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Ezekiel 3

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  Ezekiel eats the roll.
4  God encourages him.
15  God shews him the rule of prophecy.
22  God shuts and opens the prophet's mouth.
Verse 1

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
eat
This must have passed in a vision; but the meaning is plain: Receive ny word into thy mind, let it enter into they soul; digest it, let it be they nourishment, they meat and thy drink, to do the will of thy Father who is in heaven.
10, 2:8,9, 1 Timothy 4:15, Revelation 10:9,10
go
11,15,17-21, 2:3, Jeremiah 24:1-7
Verse 2

So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
Jeremiah 25:17, Acts 26:19
Verse 3

And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
and fill
2:10, Job 32:18,19, Jeremiah 6:11, 20:9, John 7:38, Colossians 3:16
Then
Psalms 119:11, Jeremiah 15:16, John 6:53-63
it was
Job 23:12, Psalms 19:10, 119:97,103, Proverbs 2:10,11, Revelation 10:9,10
Verse 4

And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
11, 2:3,7, Matthew 10:5,6, 15:24, Acts 1:8
Verse 5

For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
thou
Jonah 1:2, 3:2-4, Acts 26:17,18
of a strange speech and of an hard language
Heb. deep of lip and heavy of tongue: and so.
6, Psalms 81:5, Isaiah 33:19
Verse 6

Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
of a strange speech and of an hard language
Heb. deep of lip and heavy of language. Surely, etc. or, If I had sent thee to them, would they not have hearkened? etc.
Jonah 3:5-10, Matthew 11:20-24, 12:41,42, Luke 11:30-32, Acts 27:28, Romans 9:30-33
Verse 7

But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
Israel will
1 Samuel 8:7, Jeremiah 25:3,4, 44:4,5,16, Luke 10:16, 13:34, 19:14, John 5:40-47, John 15:20-24
all the
2:4, 24:7, Isaiah 3:9, Jeremiah 3:3, 5:3
impudent and hard-hearted
Heb. stiff of forehead and hard of heart.
Verse 8

Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
Exodus 4:15,16, 11:4-8, 1 Kings 21:20, Isaiah 50:7, Jeremiah 1:18, 15:20, Micah 3:8, Acts 7:51-56, Hebrews 11:27,32-37
Verse 9

As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
adamant
Zechariah 7:12
fear
2:6, Isaiah 41:10,14, 50:7, Jeremiah 1:8,17, 17:18, Micah 3:8, 1 Timothy 2:3, 2 Timothy 2:6
Verse 10

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
receive
1-3, 2:8, Job 22:22, Psalms 119:11, Proverbs 8:10, 19:20, Luke 8:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:1
Verse 11

And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
get
15, 11:24,25, Daniel 6:13
the children
33:2,12,17,30, 37:18, Exodus 32:7, Deuteronomy 9:12, Daniel 12:1
speak
27, 2:5,7, Acts 20:26,27
Verse 12

Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.
spirit
14, 2:2, 8:3, 11:1,24, 40:1,2, 1 Kings 18:12, 2 Kings 2:16, Acts 8:39
a voice
Acts 2:2, Revelation 1:10,15
Blessed
Psalms 72:18,19, 103:20,21, 148:2, Isaiah 6:3, Revelation 5:11-14, 19:6
glory
9:3, 10:4,18,19, 11:22,23, Exodus 40:34,35, 1 Samuel 4:21,22
Verse 13

I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.
the noise
1:24, 10:5, 2 Samuel 5:24
touched
Heb. kissed. and the noise.
10:16,17
Verse 14

So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
the spirit
12, 8:3, 37:1
in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit
Heb. bitter in hot anger.
Numbers 11:11-19, Jeremiah 6:11, 20:14-18, John 4:1,3,9
but
1:3, 8:1, 37:1, 1 Kings 18:46, 2 Kings 2:16, 3:15, Jeremiah 20:7-9
Verse 15

Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
that dwelt
23, 1:1, 10:15, 43:3
sat
Genesis 50:10, Job 2:13, Psalms 137:1, Jeremiah 23:9, Habakkuk 3:16
Verse 17

Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
I have
33:2-9, 1 Corinthians 12:28
a watchman
Song of Solomon 3:3, 5:7, Isaiah 21:6,8,11,12, 52:8, 56:10, 62:6, Jeremiah 6:17, 31:6, Acts 20:28-31, Hebrews 13:17
hear
33:6-8, 2 Chronicles 19:10, Isaiah 58:1, Jeremiah 6:10, Habakkuk 2:1, Matthew 3:7, 1 Corinthians 4:14, 2 Corinthians 5:11,20, Colossians 1:28, 1 Thessalonians 5:14
Verse 18

When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
I say
18:4,13,20, 33:6,8, Genesis 2:17, 3:3,4, Numbers 26:65, 2 Kings 1:4, Isaiah 3:11, Luke 13:3,5, Ephesians 5:5,6
to save
18:30-32, Acts 2:40, 3:19, 1 Timothy 4:16, James 5:19,20
the same
33:6,9,10, Proverbs 14:32, John 8:21,24
but
34:10, Genesis 9:5,6, 42:22, 2 Samuel 4:11, Luke 11:50,51, Acts 20:26,27, 1 Timothy 5:22
Verse 19

Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
if thou
2 Kings 17:13-23, 2 Chronicles 36:15,16, Proverbs 29:1, Jeremiah 42:19-22, 44:4,5, Luke 10:10,11, Acts 18:5,6, 1 Thessalonians 4:6, Hebrews 2:1-3, 12:25
he shall
18, 2 Thessalonians 1:8,9, Hebrews 10:26,27
but thou
21, 14:14,20, 33:5,9, Isaiah 49:4,5, Acts 13:45,46, 20:26, 2 Corinthians 2:15-17
Verse 20

Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
When
18:24,26, 33:12,13, 2 Chronicles 24:2,17-22, Psalms 36:3, 125:5, Zephaniah 1:6, Matthew 13:20,21, Hebrews 10:38, 2 Peter 2:18-22, 1 John 2:19
righteousness
Heb. righteousnesses.
Isaiah 64:6, Daniel 9:18
and I lay
7:19, 14:3,7-9, Deuteronomy 13:3, Psalms 119:165; *marg:; Isaiah 8:14, Jeremiah 6:21, Luke 2:34, Romans 9:32,33, 11:9, 1 Corinthians 1:23, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, 1 Peter 2:8
because
18, Leviticus 19:17, 2 Samuel 12:7-13, 2 Chronicles 19:2-4, 25:15, Proverbs 25:12, Matthew 18:15
and his
18:24,26, 33:12,13, Matthew 12:43-45, Luke 8:15, Romans 2:7,8, Hebrews 10:38, 2 Peter 2:21
but his
18, 33:6, Hebrews 13:17
Verse 21

Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
if thou
Matthew 24:24,25, Acts 20:31, 1 Corinthians 4:14, 10:12, Galatians 1:6-10, 5:2-7, Ephesians 4:17-21, 5:5,6, Colossians 1:28, 3:5-8, 1 Thessalonians 4:6-8, 5:14, Titus 2:15, 1 John 3:6-9, Revelation 3:19
he shall
20, Psalms 19:11, Proverbs 9:9, 17:10, Galatians 2:11-13, James 5:20
also
19, 1 Timothy 4:16
Verse 22

And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
the hand
14, 1:3, 37:1
Arise
8:4, Acts 9:6
Verse 23

Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
the glory
1:4,28, 9:3, 10:18, Numbers 16:19,42, Acts 7:55
river
1:1-3
and I fell
1:28, Daniel 8:17, 10:8,9, Revelation 1:17, 4:10, 5:8,14
Verse 24

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.
the spirit
2:2, 37:10, Daniel 10:8-10,19
Go
4:1-4
Verse 25

But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
4:8, Mark 3:21, John 21:18, Acts 9:16, 20:23, 21:11-13
Verse 26

And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
I will
24:27, Psalms 51:15, 137:6, Jeremiah 1:17, Luke 1:20-22
and shalt
Psalms 36:11,12, Lamentations 2:9, Hosea 4:17, Amos 5:10, 8:11,12, Micah 3:6,7
a reprover
Heb. a man reproving. for.
2:3-8, Isaiah 1:2
Verse 27

But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
I will
11:25, 24:27, 29:21, 33:32, Exodus 4:11,12, Luke 21:15, Ephesians 6:19
Thus
11, 2:5, Matthew 11:15, 13:9, Revelation 22:10,11
for they
9,26, 12:2,3

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