EZEKIEL EATS THE ROLL. IS COMMISSIONED TO GO TO THEM OF THE CAPTIVITY AND GOES TO TEL-ABIB BY THE CHEBAR: AGAIN BEHOLDS THE SHEKINAH GLORY: IS TOLD TO RETIRE TO HIS HOUSE, AND ONLY SPEAK WHEN GOD OPENS HIS MOUTH. (Eze…
1Me dijo: Hijo de hombre, come lo que hallas; come este rollo, y ve y habla a la casa de Israel.
2Y abrí mi boca, y me hizo comer aquel rollo.
3Y me dijo: Hijo de hombre, alimenta tu vientre, y llena tus entrañas de este rollo que yo te doy. Y lo comí, y fue en mi boca dulce como miel.
4Luego me dijo: Hijo de hombre, ve y entra a la casa de Israel, y habla a ellos con mis palabras.
5Porque no eres enviado a pueblo de habla profunda ni de lengua difícil, sino a la casa de Israel.
6No a muchos pueblos de habla profunda ni de lengua difícil, cuyas palabras no entiendas; y si a ellos te enviara, ellos te oyeran.
7Mas la casa de Israel no te querrá oír, porque no me quiere oír a mí; porque toda la casa de Israel es dura de frente y obstinada de corazón.
8He aquí yo he hecho tu rostro fuerte contra los rostros de ellos, y tu frente fuerte contra sus frentes.
9Como diamante, más fuerte que pedernal he hecho tu frente; no los temas, ni tengas miedo delante de ellos, porque son casa rebelde.
10Y me dijo: Hijo de hombre, toma en tu corazón todas mis palabras que yo te hablaré, y oye con tus oídos.
11Y ve y entra a los cautivos, a los hijos de tu pueblo, y háblales y diles: Así ha dicho Jehová el Señor; escuchen, o dejen de escuchar.
12Y me levantó el Espíritu, y oí detrás de mí una voz de gran estruendo, que decía: Bendita sea la gloria de Jehová desde su lugar.
13Oí también el sonido de las alas de los seres vivientes que se juntaban la una con la otra, y el sonido de las ruedas delante de ellos, y sonido de gran estruendo.
14Me levantó, pues, el Espíritu, y me tomó; y fui en amargura, en la indignación de mi espíritu, pero la mano de Jehová era fuerte sobre mí.
15Y vine a los cautivos en Tel-abib, que moraban junto al río Quebar, y me senté donde ellos estaban sentados, y allí permanecí siete días atónito entre ellos.
16Y aconteció que al cabo de los siete días vino a mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
17Hijo de hombre, yo te he puesto por atalaya a la casa de Israel; oirás, pues, tú la palabra de mi boca, y los amonestarás de mi parte.
18Cuando yo dijere al impío: De cierto morirás; y tú no le amonestares ni le hablares, para que el impío sea apercibido de su mal camino a fin de que viva, el impío morirá por su maldad, pero su sangre demandaré de tu mano.
19Pero si tú amonestares al impío, y él no se convirtiere de su impiedad y de su mal camino, él morirá por su maldad, pero tú habrás librado tu alma.
20Si el justo se apartare de su justicia e hiciere maldad, y pusiere yo tropiezo delante de él, él morirá, porque tú no le amonestaste; en su pecado morirá, y sus justicias que había hecho no vendrán en memoria; pero su sangre demandaré de tu mano.
21Pero si al justo amonestares para que no peque, y no pecare, de cierto vivirá, porque fue amonestado; y tú habrás librado tu alma.
22Vino allí la mano de Jehová sobre mí, y me dijo: Levántate, y sal al campo, y allí hablaré contigo.
23Y me levanté y salí al campo; y he aquí que allí estaba la gloria de Jehová, como la gloria que había visto junto al río Quebar; y me postré sobre mi rostro.
24Entonces entró el Espíritu en mí y me afirmó sobre mis pies, y me habló, y me dijo: Entra, y enciérrate dentro de tu casa.
25Y tú, oh hijo de hombre, he aquí que pondrán sobre ti cuerdas, y con ellas te ligarán, y no saldrás entre ellos.
26Y haré que se pegue tu lengua a tu paladar, y estarás mudo, y no serás a ellos varón que reprende; porque son casa rebelde.
