The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 2:3-8
The commission to prophetic service. "And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel," etc. We have here— I. A DISCOURAGING SPHERE OF PROPHETIC SERVICE . ( Ezekiel 2:3 , Ezekiel 2:4 .) Ezekiel was sent to: 1 . A people who had mournfully fallen. "I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me." By descent they were sons of Israel, who had engaged in mighty wrestling with God, and by faith had... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 2:3-4
An embassy to rebels. The people of Israel are regarded as a vassal nation that has added rebellion to disloyalty, and has gone so far as to throw off its allegiance to its suzerain lord, and now the Supreme Sovereign sends his prophet as an ambassador to declare his will at this terrible crisis. I. TRANSGRESSORS RIPEN INTO REBELS . They and their fathers had transgressed in the past. But the children have exceeded the wickedness of their parents by breaking out into open... read more