5And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear,(for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
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And when this cometh to pass,(lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.
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.
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
And when ye come into an house, salute it. …
Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)The title here given to Ezekiel, as often afterwards, is very observable. God, when he speaks to him, calls him, Son of man ( Ezek. 2:1 , 3 ), Son of Adam, Son of the earth . Daniel is once called so (Dan. 8:17) and but once; the compellation is used to no other of the prophets but to Ezekiel all along. We may take it, 1. As a humble diminishing title. Lest Ezekiel should be lifted up with the abu…
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