Ezekiel 3 - Introduction
_EZEKIEL EATETH THE ROLL. GOD ENCOURAGETH HIM. GOD SHEWETH HIM THE RULE OF PROPHESY. GOD SHUTTETH AND OPENETH THE PROPHET'S MOUTH._ _Before Christ 595._... [ Continue Reading ]
_EZEKIEL EATETH THE ROLL. GOD ENCOURAGETH HIM. GOD SHEWETH HIM THE RULE OF PROPHESY. GOD SHUTTETH AND OPENETH THE PROPHET'S MOUTH._ _Before Christ 595._... [ Continue Reading ]
EAT THAT THOU FINDEST— _Eat that which is reached out to thee._ Houbigant. The Chaldee, instead of _eat,_ reads _receive,_ as it is explained in the 10th verse, _receive in thine heart._... [ Continue Reading ]
CAUSE THY BELLY TO EAT— _Thy belly shall eat this roll which I give thee; and thy bowels shall be filled with it: And while I did eat it, it was sweet in my mouth like honey._ Houbigant. See Revelation 10:10 where St. John, eating the roll, found it _sweet_ at first, but afterwards _bitter;_ that is... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED BE THE GLORY OF THE LORD FROM HIS PLACE— Whatever place God honours with his especial presence is equivalent to his temple; and there the angels always attend upon the Divine Majesty to give him the honour due unto his name. Instead of, _From his place,_ we may read, _In his place._... [ Continue Reading ]
I WENT IN BITTERNESS, IN THE HEAT OF MY SPIRIT— _I went with a bitter and uneasy mind._ See the note on Ezekiel 3:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
TEL-ABIB— _Tel-abib_ is generally supposed to be a town in Mesopotamia near the river Chebar. The remainder of the verse is to be understood in the same manner as Job 2:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE MADE THEE A WATCHMAN— See Isaiah 51:7; Isaiah 56:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I LAY A STUMBLING-BLOCK BEFORE HIM— _And if when I bring ruin upon him, he shall die because thou hast not given him warning; he shall die,_ &c. Houbigant. The word מכשׁול _mikshol,_ rendered _ruin,_ signifies those diseases or afflictions wherewith God punished the idolatrous Jews among the Cha... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL PUT BANDS— _Bands shall be put upon thee, and thou shalt be bound therewith._ Houbigant reads the latter clause, _That thou canst not move thyself among them._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT HEARETH, LET HIM HEAR, &C.— See Ezekiel 3:11 and ch. Ezekiel 2:5. "Hear who will, and he who will not, let him forbear." These are the strongest marks of the indignation of the Lord; "The hardness of Israel is such, that they do not deserve to be spoken to again. Say to them for the last tim... [ Continue Reading ]