Ezekiel 3:1
And he said to me, Son of man, take this roll for your food, and go and say my words to the children of Israel.
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2And, on my opening my mouth, he made me take the roll as food.
Cross References
Ezekiel 2:3And he said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to an uncontrolled nation which has gone against me: they and their fathers have been sinners against me even to this very day.
Ezekiel 3:10Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them.
Ezekiel 3:17Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.
Revelation 10:9And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me: Put it in your mouth; and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 3:1
In this chapter we have the further preparation of the prophet for the work to which God called him. I. His eating the roll that was presented to him in the close of the foregoing chapter, ver. 1-3 . II. Further instructions and encouragements given him to the same purport with those in the foregoing chapter, ver. 4-11 . III. The mighty impulse he was under, with which he was carried to those that were to be his hearers, ver. 12-15 . IV. A further explication of his office and business as a prophet, under the… Read the whole commentary →