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Darby's French Translation
Ézéchiel 3:1
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Puis il me dit : fils d'homme, mange ce que tu trouveras, mange ce rouleau, et t'en va, [et] parle la maison d'Isral.
Puis il me dit: Fils de l'homme, mange ce que tu trouves, mange ce rouleau, et va, parle la maison d'Isral.
Il me dit: Fils de l'homme, mange ce que tu trouves, mange ce rouleau, et va, parle la maison d'Isral!
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
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. Ezekiel 3:10, Ezekiel 2:8, Ezekiel 2:9, 1 Timothy 4:15, Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:10
go: Ezekiel 3:11, Ezekiel 3:15, Ezekiel 3:17-21, Ezekiel 2:3, Jeremiah 24:1-7
Reciprocal: Ezra 6:1 - rolls Jeremiah 15:16 - I did Jeremiah 36:2 - a roll Ezekiel 2:1 - Son
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Moreover he said unto me,.... The same glorious Person who had been speaking all along in the preceding chapter; and who was seen by the prophet on a sapphire throne, and described in Ezekiel 1:26; the first fifteen verses of this chapter are by Junius and Tremellius made a part of the second:
son of man, eat that thou findest; not anything, but what he found in the hand sent unto him; wherefore the Targum is,
"son of man, receive what is given thee;''
which was the roll, as follows:
eat this roll; not literally, but figuratively, as John is bid to eat the little book, Revelation 10:9; that is, read it, meditate upon the things contained therein; and digest them, that he might be able to impart them, and make them known to others: it is explained in Ezekiel 3:10; by hearing and receiving the words of the prophecy; and so the Targum,
"receive what is written in this roll;''
this is to eat it; as great readers of books are called "helluones librorum", eaters of books, gluttons at them; read them greedily, deeply meditate upon what is in them, and thoroughly digest them; so it becomes all good men to eat the word, to mix it with faith, to receive it in the love of it, and constantly meditate on it, Psalms 1:1; and especially ministers of the Gospel, 1 Thessalonians 4:15;
and go, speak unto the house of Israel; or, as the Targum,
"go, and prophesy to the house of Israel;''
for by eating the roll, in the sense given, he was fit for it; and when ministers of the word have read, and thought of, and digested the truths of the Gospel themselves, then they are prepared to go and enter upon their work, and feed others with knowledge and understanding.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Before, there was a direct commission, now there is a symbolic action. John has the same vision (Revelation 10:8 ff), but there that is expressed, which is here left to be inferred, namely, that “as soon as he had eaten it his belly was bitter.” The sweetness in the mouth denoted that it was good to be a messenger of the Lord (compare the margin reference), but the bitterness which accompanied it, denoted that the commission brought with it much sorrow.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER III
This chapter contains more particular instructions to the
prophet. It begins with repeating his appointment to his
office, 1-3.
Ezekiel is then informed that his commission is, at this time,
to the house of Israel exclusively, 4-6;
that his countrymen would pay little regard to him, 7;
that he must persevere in his duty notwithstanding such great
discouragement; and he is endued with extraordinary courage and
intrepidity to enable him fearlessly to declare to a disobedient
and gainsaying people the whole counsel of God, 8-11.
The prophet is afterwards carried by the spirit that animated
the cherubim and wheels, and by which he received the gift of
prophecy, to a colony of his brethren in the neighbourhood,
where he remained seven days overwhelmed with astonishment,
12-15.
He is then warned of the awful importance of being faithful in
his office, 16-21;
commanded to go forth into the plain that he may have a visible
manifestation of the Divine Presence, 22;
and is again favoured with a vision of that most magnificent
set of symbols described in the first chapter, by which the
glorious majesty of the God of Israel was in some measure
represented, 23.
See also Isaiah 6:1-13; Daniel 10:5-19; and Revelation 1:10-16; Revelation 4:1-11,
for other manifestations of the Divine glory, in all of which
some of the imagery is very similar. The prophet receives
directions relative to his future conduct, 24-27.
NOTES ON CHAP. III
Verse Ezekiel 3:1. Eat this roll, and go speak — This must have passed in vision; but the meaning is plain. Receive my word-let it enter into thy Soul; digest it - let it be thy nourishment; and let it be thy meat and drink to do the will of thy Father who is in heaven.