27Mas cuando yo te hubiere hablado, abriré tu boca, y les dirás: Así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: El que oye, oiga; y el que no quiera oír, no oiga; porque casa rebelde son.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. honey for sweetness--Compare Psa 19:10; Psa 119:103; Rev 10:9, where, as here in Eze 3:14, the "s…
honey for sweetness--Compare Psa 19:10; Psa 119:103; Rev 10:9, where, as here in Eze 3:14, the "sweetness" is followed by "bitterness." The former being due to the painful nature of the message; the latter because it was the Lord's service which he was engaged in; and his eating the roll and finding it sweet, implied that, divesting himself of carnal feeling, he made God's will his will, however painful the message that God might require him to announce. The fact that God would be glorified was his greatest pleasure.
II
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II. See Margin, Hebrew, "deep of lip, and heavy of tongue," that is, men speaking an obscure and unin…
See Margin, Hebrew, "deep of lip, and heavy of tongue," that is, men speaking an obscure and unintelligible tongue. Even they would have listened to the prophet; but the Jews, though addressed in their own tongue, will not hear him.
III
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III. many people--It would have increased the difficulty had he been sent, not merely to one, but to "…
many people--It would have increased the difficulty had he been sent, not merely to one, but to "many people" differing in tongues, so that the missionary would have needed to acquire a new tongue for addressing each. The after mission of the apostles to many peoples, and the gift of tongues for that end, are foreshadowed (compare Co1 14:21 with Isa 28:11).
had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened-- (Mat 11:21, Mat 11:23).
IV
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IV. will not hearken unto thee: for . . . not . . . me-- (Joh 15:20). Take patiently their rejection …
will not hearken unto thee: for . . . not . . . me-- (Joh 15:20). Take patiently their rejection of thee, for I thy Lord bear it along with thee.
V
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V. Ezekiel means one "strengthened by God." Such he was in godly firmness, in spite of his people's …
Ezekiel means one "strengthened by God." Such he was in godly firmness, in spite of his people's opposition, according to the divine command to the priest tribe to which he belonged (Deu 33:9).
VI
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VI. As . . . flint--so Messiah the antitype (Isa 50:7; compare Jer 1:8, Jer 1:17).
As . . . flint--so Messiah the antitype (Isa 50:7; compare Jer 1:8, Jer 1:17).
VII
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VII. receive in . . . heart . . . ears--The transposition from the natural order, namely, first receiv…
receive in . . . heart . . . ears--The transposition from the natural order, namely, first receiving with the ears, then in the heart, is designed. The preparation of the heart for God's message should precede the reception of it with the ears (compare Pro 16:1; Psa 10:17).
VIII
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VIII. thy people--who ought to be better disposed to hearken to thee, their fellow countryman, than had…
thy people--who ought to be better disposed to hearken to thee, their fellow countryman, than hadst thou been a foreigner (Eze 3:5-6).
IX
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IX. (Act 8:39). Ezekiel's abode heretofore had not been the most suitable for his work. He, therefore…
(Act 8:39). Ezekiel's abode heretofore had not been the most suitable for his work. He, therefore, is guided by the Spirit to Tel-Abib, the chief town of the Jewish colony of captives: there he sat on the ground, "the throne of the miserable" (Ezr 9:3; Lam 1:1-3), seven days, the usual period for manifesting deep grief (Job 2:13; see Psa 137:1), thus winning their confidence by sympathy in their sorrow. He is accompanied by the cherubim which had been manifested at Chebar (Eze 1:3-4), after their departure from Jerusalem. They now are heard moving with the "voice of a great rushing (compare Act 2:2), saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from His place," that is, moving from the place in which it had been at Chebar, to accompany Ezekiel to his new destination (Eze 9:3); or, "from His place" may rather mean, in His place and manifested "from" it. Though God may seem to have forsaken His temple, He is still in it and will restore His people to it. His glory is "blessed," in opposition to those Jews who spoke evil of Him, as if He had been unjustly rigorous towards their nation [CALVIN].
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X. touched--literally, "kissed," that is, closely embraced.
touched--literally, "kissed," that is, closely embraced.
noise of a great rushing--typical of great disasters impending over the Jews.
XI
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XI. bitterness--sadness on account of the impending calamities of which I was required to be the unwe…
bitterness--sadness on account of the impending calamities of which I was required to be the unwelcome messenger. But the "hand," or powerful impulse of Jehovah, urged me forward.
