (b-24) _ Adonai Jehovah_ , characteristic of this prophet, used about 200 times. _ Adonai_ , a plural form of _ Adon_ , 'lord,' 'master,'...
§ 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...
WITH MY WORDS] an advance upon the general instruction of Ezekiel 2:7, following the symbolical act just described....
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...
IMPUDENT CHILDREN. — Literally, as in margin, _hard of face._ The epithet is repeated in Ezekiel 3:7, and it is with reference to this that in Ezekiel 3:7 the prophet’s face is to be made strong, and...
וְ הַ בָּנִ֗ים קְשֵׁ֤י פָנִים֙ וְ חִזְקֵי
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...
Observe the characters to whom the Prophet is sent. The house of Israel. So the Lord Jesus declared. Matthew 15:24. But then observe, Israel included the whole Church of Christ. Nor so the Holy Ghost,...
God proceeds in the same discourse, but expresses in other words the great rebellion of the people, for they were not only obstinate and unbending in heart, but also of a contumacious countenance: the...
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...
FOR [THEY ARE] IMPUDENT CHILDREN,.... "Hard of face" w; as is commonly said of impudent persons, that they are brasen faced; they had a whore's forehead, and refused to be ashamed, and made their face...
For [they are] impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 4. _For they are impudent children._] Heb., Hard of face. Sin...
_I send thee to the children of Israel_ God had for many ages been sending to them his servants the prophets, but to little purpose: they were now sent into captivity for abusing God's messengers; and...
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...
For they are impudent children, with hard faces, devoid of all shame, AND STIFF-HEARTED, without the slightest inclination toward repentance. I DO SEND THEE UNTO THEM, in spite of this condition of th...
IMPUDENT: _ Heb._ hard of face...
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,...
IMPUDENT CHILDREN; shameless, who cannot blush, else they could never have transgressed so highly, constantly, and obstinately. Sodom in her day did not hide her sin, nor blush; so did the Jews in Isa...
Ezekiel 2:4 impudent H7186 H6440 stubborn H2389 H3820 children H1121 sending H7971 (H8802) say H559 ...
“And you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh”, and they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house), will yet know that there has been a prophet...
‘And he said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to nations who are rebellious, who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me, even to t...
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...
_I send thee to the children of Israel._ THE COMMISSION OF EZEKIEL I. The commission. Is it not an act of infinite condescension, that God should take any notice of us? For what are we? Poor finite c...
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 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 30:8; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Acts 20:26;...