Ezechiele 2:9

9 Ed io riguardai, ed ecco una mano, ch’era mandata a me; ed ecco, in essa vi era il rotolo di un libro.

Ezechiele 2:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 2:9

And when I looked, behold, an hand [was] sent unto me
Not of an angel, but of Christ himself, in a visionary way; for this was not a real hand, but the likeness of one, as in ( Ezekiel 8:3 ) ; and so the Targum here,

``and I saw, and behold, the likeness of a hand stretched out on the side to me.''

This symbol was to show that his prophecy, that he was sent to deliver, was from heaven and came from Christ; and that hand that delivered it to him would protect and defend him: and, lo a roll of a book [was] therein;
held in it, and held forth by it, to the prophet. Books were frequently written on parchment or vellum, and rolled about a stick, in form of a cylinder; and hence they were called volumes or rolls, ( Psalms 40:7 ) . This roll was a symbol of the prophecy of this book.

Ezechiele 2:9 In-Context

7 E pronunzia loro le mie parole, che che sia, o che ti ascoltino, o che se ne rimangano; perciocchè son ribelli.

8 Ma tu, figliuol d’uomo, ascolta ciò che io ti dico; non esser ribelle, come questa casa ribelle; apri la bocca, e mangia ciò che io ti do.

9 Ed io riguardai, ed ecco una mano, ch’era mandata a me; ed ecco, in essa vi era il rotolo di un libro.

10 E quella lo spiegò in mia presenza; ed esso era scritto dentro, e di fuori; e in esso erano scritti lamenti, e rammarichii e guai.