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title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible -  Ezekiel 2"
description: "CHAPTER 2   :-. EZEKIEL"
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CHAPTER 2

. EZEKIEL'S
COMMISSION.

**1. Son of man**—often applied to
Ezekiel; once only to Daniel (), and not to any other prophet. The phrase was no doubt
taken from Chaldean usage during the sojourn of Daniel and Ezekiel in
Chaldea. But the spirit who sanctioned the words of the prophet
implied by it the *lowliness and frailty* of the prophet as man
"lower than the angels," though now admitted to the vision
of angels and of God Himself, "lest he should be exalted through
the abundance of the revelations" (). He is appropriately so called as being type of the divine
"Son of man" here revealed as "man" (see on ). That title, as applied to Messiah, implies at once His
*lowliness* and His *exaltation,* in His manifestations as
*the Representative man,* at His first and second comings
respectively ([Psalms 8:4-8](../../../kjv/psalms/8/4-8);
[Matthew 16:13](../../../kjv/matthew/16/13); [Matthew 20:18](../../../kjv/matthew/20/18);
and on the other hand, [Daniel 7:13](../../../kjv/daniel/7/13);
[Daniel 7:14](../../../kjv/daniel/7/14); [Matthew 26:64](../../../kjv/matthew/26/64);
[John 5:27](../../../kjv/john/5/27)).

**2. spirit entered . . . when he
spake**—The divine word is ever accompanied by the Spirit
([Genesis 1:2](../../../kjv/genesis/1/2); [Genesis 1:3](../../../kjv/genesis/1/3)).
**set . . . upon . . . feet**—He
had been "upon his face" ([Genesis 1:3](../../../kjv/genesis/1/3)). Humiliation on our part is followed by exaltation on God's
part ([Ezekiel 3:23](../../../kjv/ezekiel/3/23); [Ezekiel 3:24](../../../kjv/ezekiel/3/24);
[Job 22:29](../../../kjv/job/22/29); [James 4:6](../../../kjv/james/4/6);
[1 Peter 5:5](../../../kjv/1-peter/5/5)). "On the feet"
was the fitting attitude when he was called on to walk and work for
God ([Ephesians 5:8](../../../kjv/ephesians/5/8); [Ephesians 6:15](../../../kjv/ephesians/6/15)).
**that I heard**—rather,
"*then* I heard."

**3. nation**—rather, "nations";
the word usually applied to the *heathen* or *Gentiles;*
here to the Jews, as being altogether *heathenized* with
idolatries. So in [Isaiah 1:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/10),
they are named "Sodom" and "Gomorrah." They were
now become "Lo-ammi," not the *people* of God ([Isaiah 1:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/10)).

**4. impudent**—literally,
"hard-faced" ([Ezekiel 3:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/3/7);
[Ezekiel 3:9](../../../kjv/ezekiel/3/9)).
**children**—resumptive of
"they" ([Ezekiel 2:3](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/3)); the
"children" walk in their "fathers'" steps.
**I . . . send thee**—God
opposes His command to all obstacles. Duties are ours; events are
God's.
**Thus saith the Lord God**—God
opposes His name to the obstinacy of the people.

**5. forbear**—namely, to hear.
**yet shall know**—Even if
they will not hear, at least they will not have ignorance to plead as
the cause of their perversity ().

**6. briers**—not as the *Margin*
and GESENIUS, "rebels,"
which would not correspond so well to "thorns." The *Hebrew*
is from a root meaning "to sting" as *nettles* do. The
wicked are often so called ([2 Samuel 23:6](../../../kjv/2-samuel/23/6);
[Song of Solomon 2:2](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/2/2); [Isaiah 9:18](../../../kjv/isaiah/9/18)).
**scorpions**—a reptile
about six inches long with a deadly sting at the end of the tail.
**be not afraid**— ([Luke 12:4](../../../kjv/luke/12/4);
[1 Peter 3:14](../../../kjv/1-peter/3/14)).

**7. most rebellious**—literally,
"rebellion" itself: its very essence.

**8. eat**—(See on ; [Revelation 10:9](../../../kjv/revelation/10/9); [Revelation 10:10](../../../kjv/revelation/10/10)).
The idea is to possess himself fully of the message and digest it in
the mind; not literal *eating,* but such an *appropriation*
of its unsavory contents that they should become, as it were, part of
himself, so as to impart them the more vividly to his hearers.

**9. roll**—the form in which
ancient books were made.

**10. within and without**—on the
face and the back. Usually the parchment was written only on its
*inside* when rolled up; but so full was God's message of
impending woes that it was written also on the back.

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