10 And he said to me, "Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart all the words I speak to you.
10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
10 Moreover, he said to me, "Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.
10 Then he said, "Son of man, get all these words that I'm giving you inside you. Listen to them obediently. Make them your own.
10 Moreover He said to me: "Son of man, receive into your heart all My words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears.
10 Then he added, "Son of man, let all my words sink deep into your own heart first. Listen to them carefully for yourself.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 3:10
Commentary on Ezekiel 3:1-11
(Read Ezekiel 3:1-11)
Ezekiel was to receive the truths of God as the food for his soul, and to feed upon them by faith, and he would be strengthened. Gracious souls can receive those truths of God with delight, which speak terror to the wicked. He must speak all that, and that only, which God spake to him. How can we better speak God's mind than with his words? If disappointed as to his people, he must not be offended. The Ninevites were wrought upon by Jonah's preaching, when Israel was unhumbled and unreformed. We must leave this unto the Divine sovereignty, and say, Lord, thy judgments are a great deep. They will not regard the word of the prophet, for they will not regard the rod of God. Christ promises to strengthen him. He must continue earnest in preaching, whatever the success might be.