Ezekiel 3:12

Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place. THE SPIRIT TOOK ME UP. So in . Ezekiel's abode heretofore had not been the most suitable for his work. He therefore is guided by the spirit to Tel-abib, the chief town of the Jewish colony of captives; there he sat on the ground, "the throne of the miserable" (; Lamentations 1:1), seven days, the usual period for manifesting deep grief (), thus winning their confidence by sympathy in their sorrow (see ). I heard beh...

The Prophet again affirms what we have formerly seen, that God had worked upon his mind by the secret instinct of his own Spirit. Although, therefore, God had exhorted him to fortitude, yet the Prophet shows what he demanded of himself. In short, the Prophet was strong in God, because God implanted his virtue within him. He says, therefore, _that he was raised up by the Spirit, _which only means that the agitation within him was of no avail, unless through heavenly inspiration; so also he ought to be carried beyond himself for the time, that nothing human should appear within him. But more will be said about this hereafter. He adds, _that he heard a voice of a great rushing, _that is, a sonorous voice, and one different from the usual voice of men: for the, Prophet, by the noise or tumult of the voice, could distinguish it from the usual voice of men. _Blessed, _said it, _be the glory of...

12-21 This mission made the holy angels rejoice. All this was to convince Ezekiel, that the God who sent him had power to bear him out in his work. He was overwhelmed with grief for the sins and miseries of his people, and overpowered by the glory of the vision he had seen. And however retirement, meditation, and communion with God may be sweet, the servant of the Lord must prepare to serve his generation. The Lord told the prophet he had appointed him a watchman to the house of Israel. If we warn the wicked, we are not chargeable with their ruin. Though such passages refer to the national covenant made with Israel, they are equally to be applied to the final state of all men under every dispensation. We are not only to encourage and comfort those who appear to be righteous, but they are to be warned, for many have grown high-minded and secure, have fallen, and even died in their sins. S...

Verse Ezekiel 3:12. _THEN THE SPIRIT TOOK ME UP_] This, as _Calmet_ remarks, has been variously understood. 1. An impetuous _wind_ carried him to the place where his brethren sojourned. 2. The _Holy Spirit_, which filled his heart, transported him in a moment to the place where the captives were. 3. Or, he was so _transported_ with heavenly ardour in his mind, that he ran immediately off, and seemed to fly to the place where God commanded him to go. The promptitude and impetuosity of his spirit seemed to furnish him with wings on the occasion. However this may be understood, the going to the captives was _real_. _A VOICE OF A GREAT RUSHING_] This was the noise made by the wings of the living creatures that formed the chariot of Jehovah. See the notes on...

I HEARD BEHIND ME - The commission having been given, and the prophet transported to the place of his ministry, the chariot of the vision passes away with the proper tokens Ezekiel 1:24. A voice from above the firmament is now heard proclaiming the divine glory. FROM HIS PLACE - The place where the glory of the Lord had revealed itself in the vision. The words are to be joined to “saying:” put a comma after Lord....

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's part. In substance the command was equivalent to that of Revelation 22:18, Revelation 22:19. The true prophet does not choose his message (Acts 4:20); his "meat" is to do his Lord's will (John 4:34), and he takes what he "f

THEN THE SPIRIT TOOK ME UP,.... Not the wind, nor an angel, but the Spirit of God; who took up the prophet from the ground, from the place where he was, among the captives by the river Chebar, and had seen the glorious vision described in the first chapter; and had had his call and mission, as expressed in the second chapter, and hitherto in this; and was carried by him to another company of captives, who were at another place by the same river, as appears by comparing Ezekiel 1:1, with Ezekiel 3:15; for this was not done in a visionary way, as Kimchi thinks, but in reality; not in spirit, but in body; just as the Spirit caught away Philip from the eunuch, Acts 8:39; AND I HEARD BEHIND ME A VOICE OF A GREAT RUSHING

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 introduction (Ezekiel 1:1) _ 2. The vision of glory (Ezekiel 1:4) 3. Ezekiel's call and commission (Ezekiel 2:1) 4. The roll eaten and the repeated commission (Ezekiel 2:9; Ezekiel 3:1) Ezekiel 1:1. The introductory words give

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 Divine Hand upon the prophet's lips: but by the publication of Dt. thirty years before (621 B.C.) the book had begun to hold a place in the religion of Israel which it had never held before (p. 90), and it is significant, not to say ominous, that Ezekiel is represented as owing his message and his inspiration to a book. The lamentations, mourning, and woe (Ezekiel 2:10) inscribed in the visionary book do, in point of fact, faithfully describe the gene

SPIRIT. Hebrew roach. App-9. See notes on Ezekiel 8:3. TOOK ME UP. laid hold of me. BEHIND ME. Therefore the prophet must have been facing south, as the glory appeared from the north (Ezekiel 1:4). VOICE. sound. SAYING, &c. By reading berum (arose) instead of _baruk_ (Blessed), Ginsburg thinks the meaning should be "[when] the glory of Jehovah arose (or was lifted up) from its place" (Compare Ezekiel 10:4; Ezekiel 10:17; Ezekiel 10:19): i.e. when the vision was withdrawn. THE LORD. Hebr