What does Ezekiel 2:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nationa that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day."
Verse Ezekiel 2:3. _SON OF MAN_] This appellative, so often mentioned in this book, seems to have been given first to this _prophet_; afterwards to _Daniel_; and after that to the MAN _Christ Jesus_....
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...
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;...
I SEND. I am sending. CHILDREN sons. REBELLIOUS. REBELLED. revolting (against lawful authority), contumacious. Hebrew. _marad._ Not the same word as in verses: Ezekiel 2:5; Ezekiel 2:6; Ezekiel 2:7;...
_to a rebellious nation_ Rather, NATIONS. First the people are called the children of Israel, then described more particularly as "nations," the reference being either to the two houses of Israel, the...
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 father...
And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very...
§ 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 (Ezekie...
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...
I SEND THEE TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. — Here properly begins the distinct commission of the prophet. After the captivity of the ten tribes, the two forming the kingdom of Judah, with such remnants of...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י בֶּן ־אָדָם֙ שֹׁולֵ֨חַ אֲנִ֤י אֹֽותְךָ֙ אֶל ־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל ־גֹּויִ֥ם הַ...
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 commissi...
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...
_Israel. His commission was chiefly to them. (Calmet)_...
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,...
_A PROPHET’S CALL_ ‘Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel.’ Ezekiel 2:3 Ezekiel’s call did not break in, as it were, upon the quiet routine of an untroubled life, but was the crisis of...
The Prophet now more clearly explains the object of the vision which he has formerly mentioned, namely, that being armed with authority he might more freely discharge the office of Prophet among the I...
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 HE SAID UNTO ME, SON OF MAN,.... Now follow his mission and commission, and an account of the persons to whom he was sent: I SEND THEE TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL; that were captives in Babylon, in...
And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, [even] unto this very...
_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...
NATION: _ Heb._ nations...
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,...
OLBHeb; AND HE: see EZEKIEL 2:2. SAID UNTO ME; either vocally, or by impression upon his mind. SON OF MAN: the prophet had seen, EZEKIEL 1:26 of the former chapter, a very glorious person on a throne...
Ezekiel 2:3 said H559 (H8799) Son H1121 man H120 sending H7971 (H8802) children H1121 Israel H3478 rebellious H4775 (H8802) nation H1471 rebelled H4775 (H8804) fathers H1 transgressed H6586 (H8804) ve...
‘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 (AND THEIR FATHERS; see v. Ezekiel 2:...
_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...
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 8:7; 1 Samuel 8:8; 2 Chronicles 36:15; 2 Chronicles 36:16; 2 Kings 17:17; Acts 7:51; Daniel 9:5; Deuteronomy 9:24; Deuteronomy 9:27;...