3:24 Then the spirit entered into me, and {o} set me upon my feet, and spoke with me, and said to me, Go, {p} shut thyself within thy house.
(o) Read Jer 2:2.
(p) Signifying that not only would he not profit, but they would grievously trouble and afflict him.
3:24 Shut - To foresignify the shutting up of the Jews in Jerusalem.
3:22-27 Let us own ourselves for ever indebted to the mediation of Christ, for the blessed intercourse between God and man; and a true believer will say, I am never less alone than when thus alone. When the Lord opened Ezekiel's mouth, he was to deliver his message boldly, to place life and death, the blessing and the curse, before the people, and leave them to their choice.
