Ezekiel 2

Ezekiel’s Call to Be a Prophet

1 He said to me, “Son of man,[a] stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”
2 As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.
3 He said: “Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me to this very day.
4 The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn. Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says.’
5 And whether they listen or fail to listen—for they are a rebellious people—they will know that a prophet has been among them.
6 And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.
7 You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious.
8 But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel like that rebellious people; open your mouth and eat what I give you.”
9 Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me. In it was a scroll,
10 which he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament and mourning and woe.

Cross References 22

  • 1. S Job 25:6; Psalms 8:4; S Ezekiel 1:26; Daniel 7:13; Daniel 8:15
  • 2. Daniel 10:11; Acts 14:10; Acts 26:16
  • 3. Acts 9:6
  • 4. Ezekiel 3:24; Daniel 8:18
  • 5. S Jeremiah 3:25; Ezekiel 5:6; Ezekiel 20:8-24; Ezekiel 24:3
  • 6. S Exodus 32:9; S Isaiah 9:9; Ezekiel 3:7
  • 7. Amos 7:15
  • 8. Ezekiel 3:11
  • 9. Ezekiel 3:27
  • 10. S Jeremiah 5:3; Ezekiel 33:33; John 15:22
  • 11. S Deuteronomy 31:6; S 2 Kings 1:15; Jeremiah 1:8,17
  • 12. S Numbers 33:55; Isaiah 9:18; Micah 7:4
  • 13. S Isaiah 1:2; Isaiah 30:9; Ezekiel 24:3; Ezekiel 44:6; Ezekiel 3:9
  • 14. Jeremiah 7:27
  • 15. Jeremiah 1:7; S Jeremiah 42:21; Ezekiel 3:10-11
  • 16. Numbers 20:10-13
  • 17. Isaiah 8:11
  • 18. S Isaiah 50:5
  • 19. Psalms 81:10; S Jeremiah 15:16; Revelation 10:9
  • 20. Ezekiel 8:3
  • 21. S Psalms 40:7; S Jeremiah 36:4; Revelation 5:1-5; Revelation 10:8-10
  • 22. Isaiah 3:11; Revelation 8:13

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. The Hebrew phrase "ben adam" means "human being" . The phrase "son of man" is retained as a form of address here and throughout Ezekiel because of its possible association with “Son of Man” in the New Testament.

Ezekiel 2 Commentaries

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