2:1 He said to me, “Son of man, 1 stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”
24:18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning 3 I acted just as I was commanded.
1 sn The phrase son of man occurs ninety-three times in the book of Ezekiel. It simply means “human one,” and distinguishes the prophet from the nonhuman beings that are present in the world of his vision.
2 tn Heb “all the words of.”
3 tn This may refer to the following morning. For a discussion of various interpretive options in understanding the chronology reflected in verse 18, see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:790.