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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 2:4 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 2:4	King James	For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.

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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]
impudent--literally, "hard-faced" (Eze 3:7, Eze 3:9). children--resumptive of "they" (Eze 2:3); the "children" walk in their "fathers'" steps. I . . . send thee--God opposes His command to all obstacles. Duties are ours; events are God's. Thus saith the Lord God--God opposes His name to the obstinacy of the people.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

impudent--literally, "hard-faced" (Eze 3:7, Eze 3:9).

children--resumptive of "they" (Eze 2:3); the "children" walk in their "fathers'" steps.

I . . . send thee--God opposes His command to all obstacles. Duties are ours; events are God's.

Thus saith the Lord God--God opposes His name to the obstinacy of the people.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord - Let them know that what thou hast to declare is the message of the Lord, that they may receive it with reverence. Every preacher of God's word should take heed that it is God's message he delivers to the people. Let him not suppose, because it is according to his own creed or confession of faith, that therefore it is God's word. False doctrines and fallacies without end are foisted on the world in this way. Bring the creed first to the Word of God, and scrupulously try whether it be right; and when this is done, leave it where you please; take the Bible, and warn them from God's word recorded there.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord - Let them know that what thou hast to declare is the message of the Lord, that they may receive it with reverence.

Every preacher of God's word should take heed that it is God's message he delivers to the people. Let him not suppose, because it is according to his own creed or confession of faith, that therefore it is God's word. False doctrines and fallacies without end are foisted on the world in this way. Bring the creed first to the Word of God, and scrupulously try whether it be right; and when this is done, leave it where you please; take the Bible, and warn them from God's word recorded there.

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