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Matthew Henry

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

John Gill

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

And he said unto me, son of man, cause thy belly to eat ,.... Or "devour" F6 תאכל "devoret, consumat", Vatablus. , and consume; that is, concoct and digest; do not cast it out of thy mouth, as soon as thou hast tasted of it; but let it go down into the stomach, and there digest it; and from thence into the belly, that so, upon the whole, virtue may be received, and nourishment come by it: and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee ; eat to satiety; so the Targum, "son... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 3:5

For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech ,.... "Deep of lip" F7 עמקי שפה "profundi labii", Vatablus; "profundorum labio", Polanus, Cocceius; "profundi sermonis", Starkius. , or "speech"; difficult to be got at and understood: and of a hard language : or "heavy of tongue" F8 כבדי לשון "graves linguae", Montanus; "gravium lingua", Polanus. of a barbarous and unknown language, whom he could not understand, nor they him; and so would have been barbarians to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 3:6

Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language ,.... The prophet was sent, not to different nations, of different languages; but to one nation of the same language; indeed several of his prophecies concern other nations, as the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, Tyrians, Philistines, Egyptians, and Assyrians; but then these had a relation to the, people of Israel, and were chiefly on their account; and therefore he was not sent to those nations to deliver his prophecies unto... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 3:7

But the house of Israel would not hearken unto thee ,.... "They are not willing" F12 לא יאבו "non cupient", Montanus; "non volunt", Cocceius; "non illi volentes", Starckius. ; they have no desire, no inclination, to hear and hearken; but the reverse; they were capable of hearing and understanding his speech and language, and though he was sent unto them by the Lord: and indeed the reason why they did not hearken to him was not because they rejected him and his words, but because... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 3:8

Behold, I have made the, face strong against their faces ,.... Not that the prophet should have the same sort of impudence and confidence they had; but that God would "give" F14 נתתי את פניך "dedi faciem tuam", V. L. Vatablus, Cocceius, Starckius. him such a face, as it is in the Hebrew text, such spirit and courage, that he should neither be ashamed of the words of the Lord, nor afraid to speak them to this people; so that he should be a match for them; they should not be able... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 3:9

As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead ,.... Or, "than a rock" F15 מצור "rupe", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Piscator; "prae rupe", Cocceius; "ex rupe", Starckius; "prae petra", Montanus. ; the "adamant" has its name in Greek, because it cannot be conquered or subdued, neither by the hammer, nor by fire; the one cannot break, nor this other consume it; land it is called "shamir" in Hebrew, from its preserving itself from both; it will cut iron in pieces, which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 3:10

Moreover he said unto me, son of man ,.... The same glorious Person as before continued speaking to him, and added, as follows: all my words that I shall speak unto thee ; not only what he had spoken to him, but what he should hereafter; for he did not tell all at once what he should say, but gradually, revealing his mind to him by little and little; but then he was to receive all that he should say, and reject nothing, nor shun to declare the whole counsel of God: receive in thine... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 3:11

And go, get thee to them of the captivity ,.... Not in the times of Hoshea king of Israel, by Shalmaneser king of Assyria, for these were placed in the cities of the Medes, 2 Kings 17:6 ; but in the times of Jeconiah king of Judah, Ezekiel 1:2 ; unto the children of thy people ; the Jews, which were in the land of Chaldea: and speak unto them, and tell them : the words the Lord spoke to him: thus saith the Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear : See... read more

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