Ezequiel 2:3

3 «Hijo de hombre —me dijo—, te envío a la nación de Israel, un pueblo desobediente que se ha rebelado contra mí. Ellos y sus antepasados se han puesto en mi contra hasta el día de hoy.

Ezequiel 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.

Ezequiel 2:3 In-Context

1 Llamado y encargo de Ezequiel
«Levántate, hijo de hombre —dijo la voz—, quiero hablarte».

2 El Espíritu entró en mí mientras me hablaba y me puso de pie. Entonces escuché atentamente sus palabras.

3 «Hijo de hombre —me dijo—, te envío a la nación de Israel, un pueblo desobediente que se ha rebelado contra mí. Ellos y sus antepasados se han puesto en mi contra hasta el día de hoy.

4 Son un pueblo terco y duro de corazón. Ahora te envío a decirles: “¡Esto dice el Señor
Soberano!”.

5 Ya sea que te escuchen o se nieguen a escuchar —pues recuerda que son rebeldes—, al menos sabrán que han tenido un profeta entre ellos.