And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
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Gill's Exposition
And the man said unto me, Son of man,.... The glorious and illustrious Person before described, who appeared in a human form, spoke to the prophet, calling him "the Son of man", a title often bestowed…
Adam Clarke
Declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel - That they may know how to build the second temple, when they shall be restored from their captivity.
Here is, 1. The date of this vision. It was in the twenty-fifth year of Ezekiel's captivity (Eze 40:1), which some compute to be the thirty-third year of the first captivity, and is here said to be…
Cambridge Bible
The man, like the Lord himself, addresses the prophet as "child of man," cf. Eze 40:40; Eze 44:5. The prophet is commanded to see and hear and lay to heart all that is revealed to him, for he has to…
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