Ezekiel 3:1
And he said to me: Son of man, eat all that thou shalt find: eat this book, and go speak to the children of Israel.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2And I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that book :
Cross References
Ezekiel 2:3And saying: Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious people, that hath revolted from me, they, and their fathers, have transgressed my covenant even unto this day.
Ezekiel 3:10And he said to me: Son of man, receive in thy heart, and hear with thy ears, all the words that I speak to thee:
Ezekiel 3:17Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me.
Revelation 10:9And I went to the angel, saying unto him, that he should give me the book. And he said to me: Take the book, and eat it up: and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall 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 →