Ezekiel 3:2

Ezekiel 3:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll to eat.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So I opened my mouth, and He caused me to eat that scroll.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So I opened my mouth, and he fed me the scroll.

Context of Ezekiel 3:2

1And he said to me, “Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the people of Israel.” So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat. 3Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth. 4He then said to me: “Son of man, go now to the people of Israel and speak my words to them.

Ezekiel 3:2 word by word

וָאֶפְתַּ֖ח אֶת־פִּ֑י וַיַּ֣אֲכִלֵ֔נִי אֵ֖ת הַמְּגִלָּ֥ה הַזֹּֽאת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So I openedפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• my mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• and he caused me to eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• that rollמְגִלָּהmegillâh · scrollH4039

Cross-references for Ezekiel 3:2

• Jeremiah 25:17So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent me drink it:
• Acts 26:19“So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 3:2

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3Even though the scroll seemed bitter, Ezekiel found it as sweet as honey when he ate it. Adam’s disobedience turned bitter, but Ezekiel’s obedience became pleasant and satisfying. Psalm 119:103 also describes God's words as "sweet as honey."Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. eat ... and ... speak--God's messenger must first inwardly appropriate God's truth himself, before he "speaks" it to others (see on Eze 2:8). Symbolic actions were, when possible and proper, performed outwardly; otherwise, internally and in spiritual vision, the action so narrated making the naked statement more intuitive and impressive by presenting the subject in a concentrated, embodied form.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 3:2

• Impenitence

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• Agabus
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• Self-Surrender

Commentaries on Ezekiel 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings