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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 3:3

It was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. — That is, the first impression made upon him by his prophetic call was one of delight. Such it must always be to those whose high privilege it is to bear God’s message to their fellows. He does not expressly add, as St. John does (Revelation 10:10) after a similar first sensation, “as soon as I had eaten it my belly was “bitter;” but it may easily be inferred from Ezekiel 3:14 that such was his experience also, when he went with his heavy message to a people indisposed to give ear. (Comp. Jeremiah 15:16; Jeremiah 20:7.)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 3:3. _IT WAS IN MY MOUTH AS HONEY_] It was joyous to me to receive the Divine message, to be thus let into the secrets of the Divine counsel, and I promised myself much comfort in that...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EZEKIEL 2:8 TO EZEKIEL 3:15. His inspiration is suggestively described by the symbolical swallowing of a book-roll. In Jer. (Jeremiah 1:9) it is more immediately conceived as due to the touch of the D...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THEN DID. EAT. Compare Revelation 10:10. AS HONEY, &c. Compare Psalms 19:10; Psalms 119:103.Jeremiah 15:16....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The prophet's inspiration Being commanded to speak God's words to the people, the prophet is next assured by a symbol, a book given him to eat, that God's words shall be given him....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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 Revelatio...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. IT WAS IN MY MOUTH AS H...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    NATION] RV 'nations,' the whole Hebrew people, both Judah and Israel. REBELLIOUS] a frequently recurring description of Israel's character found very often in the phrase a 'rebellious house,' as in Ez...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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 *

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י בֶּן ־אָדָם֙ בִּטְנְךָ֤ תַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Mouth. I readily accepted the commission, but soon found the difficulties to which it would expose me, ver. 12., Jeremias xv. 16., and Apocalypse x. 10._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I beg the Reader to pause again and again, while going through the very solemn service of Ezekiel's ordination. What an idea doth it awaken in the mind of its importance. Though the Lord Jesus himself...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Ezekiel, as we have just seen, proceeds to say, that a book was given him to eat, because God’s servants ought to speak from the inmost affection of their heart. We know that many have a tongue suffic...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE SAID UNTO ME, SON OF MAN, CAUSE THY BELLY TO EAT,.... Or "devour" f, and consume; that is, concoct and digest; do not cast it out of thy mouth, as soon as thou hast tasted of it; but let it go...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat [it]; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. Ver. 3. _Cause thy be...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Son of man, eat that which thou findest_ Chaldee, _that which is given thee. Eat this roll_ Receive into thy mind and heart, as certain and important truth, what is written therein: see note on Ezeki...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And He said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee, so that the Word of God contained in the roll would, as it were, become the very substance...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DIVINE STRENGTH IN THE FACE OF CERTAIN OPPOSITION...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-11 Ezekiel was to receive the truths of God as the food for his soul, and to feed upon them by faith, and he would be strengthened. Gracious souls can receive those truths of God with delight, whic...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    In this verse is confirmed and explained what was spoken EZEKIEL 3:1, which see. CAUSE THY BELLY TO EAT; the mouth is the proper instrument of eating, but when meat is eaten and digested, the belly is...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 3:3 said H559 (H8799) Son H1121 man H120 feed H990 belly H398 (H8686) fill H4390 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And he said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this roll and go, speak to the house of Israel.” So I opened my mouth and he caused me to eat the roll, and he said to me, “Son of man, cause yo...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    EAT IT Compare (Ezekiel 2:10); (Revelation 10:9). Whatever its message, the word of God is sweet to faith because it is the word of God....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He caused me to eat that roll._ THE MYSTIC MIND 1. There are few writers in the Bible who have imprinted the characteristics of their own mind on their writings more than the prophet Ezekiel, and th...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 3:3 FEED YOUR BELLY. Having tasted the scroll, the prophet learns that the words of mourning are not bitter, as one would expect, but SWEET AS HONEY....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    (2.) CONSCIOUS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMISSION (Chaps. Ezekiel 2:8 to Ezekiel 3:3) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 2:9. “SENT UNTO ME;” rather, _put forth unto me_ (as in chap....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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'...

  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Colossians 3:16; Ezekiel 2:10; Jeremiah 15:16; Jeremiah 20:9;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Belly — The mouth is the proper instrument of eating, but when meat is digested, the belly is said to eat. Fill thy bowels — This denotes the fulness of the measure wherewith we should read, meditate,...

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