John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 3:4
And he said unto me, son of man, go ,.... After he had eaten the roll; for then was he qualified to prophesy: get thee unto the house of Israel ; to whom he was to prophesy: and speak with my words unto them : not with his own words; nor with the words of men, the enticing words of man's wisdom; but with the words of Christ; with the taught words of the Holy Ghost; with what is written in the roll; the words of this prophecy are meant. So the Targum, "and thou shalt prophesy the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 3:1-15
These verses are fitly joined by some translators to the foregoing chapter, as being of a piece with it and a continuation of the same vision. The prophets received the word from God that they might deliver it to the people of God, furnished themselves that they might furnish them with the knowledge of the mind and will of God. Now here the prophet is taught, I. How he must receive divine revelation himself, Ezek. 3:1. Christ (whom he saw upon the throne, Ezek. 1:26) said to him, ?Son of man,... read more