Ezekiel 3:2

2 And, on my opening my mouth, he made me take the roll as food.

Ezekiel 3:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 3:2

So I opened my mouth
To take in the roll, and eat it; he was not disobedient to the heavenly vision; he did all that he could towards eating it, but was not sufficient of himself; and therefore it follows: and he caused me to eat that roll;
he, the Lord, put it into his mouth, caused him to eat it, and tilled him with it, according to his promise, ( Psalms 81:10 ) . The efficacy and sufficiency to think of good things, to meditate upon them, receive and digest them, are of God; it is he that makes men prophets, and able ministers. The Targum is,

``and I inclined my soul, and he taught me (or made me wise "with") what was written in this roll.''

Ezekiel 3:2 In-Context

1 And he said to me, Son of man, take this roll for your food, and go and say my words to the children of Israel.

2 And, on my opening my mouth, he made me take the roll as food.

3 And he said to me, Son of man, let your stomach make a meal of it and let your inside be full of this roll which I am giving you. Then I took it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.

4 And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel, and say my words to them.

5 For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;