Ezekiel 2:6-7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 2:6-10

The prophet, having received his commission, here receives a charge with it. It is a post of honour to which he is advanced, but withal it is a post of service and work, and it is here required of him, I. That he be bold. He must act in the discharge of this trust with an undaunted courage and resolution, and not be either driven off from his work or made to drive on heavily, by the difficulties and oppositions that he would be likely to meet with in it: Son of man, be not afraid of them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 2:6

And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them ,.... Of any of them, the greatest among them, their princes and nobles; who, by their grandeur and authority, their stern looks, and big words, might awe and terrify him; wherefore it follows: neither be afraid of their words ; of their calumnies, revilings, and reproaches, their scoffs and jeers, their menaces and threatenings: though briers and thorns be with thee ; that is, men comparable to such; wicked men are like to briers and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 2:7

And thou shall speak my words unto them ,.... Not his own words, but those the Lord should put into his mouth. The Targum is, "and thou shall prophesy the words of my prophecy unto them:' whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear ; See Gill on Ezekiel 2:5 ; for they are most rebellious ; or "rebellion" F3 מרי המה "rebellio ipsi", Montanus, Polanus, Starckius; "inobedientia sunt", Cocceius. itself; as the carnal mind is said to be "enmity" itself against God, ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 2:6

Be not afraid of them - They will maltreat thee for thy message; but let not the apprehension of this induce thee to suppress it. Though they be rebels, fear them not; I will sustain and preserve thee. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 2:7

Whether they will hear - Whether they receive the message, or persecute thee for it, declare it to them, that they may be without excuse. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 2:6

Verse 6 Here God again commands his servant to break forth boldly, even if the people deny him all approach through their malice and wickedness. But because we often fail through terror; God arms his Prophet with impregnable confidence against the threats of the people, and then against all discourses of every sort. He brings forward no other reason than they are a rebellious house, or a rebellious and perverse nation. For we said, though at the first glance it might seem cold, yet it suffices... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 2:7

Verse 7 Again he repeats what he had said, with but the change of a few words, yet the meaning is the same, that the Prophet should not desist in the midst of his course, if he saw that he did not obtain what he wished and hoped for. For when we apply ourselves to what God commands, we ought to be of good cheer, and expect that some fruit of our labor may appear. We may, therefore, indulge both hopes and wishes, but if it should turn out otherwise than we anticipated, yet we ought to leave the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 2:6

Though briers and thorns be with thee. The two Hebrew nouns are not found elsewhere, and have consequently puzzled translators. The LXX . gives two verbs, παροιστρήσπυσιν καὶ ἐπισυστήσονται ἐπὶ σὲ ; the Vulgate, increduli et subversores. The words, however, are formed from roots that imply "pricking" or "burning," and the Authorized Version rendering, followed by the Revised Version, is tenable enough. A cognate form of the first is found in Ezekiel 28:24 , and there the LXX ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 2:6

Dwelling among scorpions. I. THE DISTRESS . Ezekiel lay on no bed of roses. His messages of stern denunciation raised up enemies who gave him worse than a thorny couch—a very house of scorpions to dwell in. No more hideous picture of distress can well be conceived than that of the faithful prophet thrust into a thicket of briers, which turns out to be a scorpions' nest. The thorns are bad enough, yet fierce stinging creatures are added. This is a prophet's Inferno. Captives who only... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 2:6-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 2:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 2:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 2:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 2:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 2:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 2:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 2:3-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 2:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 2:6

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