24. set me upon my feet--having been previously prostrate and unable
to rise until raised by the divine power.
shut thyself within . . . house--implying that in the work he had to
do, he must look for no sympathy from man but must be often alone with
God and draw his strength from Him
[FAIRBAIRN]. "Do not go out of thy
house till I reveal the future to thee by signs and words," which God
does in the following chapters, down to the eleventh. Thus a
representation was given of the city shut up by siege
[GROTIUS]. Thereby
God proved the obedience of His servant, and Ezekiel showed the reality
of His call by proceeding, not through rash impulse, but by the
directions of God [CALVIN].
JFB.
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