Chapter 3
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
So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
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
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
For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
thou
of a strange speech and of an hard language
Heb. deep of lip and heavy of tongue: and so.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
the children
33:2,12,17,30 37:18 Exodus 32:7 Deuteronomy 9:12 Daniel 12:1
speak
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
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
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
touched
Heb. kissed. and the noise.
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
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
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
sat
Genesis 50:10 Job 2:13 Psalms 137:1 Jeremiah 23:9 Habakkuk 3:16
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Arise
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
and I fell
1:28 Daniel 8:17 10:8,9 Revelation 1:17 4:10 5:8,14
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
Go
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
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.
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