Yǐsījiēshū 2:3

3 Tā duì wǒ shuō , Rénzǐ a , wǒ chāi nǐ wǎng beìnì de guó mín Yǐsèliè rén nàli qù . tāmen shì beìnì wǒde , tāmen hé tāmende lièzǔ wéibeì wǒ , zhídào jīnrì .

Yǐsījiēshū 2:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 2:3

And he said unto me, son of man
Now follow his mission and commission, and an account of the persons to whom he was sent: I send thee to the children of Israel;
that were captives in Babylon, in Jehoiakim's captivity; so Christ was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, ( Matthew 15:24 ) ; to a rebellious nation, that hath rebelled against me;
or, "rebellious Gentiles", ^F21; not the nations of the earth, though Ezekiel did prophesy many things concerning them; but the Jews, the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin; or the twelve tribes of Israel, called Gentiles, because they joined with them in their idolatries; and, as Kimchi says, were divided in their evil works; some worshipping the gods of the Ammonites; and some the gods of the Moabites; and all guilty of rebellion and treason in so doing against the God of heaven: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, [even] unto this
very day;
which is an aggravation of their rebellion; their fathers had sinned, and they had followed their ill examples, and had continued therein to that day; and as they, did to the times of Christ, when they were about to till up the measure of their iniquity, ( Matthew 23:31 Matthew 23:32 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (Mydrwmh Mywg la) "ad gentes, rebelles", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Starckius.

Yǐsījiēshū 2:3 In-Context

1 Tā duì wǒ shuō , Rénzǐ a , nǐ zhàn qǐlai , wǒ yào hé nǐ shuōhuà .

2 Tā duì wǒ shuōhuà de shíhou , líng jiù jìnrù wǒ lǐmiàn , shǐ wǒ zhàn qǐlai , wǒ biàn tīngjian nà wèi duì wǒ shuōhuà de shēngyīn .

3 Tā duì wǒ shuō , Rénzǐ a , wǒ chāi nǐ wǎng beìnì de guó mín Yǐsèliè rén nàli qù . tāmen shì beìnì wǒde , tāmen hé tāmende lièzǔ wéibeì wǒ , zhídào jīnrì .

4 Zhè zhòng zǐ miàn wú xiūchǐ , xīnli gāng yìng . wǒ cī nǐ wǎng tāmen nàli qù , nǐ yào duì tāmen shuō , zhǔ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō .

5 Tāmen huò tīng , huò bù tīng , ( tāmen shì beìnì zhī jiā ) , bì zhīdào zaì tāmen zhōngjiān yǒu le xiānzhī .