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Barnes' Notes on Ezekiel 3:14

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Lifted me up - We are not to suppose that the prophet was miraculously transported from one place to another in the land of his captivity. Compare Matthew 4:1; Acts 8:39. He had been in an ecstatic vision Ezekiel 1:1, and now guided by the Spirit he goes forth among his countrymen. The heat of my spirit - Full of the righteous indignation, which God inspired, against the sin which he was to denounce. But the hand - and “the hand.” The Lord strengthened him for his mission. return to 'Top of Page'
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