Ezekiel 2:1

Ezekiel’s Commission

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

Ezekiel 16:25

16:25 At the head of every street you erected your pavilion and you disgraced ²  your beauty when you spread ³  your legs to every passerby and multiplied your promiscuity.

[2:1]  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.

[16:25]  ² tn Heb “treated as if abominable,” i.e., repudiated.

[16:25]  ³ tn The only other occurrence of the Hebrew root is found in Prov 13:3 in reference to the talkative person who habitually “opens wide” his lips.