Ezekiel 33:7-9 NIV

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 33:7

So thou, O son of man ,.... Here begins the application of the parable to the prophet himself, describing his office and his duty: I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel ; which is repeated from Ezekiel 3:17 ; see Gill on Ezekiel 3:17 . The Targum is, "I have appointed thee a teacher;' a spiritual watchman; so pastors, teachers, ministers of the Gospel, are watchmen, 2 Timothy 4:5 , therefore thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me . The... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 33:8

When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man ,.... Order the prophet to say so to him, and as follows; See Gill on Ezekiel 3:18 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 33:9

Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way ,.... See Gill on Ezekiel 3:19 . 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 33:6-9

But if the watchman : etc. The words imply what we might almost call the agony of self-accusation. The prophet asks himself whether he has acted on the warning which was borne in on his mind at the very beginning of his mission. Has he sounded the trumpet? Has he warned the people of the destruction that is coming on them? The outward imagery vanishes in Ezekiel 33:7 . It is of no Chaldean invader that the prophet had to give personal and direct warning, but of each man's own special sin... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:7

The commission of the watchman. In the position occupied by Ezekiel there was much that was special and peculiar; his commission and his duty accordingly differed in many respects from those of other prophets, and in a degree still more marked from those of ordinary ministers of religion. Still, the points in which his ministry accorded with that of other heralds of Divine righteousness and mercy were both more numerous and more important than those which were special to himself. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:8-9

The responsibility of the watchman. It was well that the prophet should be given clearly to understand what was expected and required of him, not by men to whom he was sent, but by God who sent him. Plainer language could not have been used than this, in which Ezekiel is not only told the nature of his message to the house of Israel, but is informed of the responsibility attaching to the manner in which the commission was fulfilled. I. THE DUTY . The special duty of the watchman or... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 33:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 33:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 33:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:6-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:8-9

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