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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 2:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Eze 2:3 |
Strong Concordance |
And he said [0559] unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], I send [07971] thee to the children [01121] of Israel [03478], to a rebellious [04775] nation [01471] that hath rebelled [04775] against me: they and their fathers [01] have transgressed [06586] against me, even unto this very [06106] day [03117]. |
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King James |
And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| nation--rather, "nations"; the word usually applied to the heathen or Gentiles; here to the Jews, as being altogether heathenized with idolatries. So in Isa 1:10, they are named "Sodom" and "Gomorrah." They were now become "Lo-ammi," not the people of God (Hos 1:9). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Nation - literally, as in the margin - the word which usually distinguishes the pagan from God's people. Here it expresses that Israel is cast off by God; and the plural is used to denote that the children of Israel are not even "one nation," but scattered and disunited.
Translate: "I send thee to the children of Israel, the rebellious nation that have rebelled against Me (they and their fathers have transgressed against Me, even to this very day), and the children impudent and stiff-hearted: I do send thee unto them." |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The calling of the prophet begins with the Lord describing to Ezekiel the people to whom He is sending him, in order to make him acquainted with the difficulties of his vocation, and to encourage him for the discharge of the same. Eze 2:3. And He said to me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to the rebels who have rebelled against me: they and their fathers have fallen away from me, even until this very day. Eze 2:4. And the children are of hard face, and hardened heart. To them I send thee; and to them shalt thou speak: Thus says the Lord Jehovah. Eze 2:5. And they - they may hear thee or fail (to do so); for they are a stiff-necked race - they shall experience that a prophet has been in their midst. Eze 2:6. But thou, son of man, fear not before them, and be not afraid of their words, if thistles and thorns are found about thee, and thou sittest upon scorpions; fear not before their words, and tremble not before their face; for they are a stiff-necked race. Eze 2:7. And speak my words to them, whether they may hear or fail (to do so); for they are stiff-necked.
The children of Israel have become heathen, no longer a people of God, not even a heathen nation (גּוי, Isa 1:4), but גּוים, "heathens," that is, as being rebels against God. המּורדים (with the article) is not to be joined as an adjective to גּוים, which is without the article, but is employed substantively in the form of an apposition. They have rebelled against God in this, that they, like their fathers, have separated themselves from Jehovah down to this day (as regards פּשׁע בּ, see on Isa 1:2; and עצם היּום הזּה, as in the Pentateuch; cf. Lev 23:14; Gen 7:13; Gen 17:23, etc.). Like their fathers, the sons are rebellious, and, in addition, they are קשׁי פנים, of hard countenance" = חזקי, "of hard brow" (Eze 3:7), i.e., impudent, without hiding the face, or lowering the look for shame. This shamelessness springs from hardness of heart. To these hardened sinners Ezekiel is to announce the word of the Lord. Whether they hear it or not (אם־ואם, sive-sive, as in Jos 24:15; Ecc 11:3; Ecc 12:14), they shall in any case experience that a prophet has been amongst them. That they will neglect to hear is very probable, because they are a stiff-necked race (בּית, "house" = family). The Vau before ידעוּ (Eze 2:5) introduces the apodosis. היה is perfect, not present. This is demanded by the usus loquendi and the connection of the thought. The meaning is not: they shall now from his testimony that a prophet is there; but they shall experience from the result, viz., when the word announced by him will have been fulfilled, that a prophet has been amongst them. Ezekiel, therefore, is not to be prevented by fear of them and their words from delivering a testimony against their sins. The ἁπάξ λεγόμενα, סרבים and סלּונים, are not, with the older expositors, to be explained adjectively: "rebelles et renuentes," but are substantives. As regards סלּון, the signification "thorn" is placed beyond doubt by סלּון in Eze 28:24, and סרב in Aramaic does indeed denote "refractarius;" but this signification is a derived one, and inappropriate here. סרב is related to צרב, "to burn, to singe," and means "urtica," "stinging-nettle, thistle," as Donasch in Raschi has already explained it. אותך is, according to the later usage, for אתּך, expressing the "by and with of association," and occurs frequently in Ezekiel. Thistles and thorns are emblems of dangerous, hostile men. The thought is strengthened by the words "to sit on (אל for על) scorpions," as these animals inflict a painful and dangerous wound. For the similitude of dangerous men to scorpions, cf. Sir. 26:10, and other proof passages in Bochart, Hierozoic. III. p. 551f., ed. Rosenmll. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Son of man - This appellative, so often mentioned in this book, seems to have been given first to this prophet; afterwards to Daniel; and after that to the Man Christ Jesus. Perhaps it was given to the two former to remind them of their frailty, and that they should not be exalted in their own minds by the extraordinary revelations granted to them; and that they should feel themselves of the same nature with those to whom they were sent; and, from the common principle of humanity, deeply interest themselves in the welfare of their unhappy countrymen. To the latter it might have been appropriated merely to show that though all his actions demonstrated him to be God, yet that he was also really Man; and that in the man Christ Jesus dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. When the acts of Christ are considered, it is more easy to believe his eternal Godhead, than to be convinced that the person we hear speaking, and see working, is also a man like unto ourselves.
