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Text -- Ezekiel 2:1--3:11 (NET)
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Ezekiel’s Commission
2:1 He said to me, “Son of man , stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”
2:2 As he spoke to me, a wind came into me and stood me on my feet , and I heard the one speaking to me.
2:3 He said to me, “Son of man , I am sending you to the house of Israel , to rebellious nations who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted against me to this very day .
2:4 The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted , and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says .’
2:5 And as for them , whether they listen or not – for they are a rebellious house – they will know that a prophet has been among them.
2:6 But you , son of man , do not fear them , and do not fear their words – even though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house !
2:7 You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious .
2:8 As for you , son of man , listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house ! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”
2:9 Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll .
2:10 He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front and back ; written on it were laments , mourning , and woe .
3:1 He said to me, “Son of man , eat what you see in front of you– eat this scroll – and then go and speak to the house of Israel .”
3:2 So I opened my mouth and he fed me the scroll .
3:3 He said to me, “Son of man , feed your stomach and fill your belly with this scroll I am giving to you.” So I ate it, and it was sweet like honey in my mouth .
3:4 He said to me, “Son of man , go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.
3:5 For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech and difficult language , but to the house of Israel –
3:6 not to many peoples of unintelligible speech and difficult language , whose words you cannot understand – surely if I had sent you to them, they would listen to you!
3:7 But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, because they are not willing to listen to me, for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted .
3:8 “I have made your face adamant to match their faces , and your forehead hard to match their foreheads .
3:9 I have made your forehead harder than flint – like diamond ! Do not fear them or be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house .”
3:10 And he said to me, “Son of man , take all my words that I speak to you to heart and listen carefully .
3:11 Go to the exiles , to your fellow countrymen , and speak to them– say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says ,’ whether they pay attention or not .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Impenitence |
Book |
Sin |
Minister |
Prophets |
Backsliders |
ROLL |
Flint |
Adamant |
Forehead |
Church |
HARD; HARDINESS; HARDDINESS; HARDLY |
Nation |
Word of God |
Character |
Courage |
Heart |
Wicked |
HOLY SPIRIT, 1 |
WRITING |
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NET Notes -> Eze 2:1; Eze 2:2; Eze 2:2; Eze 2:3; Eze 2:3; Eze 2:3; Eze 2:3; Eze 2:4; Eze 2:4; Eze 2:4; Eze 2:5; Eze 2:5; Eze 2:5; Eze 2:5; Eze 2:6; Eze 2:6; Eze 2:6; Eze 2:6; Eze 2:10; Eze 2:10; Eze 3:1; Eze 3:3; Eze 3:3; Eze 3:5; Eze 3:5; Eze 3:5; Eze 3:6; Eze 3:6; Eze 3:7; Eze 3:7; Eze 3:7; Eze 3:8; Eze 3:9; Eze 3:9; Eze 3:11
NET Notes: Eze 2:1 The phrase son of man occurs ninety-three times in the book of Ezekiel. It simply means “human one,” and distinguishes the prophet from th...
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NET Notes: Eze 2:2 Or “spirit.” NIV has “the Spirit,” but the absence of the article in the Hebrew text makes this unlikely. Elsewhere in Ezekiel...
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NET Notes: Eze 2:3 The Hebrew term used here is the strongest word available for expressing a covenant violation. The word is used in the diplomatic arena to express a t...
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NET Notes: Eze 2:4 The phrase “thus says [the Lord]” occurs 129 times in Ezekiel; the announcement is identical to the way messengers often introduced their ...
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NET Notes: Eze 2:5 The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).
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NET Notes: Eze 2:10 Written on the front and back. While it was common for papyrus scrolls to have writing on both sides the same was not true for leather scrolls.
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NET Notes: Eze 3:3 I ate it. A similar idea of consuming God’s word is found in Jer 15:16 and Rev 10:10, where it is also compared to honey and may be specifically...
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NET Notes: Eze 3:5 The conjunction “but” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied from the context.
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NET Notes: Eze 3:6 The MT reads “if not” but most ancient versions translate only “if.” The expression occurs with this sense in Isa 5:9; 14:24. ...
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