XII
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XII. Tel-Abib--Tel means an "elevation." It is identified by MICHAELIS with Thallaba on the Chabor. Pe…
Tel-Abib--Tel means an "elevation." It is identified by MICHAELIS with Thallaba on the Chabor. Perhaps the name expressed the Jew's hopes of restoration, or else the fertility of the region. Abib means the green ears of corn which appeared in the month Nisan, the pledge of the harvest.
I sat, &c.--This is the Hebrew Margin reading. The text is rather, "I beheld them sitting there" [GESENIUS]; or, "And those that were settled there," namely, the older settlers, as distinguished from the more recent ones alluded to in the previous clause. The ten tribes had been long since settled on the Chabor or Habor (Kg2 17:6) [HAVERNICK].
XIII
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XIII. watchman--Ezekiel alone, among the prophets, is called a "watchman," not merely to sympathize, bu…
watchman--Ezekiel alone, among the prophets, is called a "watchman," not merely to sympathize, but to give timely warning of danger to his people where none was suspected. Habakkuk (Hab 2:1) speaks of standing upon his "watch," but it was only in order to be on the lookout for the manifestation of God's power (so Isa 52:8; Isa 62:6); not as Ezekiel, to act as a watchman to others.
XIV
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XIV. warning . . . speakest to warn--The repetition implies that it is not enough to warn once in pass…
warning . . . speakest to warn--The repetition implies that it is not enough to warn once in passing, but that the warning is to be inculcated continually (Ti2 4:2, "in season, out of season"; Act 20:31, "night and day with tears").
save--Eze 2:5 had seemingly taken away all hope of salvation; but the reference there was to the mass of the people whose case was hopeless; a few individuals, however, were reclaimable.
die in . . . iniquity-- (Joh 8:21, Joh 8:24). Men are not to flatter themselves that their ignorance, owing to the negligence of their teachers, will save them (Rom 2:12, "As many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law").
XV
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XV. wickedness . . . wicked way--internal wickedness of heart, and external of the life, respectively.
wickedness . . . wicked way--internal wickedness of heart, and external of the life, respectively.
delivered thy soul-- (Isa 49:4-5; Act 20:26).
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16. righteous . . . turn from . . . righteousness--not one "righteous" as to the root and spirit of r…
righteous . . . turn from . . . righteousness--not one "righteous" as to the root and spirit of regeneration (Psa 89:33; Psa 138:8; Isa 26:12; Isa 27:3; Joh 10:28; Phi 1:6), but as to its outward appearance and performances. So the "righteous" (Pro 18:17; Mat 9:13). As in Eze 3:19 the minister is required to lead the wicked to good, so in Eze 3:20 he is to confirm the well-disposed in their duty.
commit iniquity--that is, give himself up wholly to it (Jo1 3:8-9), for even the best often fall, but not wilfully and habitually.
I lay a stumbling-block--not that God tempts to sin (Jam 1:13-14), but God gives men over to judicial blindness, and to their own corruptions (Psa 9:16-17; Psa 94:23) when they "like not to retain God in their knowledge" (Rom 1:24, Rom 1:26); just as, on the contrary, God makes "the way of the righteous plain" (Pro 4:11-12; Pro 15:19), so that they do "not stumble." CALVIN refers "stumbling-block" not to the guilt, but to its punishment; "I bring ruin on him." The former is best. Ahab, after a kind of righteousness (Kg1 21:27-29), relapsed and consulted lying spirits in false prophets; so God permitted one of these to be his "stumbling-block," both to sin and its corresponding punishment (Kg1 22:21-23).
his blood will I require-- (Heb 13:17).
17
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17. hand of the Lord-- (Eze 1:3).
hand of the Lord-- (Eze 1:3).
go . . . into the plain--in order that he might there, in a place secluded from unbelieving men, receive a fresh manifestation of the divine glory, to inspirit him for his trying work.
18
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18. glory of the Lord-- (Eze 1:28).
glory of the Lord-- (Eze 1:28).
