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    Ezekiel · 10 verses

    Ezekiel 2

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    The command to eat arrives before the meal: a hand presents a scroll, unrolls it, and reveals both sides covered with lamentation, mourning, and woe, but the chapter stops there.

    Sent among the rebelliousvv. 1–8

    The Lord GOD tells the prophet to stand, and the Spirit obliges by setting him on his feet. He is sent to Israel, a nation that has rebelled through its generations, with the wonderfully severe instruction to speak whether anyone listens or not. The surroundings are equally severe: briers, thorns, and scorpions make up the neighbourhood, though the prophet is told not to fear them. Then comes the curious matter of the meal: he must not become rebellious like the rebellious house, but must open his mouth and eat what is given.

    The scroll before the mealvv. 9–10

    Instead of an account of eating, the prophet sees a hand reaching out with a scroll. It is unrolled before him and written on the front and back—an unusually thorough arrangement for a document whose contents are lamentation, mourning, and woe. The chapter ends with the scroll displayed, not consumed; the promised eating has not yet happened in these verses.

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    1. Ezek 2:1“Son of man,” He said to me, “stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”

    2. Ezek 2:2And as He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me.

    3. Ezek 2:3“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.

    4. Ezek 2:4They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’

    5. Ezek 2:5And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

    6. Ezek 2:6But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.

    7. Ezek 2:7But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

    8. Ezek 2:8And 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 give you.”

    9. Ezek 2:9Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,

    10. Ezek 2:10which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 6Jeremiah 1:8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
    • 6Isaiah 51:12“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
    • 61 Peter 3:14But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
    • 8Revelation 10:9And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
    • 2Ezekiel 3:24Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
    • 6Luke 10:19Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
    • 62 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
    • 5Ezekiel 33:33So when it comes to pass—and surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
    • 8Jeremiah 15:16Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
    • 6Micah 7:4The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
    • 6Matthew 10:28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
    • 1Daniel 10:11He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had said this to me, I stood up trembling.
    • 5Ezekiel 3:27But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.’’
    • 6Ezekiel 3:8–9Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
    • 7Jeremiah 23:28Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
    • 5Matthew 10:12–15As you enter the home, greet its occupants.

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