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Ezekiel 2:1
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Ezekiel 2:1
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 2
Eating of the Scroll. 1 The voice said to me: Son of man,[a] stand up! I wish to speak to you.
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- 2:1 Son of man: in Hebrew, “son/daughter of…” is a common idiom expressing affiliation in a group; in this case, “a human being.” The title is God’s habitual way of addressing the prophet throughout this book, probably used to emphasize the separation of the divine and the human.
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