Ezekiel 3:26

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 3:22-27

After all this large and magnificent discovery which God had made of himself to the prophet, and the full instructions he had given him how to deal with those to whom he sent him with an ample commission, we should have expected presently to see him preaching the word of God to a great congregation of Israel; but here we find it quite otherwise. his work here, at first, seems not at all proportionable to the pomp of his call. I. We have him here retired for further learning. By his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 3:26

And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth , that thou shall be dumb ,.... Which is to be understood not literally, as if he was really struck dumb, as Zechariah was; see Ezekiel 4:9 ; but that such silence should be charged upon him by the Lord, that he should be as if his tongue cleaved to the roof of his mouth, as Kimchi interprets it, and as if he was a dumb man: and so the Septuagint version renders it, "I will bind thy tongue"; lay an embargo upon it, that is, it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 3:26

I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth - I will not give thee any message to deliver to them. They are so rebellious, it is useless to give them farther warning. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 3:26

Verse 26 But he now adds, I will fix thy tongue to thy palate — or I will make thy tongue adhere to thy palate — so that thou shalt not be to them a reprover, because they are a rebellious house What God ascribed to the Israelites he now transfers to himself. He had said, They will bind thee with ropes: he now says, I will make thy tongue cleave to thy palate But these two things are easily reconciled, because in truth the Israelites rejected prophecies through their intemperance, and God thus... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:22-27

The silenced prophet, a calamity. The apparent success of wickedness is a seed of retribution. The people do not wish to hear, therefore their ears shall be hardened. They gnash their teeth on God's prophet, therefore God will remove him into a corner. I. SECLUSION FROM MEN BRINGS NEARER ACCESS TO GOD . Such experience our Lord himself passed through. "I shall be left alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me." "Arise, and go forth into the plain,"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:24-27

The temporary suspension of the active ministry of the prophet. "Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet," etc. Seclusion and silence were enjoined upon Ezekiel for a time. Our text teaches that the temporary suspension of his active ministry— I. WAS COMMANDED BY THE LORD . "Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house" (cf. Ezekiel 2:2 ). One would have been inclined to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:26-27

Dumbness sad speech. The wise man has said, "There is a time to keep silence, and a time to speak." There are those who speak when they would do well to hold their peace; there are those who are speechless when it becomes them to utter their mind with boldness. A prophet is emphatically one who speaks for God; a silent prophet is a paradox. Yet, as Ezekiel was, of all his order, the one whose ministry was especially a ministry of symbol, it is only in harmony with his peculiar vocation... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 3:26

And I will make - Rather, Then will I “make.” One action is the consequence of the other. Because the people would silence the prophet, God to punish them will close his mouth (compare Isaiah 6:9; Matthew 13:14). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 3:22-27

Ezekiel 3:22-27. And the hand of the Lord was there upon me Namely, at Tel-abib. I felt a divine power acting upon me as before: see on Ezekiel 1:3. And he said, Arise, go forth into the plain Withdraw from the multitude, and retire to a place more private, and fit for contemplation, and the reception of divine communications. Then I arose As I was commanded; and the glory of the Lord stood there The same glorious vision and representation of God’s majesty, which I had seen before,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 3:16-27

A faithful watchman (3:16-27)As a watchman warns people in the city of a coming attack, so Ezekiel was to warn the exiles, so that they might turn away from sin and be saved from further calamity (16-17). If Ezekiel gave a warning and people ignored it, those people would bear the responsibility for their own death. But if Ezekiel failed to give the warning, Ezekiel would be held responsible for their death, and would himself suffer the death penalty (18-21).Before Ezekiel began his ministry,... read more

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