Ezekiel 2:1-3

Ezekiel’s Call

1 And he said to me, ¹“Son of man, ^{[a] 2}stand on your feet, and I will speak with you. ”

2 And as he spoke to me, ³the Spirit entered into me and ⁴set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.

3 And he said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to ⁵nations of rebels, who have rebelled against me. ⁶They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day.

Ezekiel 2:1-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 2

This chapter contains me prophet's call, commission, and instruction to prophesy. The preparation to it is in Eze 2:1,2; being fallen upon his face, he is bid to stand upon his feet, with a promise to speak to him; and the Spirit entering into him, he is set by him on his feet, and he hears what is spoken to him; then follows his mission to the children of Israel, who are described as rebellious, impudent, and stiff-hearted; and to whom he is sent, to render them inexcusable, Eze 2:3-5; and he is exhorted not to be afraid of their words, nor dismayed at their looks, however fierce and furious they might be; but faithfully declare his message, and not be discouraged, should it be without success, Eze 2:6,7; and he is instructed not to be rebellious, as they were; but open his mouth and eat what should be given him, Eze 2:8; when, in a visionary way, a hand was seen, and a roll in it, and this spread before him, written within and without, full of lamentation, mourning, and woes, as a symbol of the substance of his prophecy, Eze 2:9,10.

Cross References

• 1. 2:1 ch. 3:1, 3, 4, 17, 25; 4:1, 16; 5:1
• 2. 2:1 Dan. 10:11
• 3. 2:2 ch. 3:24
• 4. 2:2 ch. 3:24; Dan. 8:18
• 5. 2:3 [ver. 5, 6, 8; ch. 3:26; 24:3; 44:6]
• 6. 2:3 ch. 20:16, 18, 21

Footnotes

• [a] 2:1 Or 'Son of Adam'; so throughout Ezekiel