19
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19. set me upon my feet--having been previously prostrate and unable to rise until raised by the divi…
set me upon my feet--having been previously prostrate and unable to rise until raised by the divine power.
shut thyself within . . . house--implying that in the work he had to do, he must look for no sympathy from man but must be often alone with God and draw his strength from Him [FAIRBAIRN]. "Do not go out of thy house till I reveal the future to thee by signs and words," which God does in the following chapters, down to the eleventh. Thus a representation was given of the city shut up by siege [GROTIUS]. Thereby God proved the obedience of His servant, and Ezekiel showed the reality of His call by proceeding, not through rash impulse, but by the directions of God [CALVIN].
20
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20. put bands upon thee--not literally, but spiritually, the binding, depressing influence which thei…
put bands upon thee--not literally, but spiritually, the binding, depressing influence which their rebellious conduct would exert on his spirit. Their perversity, like bands, would repress his freedom in preaching; as in Co2 6:12, Paul calls himself "straitened" because his teaching did not find easy access to them. Or else, it is said to console the prophet for being shut up; if thou wert now at once to announce God's message, they would rush on thee and bind them with "bands" [CALVIN].
21
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21. I will make my tongue . . . dumb--Israel had rejected the prophets; therefore God deprives Israel…
I will make my tongue . . . dumb--Israel had rejected the prophets; therefore God deprives Israel of the prophets and of His word--God's sorest judgment (Sa1 7:2; Amo 8:11-12).
22
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22. when I speak . . . I will open thy mouth--opposed to the silence imposed on the prophet, to punis…
when I speak . . . I will open thy mouth--opposed to the silence imposed on the prophet, to punish the people (Eze 3:26). After the interval of silence has awakened their attention to the cause of it, namely, their sins, they may then hearken to the prophecies which they would not do before.
He that heareth, let him hear . . . forbear--that is, thou hast done thy part, whether they hear or forbear. He who shall forbear to hear, it shall be at his own peril; he who hears, it shall be to his own eternal good (compare Rev 22:11).
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Ezekiel — Capítulo 3
EZEKIEL EATS THE ROLL. IS COMMISSIONED TO GO TO THEM OF THE CAPTIVITY AND GOES TO TEL-ABIB BY THE CHEBAR: AGAIN BEHOLDS THE SHEKINAH GLORY: IS TOLD TO RETIRE TO HIS HOUSE, AND ONLY SPEAK WHEN GOD OPENS HIS MOUTH. (Eze…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Me dijo: Hijo de hombre, come lo que hallas; come este rollo, y ve y habla a la casa de Israel.
2Y abrí mi boca, y me hizo comer aquel rollo.
3Y me dijo: Hijo de hombre, alimenta tu vientre, y llena tus entrañas de este rollo que yo te doy. Y lo comí, y fue en mi boca dulce como miel.
4Luego me dijo: Hijo de hombre, ve y entra a la casa de Israel, y habla a ellos con mis palabras.
5Porque no eres enviado a pueblo de habla profunda ni de lengua difícil, sino a la casa de Israel.
6No a muchos pueblos de habla profunda ni de lengua difícil, cuyas palabras no entiendas; y si a ellos te enviara, ellos te oyeran.
7Mas la casa de Israel no te querrá oír, porque no me quiere oír a mí; porque toda la casa de Israel es dura de frente y obstinada de corazón.
8He aquí yo he hecho tu rostro fuerte contra los rostros de ellos, y tu frente fuerte contra sus frentes.
9Como diamante, más fuerte que pedernal he hecho tu frente; no los temas, ni tengas miedo delante de ellos, porque son casa rebelde.
10Y me dijo: Hijo de hombre, toma en tu corazón todas mis palabras que yo te hablaré, y oye con tus oídos.
11Y ve y entra a los cautivos, a los hijos de tu pueblo, y háblales y diles: Así ha dicho Jehová el Señor; escuchen, o dejen de escuchar.
12Y me levantó el Espíritu, y oí detrás de mí una voz de gran estruendo, que decía: Bendita sea la gloria de Jehová desde su lugar.
13Oí también el sonido de las alas de los seres vivientes que se juntaban la una con la otra, y el sonido de las ruedas delante de ellos, y sonido de gran estruendo.
14Me levantó, pues, el Espíritu, y me tomó; y fui en amargura, en la indignación de mi espíritu, pero la mano de Jehová era fuerte sobre mí.
15Y vine a los cautivos en Tel-abib, que moraban junto al río Quebar, y me senté donde ellos estaban sentados, y allí permanecí siete días atónito entre ellos.
