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John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 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.A voice — An articulate sound, of many angels, attended with the rushing of the wheels, added to the noise of their wings.Blessed — Praised be the gloriously holy and just God.His place — Coming down from heaven. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 3:12

12. The spirit took me up Literally, a spirit, or wind. (Compare Ezekiel 1:4.) Perhaps the meaning is that the whirlwind lifted him when the glory departed, and notwithstanding his rebellion of spirit took him to his disagreeable lifework; perhaps it refers only to inner compulsion (Ezekiel 3:14). I heard behind me… a great rushing The chariot of Jehovah leaves at the same time as the prophet, and in the distance he hears the wings of the cherubim “kiss” each other, and the noise of... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 3:12-15

THE PREACHER’S BITTERNESS OF SPIRIT, AND HIS UTTER DISCOMFITURE IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS FIRST CONGREGATION, Ezekiel 3:12-15; Ezekiel 3:12-15. Here the turbulent, passionate nature of the prophet displays itself. This is not at all inconsistent with sensitiveness and tenderness. St. John was by nature a “son of thunder.” Both of these great spirits needed to feel the controlling “hand of the Lord” upon them. Ezekiel, as he heard Jehovah’s plan for him grew hot, and angry, and bitter(Ezekiel... read more

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