Ezechiele 3:4

4 Ed egli mi disse: "Figliuol d’uomo, va’, récati alla casa d’Israele, e riferisci loro le mie parole;

Ezechiele 3:4 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 3:4

And he said unto me, son of man, go
After he had eaten the roll; for then was he qualified to prophesy: get thee unto the house of Israel;
to whom he was to prophesy: and speak with my words unto them:
not with his own words; nor with the words of men, the enticing words of man's wisdom; but with the words of Christ; with the taught words of the Holy Ghost; with what is written in the roll; the words of this prophecy are meant. So the Targum,

``and thou shalt prophesy the words of my prophecy unto them;''

in like manner John after he had eaten the little book, is told that he must prophesy before many people, nations, tongues, and kings, ( Revelation 10:9-11 ) ; though Ezekiel was only sent to one nation, as follows:

Ezechiele 3:4 In-Context

2 Io aprii la bocca, ed egli mi fece mangiare quel rotolo.

3 E mi disse: "Figliuol d’uomo, nutriti il ventre e riempiti le viscere di questo rotolo che ti do". E io lo mangiai, e mi fu dolce in bocca, come del miele.

4 Ed egli mi disse: "Figliuol d’uomo, va’, récati alla casa d’Israele, e riferisci loro le mie parole;

5 poiché tu sei mandato, non a un popolo dal parlare oscuro e dalla lingua non intelligibile, ma alla casa d’Israele:

6 non a molti popoli dal parlare oscuro e dalla lingua non intelligibile, di cui tu non intenda le parole. Certo, s’io ti mandassi a loro, essi ti darebbero ascolto;