Ezekiel 3:15

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13 I also heard the ^anoise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and a great thunderous noise.

14 So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the¹ heat of my spirit; but ^athe hand of the Lord was strong upon me.

15 Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and ^aI sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.

Ezekiel Is a Watchman

16 Now it ^acame to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

17 ^a“Son of man, I have made you ^ba watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them ^cwarning from Me:

18 When I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man ^ashall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.

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Barnes' Notes

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Ezekiel 3:15

Tel-abib - , on the river Chebar was the chief seat of the Jewish exiles in Babylonia. The name "Tel-abib" ("mount of ears of corn" ) was probably given on account of its fertility.

I sat where they sat - Rather, "And I saw them sitting there and I sat there."

Astonished - Rather, silent, with fixed and determined silence (compare Ezra 9:3-4). "To be silent" was characteristic of mourners Lamentations 3:28; "to sit" their proper attitude Isaiah 3:26; Lamentations 1:1; "seven days" the set time of mourning Job 2:13.

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