John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 3:18
When I say unto the wicked, thou shalt surely die ,.... Not only a corporeal but an eternal death for this is what the law threatens with, and there the Lord says this; and this is the wages, end, and issue of sin, if grace prevent not: and thou givest him not warning ; of the evil nature of sin, and of the danger it exposes to: nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way ; to abstain from it, and live another course of life: to save his life ; for such warning, caution,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 3:16-21
These further instructions God gave to the prophet at the end of seven days, that is, on the seventh day after the vision he had; and it is very probably that both that and this were on the sabbath day, which the house of Israel, even in their captivity, observed as well as they could in those circumstances. We do not find that their conquerors and oppressors tied them to any constant service, as their Egyptian task-masters had formerly done, but that they might observe the sabbath-rest for a... read more