Ezekiel 3:17

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ezekiel 3:12-27

the Watchman’s Responsibility Ezekiel 3:12-27 He was bitter because of his message, but hot because God’s fire was burning within him. It is a blessed thing for preacher, leader, or Christian worker, when the hand of God is strong upon the soul. But whatever your inward condition, you will never be able to do your best work, unless you can sit where the people sit. In other words you must take their attitude, know by experience their circumstances, and share their lot. We must live very near... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 3:1-27

This roll he was commanded to eat. The writing on the roll was a roll of lamentations and mourning and woe. The prophet declared that having eaten the roll, he found it in his mouth "as honey for sweetness," and by this declaration reveals that whereas the ministry he was about to exercise would be difficult, yet he himself was in perfect accord with the purpose of God and found delight in His will. It may be also that he already recognized that beyond the reprobation with which he would have... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 3:17-18

“Son of man, I have given you to be a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word at my mouth and give them warning from me. When I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you do not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, the same wicked man will die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.” As watchman, appointed by solemn charge, to Israel, Ezekiel had to watch over each individual. He was not only... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 3:16-21

Ezekiel 3:16-Ecclesiastes : . The Pastoral Charge.— At the end of the week he receives another Divine message, this time of a more explicit kind and unaccompanied by vision. His task is now defined as that of a watchman. As it is the watchman’ s business to detect and give warning of danger, so it is the prophet’ s business to warn individual men of the coming catastrophe which he himself so clearly sees. It is not enough to warn the crowd: he must deal personally with the individuals good... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 3:17

See Ezekiel 2:1. I; the person that appeared to him, Ezekiel 1:26. It is the great and glorious One. Made thee; appointed by commission; I have qualified by gifts, I have actually sent thee forth, &c. Watchman; night and day to observe whether the enemy approach, and to give notice on pain of death. Hear the word at my mouth: see Ezekiel 2:8. Give them warning; I will give thee notice, thou art then to give warning unto them, and let them know it comes from me, and in mercy, to prevent... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 3:16-21

II.—THE ENTRANCE BY EZEKIEL ON THE EXECUTION OF HIS COMMISSION. CHAPS. Ezekiel 3:16-17Ezekiel had been fully accredited, but did not begin his work as a messenger of the Lord when he was sent among the people. He remained in their midst, silent and astonied—stunned—for a season. Then came instructions, conveying distinct intimation of the responsibilities of his position, of the thraldom in which he would be held, and thereto the first communications for the people followed.1. RESPONSIBILITIES... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 3:17-19

Ezekiel 3:17-19 I. The ministry of divine truths is a special ordinance of God. The watchman is not (1) self-constituted; (2) self-instructed; (3) self-sent. II. The ministry of divine truths is entrusted with the duty of warning men. Three mistakes about warning may be pointed out: (1) That warning is independent of knowledge; (2) that warning betokens hardness of nature; (3) that warning is the lowest and easiest duty of the ministry. III. The duty of warning men is connected with a just... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 3:1-27

Chapter 3Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that which you find; eat this scroll, and then go and speak to the house of Israel ( Ezekiel 3:1 ).In other words, devour it and then go give it forth. You see, that's really what the ministry is all about. You devour the Word of God and then you give it forth to the people, where it is now a part of you. You read and absorb the Word until it becomes a part of your very life, and then you give it out unto others.So I opened my mouth, he caused... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 3:1-27

Ezekiel 3:3 . The roll was in my mouth as honey. To taste the good word of God is pleasant; but it was bitter in the belly with regard to imprisonment and martyrdom. Revelation 10:9. No matter; the sweetness is ultimately superior to the gall. See Ezekiel 3:25. Ezekiel 3:9 . As an adamant, harder than flint. See on Zechariah 7:12. Ezekiel 3:12 . Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place. When the ark moved the levites sung, “Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered.” Psalms... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ezekiel 3:16-17

Ezekiel 3:16-17I have made thee a watchman.The Christian watchmanI. The office of the christian watchman is to warn his people of the danger to which, according to the word of God, all men are naturally exposed. From the “specular mount” on which the Lord hath placed him, he looks abroad upon the mighty plain where the busy generations of the world are engaged in a thousand different forms of labour, and pursuing a thousand different objects of delight, all alike undisturbed by the thought of... read more

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