“And you, son of man, listen to what I tell you: Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”(A) So I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me,(B) and there was a written scroll in it.(C) 10 When he unrolled it before me, it was written on the front and back; words of lamentation, mourning, and woe were written on it.

He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find here. Eat this scroll,(D) then go and speak to the house of Israel.” So I opened my mouth, and he fed me the scroll. “Son of man,” he said to me, “feed your stomach and fill your belly with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate it,(E) and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.(F)

And you, son of man,[a] hear what I am speaking to you: you must not be rebellious like the house of rebellion. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving to you.” And I looked,[b] and look! There was a hand stretched out to me, and look! In it was a scroll with writing.[c] 10 And he rolled it out[d] before me,[e] and it was written on the front and back, and there were written on it laments and mourning and wailing.[f]

And he said to me, “Son of man,[g] what you find, eat! Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” And I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll to eat, and he said to me, “Son of man,[h] you must give your stomach this to eat, and you must fill your belly with this scroll that I am giving to you.” And I ate, and it became like sweet honey[i] in my mouth.

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 2:8 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  2. Ezekiel 2:9 Or “saw”
  3. Ezekiel 2:9 Literally “a scroll of a book”
  4. Ezekiel 2:10 Or “he spread it out”
  5. Ezekiel 2:10 Literally “to the face of me”
  6. Ezekiel 2:10 Or “woe”
  7. Ezekiel 3:1 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  8. Ezekiel 3:3 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  9. Ezekiel 3:3 Literally “like honey for sweetness”