I send thee to the children of Israel - To those who were now in captivity, in Chaldea particularly; and to the Jews in general, both far and near. |
9 Then said [0559] God, Call [07121] his name [08034] Loammi [03818]: for ye are not my people [05971], and I will not be your God.
10 Hear [08085] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], ye rulers [07101] of Sodom [05467]; give ear [0238] unto the law [08451] of our God [0430], ye people [05971] of Gomorrah [06017].
24 And there shall be no more a pricking [03992] brier [05544] unto the house [01004] of Israel [03478], nor any grieving [03510] thorn [06975] of all that are round about [05439] them, that despised [07590] them; and they shall know [03045] that I am the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
5 And they, whether they will hear [08085], or whether they will forbear [02308], (for they are a rebellious [04805] house [01004],) yet shall know [03045] that there hath been a prophet [05030] among [08432] them.
14 For God [0430] shall bring [0935] every work [04639] into judgment [04941], with every secret thing [05956], whether it be good [02896], or whether it be evil [07451].
3 If the clouds [05645] be full [04390] of rain [01653], they empty [07324] themselves upon the earth [0776]: and if the tree [06086] fall [05307] toward the south [01864], or toward the north [06828], in the place [04725] where the tree [06086] falleth [05307], there it shall be [01933].
15 And if it seem evil [07489] unto you [04310] to serve [05647] the LORD [03068], choose [0977] you this day [03117] whom [05869] ye will serve [05647]; whether the gods [0430] which your fathers [01] served [05647] that were on the other side [05676] of the flood [05104], or the gods [0430] of the Amorites [0567], in whose land [0776] ye dwell [03427]: but as for me and my house [01004], we will serve [05647] the LORD [03068].
7 But the house [01004] of Israel [03478] will [014] not hearken [08085] unto thee; for they will [014] not hearken [08085] unto me: for all the house [01004] of Israel [03478] are impudent [02389] [04696] and hardhearted [07186] [03820].
23 And Abraham [085] took [03947] Ishmael [03458] his son [01121], and all that were born [03211] in his house [01004], and all that were bought [04736] with his money [03701], every male [02145] among the men [0582] of Abraham's [085] house [01004]; and circumcised [04135] the flesh [01320] of their foreskin [06190] in the selfsame [06106] day [03117], as God [0430] had said [01696] unto him.
13 In the selfsame [06106] day [03117] entered [0935] Noah [05146], and Shem [08035], and Ham [02526], and Japheth [03315], the sons [01121] of Noah [05146], and Noah's [05146] wife [0802], and the three [07969] wives [0802] of his sons [01121] with them, into the ark [08392];
14 And ye shall eat [0398] neither bread [03899], nor parched corn [07039], nor green ears [03759], until the selfsame [06106] [02088] day [03117] that [05704] ye have brought [0935] an offering [07133] unto your God [0430]: it shall be a statute [02708] for ever [05769] throughout your generations [01755] in all your dwellings [04186].
2 Hear [08085], O heavens [08064], and give ear [0238], O earth [0776]: for the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696], I have nourished [01431] and brought up [07311] children [01121], and they have rebelled [06586] against me.
4 Ah [01945] sinful [02398] nation [01471], a people [05971] laden [03515] with iniquity [05771], a seed [02233] of evildoers [07489], children [01121] that are corrupters [07843]: they have forsaken [05800] [0853] the LORD [03068], they have provoked [05006] [0853] the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478] unto anger [05006], they are gone away [02114] backward [0268].
7 And thou shalt speak [01696] my words [01697] unto them, whether they will hear [08085], or whether they will forbear [02308]: for they are most rebellious [04805].
6 And thou, son [01121] of man [0120], be not afraid [03372] of them, neither be afraid [03372] of their words [01697], though briers [05621] and thorns [05544] be with thee, and thou dost dwell [03427] among scorpions [06137]: be not afraid [03372] of their words [01697], nor be dismayed [02865] at their looks [06440], though they be a rebellious [04805] house [01004].
5 And they, whether they will hear [08085], or whether they will forbear [02308], (for they are a rebellious [04805] house [01004],) yet shall know [03045] that there hath been a prophet [05030] among [08432] them.
4 For they are impudent [07186] [06440] children [01121] and stiffhearted [02389] [03820]. I do send [07971] thee unto them; and thou shalt say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
3 And he said [0559] unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], I send [07971] thee to the children [01121] of Israel [03478], to a rebellious [04775] nation [01471] that hath rebelled [04775] against me: they and their fathers [01] have transgressed [06586] against me, even unto this very [06106] day [03117].