Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 3:11
And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
Thy people – Gods people.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
See Eze 3:4.
To them of the captivity; of the first captivity under Jeconiahs reign, who succeeded his father Jehoiakim, slain for his conspiracy with Egypt against Nebuchadnezzar, as 2Ki 24:1,6,7. These are those good figs, Jer 24:5-7, of whom such good is spoken, and to whom those promises are made.
Thy people; Heb. the sons of thy people. Some will have God speaking here of this people as no more his, but I think it rather is to be interpreted of some that were amidst them who were disowned of God, and were now but children or sons of the people, the apostate idolaters and debauched sinners, which might possibly have embraced the conquerors religion and manners.
Speak unto them: here again the command is repeated and doubled.
Thus saith the Lord: see Eze 2:4,5.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
11. thy peoplewho ought to bebetter disposed to hearken to thee, their fellow countryman, thanhadst thou been a foreigner (Eze 3:5;Eze 3:6).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And go, get thee to them of the captivity,…. Not in the times of Hoshea king of Israel, by Shalmaneser king of Assyria, for these were placed in the cities of the Medes, 2Ki 17:6; but in the times of Jeconiah king of Judah, Eze 1:2;
unto the children of thy people; the Jews, which were in the land of Chaldea:
and speak unto them, and tell them: the words the Lord spoke to him:
thus saith the Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: [See comments on Eze 2:5].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Now it is added, that he may go and proceed to the captivity, to the children of his own people We see, then, that God does not regard the Prophet so much as the Israelites, because they had never willingly yielded to the Prophet when he brought a message by no means pleasing. For nothing could be more sad and hateful to them than to hear threats and curses. Because, then, they had never willingly bent to obedience, he is sent with a testimony that he had learnt what he uttered in God’s school; then that he had so learnt from God, that he adds nothing of his own; lastly, that he so speaks, that; the obstinacy of the people is not overcome: Whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, do thou nevertheless go forward Wherefore? Thou shalt say, thus saith the Lord. We have already explained the meaning of this phrase, namely, where we are persuaded that our labor is pleasing to God, although it be useless to men, yet this ought to suffice us, that God has sent us. Then he wishes to try our constancy, lest when we see ourselves laboring in vain, we should cease on that account, instead of being prepared to obey, whatever may happen.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(11) Get thee to them of the captivity.Ezekiels mission is now made more definite. In Eze. 3:10 he has been told in plain terms what had already been symbolically conveyed under the figure of the roll, and now he is further informed that his immediate mission to the house of Israel is limited to that part of it which, like himself, was already in captivity. At this time, and for several years to come, this was a comparatively small part of the whole nation; but before Ezekiels ministrations were finished it embraced the mass of them. (See Introd., III.) It is noticeable that God directs him to go, not to My, but to thy people; just as in Eze. 2:3 He speaks of them as heathen, so here He refuses to recognise them in their present state as really His people. (Comp. Exo. 32:7; Eze. 33:2; Eze. 33:12; Eze. 33:17; Dan. 9:24; Dan. 10:14.) At the same time, there is thus indirectly suggested to the prophet a reminder that he is himself one of the same people, and needs therefore to be on his guard against the sin and obduracy which characterise them.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 3:11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
Ver. 11. Go, get thee to them of the captivity. ] The fruit whereof they have lost in great part, because so little amended thereby.
Unto thy people.
Whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear,
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
captivity.Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for captives.
unto the children of. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version omits these words.
children = sons.
the Lord GOD. Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah. App-4
whether, &c. See note on Eze 2:7.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
get: Eze 3:15, Eze 11:24, Eze 11:25, Dan 6:13
the children: Eze 33:2, Eze 33:12, Eze 33:17, Eze 33:30, Eze 37:18, Exo 32:7, Deu 9:12, Dan 12:1
speak: Eze 3:27, Eze 2:5, Eze 2:7, Act 20:26, Act 20:27
Reciprocal: Exo 6:29 – speak Jer 1:17 – and speak Jer 15:19 – let them Jer 19:2 – and proclaim Jer 29:20 – all ye Eze 3:4 – General Eze 11:5 – Speak Eze 20:27 – speak Mat 11:14 – if Act 2:4 – as Act 4:20 – we cannot
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 3:11. Them of the captivity had direct reference to the people of Israel who were then in Babylon. Ezekiel could appear to them because be was in that land also. There were some of the Israelites still in Palestine because the “3rd captivity had not yet taken place. And again the prophet was commanded to speak the word regardless of their attitude toward it. This instruction that was repeated so frequently was to the end that Ezekiel need not conclude that be had made a failure just because he could not bring his people to accept the teaching. This subject of the respective responsibility of the speaker and hearer will be treated more thoroughly in a bracket of verses yet in this chapter.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Eze 3:11-13. Go to them of the captivity Namely, those made captives with thyself in the reign of King Jehoiachin. Then the spirit took me up Carried me from the place where I was before, when I saw the vision mentioned Eze 1:3-4, to my countrymen and fellow-captives. And I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing Emblematical, probably, of the great commotions and troubles he was to foretel, and which were to ensue. Or he means a great sound, arising from many articulate voices joined together, and pronouncing the following words: Blessed be the glory of the Lord Praised be the gloriously holy and just God, or adored be the displays of his glory in all his dispensations. This sound seems to have been that of a chorus of angels, approving of and celebrating the judgments of God; from his place Whatever place God honours with his especial presence is equivalent to his temple, and there the angels always attend upon his Divine Majesty to give him the honour due unto his name: see Gen 28:13-19. The words imply, that though God should forsake his temple, and destroy the place that was called by his name, yet his presence would make a temple of every place, and multitudes of the heavenly host would always be ready to do him service. Also the noise of the wings of the living creatures, and of the wheels over against them
To signify that both angels and all inferior instruments were busy at work to execute judgment according to their commission; and that the wheels of providence moved in concert with the wings of the living creatures, or the efforts of angels, to accomplish the divine purposes.