16Y aconteció que al cabo de los siete días vino a mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
17Hijo de hombre, yo te he puesto por atalaya a la casa de Israel; oirás, pues, tú la palabra de mi boca, y los amonestarás de mi parte.
18Cuando yo dijere al impío: De cierto morirás; y tú no le amonestares ni le hablares, para que el impío sea apercibido de su mal camino a fin de que viva, el impío morirá por su maldad, pero su sangre demandaré de tu mano.
19Pero si tú amonestares al impío, y él no se convirtiere de su impiedad y de su mal camino, él morirá por su maldad, pero tú habrás librado tu alma.
20Si el justo se apartare de su justicia e hiciere maldad, y pusiere yo tropiezo delante de él, él morirá, porque tú no le amonestaste; en su pecado morirá, y sus justicias que había hecho no vendrán en memoria; pero su sangre demandaré de tu mano.
21Pero si al justo amonestares para que no peque, y no pecare, de cierto vivirá, porque fue amonestado; y tú habrás librado tu alma.
22Vino allí la mano de Jehová sobre mí, y me dijo: Levántate, y sal al campo, y allí hablaré contigo.
23Y me levanté y salí al campo; y he aquí que allí estaba la gloria de Jehová, como la gloria que había visto junto al río Quebar; y me postré sobre mi rostro.
24Entonces entró el Espíritu en mí y me afirmó sobre mis pies, y me habló, y me dijo: Entra, y enciérrate dentro de tu casa.
25Y tú, oh hijo de hombre, he aquí que pondrán sobre ti cuerdas, y con ellas te ligarán, y no saldrás entre ellos.
26Y haré que se pegue tu lengua a tu paladar, y estarás mudo, y no serás a ellos varón que reprende; porque son casa rebelde.
27Mas cuando yo te hubiere hablado, abriré tu boca, y les dirás: Así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: El que oye, oiga; y el que no quiera oír, no oiga; porque casa rebelde son.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 3
I. honey for sweetness--Compare Psa 19:10; Psa 119:103; Rev 10:9, where, as here in Eze 3:14, the "s…
Versículo 5
II. See Margin, Hebrew, "deep of lip, and heavy of tongue," that is, men speaking an obscure and unin…
Versículo 6
III. many people--It would have increased the difficulty had he been sent, not merely to one, but to "…
Versículo 7
IV. will not hearken unto thee: for . . . not . . . me-- (Joh 15:20). Take patiently their rejection …
Versículo 8
V. Ezekiel means one "strengthened by God." Such he was in godly firmness, in spite of his people's …
Versículo 9
VI. As . . . flint--so Messiah the antitype (Isa 50:7; compare Jer 1:8, Jer 1:17).
Versículo 10
VII. receive in . . . heart . . . ears--The transposition from the natural order, namely, first receiv…
Versículo 11
VIII. thy people--who ought to be better disposed to hearken to thee, their fellow countryman, than had…
Versículo 12
IX. (Act 8:39). Ezekiel's abode heretofore had not been the most suitable for his work. He, therefore…
Versículo 13
X. touched--literally, "kissed," that is, closely embraced.
Versículo 14
XI. bitterness--sadness on account of the impending calamities of which I was required to be the unwe…
Versículo 15
XII. Tel-Abib--Tel means an "elevation." It is identified by MICHAELIS with Thallaba on the Chabor. Pe…
Versículo 17
XIII. watchman--Ezekiel alone, among the prophets, is called a "watchman," not merely to sympathize, bu…
Versículo 18
XIV. warning . . . speakest to warn--The repetition implies that it is not enough to warn once in pass…
Versículo 19
XV. wickedness . . . wicked way--internal wickedness of heart, and external of the life, respectively.
Versículo 20
16. righteous . . . turn from . . . righteousness--not one "righteous" as to the root and spirit of r…
Versículo 22
17. hand of the Lord-- (Eze 1:3).
Versículo 23
18. glory of the Lord-- (Eze 1:28).
Versículo 24
19. set me upon my feet--having been previously prostrate and unable to rise until raised by the divi…
Versículo 25
20. put bands upon thee--not literally, but spiritually, the binding, depressing influence which thei…
Versículo 26
21. I will make my tongue . . . dumb--Israel had rejected the prophets; therefore God deprives Israel…
Versículo 27
22. when I speak . . . I will open thy mouth--opposed to the silence imposed on the prophet, to punis…