Ezekiel 33:2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 33:1-9

The prophet had been, by express order from God, taken off from prophesying to the Jews, just then when the news came that Jerusalem was invested, and close siege laid to it, Ezek. 24:27. But now that Jerusalem is taken, two years after, he is appointed again to direct his speech to them; and there his commission is renewed. If God had abandoned them quite, he would not have sent prophets to them; nor, if he had not had mercy in store for them, would he have shown them such things as these. In... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 33:2

Son of man, speak to the children of thy people ,.... The Jews, of whom the prophet was; and designs those who were with him in the captivity; and who, having behaved so ill, the Lord will not own them for his people, but calls them the prophet's people, and the children of them: and say unto them, when I bring the sword upon a land ; a foreign enemy with an army to invade it, or any other judgment; for there is no public calamity whatever that comes upon a people, but what is by the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 33:2

Son of man - if the people of the land take a man - The first ten verses of this chapter are the same with Ezekiel 3:17-22 ; and to what is said there on this most important and awful subject I must refer the reader. Here the People choose the watchman; there, the Lord appoints him. When God chooses, the people should approve. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:1-9

The watchman. Ezekiel here returns to an idea which he has expressed earlier ( Ezekiel 3:17 ). He stands as a watchman for his people. Every Christian preacher and teacher is in a similar position. The same may be said of every Christian man and woman who knows the peril of sin and has an opportunity of warning the ignorant and. careless. I. THE DUTIES OF THE WATCHMAN . 1. To watch . In order to serve his people he must first of all see for himself. We can only... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:1-9

The watchman's office. All the resources of God's ingenuity are employed to find argument and appeal for man's slumbering conscience. The incidents of ordinary life are carved into channels for the conveyance of Divine messages. No man shall say that the message was above his comprehension. For even a child can understand if it is willing. Lessons concerning the heavenly life meet the eye of the observer all the day long. As prudent men act to conserve their bodily life, so God acts in our... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:1-9

Ministerial and individual responsibility. The supposition in the text is that it is a time of war and consequently of danger; that therefore the people choose one that lives near the boundary of the kingdom or the province, and appoint him as a watchman, to give the signal at the first approach of the enemy. It is not pressing the figurative very far to say that all the life of man below is a time of spiritual conflict; we are all engaged in a long, a lifelong campaign. The enemy whom we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:2

Speak to the children of thy people . (On the force of the possessive pronoun, see note on Ezekiel 3:1 .) The formula is carried on throughout the chapter ( Ezekiel 33:12 , Ezekiel 33:17 , Ezekiel 33:30 ). Set him for their watchman . Ezekiel falls back upon the thought of Ezekiel 3:17 , but the image is expanded with characteristic fullness. The function of the watchman, in which he sees a parable of his own office, is to stand upon his tower ( 2 Samuel 18:24 , 2 Samuel 18:25... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 33:1-6

Ezekiel 33:1-6. Again the word of the Lord came unto me “It is plain that Ezekiel uttered what is contained in this chapter to Ezekiel 33:20, before Jerusalem was taken by the Babylonians; but how long before is uncertain.” Bishop Newcome. Son of man, speak to the children of thy people To the Jews, to whom he had not spoken since he declared what is contained in chap. 24. The reader will find in chap. 3., from Ezekiel 33:17-22, the substance of what is repeated in the first ten verses of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 33:1-20

33:1-39:29 RETURN TO THE LANDA new phase in Ezekiel’s work (33:1-20)Up till now Ezekiel’s messages have been concerned mainly with God’s judgment - first his judgment on Jerusalem, then his judgment on other nations. Now that Jerusalem has fallen (see v. 21), the prophet concentrates more on the task of building up the exiles. He wants them to be a new people who will be ready to repossess the land when God’s time comes. This, however, is going to involve some stern warnings. Ezekiel is... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 33:2

Son of man . See note on Ezekiel 2:1 . children = sons. a = one. man. Hebrew. ish, App-14 . coasts = borders: i.e. one man out from within the border. of their land. read more

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