What does Ezekiel 3:26 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover:f for they are a rebellious house."
Verse Ezekiel 3:26. _I WILL MAKE THY TONGUE CLEAVE TO THE ROOF OF THY_ _MOUTH_] I will not give thee any message to deliver to them. They are so rebellious, it is useless to give them farther warning....
AND I WILL MAKE - Rather, Then will I “make.” One action is the consequence of the other. Because the people would silence the prophet, God to punish them will close his mouth (compare Isaiah 6:9; Mat...
CHAPTER S 3:15-7:27 The Judgment Announced, the Four Signs and Their Meaning, and the Two Messages This section extends from chapter 3:15 to the close of the seventh chapter. The prophet is told of...
A PERIOD OF SILENCE. Another ecstatic mood falls upon Ezekiel, accompanied by a vision similar to the former (ch. 1) but not this time described. The Divine voice seems to decree for him a period of t...
A REPROVER. a man of reproof. Compare Ezekiel 24:27; Ezekiel 29:21; Ezekiel 33:22. HEARETH. is minded to hear. LET HIM.. will. FORBEARETH. is minded to forbear....
Ezekiel 3:22-27. The prophet abandons public exercise of his ministry The verses form the preface to ch. 4 24, all the prophecies that bear upon the fate of Jerusalem and its inhabitants, up to its f...
IV. THE RESTRICTION ON SERVICE 3:22-27 TRANSLATION (22) And the hand of the LORD came upon me there, and He said unto me, Rise, go out into the plain, and there I will speak with you. (23) And I aros...
And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house. I WILL MAKE THY TONGUE CLEAVE TO THE ROOF...
§ 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 3 EZEKIEL EATS THE *SCROLL – EZEKIEL 3:1-3 V1 Then the *Lor...
I WILL MAKE THY TONGUE CLEAVE TO THE ROOF OF THY MOUTH. — Here, under another figure, this enforced silence is attributed, not to “the rebellious house,” by whom it was immediately brought about, but...
וּ לְשֹֽׁונְךָ֙ אַדְבִּ֣יק אֶל ־חִכֶּ֔ךָ וְ נֶֽאֱלַ֔מְתָּ וְ לֹא ־תִֽהְיֶ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם לְ אִ֣ישׁ מֹוכִ֑יחַ...
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...
THE WATCHMAN'S RESPONSIBILITY Ezekiel 3:12-27 He was bitter because of his message, but hot because God's fire was burning within him. It is a blessed thing for preacher, leader, or Christian worker...
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...
And I will make thy tongue (q) cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they [are] a rebellious house. (q) Which declares the terrible plague...
_House. "When there is a multitude of sins, (or sinners; peccatorum) the offenders are unworthy of being corrected by the Lord." (St. Jerome) --- The prophet's silence might suffice to admonish them....
The renewal of the vision by the river Chebar, seems to have been intended for the encouragement of the Prophet; and serves to show, what a gracious regard and attention the Lord is always manifesting...
But he now adds, _I will fix thy tongue to thy palate _— or I will make thy tongue adhere to thy palate — _so that thou shalt not be to them a reprover, because they are a rebellious house _What God a...
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...
AND I WILL MAKE THY TONGUE CLEAVE TO THE ROOF OF THY MOUTH, THAT THOU SHALL BE DUMB,.... Which is to be understood not literally, as if he was really struck dumb, as Zechariah was; see Ezekiel 4:9; b...
And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they [are] a rebellious house. Ver. 26. _And I will make thy tongue._] A...
_And the hand of the Lord was there upon me_ Namely, at Tel-abib. I felt a divine power acting upon me as before: see on Ezekiel 1:3. _And he said, Arise, go forth into the plain_ Withdraw from the mu...
EZEKIEL AS WATCHMAN...
A REPROVER: _ Heb._ a man reproving...
22-27 Let us own ourselves for ever indebted to the mediation of Christ, for the blessed intercourse between God and man; and a true believer will say, I am never less alone than when thus alone. When...
Either by forbidding thee to speak, I will make thee as dumb as if thy tongue did cleave to the roof of thy mouth; or possibly God did suspend his influence, and leave the prophet dumb, as one who cou...
Ezekiel 3:26 tongue H3956 cling H1692 (H8686) mouth H2441 mute H481 (H8738) rebuke H376 H3198 (H8688) rebellious H4805 house H1004 I will - Ezekiel 24:27; Psalms 51:15, Psalms 137:6;...
‘Then the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and he spoke with me and said to me, “Go. Shut yourself within your house. But you, son of man, they shall lay bands on you, and will bind you w...
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...
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...
_That thou shalt be dumb._ THE SILENT SYSTEM After so many years of uninterrupted activity, to be imprisoned, to be silenced, and almost incapable of writing or reading, is mere wearisome than even...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 3:25 Ezekiel has already eaten the message (vv. Ezekiel 3:1) and absorbed God’s perspective on the people’s sin (v. Ezekiel 3:14). Now his identification with the prophetic mes...
2. PROPHETIC THRALDOM (Ezekiel 3:22) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—A fresh impulse from the Lord impresses upon Ezekiel another characteristic of his mission. By _eating the roll_ he was taught that his words sh...
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'...
CHAPTER 3:12-27. EZEKIEL'S ENTRANCE ON HIS MISSION, AND THE FIRST MESSAGE IMPARTED TO HIM. Ezekiel 3:12. _And the spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of aloud tumultuous noise, “Ble...
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 se...
Amos 5:10; Amos 8:11; Amos 8:12; Ezekiel 2:3; Ezekiel 24:27; Hosea 4:17; Isaiah 1:2; Jeremiah 1:17; Lamentations 2:9; Luke 1:20;...
I — I will make thee as dumb as if thy tongue clave to the roof of thy mouth....