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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:18

Thou givest him not warning, etc. The word, as in the parallels already referral to, is characteristic of Ezekiel, almost indeed, peculiar to him. Psalms 19:11 may be noted as another instance of its use. When the watchman saw danger coming, he was to blow the trumpet ( Ezekiel 33:3-6 ). The prophet was to speak his warnings. Thou shalt surely die; literally, dying thou shalt die . Were the words of Genesis 2:17 in the prophet's mind? To save his life; literally, for his life, ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:19

Thou hast delivered thy soul, etc. This phrase is again an eminently characteristic one (comp. Ezekiel 33:9 ). Here also, though the words do not necessarily imply more than deliverance from bodily death, thought of as a judgment for negligence, it is, I think, scarcely possible to avoid finding in them a "springing and germinant" sense, analogous to that which we have found in the preceding verse. The dread warning has for its complement a message of comfort. The judgment passed on the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 3:18-21

This passage anticipates the great moral principle of divine government Ezekiel 18:0 that each man is individually responsible for his own actions, and will be judged according to these and these alone.Ezekiel 3:20I lay a stumblingblock before him - I bring him to trial by placing difficulties and temptations in his way (compare Ezekiel 7:19; Ezekiel 44:12 margin; Ezekiel 14:3-4). It is true that God tempts no man in order to his destruction, but in the course of His Providence He permits men... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 3:16-19

Ezekiel 3:16-19. And at the end of seven days During which time the prophet had sufficient opportunity to observe their manners and prevailing vices; the word of the Lord came to me Informing me more particularly what my office was, and what the duty of that office. Son of man, I have made thee a watchman, &c. Prophets have the title of watchmen given them; because, like watchmen placed on towers to discern and give notice of any dangers that may be approaching, they, by their... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 3:16-27

A faithful watchman (3:16-27)As a watchman warns people in the city of a coming attack, so Ezekiel was to warn the exiles, so that they might turn away from sin and be saved from further calamity (16-17). If Ezekiel gave a warning and people ignored it, those people would bear the responsibility for their own death. But if Ezekiel failed to give the warning, Ezekiel would be held responsible for their death, and would himself suffer the death penalty (18-21).Before Ezekiel began his ministry,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 3:18

wicked = lawless. Hebrew. rdsha`. App-44 . shalt surely die . Note the Figure of speech Polyptbtco, App-6 (Inf. with Fut.), for emphasis. Hebrew "dying, thou wilt die". See notes on Genesis 2:17 ; Genesis 26:28 . his life = himself alive. iniquity . Hebrew aval, App-44 , read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 3:19

thy soul = thyself. Heb, nephesh. App-13 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 3:18

18. warning . . . speakest to warn—The repetition implies that it is not enough to warn once in passing, but that the warning is to be inculcated continually ( :-, "in season, out of season"; :-, "night and day with tears"). save— :- had seemingly taken away all hope of salvation; but the reference there was to the mass of the people whose case was hopeless; a few individuals, however, were reclaimable. die in . . . iniquity— (John 8:21; John 8:24). Men are not to flatter themselves that their... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 3:19

19. wickedness . . . wicked way—internal wickedness of heart, and external of the life, respectively. delivered thy soul— (Isaiah 49:4; Isaiah 49:5; Acts 20:26). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 3:16-21

5. Ezekiel’s role in Israel 3:16-21This section describes God’s formal induction of Ezekiel into the prophetic office in legal language designed to impress his pastoral accountability on him (cf. Jeremiah 6:16-21). read more